Deborah L Blacker MD
Geriatric Psychiatry
Associate Chief for Research, Department of Psychiatry, Mass General Hospital; Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School; Deputy Chair and Professor in the Department of Epidemiology at HSPH
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149 13th St Ste 2691Massachusetts General HospitalBoston, MA 02129
Phone+1 617-726-5571
Fax+1 617-726-5760
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Education & Training
Mass General Brigham/Massachusetts General Hospital/McLean HospitalResidency, Psychiatry, 1985 - 1988
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterInternship, Internal Medicine, 1984 - 1985
Harvard Medical SchoolClass of 1984
Certifications & Licensure
MA State Medical License 1986 - 2025
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Regional Top Doctor Castle Connolly, 2014
- Whos Who in Medicine and Healthcare Marquis Whos Who
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Benzodiazepine Initiation and the Risk of Falls or Fall-Related Injuries in Older Adults Following Acute Ischemic Stroke.Shuo Sun, Victor Lomachinsky, Louisa H Smith, Joseph P Newhouse, M Brandon Westover
Neurology. Clinical Practice. 2025-06-01 - Differences in patterns of outpatient epilepsy-specific medication initiation after acute ischemic stroke in the Medicare population.Maria A Donahue, Julianne D Brooks, John Hsu, Mary Price, Deborah Blacker
Epilepsia. 2025-04-04 - Unsupervised Deep Learning of Electronic Health Records to Characterize Heterogeneity Across Alzheimer Disease and Related Dementias: Cross-Sectional Study.Matthew West, You Cheng, Yingnan He, Yu Leng, Colin Magdamo
JMIR Aging. 2025-03-31
Press Mentions
Depressive Symptoms Associated with Amyloid Accumulation Early in Alzheimer’s Disease, Even Before Cognitive Changes Are ApparentOctober 29th, 2024- A Promising Trial Targets a Genetic Risk for Alzheimer’sDecember 2nd, 2022
- Can Flavonoids Help Fend off Forgetfulness?September 17th, 2021
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Grant Support
- Training Program in Psychiatric Genetics and Translational ResearchHARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH1983–2025
- Small Vessel Disease And Beta-Amyloid Deposition In Mildly Impaired CognitionNational Institute Of Neurological Disorders And Stroke2010–2012
- Age-Related Changes Of Cognition In Health And DiseaseNational Institute On Aging2003–2006
- Genetic Knowledge And Attitudes In Alzheimer'S DiseaseNational Human Genome Research Institute1999–2001
- Defining Caseness For Psychiatric Linkage StudiesNational Institute Of Mental Health1993–1997
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