James B. McLoone, MD, Chair of Psychiatry

James B. McLoone, MD, has been named Chair of the Department of Psychiatry at the UA College of Medicine – Phoenix.

Dr. McLoone has a long history of service to the College of Medicine, Banner – University Medical Center Phoenix and the community. He is a native Phoenician and a proud third-generation Arizona physician.

After completing his undergraduate studies at the University of Arizona, he attended medical school at George Washington University in Washington, DC, where he was selected to the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. Upon completing residency training at the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute, where he served as Chief Resident, Dr. McLoone returned to Phoenix to practice medicine.

Dr. McLoone was Director of the Psychiatry Residency Program at Banner’s Phoenix Clinical Campus from 1981 to 2015. He has been Chair of the Department of Psychiatry at Banner – University Medical Center Phoenix since 1992 and served as Chair of the Graduate Medical Education Committee at Banner from 1992 to 2015.

“I am honored to be named Chair of the Department of Psychiatry, continuing this amazing journey alongside friends and colleagues at our College of Medicine as we work together to help the Phoenix campus reach its full potential,” Dr. McLoone said.

“We are honored that Dr. McLoone will fill this role and know that building on his rich background as a founder of the College of Medicine – Phoenix, he will lead the Psychiatry Department to great achievements,” said Kenneth S. Ramos, MD, PhD, interim dean of the UA College of Medicine – Phoenix. He will inspire us all with his dedication and serve as an outstanding role model for our medical students.

Dr. McLoone worked with Drs. Mitchell Shub, Alan Leibowitz, John Mattox, Jacqueline Chadwick and the late Mel Cohen to establish the medical school in downtown Phoenix.

He has a clinical practice in adult psychiatry in Phoenix, focusing on affective and anxiety disorders and more recently collaborative and integrated health care between Psychiatry and other medical specialties.

Board-certified in Psychiatry and Geriatric Psychiatry, Dr. McLoone is a Distinguished Life Fellow in the American Psychiatric Association and has been awarded the Howard E. Wulsin Excellence in Teaching Award by the Arizona Psychiatric Society. He is a professor of Psychiatry in the Clinical Scholar’s Track at the UA College of Medicine – Phoenix and has been named to the Dean’s List for Teaching Excellence.