CURRICULUM VITAE
John Tennison, MD
Updated September 1, 2007
Date of Birth: September 16, 1968
Address:
Telephone: 210-884-0990
Email: tennison@texaspsychiatry.net
Current Practices: Medical Director of San
Antonio Treatment Center, 3701 West Commerce, San Antonio, TX 78207.
(210) 434-0531. In this context,
I provide pharmacological treatment for opioid use disorders.
Medical Director of Tejas
Recovery and Counseling Services, 7418 Military Drive West, San Antonio,
TX 78227. (210) 673-8111. In this context, I provide pharmacological
treatment for substance-related disorders, including alcohol and opioid
dependence.
Medical Director of
Residency Training: Chief Resident
Physician of the General Psychiatry Residency Program at the University of
Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, for 2002-2003.
Completed 4-year
General Psychiatry Residency Program at the University of
Texas Health Science Center,
Completed a 1-year
neuroscience fellowship in human brain mapping at the
Internship: University of
State Medical Licensure: Diplomate,
Texas State Board of Medical Examiners, August, 1999; Unrestricted license to practice
medicine in the state of
Committee Memberships: Served on Psychiatry & the Law Committee of the Group for
the Advancement of Psychiatry; Served on the National Ethics
Committee of the
Psychiatric Honors: One of 15 psychiatry residents chosen every
two years from national pool to become an honorary GAP Fellow, Fall, 2000. (GAP
stands for the Group for the Advancement of
Psychiatry.) (See groupadpsych.org); Delivered Grand Rounds titled, “The Relationship
Between Spirituality and Psychiatry,” at University of Texas Health Science
Center, San Antonio, on May 15, 2001; Chosen as
Outstanding Resident to receive all-expense paid trip to the annual American
Psychiatric Association National Meeting, May 2002; Chosen as Outstanding Resident to receive
all-expense paid trip to Emory University Psychiatric Symposium, August 2002,
Palm Beach, FL.
Non-Psychiatric Honors: Valedictorian in class of 429 students at
Texarkana, Arkansas High School, 1986;
International Science and Engineering Fair Finalist, 1984; General Motors Grand Award in Chemistry at
International Science and Engineering Fair, 1984; Hugh O’Brian Youth Foundation - Alternate
National Ambassador, 1984; Exchange
Student to Japan, summer, 1985 -- received 1 of 3 scholarships awarded in each
state through Japan/U.S. Senate Youth Exchange Program; Century III Leader Award -- 1986: included
college scholarship and expense-paid trip to national convention. (Only two students from each state were
chosen to receive this award. Over
350,000 applied nationwide.); DAR Good
Citizen Award and scholarship -- 1986;
Delegate to National Junior Science and Humanities Symposium - 1986
(Only six students were chosen from the state.); Johns Hopkins Scholarship -- 1987, 1988,
1989; Johns Hopkins Musical Showcase --
Overall winner for two years -- 1988, 1990 (performed original
compositions); "President's Commendation
for Achievement in the Arts" Award, May, 1990, "for distinguished
contributions to the arts at Homewood," (the Johns Hopkins campus); Medical Scholars Fellowship (with Keck Grant)
-- 1994-1995, Stanford School of Medicine.
Leadership Experience: Class President, high school, 1983-84; Student Council President, high school,
1985-86; Speaker of the House at
state-wide Student Congress -- 1986;
Class Vice President -- Johns Hopkins, 1987-88; Student Advisor to Freshmen at Johns Hopkins,
1987-88; President, Johns Hopkins
Synthesizer Club -- 3 years; Co-chairman
of 1995 Stanford Health Policy Forum (Forum took place on Saturday, April 22,
1995.); Moderated panel on drugs of
abuse at the 1995 Stanford Health Policy Forum;
Founded NEURO-S.I.S. (the Neuro Student
Interest Society), a student group at Stanford for those interested in
behaviorally-related health professions -- fall, 1994.
Non-Psychiatric Past Employment: Sales Representative for Romar
Music in Texarkana, Texas -- summer of 1986;
Composed, recorded, and distributed two albums of original music --
"Keys to Success" in 1986, and "New Year's Resolution" in
1989; Composed and recorded original
music soundtrack for video production of Kansas City Royals’ and Cincinnati
Reds' Dream Weeks -- spring of 1989;
Composed and recorded original music for video production of Johns
Hopkins's Graduation Ceremony -- May, 1989;
Sales Representative for West L.A. Music -- July, 1990 to June,
1991; Ran musical-equipment consulting
firm, “Serious Sound Consulting,” from July, 1991 to July, 1993; Composed and recorded original music for
video produced by Johns Hopkins Office of Admissions -- winter, 1992, (The video was aimed towards giving high
school seniors an overview of Johns Hopkins.);
Proctor at Lane Medical Library, Stanford School of Medicine -- fall,
1993 to the present; Formed corporation,
Nonjohnfiction, to manufacture and distribute
recordings of original music, September, 16, 1994; Released first compact disc album of 22
original pieces, “Nine Nons Jolt Him Not” -- June,
1995.
Volunteer Experience: Wrote musical soundtrack for fire-prevention
commercial produced by the Francis Scott Key Medical Center, a division of
Johns Hopkins -- fall of 1987 (Commercial aired on Maryland Public
Television.); Conceptualized and
produced the H.E.L.P. Concert (Hopkins Electronic Lifesaving Project), an AIDS
charity benefit to raise funds for the Hopkins AIDS Institute -- March 31,
1988, (This concert was one of the largest student productions ever held at the
Hopkins Homewood campus.); Blood Drive
Recruiter at Johns Hopkins -- recruited students to donate blood for 8 blood
drives held on Hopkins Campus;
Participated with my fraternity (ZBT) 4 hours every Saturday in teaching
persons at a local homeless shelter clerical skills to help them become more
employable -- throughout senior year, 1989-90;
Volunteer in Emergency Room at LAC + USC Medical Center -- summer, 1992; Volunteer in Psychiatric Hospital at LAC +
USC Medical Center -- summer, 1993;
Served as tour guide at Stanford Medical Center for students applying to
the M.D. program -- fall, 1995.
Research Experience: Worked during winter, spring, and summer of
1987 in the neuropathology and comparative medicine laboratories for Dr. Linda
Cork, professor at
Teaching Experience:
Taught courses on computer music at Johns Hopkins during intersession --
January of 1988, 1989, 1990; Taught
course on states of consciousness at Johns Hopkins during intersession --
January of 1990; Taught introductory
psychology classes at Cal State, Los Angeles -- winter and spring of 1992-93
school year; Served as teaching
assistant for multiple regression class, fall, 1992, at Cal State Los Angeles; Served as teaching assistant for introductory
statistics class at Cal State, Los Angeles, winter, 1993; Served as teaching assistant for neurobiology
200 class at Stanford School of Medicine, winter, 1994-95 school year; Appeared as guest on radio program, “Doc
Talk,” to discuss drugs of abuse -- November 29, 1995 (Refer to www.psychiatricjournal.com for a
streaming audio transcript of this interview.)
Artistic Activities: Performed original compositions
at various Johns Hopkins social events, including Spring Fairs, Hopkins Musical
Showcases, Synthesizer Club concerts, the H.E.L.P. concert, Parents’ Nights,
and one large-scale solo concert at Hopkins's Shriver Auditorium on Dec. 7,
1988; Performed original jazz piano solos at Stanford Medical Students’ Variety
Shows -- April 23, 1995 and May 19, 1996;
Performed original music at various San Antonio, Texas Venues/Events,
including: Sunken Garden Theatre, Feista Flambeau Parade, King William Fair, Masquerade
Parade, and the Texas Folklife Festival
Extracurricular Activities:
Tied former world chess champion, Boris Spassky,
in chess –
1. Co-author
of the 2007
2. “Why
Go into Psychiatry?” – May, 2002.
(Published on the World Wide Web at:
psychiatricjournal.com)
3. “Psychodynamic
Theories of the Mind” -- July, 2002. (Published
on the World Wide Web at:
psychiatricjournal.com)
4. “What
is ‘Splitting’ and How Does It Occur?” – August,
2002. (Published on the World Wide Web
at: psychiatricjournal.com)
5. “Human Brain Imaging During Musical Activity” --
June 1, 2000. (Published on the World
Wide Web at: psychiatricjournal.com)
6. “Spirituality and the Brain” – an address delivered
at the First Unitarian Universalist Church of San Antonio on July 25,
1999. (Published on the World Wide Web
at: psychiatricjournal.com)
7. “Localizing Neurological Lesions” – August,
2002. (Published on the World Wide Web
at: psychiatricjournal.com)
8. “Fellowships Available to
Psychiatrists and Psychiatry Residents” – September, 2002 (Published on the
World Wide Web at
9. “Websites Related to Psychiatry” – May, 2002. (Published
on the World Wide Web at:
psychiatricjournal.com)
10. “Predictions of a Neural Computational Model Correlate
Highly with Measured Preferences of Subjects Exposed to Novel Auditory
Stimuli,” published in book of abstracts from the Thirteenth Annual
Stanford Medical Student Research Symposium -- May 3, 1996.
11. “A Computational Model of Auditory Processing Which Yields
Output Correlating Highly with Measured Tonal Hierarchies,” published in
book of abstracts from the Eleventh Annual Stanford Medical Student Research
Symposium -- April 27, 1994.
12. “Determining a Mechanism for Triboluminescence,” published in book of abstracts from the 1984 International Science and Engineering Fair.