Dr. Marc Lockhart, MD, has been a practicing consultant psychiatrist in the Cayman Islands for over 25 years. He received his Doctor of Medicine in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic and is a fluent Spanish speaker. His Psychiatry Residency training was completed at Wayne State University/Detroit Medical Center in Detroit, Michigan. He is the Medical Director of Behavioral Health Associates Cayman (BHAC) and is a Senior Consultant Psychiatrist at The Health Services Authority where he manages clinical duties for HMP Fairbanks and Spanish language services. He has recently assumed the role of Clinical Director, Poinciana Rehabilitation Centre.
He has extensive experience in administrative and community psychiatry, having served on the Health Practice Commission as Deputy Chairperson, The National Drug Council as a member, and The Mental Health Commission as its first Chairman. He was recently appointed as the Chairperson of the Poinciana Mental Health Advisory Council which oversees the management and program development of the Cayman Islands 54-bed psychiatric rehabilitation facility.
Dr. Lockhart received the honour of Emerging Pioneer from the Cayman Islands Government in 2015 for health services. His ongoing initiatives include reducing stigma around mental illness and increasing access to resources for those with the least, the last and the lost in our society.