Dr. Matt Stanely serves as the Vice President and Medical Director of the Behavioral Health Clinical Service Line. He has experience as a psychiatrist at Avera and is Board Certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and by the American Board of Addiction Medicine. He is also a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. Dr. Stanley is an attending psychiatrist for Avera McKennan Behavioral Health Services and is an investigator at the Avera Research Institute. He is an Assistant Professor for the Department of Psychiatry at the Sanford School of Medicine at the University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD where he serves as core faculty and clinical instructor with the Psychiatry Residency Program. Dr. Stanley has broad diversity in leadership experience, including serving as President of the South Dakota State Psychiatric Medical Association. He is a member of the American Medical Association, American Psychiatric Association, South Dakota Medical Association, South Dakota State Psychiatric Medical Association, American Society of Addiction Medicine and American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry. He also serves as a Board Member of the SD Foundation for Medical Care, Tallgrass Recovery Center, The Helpline, South East Behavioral Health Center, and the South Dakota Quitline. He is the Chairman of the Avera McKennan Credentials Committee and the Avera System Formulary Committee as well as served as past Chair and Vice Chair of the Avera McKennan Hospital Department of Psychiatry. In addition he currently serves on committees for Avera Health, Wellmark BCBS and DakotaCare insurance companies.