J. Wesley Boyd, MD, PhD

I’m so excited for the new academic year! I’ve taught my Bioethics Advocacy course every year since the inception of the Master’s program in Bioethics at Harvard Medical School and am planning to do so again this coming year. It’s the most popular elective in the Master’s program in Bioethics at Harvard, no doubt in part because of the amazing array of guest speakers I’ve brought in for the last decade. (I’m so indebted to them and delighted to call them friends.) They are individuals who have risked a lot for the sake or promoting good.

by Fraea Renaerts and J. Wesley Boyd

HMS bioethics Master’s student Amanda Buster took my “Bioethics Advocacy” this past January. After the class ended, we discussed her passion for improving care in nursing home. As a result of those discussions, Amanda and I just published our piece entitled “Nursing Homes Are De Facto Psychiatric Wards but Lack Care” in Psychology Today which you can find here:

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/almost-addicted/202605/nursing-homes-are-de-facto-psychiatric-wards-but-lack-care

Perfect rendition of so many relationships. Catchy tune too, to put it mildly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_qZ5B-yioU&list=RD6c1BThu95d8&index=3

Hot off the presses in NEJM-AI with co-authors Bilal Irfan and Roberto Sirvent! I am both proud and honored to be part of this collaboration.

https://ai.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/AIp2500960

Delighted to co-author this piece with Hana Abbasian and Avani Nooka, 2 recent graduates of the Master’s in Bioethics program at Harvard Medical School. It’s an important piece that advocates pumping the ethical brakes on yet another new tech development that many might endorse whole hog without too much thought, because it’s new, techie, and therefore “sexy.” Super proud of the piece and so delighted to have amazing co-authors!

About J. Wesley Boyd, MD, PhD:

Dr. J. Wesley Boyd is a Harvard-trained psychiatrist and bioethicist, devoted to providing thoughtful, comprehensive care grounded in the humanities, medicine, and ethics. With academic training in philosophy, religious studies, and medicine—including degrees from Yale University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill—Dr. Boyd blends a rich scholarly background with decades of frontline experience as a psychiatrist at Cambridge Health Alliance, a Harvard-affiliated hospital.

Dr. Boyd holds a faculty appointment at Harvard Medical School and has taught at the highest levels in medicine, psychiatry, and the humanities, including past faculty appointments at Smith College, Mt. Holyoke College, Harvard College, and Harvard Divinity School. He is also an award-winning educator, widely published author, and national voice on social justice, human rights, access to care, and physician well-being.

Dr. Boyd offers:

• Psychiatric consultations
• Medication management
• Psychotherapy
• Physician health consultations
• Legal reviews

Initial appointments are conducted virtually, with ongoing arrangements as needed. Patients must be located in Massachusetts or Texas at the time of their appointments. Dr. Boyd’s fee structure can be found below.

If you would like to join Dr. Boyd’s waiting list, please contact him at wesboydmdphd@gmail.com or call 781-343-1881.

Fee structure:
• Initial psychiatric evaluation: $750 (90 minutes)
• Individual psychotherapy sessions (w/ or w/o med management): $500 (50 minutes)
• Medication management sessions: $250 (25 minutes)
• Legal Consultation: $3500 retainer, which covers the first 3.5 hours. $1000/hour thereafter

Insurance
• Wes Boyd is not in-network with any insurance providers.
• He can assist you in receiving out-of-network insurance reimbursement by providing a receipt for services.

Payment options
• Venmo
• Credit Card
• Debit Card
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