Full Name
Sandy Blount Ed.D.
Job Title
Professor Emeritus of Family Medicine and Community Health, President, Past Chair
Company
UMass Chan Medical School, Integrated Primary Care, AHRQ National Integration Academy Council
Speaker Short Bio
Alexander Blount, Ed.D., is a Professor Emeritus of Family Medicine and Community Health at UMass Chan Medical School, where he founded the Center for Integrated Primary Care (CIPC), the oldest and largest Web-based training program in behavioral health integration. He also is President of Integrated Primary Care, Inc., a firm offering consultation and training to organizations wishing to begin or improve behavioral health integration and patient-centered care. Dr. Blount has been practicing as a clinician, trainer, administrator, author, teacher, and consultant for more than 45 years. He has been a behavioral health clinician in primary care for 20 of those years. His books include Integrated Primary Care: The Future of Medical and Mental Health Collaboration, published by W. W. Norton, and Patient-Centered Primary Care, published by Springer. In addition, he has published over 20 articles and chapters on Behavioral Health Integration, as well as developing resources websites in Integrated Primary Care, Team-Based Care, and Workforce Development. He is past president of CFHA, recipient of the Don Bloch Award, and past editor of Families, Systems, & Health, the Journal of Collaborative Family Healthcare.