Psychiatry
Chair, Department of Psychiatry
Hadine Joffe, MD, MSc
Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (HMFP)
Hadine Joffe, MD, MSc, is an internationally known, proven academic leader, clinician, and clinical neuroscientist, whose research focuses on mood and sleep disorders in women across the lifespan, especial midlife and aging. Her research examines the mechanisms (neural, hormonal, neurosteroid, stress, autonomic), clinical course, treatment, and downstream consequences (body fat gain, neurocognitive decline) of neuropsychological symptoms (depression, insomnia, thermoregulatory disturbance, fatigue) in healthy midlife women and breast cancer survivors. She has published more than 200 peer-reviewed manuscripts.
She received her undergraduate degree from Harvard University, medical degree from Cornell University Medical College, and master’s degree in epidemiology from the Harvard School of Public Health. She completed her psychiatry residency at McLean Hospital and a fellowship in Reproductive Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital. She has academic medicine leadership training from Harvard Business School and the national Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) Program.
Hadine Joffe, MD, MSc, is an internationally known, proven academic leader, clinician, and clinical neuroscientist, whose research focuses on mood and sleep disorders in women across the lifespan, especial midlife and aging. Her research examines the mechanisms (neural, hormonal, neurosteroid, stress, autonomic), clinical course, treatment, and downstream consequences (body fat gain, neurocognitive decline) of neuropsychological symptoms (depression, insomnia, thermoregulatory disturbance, fatigue) in healthy midlife women and breast cancer survivors. She has published more than 200 peer-reviewed manuscripts.
She received her undergraduate degree from Harvard University, medical degree from Cornell University Medical College, and master’s degree in epidemiology from the Harvard School of Public Health. She completed her psychiatry residency at McLean Hospital and a fellowship in Reproductive Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital. She has academic medicine leadership training from Harvard Business School and the national Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) Program.
About Psychiatry
Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center's (HMFP) Department of Psychiatry is committed to providing the highest quality psychiatric services to all who receive their care at the medical center, to advancing the understanding of causes and mechanisms of psychiatric illness and developing new treatments for them, and to training the workforce to address unmet behavioral health needs. The department’s residency program in psychiatry, internship in psychology, fellowships in neuropsychology, consultation psychiatry, and community psychiatry, together bring approximately 60 trainees into the department, typically for multi-year programs. These are all highly competitive programs that contribute to the current mental health care workforce, while training future leaders in the field. In addition, the department serves as one of the four primary sites for Harvard Medical School (HMS) students who are getting their first month-long clinical experience in psychiatry.
The department is committed to excellent care, educational opportunities, and the pursuit of science.
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Departments
Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (HMFP) includes 13 specialty clinical departments. HMFP has more than 2,200 specialty physicians and advanced practice professionals, providing services across the Beth Israel Lahey Health (BILH) system, and other hospitals across eastern Massachusetts. To learn more about a specific department, click below.
