My Contact Information

  • 617.414.4561

  • Primary Location

    1 Boston Medical Center Pl
    Boston, MA 02118

More About Me

Dr. Micaela Owusu is a child, adolescent, and adult psychiatrist with a clinical interest in cultural psychiatry and identity development. She is training director for the adult psychiatry residency program at BU/BMC and the US-based associate training director for Liberia’s first psychiatry training program where she leads curricular development. Dr. Owusu’s interests in medical education, global mental health equity, and cultural psychiatry have led to her focus on medical students and post-graduate physician education in psychiatry in West Africa. Dr. Owusu has led nationwide trainings on physician resilience and authored multiple book chapters and curricula on mind body medicine, resilience, and sociocultural psychiatry. Dr. Owusu graduated from medical school at Yale University School of Medicine and completed her child, adolescent, and adult psychiatry training at Massachusetts General and McLean Hospitals where she served as the administrative chief resident.

  • Administrative Title

    Program Director of Adult Psychiatry Residency, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

  • Residency

    MGH/McLean 2017

  • Fellowship

    MGH/McLean 2019

  • Special Interests

    Culture, Identity, Immigrants, LGBTQ+

  • Languages

    Spanish

  • Research

    Clinical Services, Cultural Psychiatry

Affiliations

Boston University

Boston University is a leading private research institution with two primary campuses in the heart of Boston and programs around the world.

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