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 Psychiatrist at MGH, as Instructor in Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, and as Senior Advisor 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 earned 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. In his role at BHI, he is responsible for the Stress Management and Resiliency Training (SMART) certification program for licensed healthcare clinicians.