
David Avram Adler MD
Professor, Psychiatry and Medicine, Tufts Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine
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Tufts Medical Center, 800 Washington St.#1007Boston, MA 02111
Phone+1 617-636-8755
Fax+1 617-636-1744
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Education & Training
Mass General Brigham/Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical SchoolResidency, Psychiatry, 1973 - 1976
Yale School of MedicineClass of 1973
University of RochesterB.A., Summa Cum Laude, 1969
Certifications & Licensure
MA State Medical License 1974 - 2027
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Best Doctors in America 2013-2021
 - Best of Boston Physicians Boston Magazine, 2012-2021
 - Excellence in Resident’s Teaching Award Department of Psychiatry, Tufts University School of Medicine (TUSM), 2010
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 1 citationsIntegrating Social Determinants of Health Into Clinical Formulations: The Need for a Biaxial System in theand Psychiatry.Matthew D Erlich, Michael B First, Rachel M Talley, Lisa B Dixon, Jeffrey Berlant
Psychiatric Services. 2025-10-01 - SIREN 2025 National Research Meeting: Advancing the Science of Social Care.Eduardo Hernandez Mozo, Rebeca Jimenez, Christina A Rowley, Adelaide Fortmann, Debra Lerner
Health Services Research. 2025-04-01 - Evaluating follow-up rates in cancer screening interventions among emergency department patients.Trisha Mondal, Brenda Hernandez-Romero, Nancy Wood, David Adler, Beau Abar
Academic Emergency Medicine. 2024-10-01 
Journal Articles
- Impact of a Work-Focused Intervention on the Productivity and Symptoms of Employees with DepressionLerner D, Adler DA, Hermann RC, Chang H, et al, Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 1/1/2012
 - Psychiatrists’ Attitudes Towards Individuals Diagnosed with Substance Use Disorders and Serious Mental IllnessAvery J, Dixon L, Adler D, Oslin D, Hackman A, First M, Goldman B, Koh S, Nossel I, Siris S, Journal of Dual Diagnosis, 1/1/2013
 - Diagnostic Accuracy of the Primary Care Screener for Affective Disorder (PC-SAD) in Primary CarePicardi A, Adler DA, Rogers WH,Lega I, Zerella MP, Matteucci G, Tarsitani L, Caredda M, Gigantesco A, Biondi M, and the SET-DEP Group, Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health, 1/1/2013
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Books/Book Chapters
Abstracts/Posters
- The Influence of Age on Antidepressant Use by Primary Care Patients (Poster Presentation)Bungay KM, Adler DA et al, American Association for Geriatrics Psychiatry’s 2006 Annual Meeting, Exploring a New World: Current Research, Future Impact, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 3/10/2006
 - Components of a Clinical Pharmacist Intervention Administered to Primary Care Patients with DepressionBungay KM, Adler D et al, Abstract Book of 15th Biennial International Conference on MH Services Research, Washington, DC, 1/1/2002
 - Special Report: Issues in Managed Care: Highlights of the 1995 Institute on Psychiatric ServicesAdler DA, Psychiatric Services, 1/1/1996
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Lectures
- Measuring and Managing Depression in Primary CareWestport, MA - 4/8/2014
 - Be Well at WorkBoston, MA - 12/10/2013
 - Work and Health Initiative WebinarBoston, MA - 12/5/2013
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Press Mentions
Tufts Medicine Physicians Named to Boston Magazine’s 2025 Top Doctors ListJanuary 29th, 2025
Dr. May Kwan Lorenzo, Who Advocated for Cultural Competency Among Chinatown Mental Health Professionals, Dies at 87July 24th, 2020
Grant Support
- Preventing Mid and Later Life Work Limitations: Community Based Depression CareNational Institute of Aging2009–2013
 - Improving Depression Treatment/Outcomes In Primary CareNational Institute Of Mental Health1997–2001
 
Professional Memberships
- Distinguished Life Fellow
 - Member
 - Group for AdvancementChair Publications Board, Chair Psychopathology Commitee, Member
 
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