James K. Boehnlein, M.D.

Professor of Psychiatry
Director, Medical Student Education in Psychiatry
Associate Director for Education, VA Northwest Network MIRECC
Staff psychiatrist, Intercultural Psychiatric Program

1976, BS, John Carroll University
1980, MD, Case Western Reserve University
1987, M.Sc, Medical Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania
1980-84, Psychiatry Residency, OHSU
1985-87, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholar

Clinical and Research Interests:

Dr. Boehnlein completed his training in general psychiatry at OHSU in 1984, and was then awarded a two-year fellowship as a Robert Wood Johnson Scholar at the University of Pennsylvania and the Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center. In 1987, he joined the faculty of the OHSU Department of Psychiatry and the staff of the Mental Health Clinic at the Portland VA Medical Center. Dr. Boehnlein is particularly interested in the fields of transcultural psychiatry and post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Over the past 15 years he has treated Cambodian and Central American refugees in OHSU's Intercultural Psychiatric Program and veterans suffering from PTSD and chronic mental illness at the Portland VA. Dr. Boehnlein and his colleagues have conducted numerous research studies and published extensively on the long term effects of trauma. He is board certified in both general and forensic psychiatry.

Dr. Boehnlein is Director of Medical Student Education for the Department of Psychiatry and Assistant Dean for Curriculum for the OHSU School of Medicine. He is also Associate Director for Education for the Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center (MIRECC) of the Veterans Affairs Northwest Network and President of the Society for the Study of Psychiatry and Culture, an international association of psychiatric and social science researchers and educators. He has been a consultant to the Salem Veterans Outreach Center since 1991 and also consults to Mercy Corps International.

Memberships:
American Psychiatric Association
Oregon Psychiatric Association
Society for the Study of Psychiatry and Culture
Association of Directors of Medical Student Education in Psychiatry
World Psychiatric Association, Transcultural Psychiatry Section
American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
L'Evolution Psychiatrique

Awards and Honors:
1997, Nancy J. Roeske Certificate of Excellence in Medical Student Education, American Psychiatric Association
1999, Fellow, American Psychiatric Association
2001, Faculty Excellence in Education, Educational Leadership Award, OHSU