Altha Stewart

Altha Stewart
Born
Academic background
EducationBA, biology, 1973, Christian Brothers University
M.D., Temple University School of Medicine
Academic work
InstitutionsUniversity of Tennessee Health Science Center

Altha Jeanne Stewart is an American psychiatrist. In 2015, Stewart was recruited by the University of Tennessee Health Science Center to establish and direct the Center for Health in Justice Involved Youth. While there, she became the first African American president of the American Psychiatric Association.