Peter Fagan

Who is Peter Fagan?

Peter Jerome Fagan is an American psychologist who served as director of the Sexual Behaviors Consultation Unit at Johns Hopkins University from 1985 to 2004.

After earning a Bachelors degree in 1963 from St. Johns Seminary, Fagan received his masters in divinity there in 1973. That same year he earned a master of arts degree in education from the University of Notre Dame. He earned his doctoral degree in clinical psychology from George Washington University in 1984. Fagan became director of clinical services, TRICARE/USFHP mental health and substance abuse at Johns Hopkins Bayview Physicians in 1994. He completed a postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health during 2004–2005. Fagan's research focus is integrating behavioral and medical managed care, especially among Medicaid recipients. He has also written about transgender issues, and applied a four-perspective model to psychosexual issues.