After over 40 years in practice, Tom Vaughan, Jr., MD has retired from Children's of Alabama.

Vaughan, who is a leader in child and adolescent psychiatry, earned his M.D. from the University of Alabama in 1967, and went on to do his internship and residency at John Hopkins Hospital. He completed a residency in child and adolescent psychiatry at the University of Alabama School of Medicine in 1974. He holds two lifetime certifications from professional Boards - one in General Psychiatry and one in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, both by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. He has been a pioneer in tele-psychiatry and provided services to patients in rural Alabama for more than 15 years.