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Hilary Smith Connery

Hilary Smith Connery, MD, PhD

Psychiatry

Mass General Brigham

Highlights

Age Groups Seen

  • Adults
  • Geriatrics

Languages

  • English

Gender

Female

About Hilary Smith Connery

Hilary S. Connery, MD, PhD, is an assistant professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and serves as the clinical director for McLean Hospital’s Division of Alcohol, Drugs, and Addiction. Dr. Connery’s expertise includes treatment of opioid use disorders and integrated treatments for co-occurring substance use disorders and other mental illnesses. Her current research efforts are directed toward public health prevention strategies for addressing self-injury mortality, and patient-focused investigation regarding suicidal motivations contributing to drug overdose.

Dr. Connery is a distinguished fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and has served within the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry as New England area director, co-chair of the policy committee, and as a national mentor within the national mentoring program through Providers Clinical Support System. In these roles, she actively advocates for more effective responses to the drug overdose and suicide epidemics, and also nationally mentors clinicians in evidence-based treatment of substance use disorders.

Locations

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    • fax: 617-855-3725

Expertise

Education

  • Fellowship: Weill-Cornell College of Medicine New York Hospital Westchester Division, Personality Disorders Institute, 2000
  • Residency: Massachusetts General Hospital, Psychiatry, 2000
  • Internship: Mt. Auburn Hospital, Internal Medicine, 1997
  • Medical Education: University of North Carolina, 1996
  • Medical Education: University Of Pittsburgh, Transferred to UNC Md school, 1990

Board Certifications

  • Psychiatry: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 2001