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Amit Anand, MD, Psychiatry, Boston, MA, Brigham and Women's Hospital

AmitAnandMD

Psychiatry • Boston, MA

Professor, Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School

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Summary

  • Dr. Anand is Professor of Medicine at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine. He holds the position of Vice-chair for Research for the Center for Behavioral Health and directs the Mood and Emotional Disorders Across the Life Span (MEDALS) program at the Cleveland Clinic.

    Dr. Anand completed his initial medical and psychiatric training from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences and the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists. In 1992, he came to Yale University School of Medicine where he completed a Clinical Neuroscience fellowship. Subsequently he joined the Yale University School of Medicine faculty as assistant professor and directed the bipolar disorders clinical and research program there.

    While at Yale, Dr. Anand completed several innovative brain imaging and pharmacological studies on the biological basis of mood disorders. In 2001, he was offered a tenured professorship appointment at Indiana University School of Medicine and he established the mood disorders clinical and research program there. At Indiana University School of Medicine he conducted pioneering studies of abnormalities in brain connectivity in mood disorders and was funded by the National Institutes of Health.

    Dr. Anand moved to Cleveland Clinic in 2012 where he has established a diverse clinical research program in the areas of personalized medicine, brain imaging, and novel treatment trials for mood and other neuropsychiatric disorders. Dr. Anand has obtained several NIH grants as well as private foundation grants and has also conducted numerous clinical trials. He has published extensively in the areas of brain imaging and psychopharmacology of mood disorders and is nationally and internationally recognized in these areas.

Education & Training

  • Griffin Hospital
    Griffin HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 1994 - 1994
  • Yale-New Haven Hospital
    Yale-New Haven HospitalFellowship, Clinical Neuroscience, 1992 - 1994
  • Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists
    Royal Australian and New Zealand College of PsychiatristsFRANZCP, Psychiatry, 1986 - 1991
  • All India Institute of Medical Sciences
    All India Institute of Medical SciencesClass of 1985

Certifications & Licensure

  • OH State Medical License
    OH State Medical License 2012 - 2025
  • MA State Medical License
    MA State Medical License 2021 - 2024
  • IN State Medical License
    IN State Medical License 2001 - 2017
  • CT State Medical License
    CT State Medical License 1993 - 2007
  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry

Clinical Trials

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Authored Content

  • The High Price of Ignoring Disease in the MarginalizedJuly 2020
  • The High Price of Ignoring Disease in the MarginalizedJuly 2020

Press Mentions

  • Ketamine Shows Promise for Hard-to-Treat Depression in New Study
    Ketamine Shows Promise for Hard-to-Treat Depression in New StudyMay 26th, 2023
  • Ketamine Beats Shock Therapy in Easing Tough-to-Treat Depression
    Ketamine Beats Shock Therapy in Easing Tough-to-Treat DepressionMay 25th, 2023
  • Ketamine as Effective as Electroconvulsive Therapy for Treatment-Resistant Depression
    Ketamine as Effective as Electroconvulsive Therapy for Treatment-Resistant DepressionMay 25th, 2023
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Hospital Affiliations

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