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Gary Chinman, MD Gary Chinman, M.Ed., M.D., a graduate of Hobart College, received his master’s degree in education from the University of Massachusetts, and his medical degree from The Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine. Following the completion of his residency training in Adult Psychiatry at the Massachusetts Mental Health Center, he did fellowships in Psychopharmacology at the Harvard Community Health Plan, and Psychotherapy and Student Health at the Harvard University Health Services. Dr. Chinman also obtained a certificate in Physician Leadership through the Brigham Women's/Harvard Business School, a certificate in Quality Improvement in Healthcare from Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City Utah, and a certificate in the Executive and Personal Coaching Intensive from the College of Executive Coaching. After completing residency, Dr. Chinman served as outpatient staff psychiatrist with the Harvard Community Health Plan and Harvard University Health Services. He then joined the staff of the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, where he was Director of Managed Care, Quality Assurance/I/Compliance and Urgent Care and the Co-Director of the Outpatient Division for the Department of Psychiatry. From 2010-2016, he had outpatient psychiatry practice where he sub-specialized in evaluating and treating physicians and served as Associate Director of Physician Health Services, an independent subsidiary of the Massachusetts Medical Society. Currently, he maintains a busy outpatient psychiatry practice focused on the sub-specialty of evaluating and treating physicians. As an educator, Dr. Chinman is known for his teaching and psychotherapy supervision skills. He is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and has supervised psychiatric residents for over 20 years, taught clinical interviewing skills to first year Harvard medical students, and mentored junior faculty. He was on the Curriculum Committee for the Harvard Longwood Psychiatry Residency Training Program and the Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) Subcommittee and served as course Co-Director for the CBT course for PGY IIs and IIIs. He also taught PGY IVs on Health & Mental Health Care Delivery Systems in Psychiatry and supervised social workers on Psychodynamic Psychotherapy. Dr. Chinman is a former president of Massachusetts Psychiatric Society and was the Massachusetts Representative to the American Psychiatric Association Assembly for four years. A significant contribution to the advancement of our profession is his coaching skills. He was a member of the Accountability Leadership Healthcare Team for the Levinson Institute for over twelve years. As a board-certified coach, he served as a senior consultant at the Levinson Institute, and taught leadership skills to corporate and physician executives, many of whom also requested his coaching. Henceforth, he has a Private Coaching Practice in addition to his Private Psychiatric Practice. Given his strengths in health care delivery, he has been an invited speaker to several local presentations focusing on Medicare compliance, HIPAA and the use of the Longitudinal Medical Record. He has also contributed to scientific literature with several publications, teaching exhibits and book chapters In recognition of his dedication and major contributions to the profession, the Massachusetts Psychiatric Society is proud to honor Dr. Gary Chinman with the 2025 Outstanding Psychiatrist Award for Advancement of the Profession. Advancement of the Profession - Previous Awardees:
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