Margaret Benningfield, M.D.
Assistant Professor
meg.benningfield@vanderbilt.edu
Dr. Meg Benningfield joined the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in 2008. She provides inpatient and outpatient consultation to pediatrics. She also serves as a psychiatric consultant at the Vanderbilt Center of Excellence for Children in State Custody. She has research interests in addiction and its impact on early maternal-infant attachment.
Education
MD, Vanderbilt University
BA, Washington University
Postgraduate Training
Resident in Adult Psychiatry, Massachusetts General and McLean Hospitals
Fellow in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Cambridge Hospital
Areas of Clinical Expertise
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Research interests
Impact of addiction on parenting and early attachment.
