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Vanessa Catherine Howells

Vanessa Catherine Howells, MD

Psychiatry

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Highlights

Languages

  • English

Gender

Female

Johns Hopkins Affiliations:

  • Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Faculty

About Vanessa Catherine Howells

Professional Titles

  • Medical Director, Preschool Clinical Programs, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center

Primary Academic Title

Instructor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Background

Dr. Vanessa Howells is an instructor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of children with mental illness, as well as adult psychiatry. She serves as medical director of Preschool Clinical Programs at the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center.

Dr. Howells received her medical degree from the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine in 2002. She completed residencies in psychiatry and child psychiatry at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Philadelphia in 2005 and 2007, respectively.

Locations

  1. Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
    • 5500 East Lombard Street, Baltimore, MD 21224

    Expertise

    Education

    Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

    Residency, Psychiatry Child Psychiatry, 2007

    Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

    Residency, Psychiatry, 2005

    Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine

    Medical Education, MD, 2002

    Board Certifications

    Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

    American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 2009

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    • First Health
    • Geisinger Health Plan
    • HealthSmart/Accel
    • Humana
    • Johns Hopkins Health Plans
    • MultiPlan
    • Pennsylvania's Preferred Health Networks (PPHN)
    • Point Comfort Underwriters
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    • UnitedHealthcare
    • Veteran Affairs Community Care Network (Optum-VACCN)