Michael Rich | Medical Services
Programs & Services
- Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine
- Clinic for interactive Media and Internet Disorders CIMAID
- Eating Disorders Program
Languages
- English
Michael Rich | Education
Undergraduate School
Pomona College
1977, Claremont, CA
Medical School
Harvard Medical School
1991, Boston, MA
Internship
Pediatrics
Boston Children's Hospital
1992, Boston, MA
Residency
Pediatrics
Boston Children's Hospital
1994, Boston, MA
Fellowship
Adolescent Medicine
Boston Children's Hospital
1996, Boston, MA
Graduate School
MPH
Harvard School of Public Health
1997, Boston, MA
Michael Rich | Certifications
- American Board of Pediatrics (Adolescent Medicine)
Michael Rich | Professional History
Michael Rich, MD, MPH, FAAP, FSAHM, Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Public Health, came to medicine after a twelve-year career as a filmmaker (including serving as assistant director to Akira Kurosawa on Kagemusha). As Director of the Center on Media and Child Health (www.cmch.tv) at Boston Children’s Hospital, Dr. Rich combines his creative experience with rigorous scientific evidence about the powerful positive and negative effects of media to advise pediatricians and parents how to use media in ways that optimize child development at www.askthemediatrician.org. Recipient of the AAP’s Holroyd-Sherry Award and the SAHM New Investigator Award, Dr. Rich has developed media-based research methodologies and authored numerous papers and AAP policy statements, testified to the United States Congress, and makes regular national press appearances.
Michael Rich | Media
Kids' Health Podcast
Dr. Michael Rich is featured on Episode 2: Is my child spending too much time online?