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Ken Duckworth, MD
Ken Duckworth, MD, is the chief medical officer of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) and has been the medical director since 2003. He is also assistant professor of ps...view moreKen Duckworth, MD, is the chief medical officer of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) and has been the medical director since 2003. He is also assistant professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and an adjunct clinical assistant professor of health and policy management at the Boston University School of Public Health. Dr. Duckworth has served as a board member of the American Association for Community Psychiatry, and worked for years as a psychiatrist on an assertive community treatment team. He was previously acting commissioner and deputy commissioner of Clinical and Professional Services at the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health. Dr. Duckworth has worked with the homeless population in Boston, provided mental health services and consultations at a private boys’ elementary school, worked with individuals in private practice, and served as an expert witness in multiple legal cases against systems of care that have been failing people with mental health conditions. He lives in Boston.view less