Keynote Speaker: Dr. Kenneth Duckworth

Ken Duckworth’s journey into psychiatry started when he was a boy growing up with a dad who experienced severe bipolar disorder. His father was loving and kind, but periodically quite ill, hospitalized for months at a time. Ken became a psychiatrist in part to help his father.

Dr. Duckworth has served as the medical director of NAMI National since 2003. With other members of the senior leadership team, he has set the strategic direction of the organization and supported its mission to improve the lives of the millions of Americans affected by mental illness. According to world-renowned psychiatrist Dr. Ned Hallowell, “Ken Duckworth is an American hero.”

Triple board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in adult, child/adolescent, and forensic psychiatry, Dr. Duckworth is currently an assistant clinical professor at Harvard University Medical School, an adjunct clinical assistant professor at Boston University School of Public Health, and associate medical director for Behavioral Health at Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Massachusetts.