{"id":1688,"date":"2026-08-26T20:34:59","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T20:34:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glacierems.com\/?page_id=1688"},"modified":"2026-08-27T22:02:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T22:02:15","slug":"james-potash","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/glacierems.com\/index.php\/expert-contributors\/james-potash\/","title":{"rendered":"James B. Potash, MD, MPH"},"content":{"rendered":"<article style=\"max-width:960px;margin:0 auto;color:#263b44;line-height:1.68\">\n<header style=\"display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:34px;align-items:center;padding:28px 0 32px;border-bottom:4px solid #1b667b\">\n  <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/glacierems.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/james-potash-original.webp\" alt=\"James B. Potash, MD, MPH\" width=\"200\" height=\"250\" style=\"width:100%;max-width:230px;height:auto;display:block;border:1px solid #b9cbd2;flex:0 1 230px\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"flex:1 1 420px;min-width:0\">\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 8px;color:#1b667b;font-size:14px;letter-spacing:.08em;text-transform:uppercase\">Medical contributor<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"margin:0 0 12px;color:#0d2a38;font-size:clamp(32px,5vw,52px);line-height:1.08\">James B. Potash, MD, MPH<\/h2>\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 8px;font-size:18px;color:#334f5a\">Henry Phipps Professor of Psychiatry; Director, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; Psychiatrist-in-Chief<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0;color:#526a74\">Johns Hopkins Medicine<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<p style=\"margin:26px 0 0;font-size:18px;color:#334f5a\">James B. Potash\u2019s documented work in depression, bipolar disorder, psychiatric genetics, and epigenetics defines the limits of this contributor profile. It makes no claim of a specific Glacier EMS review, staff role, or treatment relationship.<\/p>\n<section style=\"margin:34px 0 0;padding:0 0 26px;border-bottom:1px solid #cbd9df\">\n<h2 style=\"margin:0 0 14px;color:#12394a\">Mood disorders and psychiatric genetics<\/h2>\n<ul style=\"margin:0;padding-left:22px;columns:240px 2;column-gap:36px\">\n<li>Depression<\/li>\n<li>Bipolar disorder<\/li>\n<li>Psychiatric genetics<\/li>\n<li>Epigenetics<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<section style=\"margin:30px 0\">\n<h2 style=\"margin:0 0 12px;color:#12394a\">Verified biography<\/h2>\n<p>James B. Potash, MD, MPH, is the Henry Phipps Professor of Psychiatry and directs the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Johns Hopkins Medicine. His research focuses on the genetic and epigenetic mechanisms of depression and bipolar disorder, with more than 250 publications listed by Johns Hopkins.<\/p>\n<p>Henry Phipps Professor of Psychiatry; Director of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Psychiatrist-in-Chief at Johns Hopkins since 2017; previously Chair of Psychiatry at the University of Iowa for six years.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section style=\"margin:30px 0;padding:22px 24px;background:#eef5f7;border-top:3px solid #1b667b\">\n<h2 style=\"margin:0 0 12px;color:#12394a\">Medical education and leadership<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Current affiliation:<\/strong> Johns Hopkins Medicine<\/p>\n<p><strong>Current title:<\/strong> Henry Phipps Professor of Psychiatry; Director, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; Psychiatrist-in-Chief<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin:14px 0 0;padding-left:22px\">\n<li>BA, Yale University, 1984<\/li>\n<li>MPH, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 1989<\/li>\n<li>MD, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1993<\/li>\n<li>Internship in Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins Bayview<\/li>\n<li>Residency in Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins, 1998<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<section style=\"margin:32px 0\">\n<h2 style=\"margin:0 0 12px;color:#12394a\">Sources for credentials and research<\/h2>\n<ul style=\"margin:0;padding-left:22px\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.hopkinsmedicine.org\/provider\/james-bennett-potash\/2702747\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">James B. Potash \u2014 institutional profile<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/?term=Potash%20JB%5BAuthor%5D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">James B. Potash \u2014 publication record<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<aside style=\"margin:34px 0 0;padding:18px 20px;border-left:4px solid #1b667b;background:#f5f8f9\">\n<p style=\"margin:0\">James B. Potash\u2019s contributor scope covers the mood-disorder, psychiatric-genetics, and psychiatry topics in his verified record.<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<\/article>\n<p><script type=\"application\/ld+json\" data-glacier-wave2-schema>{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"ProfilePage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/glacierems.com\/index.php\/expert-contributors\/james-potash\/#profilepage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/glacierems.com\/index.php\/expert-contributors\/james-potash\/\",\"name\":\"James B. Potash, MD, MPH\",\"description\":\"James B. 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