  ## About

Chidi A. Wamuo, MD, is a board-certified psychiatrist at Boston Medical Center (BMC) and and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the Boston University Chobanian &amp; Avedisian School of Medicine.

Dr. Wamuo earned his medical degree from Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine, Dayton, Ohio, and completed his psychiatry residency at the Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia. He has ...  completed fellowships in both Child &amp; Adolescent Psychiatry, through Harvard Medical School/Boston Children’s Hospital, and in Forensic Psychiatry, through UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester, Massachusetts. He is board-certified in both Adult and Child &amp; Adolescent psychiatry.

Dr. Wamuo’s clinical and research interests include forensic psychiatry, the criminalization of mental health, and racial and gender disparities in psychiatry.

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- ### Departments
    
    [Psychiatry (Pediatrics)](/departments/pediatric-specialty-care/psychiatry-pediatrics), [Psychiatry](/departments/psychiatry)
- ### Specialties
    
    Child psychiatry; forensic psychiatry
- ### Pronouns
    
    He/Him
 
 

- ### Contact
    
     [617.414.5245](tel:617.414.5245)
- ### Primary Location
    
    BMC, Crosstown Center  
    [801 Massachusetts Ave.  
    7th Floor  
    Boston, MA 02119](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?q=801+Massachusetts+Ave.%2C+Boston%2C+MA+02119)
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- ### Administrative Title
    
    Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Boston University Chobanian &amp; Avedisian School of Medicine
- ### Residency
    
    Psychiatry, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, 2019–2022
- ### Fellowship
    
    Child &amp; Adolescent Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School/Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA, 2022–2024
    
    Forensic Psychiatry, UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, 2024–2025
- ### Board Certifications
    
    Psychiatry, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
    
    Child &amp; Adolescent Psychiatry, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
- ### Education
    
     Medical School: Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine, Dayton, OH, 2018