Allison Baker, M.D., is a clinician, researcher, and educator with the Perinatal and Reproductive Psychiatry Clinical Research Program at Massachusetts General Hospital, with an appointment at Harvard Medical School. She has expertise in pediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder, ADHD, adolescent mood disorders, and perinatal psychiatry. Dr. Baker frequently lectures and leads workshops on a variety of topics in child and perinatal psychiatry.
Dr. Baker received her medical degree from the University of Virginia, where she was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society for her excellence in scholarship and professionalism. She completed her residency in general psychiatry at Columbia University, serving as Chief Resident. Dr. Baker trained in child and adolescent psychiatry at the combined program of Columbia and Cornell Universities. Dr. Baker then served on the faculty at Columbia University Medical Center and was a Senior Pediatric Psychopharmacologist at The Child Mind Institute before moving to Boston.