Ben Hunter
Dr. Ben Hunter is the Medical Director of Professional Services. In this role, Dr. Hunter manages psychiatric services, psychological testing, adult family therapy services, transcranial magnetic stimulation services, the Glenn Family Wellness Clinic, and the wellness clinic at the adolescent campus.
Dr. Hunter joined Skyland Trail as Medical Director of Outpatient Services in 2016. Dr. Hunter completed his medical training at Emory University and a psychiatric residency at the University of Pennsylvania, where he served as chief resident during his final year. Additionally, Dr. Hunter completed fellowships in psychoanalysis through the Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia and organizational psychiatry with the Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry. During his training, he received numerous distinctions including the University of Pennsylvania’s Laughlin Foundation Award for outstanding professional achievement and the Kenneth D. Cohen Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Award. Dr. Hunter was elected a Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association in 2023.
A lifelong involvement in team sports has informed Dr. Hunter’s career in healthcare. Following an All-American baseball career at Wake Forest University and selection in the Major League Baseball draft, he ultimately decided that medicine was his calling. Dr. Hunter continues to share his athletic passion by advocating for a healthy lifestyle as a critical element of physical and emotional well-being.