Ben Lafferty, MD

Benjamin R. Lafferty, MD is a WV native who earned his medical degree from West Virginia University School of Medicine in Morgantown, WV. He completed residency/fellowship training in general, child, and adolescent psychiatry at West Virginia University Hospitals, Chestnut Ridge Center. He has been an attending physician for Samaritan Health Services for 7 years. Dr. Lafferty has been the Program Director for the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship program and is a faculty member of the Psychiatry Residency training program. Dr. Lafferty enjoys working with medical students, residents, and fellows, with a focus on rural, community-based psychiatric care. He is board-certified in both General and Child & Adolescent Psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. He is a Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry for the College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, CA.