Lawson Named Chief Of Psychiatry And Mental Health At VA
INDIANAPOLIS-- William B. Lawson, M.D., Ph.D., has recently been named chief of psychiatry and mental health at the Roudebush VA Medical Center and a professor of psychiatry at Indiana University School of Medicine.
Dr. Lawson is one of only two African-American chiefs of psychiatric service in the 110 VA hospitals nationwide.
Prior to coming to Indiana University School of Medicine, Dr. Lawson served as chief of the chronic mentally ill section and the medical director of the Schizophrenia and Substance Abuse Program at the VA Medical Center of North Little Rock, Ark.
Dr. Lawson was recently appointed to the scientific advisory board of the National Depression and Manic Depression Society and to the board of directors of the Marion County Health Department. He is the immediate past president of the Black Psychiatrists of America.
Dr. Lawson, a native of Richmond, Va., received his bachelor's degree from Howard University, his master's degree from the University of Virginia, and his Ph.D. from the University of New Hampshire. He later received his medical degree from the Pritzker School of Medicine at the University of Chicago.
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