Leah Fennell Barahona

Leah Fennell Barahona serves as the Medical Director at Sentara Healthcare, a position held since December 2022, focusing on healthcare utilization. Prior experience includes serving as a Telemental Health Psychiatrist at ALTOONA VAMC from May 2018 to November 2022, and similar roles at the Department of Veterans Affairs in Charleston, SC, and Salisbury VA Hospital, where responsibilities included outpatient psychiatry evaluation and treatment for veterans. Earlier roles involved outpatient psychiatric evaluations and medication management at EHP Behavioral Health and MedOptions, as well as staff psychiatrist duties with the Veterans Health Administration, leading the Mental Health Outpatient clinic. Leah Fennell Barahona holds a Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) degree from Meharry Medical College and a Bachelor’s degree in Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies from Hampton University.