Vinod Rao, MD, PhD

Vinod Rao, MD, PhD, is a board-certified addiction psychiatrist practicing at Massachusetts General Hospital. He serves as medical director for ambulatory psychiatry and as medical director for the West End Clinic, caring for adult outpatients with substance use disorders and co-occurring medical concerns.

After completing his medical and graduate degree (studying the neurobiology of biased decision making) at Washington University in St Louis, he did his psychiatry residency at MGH-McLean and completed his fellowship training at the Partners (now MGB) Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship. He participates in several research projects supported by the FDA and NIH, and also works as a physician informaticist for MGH.