Maria C. Prom, MD

Assistant Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

Dr. Maria Prom currently serves as the Director of the Boston Medical Center/Boston University Medical Center 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, locally and internationally. Her interests include mental health care systems and services development in under-resourced settings, integrated mental health care, and sociocultural psychiatry. Dr. Prom has collaborated globally since 2010 in the areas of research, education, service delivery, and capacity building. Her current work is focused on the development of integrated mental health care and the sustainable training of non-mental health professionals in Peru. Dr. Prom received her MD and Certificate in Global Health from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. She completed adult psychiatry residency at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH)/McLean Hospital and Consultation-Liaison Fellowship at MGH. She went on to complete the NIMH-funded Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian SOM/MGH Global Psychiatry Clinical Research Fellowship and was the Assistant Director of Training Development and Research for the Chester M. Pierce, MD Division of Global Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital.

Publications

  • Published 7/9/2024

    Smith AM, Prom MC, Ng LC. A Qualitative Investigation of Characteristics Impacting Clinical Decision-Making in Integrated Behavioral Health Care. J Behav Health Serv Res. 2024 Oct; 51(4):561-587. PMID: 38982024.

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  • Published 3/14/2022

    Prom MC, Denduluri A, Philpotts LL, Rondon MB, Borba CPC, Gelaye B, Byatt N. A Systematic Review of Interventions That Integrate Perinatal Mental Health Care Into Routine Maternal Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. Front Psychiatry. 2022; 13:859341. PMID: 35360136.

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  • Published 9/17/2021

    Levey EJ, Onyeaka H, Bartles SM, Sanchez Calderon E, Sanchez SE, Prom MC, Fesseha EM, Gelaye B. Mobile Technology Access and Use Among Adolescent Mothers in Lima, Peru: Mixed Methods Study. JMIR Pediatr Parent. 2021 Sep 17; 4(3):e30240. PMID: 34533473.

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  • Published 5/28/2021

    Hook K, Carroll HA, Louis EF, Prom MC, Stanton AM, Bogdanov S, Chiliza B, Freier LF, Rukundo GZ, Ghebrehiwet S, Borba CPC, Fricchione GL, Henderson DC. Global mental health: the role of collaboration during the COVID-19 pandemic. Glob Ment Health (Camb). 2021; 8:e20. PMID: 34192003.

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  • Published 11/25/2020

    Prom MC, Canelos V, Fernandez PJ, Gergen Barnett K, Gordon CM, Pace CA, Ng LC. Implementation of Integrated Behavioral Health Care in a Large Medical Center: Benefits, Challenges, and Recommendations. J Behav Health Serv Res. 2021 07; 48(3):346-362. PMID: 33241465.

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Other Positions

  • Director, Global and Local Center for Mental Health Disparities
    Boston Medical Center

Websites

Education

  • Vanderbilt University, MD
  • Carleton College, BA

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