Benjamin Stephens, MD is a 2021 graduate from the University of Virginia General Psychiatry Residency now in private practice in the Charlottesville, Virginia area. He spends most of his time in direct patient care and hopes to form relationships with local primary care providers to establish his own collaborative care practice. Dr. Stephens clinical experiences with behavioral health integration in primary care and rural telemedicine to underserved areas of Virginia has driven his interest in the collaborative care model. He hopes to deliver higher quality care, at lower cost, to more Virginians who need mental health services. By participating in the Community Based Fellowship Dr. Stephens hopes to bring the best practices in collaborative care back to Central Virginia. In 5 years he hopes to have his own collaborative care practice and see collaborative care become more common in psychiatry residency training programs in Virginia.