Joseph Guillory, MD
Dr. Joseph Guillory grew up in southwest Louisiana where he was first exposed to major health disparities. He pursued higher education at Baylor University where he graduated with a major in Biology, two minors in Philosophy and Biochemistry, and two honors programs. He went on to medical school at McGovern in Houston, TX. While there, he served as class officer, student representative on the curriculum committee and UTHSC dean’s search committee, founder of the Center of Interprofessional Collaboration, and member of the Gold Humanism Honor Society. Dr. Guillory graduated from the University of Texas at Southwestern Psychiatry Residency in his 3<sup>rd</sup> year. While in residency, he served a class representative, co-founder and chair of the UTSW Psychiatry Mentorship Program, volunteer with NAMI and Associations of Persons Affected by Addictions, keynote speaker for the NAMI Texas State Conference, presenter at the Kenneth Altshuler Grand Rounds in Psychiatry at UTSW and Terrell State Hospital, and creator of the “Healthcare Systems and Operations” resident rotation and multiple lecture series including “Systems based Practice” and “Assertive Community Treatment. Dr. Guillory does research in the fields of community psychoeducation, mentorship, and peer support. He has been specially recognized with the “Excellent Contribution to Medical Student Education” award, induction onto the NAMI North Texas Board of Directors as the first resident-physician member, and awarded the American College of Psychiatry Laughlin Fellowship. He is currently in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship at UTSW where he plans to continue furthering his interests in community psychiatry, academic medicine, advocacy, physician leadership and transition age youth and young adults.