William Davis Kenner III

Background

III, William Davis Kenner was born on October 3, 1943 in Kingsport, Tennessee, United States. Son of Kenneth Bynum and Charlotte (Lineback) K.

Education

Student, Tulane University, 1961-1963; Bachelor of Science, U. Tennessee, 1965; Doctor of Medicine, U. Tennessee, Memphis, 1969.

Career

Rotating medical intern, Baptist Memorial Hospital, Memphis, 1969-1970; resident in adult psychiatry and fellow child psychiatry, Institute Psychiatry and Human Behavior, U. Maryland. Hospital, Baltimore, 1970-1973; fellow in child psychiatry, Vanderbilt University Hospital, Nashville, 1975-1976; private practice adult and child psychiatry/psychoanalysis, Nashville, since 1977; assistant professor psychiatry, Vanderbilt University Medical School, Nashville, 1973-1975, 76-77; associate clinical professor psychiatry and child psychiatry, Vanderbilt University Medical School, Nashville, since 1977. Director Vanderbilt Admission Unit of central Eastern State Hospital, 1973-1975.

Lecturer in field; consultant Federal Public Defender for Middle District of Tennessee, Federal Attorney General State of Tennessee, Attorney General State of Tennessee, Board Professional Responsibilities of Supreme Court Tennessee, District Attorney for Davidson County, Tennessee, Helen Ross McNabb Cmty. Mental Health Center Forensic Team, Boys Town Home Maryland, others. Hospital staff Vanderbilt Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Hospital, Vanderbilt University Hospital, Centennial Medical Center.

Consultant staff Baptist Hospital.

Achievements

• William Davis Kenner III has been listed as a noteworthy Psychiatrist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member quality assurance committee for adolescent unit Centennial Medical Center, chairman ethics committee, since 1994, member ad hoc commission to write guidelines for impaired physicians, impaired physicians committee. Member Tennessee department MentalHealth and Retardation Commission to Establish Guidelines for Violent Patients, Commission to Establish Voluntary Admission Procedure, forensic transfer committee. Member American Psychiatric Association, Nashville Academy Medicine, Tennessee Academy ChildPsychiatry, American Association Adolescent Psychiatry, American Psychoanalytic Association (member study groups), International Psychoanalytic Association.

Interests

• Avocations: bicycling, sailing, photography. Fax: 615-292-4716.

Connections

Married Carole Freeman, May 23, 1970. Children: William IV, Mary Clay, Michael.

Father:

Kenneth Bynum K.

Mother:

Charlotte (Lineback) K.

Spouse:

Carole Freeman

child:

William IV III

child:

Michael III

child:

Mary Clay III