One Book One Community with Dr. Kenneth Thompson

Kenneth S. Thompson, MD has served as the Director for Medical Affairs in the Center for Mental Health Services at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) in the US Department of Health and Human Services since 2007.

In his role as medical director and advisor to A. Kathryn Power, Director of the Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) at SAMHSA, Dr. Thompson provides comprehensive medical leadership in the diverse integrated planning, design and implementation actions that relate to CMHS programs and objectives. In addition to providing medical consultation and assistance to CMHS programs, he monitors the application of relevant American Medical Association and American Psychiatric Association professional standards to CMHS policies and programs.

A native of Pittsburgh, Dr. Thompson has worked for the past 25 years as a community psychiatrist in a wide variety of settings, including primary care clinics, HIV clinics, state hospitals, several disaster response teams, homeless outreach teams and community mental health centers.

Dr. Thompsons wife, Andrea Fox MD, is an internist/geriatrician. He loves to row on the three rivers and hike anywhere he can. He has three children, a golden retriever, a border collie and no hamsters, cats or fish.

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