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Simha Ravven, MD

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About

Biography

Dr. Ravven is the Chief Medical Officer of the Howard Center in Burlington, Vermont, a nonprofit organization that is the designated provider for mental health and developmental disability services in Chittenden County, Vermont. The center provides a wide array of mental health, substance use, and developmental disability services. Dr. Ravven has a private practice in forensic psychiatry serving Vermont, Connecticut, and Massachusetts.

Dr. Ravven was a studio art major as an undergraduate at Hamilton College and decided to pursue medicine after serving in the United States Peace Corps in Morocco. She graduated from the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine and completed her psychiatric residency at Harvard Medical School. She went on to train in forensic psychiatry at the Yale University School of Medicine. Dr. Ravven is Board Certified in General Adult and Forensic Psychiatry. Her passion is caring for adults with serious mental illness and improving systems of care for this population.

Dr. Ravven serves on the board of the Vermont Medical Society and is a Past President of the Organization. She also serves on the Board of trustees of two organizations in Southern Vermont, the Green Mountain Camp for Girls and the East Putney Community Club and Pierce’s Hall.

Appointments

  • Psychiatry

    Assistant Clinical Professor
    Primary

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Education & Training

MD
Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine (2009)