Morgan T. Sammons, Ph.D. Credentialed by the National Register since 1995

Biographical Information: Dr. Sammons graduated from Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, in 1989. Commander Sammons is Director of Clinical Operations in the US Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery and is President/Chairperson of the NR Board. One of the 10 psychologists to have graduated from Department of Defense Psychopharmacology Demonstration Project, he has been in the forefront of the campaign for prescriptive authority, not only on a state legislative level, but also on an academic level. Through his consultations with various universities and state psychological associations, he has striven to affect curriculum changes to support the expansion of the practice of psychology into this area, into greater engagement in the provision of rural mental health services and into telehealth service provision. He is former President of MD Psychological Association, serves on APA Council of Representatives (Div 55) and holds the American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP) in Clinical Psychology. He is a current member of APA's Policy and Planning Committee and former Chair of the Committee on Rural Health. He is an associate editor of Professional Psychology: Research and practice. He is the recipient of the 2005 APA Distinguished Service Award in the Public Sector.