Christopher Celano, MD, FACLP

Associate Director, Cardiac Psychiatry Research Program
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts

Dr. Celano is a Psychiatrist and Associate Director of the Cardiac Psychiatry Research Program at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). Dr. Celano’s research focuses on the development and implementation of interventions to promote well-being and health behavior adherence. He has served as the Principal Investigator of NIH- and foundation-funded studies to develop and implement health behavior interventions, including an ongoing R01-funded project to evaluate the efficacy of a psychological intervention to promote adherence in heart failure. He also has served as the Principal or Co-Investigator of multiple other projects related to health behavior promotion or the use of collaborative care to better identify and treat depression and anxiety disorders in individuals with heart disease. He has published over 100 articles, including over 60 original research articles and five meta-analyses, and he has presented the results of his work at both national and international conferences.

I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Presentation(s):

• QTc Prolongation and Psychiatric Medications: An In-Depth Guide for the C-L Psychiatrist

  Wednesday, November 9, 2022
  1:00 PM – 5:00 PM

• Anxiety Disorders and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Cardiovascular Disease: An Interactive Workshop

  Thursday, November 10, 2022
  11:00 AM – 12:30 PM

• Learning to Cross the Chasm Between Bench and Bedside-Connecting Pressing Clinical Questions to Diverse Research Methodologies

  Thursday, November 10, 2022
  3:30 PM – 5:00 PM

• The Assessment of Cardiac Risk in Patients Taking Lamotrigine; A Systematic Review

  Friday, November 11, 2022
  2:15 PM – 3:45 PM