Faculty - Jon D. Hodgin, MD
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Jon D. Hodgin, MD Associate Professor |
Dr. Hodgin completed his medical education at the University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill) in 1972. He then attended the Medical College of Georgia where is completed his residency in Internal Medicine. After serving in the US Army Medical Corps, Dr. Hodgin completed the psychiatric residency program at the University of Florida and joined the faculty as an Assistant Professor in 1980. He was promoted to Associate Professor in 1984. In 1987 he entered into the child psychiatry fellowship at the University of Florida.
Dr. Hodgin is tripled boarded - in internal medicine, general psychiatry, and child/adolescent psychiatry. He uses this broad knowledge base to continue his interests in treating all age ranges of patients at the Gainesville V.A. Medical Center, Meridian Behavioral Health Center, and in the Adult Outpatient Psychiatry Clinic of Shands teaching hospital. He also maintains his longstanding interests in studying chronic posttraumatic stress disorder in both the adult veteran and child population.
Currently, Dr. Hodgin spends most of his time at the Gainesville VAMC, serving the population of veterans within the central portion of this state and extending into southern Georgia. He has also become a part of the outpatient clinic setting in the Shands Adult Outpatient Psychiatry Clinic. In addition, Dr. Hodgin sees child outpatients and their families at the Meridian Behavioral Health Center.
Research and Scholarly Interests:
Dr. Hodgin's current research interests include: ADHD, Medical Ethics, and Alternative Medicine
Educational Interests and Accomplishments:
During this year, Dr. Hodgin has continued as a part of the outpatient clinic setting in the Shands Adult Outpatient Psychiatry Clinic. This activity has provided him with an opportunity to supervise Psychiatric Residents in the course of their clinical activities with these adult patients. On any individual afternoon, from 3-5 Residents will be supervised. The topics of discussion cover the range of outpatient psychiatric interactions including: initial differential diagnosis, clinical decision making, treatment planning, the implementation of appropriate psychotropics, and timely follow-up planning. Dr. Hodgin has said that he appreciates the opportunity to be able to participate in the teaching of these Residents. In addition, Dr. Hodgin has received the Samuel D. Harris Award for teaching excellence in Psychiatry on three separate occasions in past years.
Ongoing memberships in the American College of Physicians, the American Psychiatric Association, the Florida Psychiatric Association, and the Alachua County Medical Society.