David Mischoulon MD, PhD

David Mischoulon is the Director of the Depression Clinical and Research Program (DCRP) at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), and the Joyce R. Tedlow Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Mischoulon graduated from the combined MD-PhD program at Boston University School of Medicine in 1994 and interned in medicine at Carney Hospital from 1994-1995. From 1995-1998 he completed his residency in adult psychiatry at MGH and served as Chief Resident in Psychopharmacology.

Dr. Mischoulon's research focuses on various areas of depression, including complementary and alternative medicine. He is also an accredited medical acupuncturist and has studied acupuncture as a treatment for depression. He has received two NARSAD Young Investigator awards, and a K-23 mentored award from NCCAM/NCCIH to study omega-3 fatty acids in the treatment of depression. He has also received R01 and UG3 grants from the NIH and NCCIH to continue his work on omega-3 fatty acids for depression. Dr. Mischoulon has mentored many research fellows and junior faculty, including investigators from Europe, Asia, and Australia, who have gone on to obtain independent funding as principal investigators.

Dr. Mischoulon has authored or co-authored more than 165 original articles, and over 115 reviews, book chapters, letters, and other clinical communications. He has co-edited a textbook on natural medications for psychiatric disorders, and more recently an MGH handbook of new treatments for depression. He has been an invited speaker nationally and internationally and has won several awards, including Distinguished Fellow of the Massachusetts Psychiatric Society and the American Psychiatric Association.

Dr. Mischoulon teaches and supervises residents and medical students, and lectures in various MGH Psychiatry Academy continuing medical education courses. He also provides patient care and consultation regarding the management of treatment-resistant depression and the use of complementary therapies for psychiatric disorders.