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Eliot Gelwan, MD, Psychiatry, Belmont, MA

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Psychiatry Belmont, MA

Addiction, Forensic Psychiatry, Neuropsychiatry, Psychopharmacology

Associate Medical Director, Short-Term Unit, McLean Hospital

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  • Office

    115 Mill St
    # AB335
    Belmont, MA 02478
    Phone+1 617-855-3872
    Fax+1 617-855-3728

Education & Training

  • Cambridge Health Alliance
    Cambridge Health AllianceResidency, Psychiatry, 1984 - 1987
  • Cambridge Health Alliance
    Cambridge Health AllianceInternship, Transitional Year, 1983 - 1984
  • Yale School of Medicine
    Yale School of MedicineClass of 1983
  • Harvard Graduate School of Education
    Harvard Graduate School of EducationEd.M., Program in Counselling and Consulting Psychology, 1978
  • Harvard Graduate School of Education
    Harvard Graduate School of EducationEd.M., Program in Counselling and Consulting Psychology, 1978
  • Harvard University
    Harvard UniversityA.B., Social Anthropology, Cum Laude, 1975
  • Harvard University
    Harvard UniversityA.B., Social Anthropology, Cum Laude, 1975
  • Forest Hills High School
    Forest Hills High SchoolDiploma, High School, Valedictorian
  • Forest Hills High School
    Forest Hills High SchoolDiploma, High School, Valedictorian

Certifications & Licensure

  • MA State Medical License
    MA State Medical License 1984 - 2025
  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Who’s Who in American Psychiatry 2001
  • Hunter-Grubb Fund Grant 1981
  • Fellowship, Appalachian Student Health Coalition Vanderbilt University, 1980
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Books/Book Chapters

Abstracts/Posters

  • Geriatric mental health: the psychiatrist’s role (Paper Presentation)
    EM Gelwan MD, Westwood Pembroke Health Systems/Professional Counselling Center Conference: Dementia and Depression in the Elderly: a community-based approach, Randolph, MA, 1/1/2000
  • Psychiatric evaluation and treatment of the aged: what are the options? (Paper Presentation)
    EM Gelwan MD, Pembroke Hospital/Quincy Hospital Conference: Geriatric Mental Health Assessment and Treatment, The Biopsychosocial Approach, Rockland, MA, 1/1/1998
  • What is on the horizon in psychopharmacological treatment (Paper Presentation)
    EM Gelwan MD, Harvard Medical School Dept. of Psychiatry Continuing Medical Education Conference: Psychopharmacology for the non-M.D., The Cambridge Hospital, Cambridge, MA, 1/1/1991
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Lectures

  • Legal Rights and Legal Statuses 
    Concord, MA - 1/1/2014
  • The Wounded Healer: Caring for Ourselves as We Care for Others 
    Concord, MA - 1/1/2013
  • Mental Health and Gun Violence 
    Concord, MA - 1/1/2013
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Other

  • DSM-V: What to Expect and What to Worry About (Radio interview) 
    EM Gelwan MD, BBC
    1/1/2010
  • Modern mental health treatment: expectations and realities (Radio talk on The Practical Psychologist) 
    EM Gelwan MD, WATD-FM, Boston/Marshfield
    1/1/2001
  • Stigmatization of the mentally ill (Radio talk on The Practical Psychologist) 
    EM Gelwan MD, WATD-FM, Boston/Marshfield
    1/1/2000
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