EDC-Denver (http://www.edcdenver.com/) is proud to announce and welcome John Chardavoyne, MD as one of their Outpatient Psychiatrists. Dr. Chardavoyne is responsible for patients needing treatment for all psychiatric disorders. Dr. Chardavoyne's expertise is treating patients with personality disorders or who have been labeled as "difficult to treat." He specializes in Transference-Focused Psychotherapy (TFP) an evidence-based psychotherapy that can help individuals adapt better to their psychosocial environments.
He joins the EDC-Denver Team after working as The Denver VA Medical Center Outpatient MH Clinic Medical Director. Previously, he was affiliated with Yale University where he was a Clinical Instructor in Psychiatry at the Yale University School of Medicine and the Yale School of Nursing. Additionally, he was a Medical Director for The Yale-New Haven Partial Hospital and Intensive Outpatient Programs Clinic in Hamden, CT. While affiliated with Yale University, he co-founded the Yale Philosophy and Psychiatry Group. In 2013 the Connecticut Psychiatric Society awarded him the Roger Coleman Memorial Award Service to Patients for responding after the Sandy Hook tragedy.
He graduated from the University of Rochester and earned his M.D. from Upstate Medical University. He completed his training in psychiatry at the University of Colorado Denver, where he also served as Chief Resident of Outpatient Psychiatry at the Denver Veterans Affairs Medical Center. He then finished a fellowship in Dialectical Behavior Therapy at the Yale University Department of Psychiatry.
Tamara Pryor, PHD, FAED, EDC-Denver’s Clinical Director and Director of Clinical Research states, “The world needs compassionate and scientific psychiatry. At the Eating Disorder Center of Denver, we are so fortunate to have discovered this in the person of Dr. John Chardavoyne. It is a privilege to know him and to work in his presence.”
About Eating Disorder Center of Denver: Since 2001 Eating Disorder Center of Denver has been treating 18+ year old females and males with all types of eating disorders. We provide Partial Hospitalization, Intensive Outpatient Programs, and Outpatient & Aftercare Services. In addition to our eating disorder track, we have four specialty programs; Binge Eating Disorder, Elite Athlete Program, Substance Abuse Track, and a Trauma Track. Because of EDC-Denver’s success we have opened two new locations; Colorado Springs, CO and Kansas City, KS. We offer complimentary assessments for anyone who believes they may have an eating disorder. For more information please call our Admissions Line at 866-771-0861.
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