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). He also serves as a Psychiatrist at MGH and the MGH Home Base Program, as an Instructor in Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, and as Senior Mentor in the MGH/McLean Psychiatry Residency Research Concentration 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. He has received a Master of Medical Sciences from the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology as part of the Clinical Investigator Training Program.  Dr. Denninger has received many awards for his teaching, including the Harvard Medical School Students Award for Teaching and the Isenberg Teaching Award. 

Dr. Denninger leads the Benson-Henry Institute’s SMART Certification program, providing training and mentoring to clinicians learning to deliver the Institute’s copyrighted self-care intervention in clinical settings around the world. His research explores the relationship between stress reduction, resiliency enhancement and health in both clinical and basic domains.