Christopher Celano

Dr. Christopher Celano is the Associate Director of the Cardiac Psychiatry Research Program at Massachusetts General Hospital and an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. His work focuses on the promotion of mental and physical health in individuals with chronic medical illnesses, such as heart disease and type 2 diabetes. Dr. Celano’s specific research interests include creating and testing behavioral interventions to promote engagement in healthy behaviors, using collaborative care interventions to better diagnose and treat psychiatric illnesses in individuals with heart disease, and examining the impact of psychiatric medications on cardiovascular health.

Dr. Celano holds an MD from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.