#901 Psychologist David StonePhD and psychiatrist Dr. Matt Keene MD on the psychological value of playing board games

Bios Matthew S. Keene, MD (Director) Dr. Keene is a physician, entrepreneur, and business leader. Dr. Keene attended Georgetown University School of Medicine on a full military scholarship and graduated with multiple honors. He received his residency training at the prestigious Cleveland Clinic Foundation. Upon completing his residency, Dr. Keene served as a Major in the United States Air Force. After serving his country, Dr. Keene Co-founded the Scottsdale Center for the Advancement of Neuroscience (S.C.A.N.), an internationally recognized "Center of Neuroscience Excellence." The success of S.C.A.N. caught the attention of several Fortune 500 healthcare companies, including Medco Health Solutions (NYSE: MHS). He joined Medco and served as Vice President in order to create and direct their Neuroscience Therapeutic Resource Center, developing programs that brought value to the company while improving the lives of 10 million patients. In addition to his work as a physician and leader in professional education/clinical program development, Dr. Keene's corporate experiences and entrepreneurial spirit have afforded him the opportunity to manage and invest in several real estate/business developments. He owns/manages multiple investments nationwide, encompassing farming, fuel storage, healthcare, retail, and multifamily projects. Dr. Keene is the author of the award-winning book Chocolate is My Kryptonite: Feeding Your Feelings / How to Survive the Forces of Food. He served as a consultant to The Oprah Winfrey Show, America Talks Health, Wall Street, and several national periodicals. He currently directs one of Arizona’s premiere outpatient chemical dependency treatment programs and serves as a consultant to multiple pharmaceutical companies as well as The Arizona Medical Board David A. Stone, PhD Dr. Stone is an entrepreneur, sales leader, and psychologist. Dr. Stone received his doctorate from Michigan State University with an emphasis in neuropsychology.  He received his residency training at Wright Patterson Air Force Base.  Upon completion of his residency, Dr. Stone served as a Captain in the United States Air Force. Dr. Stone had earlier received his master’s degree in counseling psychology during which time he co-authored two research studies on personality assessment. After serving his country, Dr. Stone pivoted into professional sales. He spent the next 20 years in a variety of roles in business-to-business technology sales.  Most of Dr. Stone’s time was spent with Convergint culminating in his promotion to Sales Director for the Seattle branch. He had leadership responsibility for 13 colleagues and $50,000,000 in yearly revenue.  Dr. Stone’s team repeatedly exceeded sales goals and in 2018 was named the Convergint global branch of the year.  Dr. Stone completed his tenure with Convergint by serving as the Program Manager for the Convergint Development Program.  In this role, Dr. Stone recruited, on-boarded, trained, and coached over 100 new sales and operations colleagues. During Covid, Dr. Stone discovered an interest in creating games to lessen the isolation people were feeling during that time. In 2021 Dr. Stone formed Doozy Games and began self-publishing games.  His first game, Doozy Dice, is an award-winning game of strategy and chance.  Dr. Stone is in the process of bringing 3 more games to market to include Boozy Dice, Kadoozy, and Think Like a Shrink.  Dr, Stone has been nominated for the MoJo Nation Top 100 which is a list of the 100 most influential figures currently working in the world of toys and games. Sign up for 10% off of Shrink Rap Radio CE credits at the Zur Institute