Jeffrey Lyness, MD
American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology
Dr. Jeffrey M. Lyness, MD, FACPsych, DLFAPA, is President and CEO of the American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology. Dr. Lyness previously had served as a Psychiatry Director and as Vice Chair of the ABPN board. He also is a Past Chair of the Association of American Medical Colleges’ Group on Faculty Affairs and a Past President of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry. He is Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and former Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. Prior leadership roles at Rochester also included service as Director of Curriculum (for the entire medical student program) and as Medical Director for Continuing Medical Education. In the Department of Psychiatry he formerly served as Associate Chair for Education and directed the Geriatric Psychiatry Program (now Division). His research examined the relationships between depression and medical illnesses in later life, and was supported by grants from NIH, foundations, and industry. Dr. Lyness received his M.D. degree with Honor and with Distinction in Research from the University of Rochester, completed his internship in internal medicine there, and then was a psychiatry resident at Yale University. He completed clinical and research fellowship training in the Geriatrics and Neuropsychiatry Program at Rochester. He has over 240 publications including journal articles, book chapters, and books, and has been fortunate to receive several awards for his clinical, teaching, and scholarly efforts including the American Psychiatric Association’s Vestermark Psychiatry Educator Award and being named an Apple Distinguished Educator.