Robert Lee Trestman PhD MD joined Carilion Clinic and the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine in April 2017 as Professor and Chair of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine. He previously held leadership positions at the Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York and at the University of Connecticut. His current clinical focus is Huntington’s Disease. He has extensively lectured and consulted nationally and internationally, authored or coauthored over 180 peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, and commentaries. He is currently co-chair of the APA Board of Trustees Workgroup on the Future of Psychiatrist Leadership of Clinical Care. Dr. Trestman is the immediate past Chair of the American Psychiatric Association’s Council on Healthcare Systems and Financing, is a Board member of the American Hospital Association, serves as the Liaison between the American Hospital Association and the APA, and is President-Elect of the American Association of Chairs of Departments of Psychiatry. He serves as medical expert to the Western Virginia Division of the US Federal District Treatment Court and sits on the Boards of the APA Foundation and the Bradley Free Clinic in Roanoke VA and is Chair of its Behavioral Health Committee.