RAKESH KARMACHARYA, MD, PHD
- Harvard title(s): Instructor in Psychiatry
- McLean title(s): Assistant Psychiatrist & Research Fellow
- Email: karmacharya@mcb.harvard.edu
- Telephone: 617-855-3947
- Fax: 617-855-2895
- Office Address: Schizophrenia & Bipolar Disorders Program
McLean Hospital, 115 Mill St, AB302, Belmont, MA 02478 - Degree(s):
- 1993 A.B. with honors, Biochemical Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
- 1994 M.S. Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
- 2002 M.D., Ph.D. in Biophysics with honors, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York
- Residency:
- 2002 - 2003 Resident, Internal Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital
- 2003 - 2006 Resident, Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital & McLean Hospital
- 2005 - 2006 Chief Resident, Schizophrenia & Bipolar Disorder Program, McLean Hospital
- 2006 - Present Research Fellow, Chemical Biology, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard; Psychiatry, McLean Hospital
- Board Certifications(s):
- 2004 Full license, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine
- 2007 Diplomate, American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology
- Bio: He is using chemical biology approaches to study signal transduction pathways involved in the pathogenesis and treatment of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. He is also studying small molecules that perturb signaling pathways involved in the proliferation and differentiation of human neuronal stem cells.