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Esther J Dechant

Esther J Dechant, MD

PsychiatryChild and Adolescent Psychiatry

Mass General Brigham

Highlights

Age Groups Seen

  • Pediatrics
  • Teenagers
  • Adults
  • Geriatrics

Languages

  • Spanish
  • English

Gender

Female

About Esther J Dechant

Esther Dechant, MD, received her medical degree from Harvard Medical School. She completed the residency program in psychiatry at Cambridge Hospital and a fellowship in child and adolescent psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital and McLean Hospital. Board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in psychiatry with subspecialty certification in child and adolescent psychiatry, Dr. Dechant is experienced in child, adolescent, and adult medication evaluation and management and psychotherapy.

Dr. Dechant currently serves as the medical director for the Klarman Eating Disorders Center and holds an appointment as an assistant professor in psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. Her private practice specializes in child, adolescent and adult psychotherapy, as well as child and adolescent medication evaluation and management.

Locations

  1. Massachusetts General Psychiatry Eating Disorders Clinic
    • 55 Fruit Street, Yawkey Building, 6th Floor, Suite 6A, Boston, MA 02114
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Expertise

Education

  • Residency: Massachusetts General Hospital, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2003
  • Residency: Cambridge Health Alliance, Psychiatry, 2001
  • Internship: Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital, General Surgery, 1998
  • Medical Education: Harvard Medical School, Doctor of Medicine, 1997

Board Certifications

  • Psychiatry: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 2003
  • Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 2003

Insurance

Search plans
  • Aetna
  • Beech Street
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare
  • Carelon Behavioral Health
  • Commonwealth Care Alliance
  • Coventry
  • Evernorth Behavioral Health
  • Fallon Health
  • Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
  • Humana
  • Maine Community Health Options
  • MassHealth
  • Medicaid CT
  • Medicaid RI
  • Medicare
  • Multiplan
  • Senior Whole Health
  • Tricare
  • Tufts Health Plan
  • Tufts Medicare Preferred
  • United Behavioral Health
  • WellSense