Chelsey E. Bowman, PhD

Chelsey Bowman, PhD, is a licensed sport psychologist in the Division of Psychology and Behavioral Health at Children’s National Hospital. In the United States, she is one of the only Certified Mental Performance Consultants® at a pediatric hospital, a designation awarded by the Association for Applied Sports Psychology. At Children’s National, Dr. Bowman cares for patients in the Fight for Children Sports Medicine Center and Safe Concussion Outcome Recovery & Education (SCORE) Program. 

Across these clinics, Dr. Bowman helps athletes cope with injuries, manage emotions in and out of sport, optimize performance, and return to sport following surgery, concussion or other injury. She is passionate about translating evidence-based practice and research into practical and sport-relevant programming and treatment.

Dr. Bowman is an assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences and of pediatrics at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences in Washington, D.C.

Her research interests include the health and well-being of athletes, and she has received two grants from the National Collegiate Athletic Association to pursue these interests. She also serves on the Medical Advisory Committee for USA Football and the Health and Safety Committee for USA Lacrosse. Dr. Bowman is listed in the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee Mental Health Directory and listed in the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee Mental Performance Directory.

Dr. Bowman completed her graduate school training in counseling psychology at Boston University, completed her internship at Long Island Jewish Medical Center - The Zucker Hillside Hospital in the Clinical Child Psychology Track and completed her fellowship in behavioral pain medicine at Children’s National. She also completed her master’s degree at Boston University with a concentration in sport psychology.

• Psychology and Behavioral Health
• Anesthesiology, Pain and Perioperative Medicine
• Safe Concussion Outcome Recovery & Education (SCORE) Program 
• Sports Medicine