Maria C. Prom de Illanes, MD

Dr. Maria Prom is the Director of the Boston Medical Center/Boston University School of Medicine Global and Local Center for Mental Health Disparities. She is a consultation-liaison psychiatrist and global mental health researcher and educator focused on addressing mental health disparities. Her interests include systems and services development in under-resourced settings, integrated mental health care, and sociocultural psychiatry. Dr. Prom has collaborated globally for the past 13 years in the areas of research, education, and service delivery. Her research is focused on integrated mental health care and non-mental health professional training in Peru. Dr. Prom received her MD and Global Health Certificate from Vanderbilt University. She completed Psychiatry Residency and Consultation-Liaison Fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and McLean Hospital, followed by the NIMH-funded Boston University Medical Center/MGH Global Psychiatry Clinical Research Fellowship.