Transition Pathways - Creating pathways for life enhancing career and personal transitions.
Sharyn Ann Lenhart M.D.
152 Holdenwood Road
Concord, MA 01742
Phone 978-369-1869
Fax 978-371-2593
SALenhart@aol.com


SUMMARY:

Psychotherapist and psychopharmacologist, consultant and workshop leader with twenty-five years experience as an educator, clinician, author and organizational leader/executive in medical school and professional organizations.

KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
  • Awarded the Distinguished Fellow Citation by the American Psychiatric Association.
  • Created successful educational programs for medical students, residents, graduate physicians, allied healthcare professionals, administrators, professional organizations and consumers.
  • Published multiple books and articles related to mental health and employment issues.
  • Lectured at national and international professional meetings.
  • Received the American Medical Women’s Association President’s Award and Community Service Award, as well as multiple leadership/achievement awards from medical and educational organizations.
  • Created and directed an employment hotline and a career development curriculum for healthcare professionals.
  • Consulted to a wide variety of groups and organizations such as student counseling centers, employee assistance programs, police departments, business and consulting firms, Equal Employment Opportunity Offices, “ER” television series.
  • Created and implemented an International Outreach Program for a national medical organization.
  • Served as an expert advisor to U.S Public Health Service and to the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine; consulted to multiple business and professional organizations and attorneys regarding sexual harassment, employment discrimination and professional impairment issues.
EXPERIENCE:

Transition Pathways (2003 - present) - comprehensive coaching and psychotherapy for individuals in transition, co-founded with Joan C. King, Ph.D.

Private Practice in Psychiatric Medicine - Boston, MA (1979 - present)

Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Attending Psychiatrist, McLean Hospital (1982 - present)
Clinical Faculty, Harvard Medical School (1979 - present)
Unit Director, McLean Hospital (1979 - 1982)

University Of Massachusetts Medical School, Worchester, MA
Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry (1996 - present)
Senior Consultant, Student Counseling Center (1997 - 2003)
Associate Vice Chancellor for Faculty Administration (2000 - 2001)
Assistant Vice Chancellor for Faculty Administration (1999 - 2000)

EDUCATION:

M.D. -- University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine (1974)

B.S. -- Chemistry and English Literature, Allegheny College (1970)

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND COMMITTEES:

American Medical Women’s Association Past President, (1998 - present)
President (1997 - 1998)
President-Elect (1996 - 1997)
Vice President for Career Development (1991 - 1996)

American Psychiatric Association
Distinguished Fellow 2003
Fellow-2002

Massachusetts Medical Society - Liaison to Impaired Physicians Committee (1984 – 1986)

Chair, multiple medical school and medical organization committees such as Faculty Development and Ombudsman Advisory Committee, Mentoring Task Force, Leadership Task Force, Publications Committee, Women’s Health Committee