Dr. John Denninger is Director of Integrative Science and Clinical Training at the Benson-Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Staff Psychiatrist at Home Base, a Red Sox Foundation and MGH Program. He also serves as Psychiatrist at MGH, as Instructor in Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, and as Senior Mentor in the MGH/McLean Psychiatry Residency Physician Scientist Training Program.

After receiving his undergraduate degree from Harvard University, Dr. Denninger completed his MD/PhD—with dissertation work on the biochemistry of the nitric oxide receptor—at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. He completed his internship and residency in the MGH/McLean Adult Psychiatry Residency Training Program and served as chief resident in psychopharmacology at MGH. Dr. Denninger has received many awards for his teaching, including the Harvard Medical School Students Award for Teaching and the Isenberg Teaching Award. He has appeared on Katie Couric’s “Katie” show, CBS This Morning, and CBS Sunday Morning with Mo Rocca.

Dr. Denninger’s work focuses on mind-body interventions such as the Benson-Henry Institute’s evidence-based Stress Management and Resiliency Training program; meditation, mindfulness, yoga and related practices; stress reduction techniques; and resiliency enhancement approaches. Ultimately, he wants to understand—at a biological level—how approaches like these are able to promote wellness and enable flourishing in diverse groups of people.