Education

2001 B.S., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York
2005 M.D., SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York
2005-2009 Resident in Psychiatry, University of Vermont Medical Center, Burlington, VT
2009-2011 Fellow in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Vermont Medical Center, Burlington, VT

Awards and Honors

October 2009     
System of Care Special Program Scholarship
provided by the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

2005-2009         
Nominee for Arnold P. Gold Foundation Award for Humanism and Excellence in Teaching

1999, 2000         
National Science Foundation Research Fellowship
at Cornell University

1999-2001          
Howard Hughes Research Intern
at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Publications

Vermont Center for Children, Youth, and Families Tele-Education Program in Neuroscience and Genomics for Fellows in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.  American Journal of Psychiatry, The Resident's Journal. Vol 5, Issue 4, p 6-7. April, 2010

Area of Interest

Dr. Dickerson is the Director of Medical Student Education in Psychiatry at the Larner College of Medicine; he oversees the psychiatry clerkship and other psychiatry-related course work for medical students.  His interest in medical education also encompasses teaching in the College’s Professionalism, Communication, & Reflection and Medical Neuroscience courses; he also supervises the Psychiatry Student Interest Group. Over the past handful of years, Dr. Dickerson has also taught UVM undergraduates in his ‘Sex, Love, and the Neuroscience of Relationships’ course.  Teaching allows Dr. Dickerson to creatively share his interests in pop culture, medical humanities, mental health stigma, social neuroscience, and the role of connectedness in fostering wellness. 

Clinically, Dr. Dickerson is the director of the VCCYF’s Autism Assessment Clinic, the only University-affiliated multidisciplinary diagnostic clinic in the State of Vermont for children suspected of having an autism spectrum disorder.   He also provides outpatient care for gender-variant and transgender youth and their families.

While they enjoy traveling frequently, Dr. Dickerson and his family are grateful to be able to unwind in the natural beauty of Vermont and on the shore of Lake Champlain.