Peggy Johnson

As Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Peggy Johnson leads the organization’s clinical strategy development and execution, ensuring that Vinfen’s community-based mental health and disability programs are positioned to deliver high-quality, clinically-focused, and person-centered services.

Dr. Johnson has an extensive background in caring for individuals with chronic mental health conditions, in both clinical and operational settings. Before joining Vinfen, she served as Vice President and Chief of Psychiatry for Commonwealth Care Alliance (CCA), where she was instrumental in driving strategic initiatives to better support individuals with mental health conditions. Prior to her work at Commonwealth Care Alliance, she spent several years serving as Vice President of Psychiatric Services at Boston Medical Center, the largest safety net institution in New England. Dr. Johnson began her career as a public sector psychiatrist with a focus on those with chronic and persistent mental health conditions.

Dr. Johnson trained in general adult psychiatry at Harvard Medical School’s Cambridge Hospital Psychiatry Residency Program. She holds a BS from University of Houston and an MD from Baylor College of Medicine. She has received numerous awards and honors – including the Marie Feltin Award, the NAMI Exemplary Psychiatrist Award, and the Massachusetts Psychiatrist Society’s Outstanding Psychiatrist Award – and has served as a lecturer at a number of institutions.