Charles Alfred Welch MD

Assistant Professor, Psychiatry-Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School

56 Shepard St# MassCambridge, MA 02138
Phone+1 617-347-7011
Fax+1 617-945-0991

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Education & Training

Mass General Brigham/Massachusetts General Hospital/McLean HospitalResidency, Psychiatry, 1973 - 1976
Boston University Medical CenterInternship, Internal Medicine, 1972 - 1973
Boston University School of MedicineClass of 1972

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Certifications & Licensure

MA State Medical License 1973 - 2021
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Partners Longitudinal Medical Record, Partners Healthcare System, 2012, 2014

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

15 citations
Common Use of Electroconvulsive Therapy for Chinese Adolescent Psychiatric Patients.
Qinge Zhang, Zhi Min Wang, Sha Sha, Chee H. Ng, Stephen J. Seiner
The Journal of ECT. 2016-12-01
19 citations
Minimum Effective Doses of Succinylcholine and Rocuronium During Electroconvulsive Therapy: A Prospective, Randomized, Crossover Trial.
Hooman Mirzakhani, Henk-Jan Guchelaar, Charles A. Welch, Cristina Cusin, Mary E. Doran
Anesthesia and Analgesia. 2016-09-01
24 citations
Rapid improvement of depression and psychotic symptoms in Huntington's disease: a retrospective chart review of seven patients treated with electroconvulsive therapy
Cristina Cusin, Felipe Franco, Carlos Fernandez-Robles, Christina M. DuBois, Charles A. Welch
General Hospital Psychiatry. 2013-11-01

Press Mentions

A Dukakis Call for Electroshock TherapyJanuary 17th, 2017
Kitty Dukakis, a Beneficiary of Electroshock Therapy, Emerges as Its EvangelistDecember 31st, 2016
Treatments Your Doctor Won't Tell You AboutJune 11th, 2008