J. Wesley Boyd
J. Wesley Boyd, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry

Wes Boyd, MD, PhD is on the faculty at the Center for Bioethics and an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. He is a staff psychiatrist at Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA) and is the co-founder of the Human Rights and Asylum Clinic at CHA. Wes graduated with a BA cum laude from Yale in philosophy. He then attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where he received an MA in philosophy, a Ph.D. in religion and culture, and a medical degree. Following graduate school and medical school, he completed a residency in psychiatry at Cambridge Hospital/Harvard Medical School and also completed a Fellowship in Medical Ethics at Harvard Medical School. His areas of interest include social justice, access to care, human rights, asylum and immigration, humanistic aspects of medicine, physician health and well-being, and substance use. In the MBE program, Wes teaches "Bioethics Advocacy," "Health and Human Rights," and "Critical Reading of Contemporary Books in Bioethics."

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Caution is Warranted when Engaging with a State Physician Health Program: Comment on "A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Review of Resident Care-Seeking at a Physician Health Program".
Authors: Authors: Wesley Boyd J.
Acad Psychiatry
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Availability of outpatient care from psychiatrists: a simulated-patient study in three U.S. cities.
Authors: Authors: Malowney M, Keltz S, Fischer D, Boyd JW.
Psychiatr Serv
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Insurance prior authorization approval does not substantially lengthen the emergency department length of stay for patients with psychiatric conditions.
Authors: Authors: Funkenstein A, Malowney M, Boyd JW.
Ann Emerg Med
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Ethical and managerial considerations regarding state physician health programs.
Authors: Authors: Boyd JW, Knight JR.
J Addict Med
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Psychiatry in the Harvard Medical School-Cambridge Integrated Clerkship: an innovative, year-long program.
Authors: Authors: Griswold T, Bullock C, Gaufberg E, Albanese M, Bonilla P, Dvorak R, Epelbaum C, Givon L, Kueppenbender K, Joseph R, Boyd JW, Shtasel D.
Acad Psychiatry
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US medical students' health insurance coverage for mental health and substance abuse treatment.
Authors: Authors: Nardin R, Zallman L, Frank C, Day B, Boyd JW.
JAMA
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The crisis in mental health care: a preliminary study of access to psychiatric care in Boston.
Authors: Authors: Boyd JW, Linsenmeyer A, Woolhandler S, Himmelstein DU, Nardin R.
Ann Emerg Med
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Life and health insurance industry investments in fast food.
Authors: Authors: Mohan AV, McCormick D, Woolhandler S, Himmelstein DU, Boyd JW.
Am J Public Health
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Insurance-industry investments in tobacco.
Authors: Authors: Boyd JW, Himmelstein D, Woolhandler S.
N Engl J Med
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The health and health care of US prisoners: results of a nationwide survey.
Authors: Authors: Wilper AP, Woolhandler S, Boyd JW, Lasser KE, McCormick D, Bor DH, Himmelstein DU.
Am J Public Health
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