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Jeffrey M. Lyness, MD

Posted on January 14th, 2020 by Cathy Szmurlo

Dr. Lyness is Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, and Professor of Psychiatry and of Neurology, at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. At Rochester, he formerly served in the Department of Psychiatry as Associate Chair for Education and Director of the Geriatric Psychiatry Program in Psychiatry, and for the School as Director of (medical student) Curriculum and as Medical Director for Continuing Medical Education.

He is certified by the ABPN in Psychiatry and Geriatric Psychiatry and participates in continuing certification. As an ABPN Director, Dr. Lyness serves on the Executive Committee as Board Vice Chair, and as chair of the Psychiatry Council, as well as several ABPN committees.

Dr. Lyness is a Past President of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry, a Past Chair of the Steering Committee of the Association of American Medical Colleges’ Group on Faculty Affairs, and serves as Chair of the American Board of Medical Specialties Health Policy and Strategy Committee. He is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and a Fellow of the ACPsych.