

Dr. Vineeth John was born in India and was educated at the Christian Medical College, India. After obtaining his medical degree, he completed his training in Psychiatry at the Tufts/New England Medical Center, Boston. He then joined the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine as Assistant professor of Psychiatry. In 2001, he became the Division Chief of the Psychiatric Emergency and Intake Services and a vital member of the senior medical leadership team at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.
He was able to enhance his administrative experience in a more formal way by completing the Executive MBA program organized by University of Pittsburgh Katz Graduate School of Business. In 2005, he joined the faculty at the Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, as Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, where he worked as an attending psychiatrist in the Geriatric Psychiatry Inpatient Unit at the UM/Jackson Memorial Hospital. Currently, Dr. John is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Dr John has won numerous awards for teaching and has also published various articles and case reports in the leading medical journals. He is on the speaker panel for the Johnson A. Edosomwan Leadership Institute at the University of Miami and has presented his lecture on "Toxic Leadership" to many business and professional organizations including the 2006 Telefonica Leadership Conference.