The Associated’s Jewish Women’s Giving Foundation Opening Meeting

Dr. Susan W. Lehmann is the inaugural Patricia B. and William T. Bright Professor of Mental Wellness and the Clinical Director of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neuropsychiatry at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She is a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Johns Hopkins where she directs the Geriatric Psychiatry Outpatient Clinic and Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship.

Dr. Lehmann is a national leader in geriatric psychiatry education for learners at all levels, including non-psychiatric clinicians. She is the recipient of a number of national awards including the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry Educator of the Year. In addition, Dr. Lehmann has published articles, book chapters and online educational materials related to a variety of psychiatric disorders in geriatric patients. She is particularly interested in late-life mood disorders, especially geriatric bipolar disorder, substance use disorders and outpatient management of geriatric patients with psychiatric disorders and promoting emotional wellbeing in aging.

She is co-editor of the book, Bipolar Disorder in Older Age Patients.