Todd Peters, MD

Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer

Specialties

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)
LGBTQ+ Mental Health Issues
Medical Informatics
Pediatric Mood Disorders
Pediatric Anxiety Disorders

Dr. Peters is the senior vice president, chief medical officer (CMO), and chief medical information officer (CMIO) at Sheppard Pratt. He earned his MD at Penn State College of Medicine and completed his residency in general psychiatry and fellowship in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Brown University. In addition to his roles at Sheppard Pratt, Dr. Peters is an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. Prior to joining Sheppard Pratt, Dr. Peters served as inpatient medical director at Vanderbilt Psychiatric Hospital and assistant CMIO for Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

Dr. Peters’ clinical expertise spans electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), child and adolescent psychiatry, medical informatics, anxiety disorders, mood disorders, and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). He has presented both nationally and internally on topics including health information technology, systems of care, and the impact of the pandemic on youth development.

Dr. Peters is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) and a Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association (APA). He has served as the chair for AACAP’s Committee for Health Information Technology since 2018 and has been a representative for the AACAP’s Committee on Healthcare Access and Economics since 2009. He was also selected as Chair of AACAP’s Resource Group on Artificial Intelligence in 2024. Dr. Peters served as the Consulting Editor for Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America from 2017-2021.

Medical School

Penn State College of Medicine

Residency

Alpert Medical School of Brown University

Fellowship

Alpert Medical School of Brown University - Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Board Certification

General Psychiatry
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Professional Organizations and Appointments

Fellow, American Psychiatric Association
Distinguished Fellow, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Representative for the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry’s Healthcare Access and Economics Committee
Chair, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry’s Health Information Technology Committee
Consulting Editor, Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry’s Delegate to the American Psychiatric Association Committee on Mental Health Information Technology
Alternate Representative for the American Psychiatric Association on the Joint Commission’s Hospital Professional & Technical Advisory Committee
Member of the Technical Advisory Group for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) for the State of Tennessee Healthcare Innovation Initiative

Publications

Peters, T. E., MD. (2020). Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 29(4).

Peters, T. E., MD. (2020). Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 29(3).

Peters, T. E., MD. (2020). Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 29(2).

Peters, T. E., MD. (2020). Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 29(1).

Fuchs PA, Peters TE, Benningfield MM. (2019). Electroconvulsive Therapy as a Safe, Effective Treatment for Catatonia in an Adolescent with a Nasogastric Tube. Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America; 28(1): 121-125.

Peters, T. E., MD. (2019). Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 28(4).

Peters, T. E., MD. (2019). Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 28(3).

Peters, T. E., MD. (2019). Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 28(2).

Becker JE, Maley CT, Shultz EKB, & Peters TE. (2019). Neuromodulation: Past, Present, and Future. Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 28(1), 11–12. doi: 10.1016/j.chc.2018.08.003

Peters, T. E., MD. (2019). Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 28(1).

Peters, T. E., MD. (2018). Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 27(4).

Peters, T. E., MD. (2018). Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 27(3).

Peters, T. E., MD. (2018). Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 27(2).

Peters, T. E., MD. (2018). Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 27(1).

Peters TE. (2017). Transformational Impact of Health Information Technology on the Clinical Practice of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America; 26: 55–66.

Peters TE, Connolly SD. (2012). Psychopharmacological Treatment for Pediatric Anxiety Disorders. Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America; 21(4):789-806.

Peters TE, Fritz GF. (2011). Psychological Considerations of the Child with Asthma. Pediatric Clinics of North America; 58(4):921-936.

Peters TE, Fritz GF. (2010). Psychological Considerations of the Child with Asthma. Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America; 19(2):319-333.

Books and Book Chapters

Peters TE, Herman T, Patel NR, Trivedi HK (2015). “Technology and Adolescent Behavioral Health Care.” In Dewan NA, Luo JS, Lorenzi, NM (ed.), Mental Health Practice in a Digital World: A Clinicians Guide (1st ed.). Release Date: April 2015. Switzerland: Springer International Publishing.

Trivedi HK, Peters TE (2010). “Birth, Childhood, and Adolescence.” In Wedding D, Stuber ML (ed.), Behavior and Medicine (5th ed.), pp. 31-46. Cambridge, MA: Hogrefe Publishing.

Recent Webinars

Privacy and security: Communication of behavioral health information | Behavioral Health Initiative (BHI) Collaborative, American Medical Association | January 27, 2021