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Bethany Franklin

Lead for Integrated Behavioral Health Programs, Director of Integrated Psychiatric Education
UPMC Central PA

Bethany R. Franklin, MD, is an Integrated Behavioral Health Psychiatrist. She currently serves as the Lead for Integrated Behavioral Health Programs and the Director of Integrated Psychiatric Education at UPMC Central PA. In these roles, she oversees strategic and clinical integration of behavioral health services across primary care and specialty settings, while also advancing psychiatric education for non-psychiatric physicians and practitioners.

Clinically, Dr. Franklin provides Psychiatric consultation within the Collaborative Care Model, co-rounds on inpatient medical units, and delivers behavioral health education for Internal Medicine and Family Medicine residency programs.

She completed her Psychiatry residency at Penn State Hershey Medical Center and is board-certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. Dr. Franklin has been recognized with multiple Specialty Teaching Awards for her contributions to medical education.