Hadine Joffe, MD, MSc, Joins BIDMC as Chair of Department of Psychiatry

Dr. Joffe Appointed Chair To Oversee Psychiatry’s Clinical Care, Research, and Education

BOSTON – Hadine Joffe, MD, MSc, has joined Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) and its physician organization, Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians at BIDMC (HMFP), as Chair of the Department of Psychiatry. In this role, Joffe will lead the department’s broad range of clinical services, research, and education programs.

“Dr. Joffe is an outstanding leader in the field of psychiatry, with extensive experience in clinical care, education and research,” said Pete Healy, president of BIDMC, and divisional president, Metro Boston, Beth Israel Lahey Health. “We are pleased to welcome her to BIDMC, where she will help us deliver on our mission of providing extraordinary, patient-centered care.”

“Our BIDMC and HMFP communities will benefit greatly from Dr. Joffe’s wealth of experience as a leader, mentor and researcher,” said Alexa B. Kimball, MD, MPH, President and CEO of HMFP. “Dr. Joffe will be an integral part of our clinical leadership team, enhancing the high-quality psychiatric care we provide to our patients.”

Dr. Joffe is the Paula A. Johnson Professor of Psychiatry in the Field of Women’s Health at Harvard Medical School (HMS). She previously served as the executive director of the Connors Center for Women’s Health at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH), where she founded and directed the Women’s Hormones and Aging Research Program. Dr. Joffe’s academic and clinical work is integrated with the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Department of Supportive Oncology, which she previously led as Director of Psycho-oncology Research and with the Dana Farber/Harvard Cancer Center Breast Cancer Program. She previously served as the interim chair of the BWH Department of Psychiatry, and prior to that served as the Executive Vice Chair for Faculty Affairs and the Vice Chair for Research.

"I am honored to join BIDMC and excited to partner with our talented clinicians and researchers,” said Hadine Joffe, MD, MSc. "Together, we will continue to advance innovative care, supporting our patients and our communities.”

Dr. Joffe is a proven academic leader, clinician, and clinical neuroscientist whose research focuses on mood and sleep disorders in women across the lifespan, especial midlife and aging. Her research examines the mechanisms (neural, hormonal, neurosteroid, stress, autonomic), clinical course, treatment, and downstream consequences (body fat gain, neurocognitive decline) of neuropsychological symptoms (depression, insomnia, thermoregulatory disturbance, fatigue) in healthy midlife women and breast cancer survivors. She has published more than 200 peer-reviewed manuscripts.

Dr. Joffe received her undergraduate degree from Harvard University, a medical degree from Cornell University Medical College, and a master’s degree in epidemiology from the Harvard School of Public Health. She completed her Psychiatry Residency at McLean Hospital and a fellowship in Reproductive Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital. She has academic medicine leadership training from Harvard Business School and the national Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) Program.