Gerard Banez, PhD
Treatment & Services
- Center for Pediatric Behavioral Health
- Coping with Medical/Behavioral Problems
- Division of Pediatric Psychology
- Integrative Wellness
- Mind-Body Therapies
- Pain Management
- Stress Management
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View All PlansAbout Gerard Banez, PhD
Dr. Gerard Banez is a pediatric psychologist who serves as the Program Director for the Cleveland Clinic Pediatric Pain Rehabilitation Program. He earned his doctoral degree in clinical psychology at the University of Vermont in Burlington and completed a predoctoral internship and postdoctoral fellowship in pediatric psychology at Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Banez is a Fellow of Division 54 (Society of Pediatric Psychology [SPP]) of the American Psychological Association and currently serves as Co-Chair of the SPP Pain Special Interest Group. He served as a Member-at-Large on the SPP Executive Council and was appointed to the American Psychological Association Presidential Task Force on Evidence-Based Practice for Children and Adolescents. Dr. Banez has given numerous presentations and written multiple papers on pediatric chronic pain and related functional impairment.
Education & Professional Highlights
Appointed
1999
Education & Fellowships
Fellowship - Judge Baker's Children Center
Pediatric Behavioral Medicine
Boston,
MA
1991
Medical Education - University of Vermont
Clinical Psychology
Burlington,
VT
1990
Internship - Judge Baker's Children Center
Clinical Psychology
Boston,
MA
1990
Undergraduate - University of Rochester
Rochester,
NY
1984
Professional Highlights
- Member, American Psychological Association Task Force on Evidence-Based Practice for Children and Adolescents
- Member at Large, Executive Council, Society of Pediatric Psychology
Specialty Interests
Pediatric pain rehabilitation, chronic pain in children and adolescents, pain-associated disability syndrome, clinical behavioral pediatrics
Awards & Honors
- One to Watch, 2007 Cleveland Magazine "Top Docs" Issue
- Fellow of Division 54 (Society of Pediatric Psychology) of the American Psychological Association
Memberships
- American Psychological Association
- Society of Pediatric Psychology
Research & Publications
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