Our Team

Tia Horner, MD

Current Titles and Appointments

• Clinical Instructor in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
• Senior Staff Member, Child Psychiatry Service, Newton Wellesley Hospital

Licensure and Certifications

• Massachusetts Medical License
• American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
• American Board of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Education and Training

• 1986 B.A. Psychology, Magna Cum laude, Princeton University
• 1991 M.D. Harvard Medical School
• 1992-1994 Residency in Adult Psychiatry Massachusetts General Hospital
• 1994-1996 Fellowship in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Massachusetts General Hospital
• 2011 Clinical Fellow, PACT Team, Massachusetts General Hospital

Relevant Experience

• Over 15 years of direct clinical experience working with children and families to support mental health, growth and development in a variety of settings.
• Staff Psychiatrist Newton Wellesley Hospital Out-Patient Child Psychiatry Service
• Consultation to disadvantaged inner-city youth in outpatient and residential settings
• College mental health experience
• Cross-cultural psychiatric experience

Areas of Interest and Expertise

• Working with families and children at difficult times: illness, death, divorce, change, academic, social, personal, psychiatric
• Underserved youth and families
• Cross-Cultural Psychiatry
• Expertise in working with individuals with Congenital Heart Disease across the life cycle
• Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology
• Teaching and Supervision of trainees Massachusetts General Hospital; expertise in issues of Work-Life Balance for Trainees and Young Professionals

Awards and Honors

• Hewlett Packard Award for Service and Contribution, Harvard Medical School 1991

Related Publications and Contributions

See publications page.

Other

• New England Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Board Member
• American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Member