Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences | Meet Our Team

David R. DeMaso, MD

Psychiatrist-in-Chief; Chairman, The Leon Eisenberg Chair in Psychiatry; Director, Office of Clinician Support George P. Gardner & Olga E. Monks Professor of Child Psychiatry & Professor of Pediatrics; Harvard Medical School

Eugene D'Angelo, PhD

Chief, Division of Psychology; Director of Training in Psychology, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; Linda and Timothy O’Neill Chair in Psychology Associate Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Patricia Ibeziako, MD

Associate Chief for Clinical Services, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; Medical Director, Psychiatry Quality Program Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Oscar G. Bukstein, MD, MPH

Vice Chair of Psychiatry; Director, Outpatient Psychiatry Service Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Laura Prager, MD

Attending Psychiatrist, Outpatient Psychiatry Services; Associate Chief for Academic Affairs, Boston Children's Hospital Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Annmarie Caracansi, MD

Medical Director, Inpatient Psychiatry Service Instructor, Harvard Medical School

Olivia Carrick, MD

Director, Mental Health Department, Boston Children's Hospital at Martha Eliot Instructor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Jennifer Cummings, MSW, LICSW

Clinical Social Worker, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; Director, Emergency Psychiatry Service; Assistant Director, Social Work

Shella Dennery, PhD, LICSW

Director, Boston Children's Neighborhood Partnerships Program Instructor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Heidi Ellis, PhD

Director, Refugee Trauma and Reslience Center Associate Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Zheala Qayyum, MD, MMSc

Attending Psychiatrist, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; Medical Director, Emergency Psychiatry Service; Training Director, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship Program Instructor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Celiane Rey-Casserly, PhD

Director, Center for Neuropsychology, Director, Neuropsychology Postdoctoral Fellowship Program Assistant Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Chase Samsel, MD

Medical Director, Psychiatry Consultation Service; Attending Psychiatrist, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Deborah Waber, PhD

Director, Learning Disabilities Program; Director, Behavioral Science Core, Translational Neuroscience Center Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Heather Walter, MD, MPH

Senior Attending Psychiatrist, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; Medical Director for Behavior Health, Pediatric Physicians Organization at Children’s; Medical Co-Director, Massachusetts Child Psychiatry Access Program Senior Lecturer on Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School