Mark Dávila-Witkowski, MSW
678 Massachusetts Avenue, 8th Floor
Cambridge, MA 02139
617.771.0810 • mark.davila@gmail.com

EDUCATION

Smith School for Social Work, Northampton, Massachusetts
Master of Social Work, 2005

Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
Bachelor of Science in Psychology, Summa Cum Laude, 2001

LICENSURE

Association of Social Work Boards
Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker, LIC 114287, 2007 Licensed Certified Social Worker, LIC 213981, 2006

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Private Practitioner, Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2007-present

  • Providing individual psychodynamic psychotherapy, EMDR treatment, and clinical consultation

  • Specializing in the treatment of trauma, issues related to sex and sexuality, disordered eating, depression, and

    anxiety disorders

  • Working predominately with members of the GLBTQ community, communities of color, and older adults

Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA), Outpatient Psychiatry, Cambridge, Massachusetts
The Cambridge Health Alliance is a comprehensive public health system and Harvard Medical School teaching site. CHA serves a broad patient demographic and has a particular focus on providing services to the poor and most disenfranchised in the community. The outpatient psychiatry department provides multidisciplinary mental health services that evaluate and treat people presenting with a wide range of psychological disorders, trauma experiences, and/or addictions.

Teaching Associate, Psychiatry, 2010-2011

  • Professional development seminar leader for five Social Work Fellows

Associate in Psychiatry, Psychiatry, 2008-2009

  • Member of team investigating the efficacy of psychodynamic treatment, with diagnostically heterogeneous clients, in a community mental health center

Fellow and Research Coordinator, Program for Psychotherapy, 2005-2008

  • Full-time clinical Fellow who served adults in a psychodynamic psychotherapy training program

  • Extensive experience and thorough training in working with victims of violence and dually-diagnosed clients

  • Coordinated research program investigating the efficacy of psychodynamic treatment, with diagnostically

    heterogeneous clients, in a community mental health center

Intake Coordinator and Interim Clinical Supervisor, Outpatient Psychiatry, 2005-2006

  • Collaborated with department leadership on solving problems related to the intake of new clients

  • Provided clinical supervision to a busy administrative/clinical office of three who were responsible for triaging all

    clients seeking outpatient psychiatric services

  • Responsibilities included initial triage, assessing patients’ risk of suicide, homicide, and addiction, data entry, providing initial disposition recommendations, and making appointments

Clinical Social Work Intern, Outpatient Psychiatry, 2004-2005

  • Full-time clinical internship, in a busy outpatient community mental health center, serving victims of violence, and

    clients with acute or major/chronic mental illness

  • Clinical responsibilities included assessing patients’ risk of suicide, homicide, and addiction, making differential

    diagnoses, and treatment and disposition planning

  • Collaborated on an interdisciplinary team of psychiatrists, psychologists, and social workers

Faulkner Hospital, Clinical Social Work Intern, Inpatient Psychiatry, Boston, Massachusetts, 2003-2004 Faulkner Hospital is a community hospital and Harvard Medical School teaching facility. The inpatient psychiatric department is a 24-bed locked unit providing evaluation and short-term treatment to adults in acute distress.

  • Full-time clinical internship serving individuals, couples, and families

  • Clinical responsibilities included conducting family and couple’s meetings, collecting collateral information from

    patients’ families and friends, and disposition planning

  • Trained to deescalate affectively charged situations

  • Collaborated on an interdisciplinary team of psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, and nurses

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, Massachusetts

Assistant Director for Educational Research and Educational Technologies, Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology, 2000-2003

  • Administrative Site Director of Vanderbilt-Northwestern-Texas-Harvard/MIT Engineering Research Center for

    Bioengineering Educational Technologies

  • Duties included: Grant writing, budgeting and reporting, identifying projects, recruiting project participants, and

    faculty development

  • Administered all aspects of a 12-person summer Research Experience for Undergraduates program

  • Investigated whether a simulation-based educational experience would improve understanding of basic concepts of respiratory and cardiovascular physiology over a lecture format

Student Services Coordinator, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1998-2000

  • Charged with all administrative aspects of the Department’s graduate admissions process

  • Advised graduate students on Institute policies, procedures, deadlines and degree requirements

  • Developed and implemented FileMaker database to track students’ progress through their academic program

  • Acted as a de facto ombudsman person to department graduate students

  • Directed a team of students, staff, and faculty to redesign the department website

Programs Coordinator, Academic Services – Teaching and Learning Laboratory, 1996-1998

  • Office manager, administrative assistant to the Directors of the department, and supervisor of five student workers

  • Directed all aspects of the Institute’s Subject Evaluation process

  • Developed the pilot system for the teaching staff data collection project (i.e., Who’s Teaching What at MIT)

  • Managed all aspects for the New Faculty and TA Orientations and annual educational seminar series

ADDITIONAL CLINICAL TRAINING

EMDR Basic Training Course, Simmons College School of Social Work, Boston, MA, 2009

Fellow, American Psychoanalytic Association, New York, New York, 2005-2006

Narrative Therapy workshop, Family Institute of Cambridge, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2005

Victims of Violence Seminar, Cambridge Health Alliance, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2004-2005

COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS

BioMatrix Executive Board (mentoring program), Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2000-2009

Leston Havens Teaching Award Committee, Cambridge Health Alliance, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2007

Faculty Search Committee, Smith College for Social Work, Northampton, Massachusetts, 2004-2005

Re-accreditation Committee, Smith College for Social Work, Northampton, Massachusetts, 2004-2005

Education Oversight Committee, Engineering Research Center for Computer Integrated Surgical Systems and Technology, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, 2001-2003

Educational Technology Working Group (Secretary), Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2000-2003

MD Curriculum Committee, Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Information Technology, Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2000

COMMUNITY SERVICE RELATED TO PROFESSIONAL WORK

Advisory Council Member, John A. Bishop School, Arlington, Massachusetts, 2017-present

Institutional Review Board Community Member, Fenway Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, 2015-2018

Student Body Vice President, Smith College for Social Work, Northampton, Massachusetts, 2004-2005

Peer Mediator, Smith College for Social Work, Northampton, Massachusetts, 2003-2005

Safer Sex Educator, Fenway Community Health Center, Boston, Massachusetts, 2002-20042

Fundraiser, Human Rights Campaign, Washington, DC, 1996-2004

Residence Based Advisor, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2001-2003

LBGT Issues Group Member, Gender Issues Subcommittee, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2003

Freshman Academic Advisor, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2000-2003

New England Database Manager, Human Rights Campaign, Washington, DC, 1996-1999

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

New England Society for the Treatment of Trauma and Dissociation, 2019-present

The Massachusetts Association for Psychoanalytic Psychology, 2008-present

National Association of Social Workers, 2003-present

Psi Chi, Boston University Chapter, 1999-present

Servicemembers Legal Defense Network, 1997-2005 Human Rights Campaign, 1996-2005

American Psychological Society, 1999-2003

PUBLICATIONS

DeFife, J., Drill, R., Beinashowitz, J., Ballantyne, L., Plant, D., Smith-Hansen, L., Teran, V., Werner-Larsen, L., Westerling, T., Yang, Y., Dávila, M., & Nakash, O. (2015). Practice-Based Psychotherapy Research in a Public Health Setting: Obstacles and Opportunities. Unpublished Manuscript.

Dávila, M. (2006, June). Spirituality and the Role of Religion in Treatment. Paper presented at the annual meeting of The American Psychoanalytic Association, Washington, DC.

Dávila, M. (2005). I Just Want to be Close to You: Attachment and Safer Sex in Gay Men. Unpublished masters thesis, Smith College for Social Work, Northampton, MA. *Winner, Joan Laird Thesis Prize for Excellence in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual or Transgender Studies ** Nominated, Eleanor Clark Thesis Prize for research excellence

Cohen, M., Dávila, M., & Gunter, H. (2003). Proceedings from the American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition: BioMatrix: A Program and Model for Mentoring. Nashville, TN.

Hirsch P., Bird S., & Dávila, M. (2003). Proceedings from the American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition: Including Core Competency Instruction in the Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Program in Biomedical Engineering. Nashville, TN.

Brown, E., Dávila, M., & Gray, M. (2001, October). Drawing Them in Early, Outreach and Mentoring Programs: BioMatrix and Spacercise. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society, Durham, NC.

SELECTED PRESENTATIONS

Bohn, C., Dávila, M., Gurevich, L., Leader, J. & Healy, M. (Moderator) (2010, January 9). Building a Private Practice: Nuts and Bolts for Early-Career Clinicians. MAPP’s Sixth Annual Panel Discussion. The Massachusetts Association for Psychoanalytic Psychology. Cambridge Health Alliance, Cambridge.

Bortle, J., Dávila, M., Yang, Y. & Healy, M. (Moderator) (2021, April 3). Building a Private Practice: Nuts and Bolts for Early-Career Clinicians. MAPP’s Seventeenth Annual Panel Discussion. The Massachusetts Association for Psychoanalytic Psychology. Remote Panel Discussion.

Dávila, M., Deville, D., Gagliardi, A., Simpson-Hamilton, P. & Healy, M. (Moderator) (2009, February 7). Building a Private Practice: Nuts and Bolts for Early-Career Clinicians. MAPP’s Fifth Annual Panel Discussion. The Massachusetts Association for Psychoanalytic Psychology. Cambridge Health Alliance, Cambridge.

Drill, R., Ballantyne, L., Nakash, O., Beinashowitz, J., Plant, D., Dávila, M., & DeFife, J. (2008, August). Implementing Research in a Safety-Net Hospital. Poster presented at the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Boston, MA.

Dávila, M. & Friedman, C. (2006, October). Attachment and Safer Sex Practices of Gay Men: Clinical Ramifications. Presented at The Discussion Group on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity, The Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute and Fenway Community Health Center, Boston, MA.

Dávila, M. & Friedman, C. (2006, June 14). Attachment Styles as a Variable in the Safer Sex Practices of Gay Men. Presented at Empirical Research in Mental Health, The American Psychoanalytic Association, Washington, DC.

Dávila, M. (2005, November 5). The Internet as a Research Tool. Presented at the Research Supervisors Annual Meeting, Smith College for Social Work.

Dávila, M., Siegel, A., & Eder, G. (2004, March). Issues of Persecution: Psychodynamic Psychotherapy With an Unmedicated Client. Presented at Grand Rounds, The Cambridge Health Alliance, Cambridge, MA.

Gunter, H., Dávila, M., Sadeghpour, S., & Bonventre, J.V. (2002, October). Educational Innovation In Renal Pathophysiology. Poster presented at Medical Education Day, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.

Cedolin, L., Xu, M., Greenberg, J. & Dávila, M. (2002, October). Lessons Learned: Experiences of Graduate-Student Teaching Assistants in a Course Utilizing Pedagogically-Validated Instructional Materials. Poster presented at Medical Education Day, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.

Greenberg, J., Smith, N., Tran, D., Steinheider, J., Dávila, M., Cedolin, L., Xu, M. & Brophy, S. (2002, June). A HPL- informed Module for Teaching and Learning Spectral Analysis: Design, Assessment, and Lessons Learned, Presented at the VaNTH ERC Annual National Science Foundation Site Visit, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN.

Dávila, M. & Brophy, S. (2001, December). Process of Educational Module Design. Presented at the VaNTH ERC Quarterly Meeting, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.

Klein, S., Siebold, J., Kanter, D., Dávila, M., Petrosino, T. & Sherwood, R. (2001, June). Education Program, Dissemination, and Outreach. Presented at the VaNTH ERC Quarterly Meeting, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN.