PART 2 / CH 32
Outpatient Clinic Services
Residents will spend most of their outpatient training in the MGH Outpatient Clinic under the direction of Dr. Bruce Masek, Clinical Director and Dr. Eugene Beresin, Medical Director. Elective time may be devoted to working in the McLean Hospital Outpatient Clinic, under the direction of Jean Frazier, M.D. Both outpatient clinics provide diagnostic evaluation, psychotherapy, family therapy, group therapy, cognitive behavior therapy, pharmacotherapy, psychoeducation, parent guidance and community consultation and liaison programs.
Each clinic, besides serving as a general child and adolescent ambulatory clinic, has a number of subspecialty units as follows:
MGH Outpatient Clinic (Core Training Site)
| Adolescent Substance Abuse Coordinator | Timothy Wilens, MD. |
|---|---|
| Adoption and Custody Clinic | Steven Nickman, M.D. and Linda Forsythe, M.D. |
| Child and the Law Service | Ronald Schouten, M.D., J.D. Andrew Clark, M.D. David Herzog, M.D. |
| Family Therapy Program | Lois Slovik, M.D. |
| Forensic Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Coordinator | Donald Condie, M.D. |
| Pediatric Behavioral Medicine Clinic | Bruce Masek, Ph.D. |
| Cognitive-Behavior Therapy Clinic | Ross Greene, Ph.D. |
| Psychopharmacology Clinic | Joseph Biederman, M.D. |
| Perinatal Psychopharmacology Clinic | Lee Cohen, M.D. |
| Group Psychotherapy Program | Richard Ginsburg, Ph.D. |
McLean Hospital Outpatient Clinic (Elective Training Site)
| Group Psychotherapy Clinic | Joseph Powers, Ph.D. |
|---|---|
| Learning Evaluation Clinic | Lee Reich, M.D. |
| Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Clinic | Daniel Geller, M.D |
| Psychopharmacology Clinic | Barbara Coffey, M.D. |
| Tourette’s and Movement Disorders Clinic | Barbara Coffey, M.D. |
Psychotic Disorders Clinic | Jean Frazier, M.D. |
| Pervasive Developmental Disorders Clinic | Jean Frazier, M.D. |
| Mental Retardation Clinic | Jean Frazier, M.D. |
| Community Residence Consultation Service | Christopher Bellonci, M.D. |
In addition, both MGH and McLean Hospital have numerous faculty with subspecialty expertise for consultation, supervision, research projects and didactic presentations. (See faculty listing)
The goal of the outpatient clinic rotation is to provide residents the knowledge and skills necessary for comprehensive diagnostic evaluations of children, adolescents, families and treatment, under careful supervision, in a wide range of modalities.