Penn Medicine Provider
Psychiatry
John Fernando Chaves, MD
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up

About me

  • Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry

Education and training

  • Medical School: Jefferson Medical College
  • Residency: Walter Reed Military Medical Center
  • Fellowship: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Insurance accepted

My Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Chaves is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

My research

John Chaves, John Northrop Statutory Allowance of Certain Incriminating Testimony by Expert Witnesses in Wyoming. , Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, 52(2): 2024,250-252


Horowitz, L., Snyder, D., Bridge, J., He, J., Harrington, c., Cai, J., Claassen, C., Salhany, J., Dao, T., Chaves, J.F., Jobes, D., Boudreaux, E., Pao, E. Validation of the Ask Suicide-Screening Questions (ASQ) for Adult Medical Inpatients. , Psychosomatics, 60: 2020,713-22


Chaves, J.F., and Rohul, A. Advocacy for Military Personnel. , The Psychiatrist's Guide to Advocacy: 2020


Gray, K.J., Chaves J.F. Saint Elizabeth’s Repeats as 2nd WPS CLM Mind Games Champs! , Global Mental Health and Psychiatry Newsletter, 5(1): 2019


Chaves, J.F., Gray, K.J. Leading as Psychiatrists during Anxious Times. , Global Mental Health and Psychiatry Newsletter, 5(3): 2019


Chaves, J.F., Gray, K.J. Reflecting on Career, Leadership, and Mentorship (CLM): Fellowship, Sponsorship, and Innovation. , Global Mental Health and Psychiatry Newsletter, 5(2): 2019


Chaves, J. F. Book Review, Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioral Economics By Richard H. Thaler. , Psychiatry, 79(3): 2016,320-23


Talsma, A.D., Chaves, J.F., LaMonaca, A., Wieczorek, E.D., Palladino, M.J. Genome-wide screen for modifiers of Na+/K+ ATPase alleles identifies critical neural loci. , Molecular Brain, 7(89): 2014