Steven Lee Gans, MD

At McLean, Steven Gans, MD is an attending psychiatrist at the Community Reintegration Unit, leading a team-based approach to the acute management of patients with serious mental illness. His other interests involve the teaching and practice of psychotherapy. Dr. Gans is an active teacher, supervisor, and mentor in the MGH/McLean Adult Psychiatry Residency Training Program and in their Program in Psychodynamics (PIP). A graduate of the Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute, he is a supervisor in their Advanced Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Training Program. Dr. Gans is also the medical reviewer of the mental health content for Verywell.com.

Education & Training

• Fellowship: Duke University, Visiting Fellow Electroconvulsive Therapy, 1994
• Residency: Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital, Psychiatry, 1993
• Internship: West Suburban Medical Center, Transitional Internal Medicine, 1990
• Medical Education: Rush University Medical Center, Doctor of Medicine, 1989

Languages Spoken

• English

Age Group Treated

• Adults
• Geriatrics