## About

Alison M. Duncan, MD, is a board-certified child, adolescent, and adult psychiatrist and the Director of Psychiatric Emergency Services at Boston Medical Center (BMC). Dr. Duncan is also Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine.

Dr. Duncan specializes in emergency psychiatry, pediatric consult–liaison psychiatry, suicide, substance use disorders, severe mental illness, ADHD, and depression in ...  childhood and adolescence.

Dr. Duncan sings with Coro Allegro, Boston’s LGBTQ+ and allied classical chorus. She is often accompanied in the hospital by her dog, Cocoa, whose therapeutic skills are in high demand. Dr. Duncan’s research focuses on emergency psychiatry, implementation science, quality improvement, and parent–adolescent communication.

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- ### Departments
    
    [Psychiatry (Pediatrics)](/departments/pediatric-specialty-care/psychiatry-pediatrics), [Psychiatry](/departments/psychiatry)
- ### Specialties
    
    Substance use disorders, severe mental illness, ADHD, depression in childhood and adolescence, suicide, emergency psychiatry, pediatric consult-liaison psychiatry
 
 

- ### Contact
    
     [617.638.8000](tel:617.638.8000)
- ### Primary Location
    
     [One Boston Medical Center Place  
    Boston, MA 02118](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?q=One+Boston+Medical+Center+Place+Boston%2C+MA+02118)
 
 

 



 

 

- ### Administrative Title
    
    Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
- ### Residency
    
    General Psychiatry, The University of New Mexico, 2016
- ### Fellowship
    
    Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Brown University/Bradley Hospital, 2018
- ### Education
    
     Medical School: Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine, Scranton, PA, 2013
- ### Board Certifications
    
    Child & Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychiatry, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN)
- ### Research Interests
    
    Emergency psychiatry, implementation science, quality improvement, parent–adolescent communication
 
 

 

 ## Affiliations

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  ## Affiliations

  ###  ![Boston University](https://www.bmc.org/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/2024-04/busm-new.jpg?itok=gJTsGGU9) 

  [View profile](https://profiles.bu.edu/Alison.Duncan)

 

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