Mark Albanese, MD

Mark Albanese, MD, is the new Medical Director of PHS. Dr. Albanese is a graduate of Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University and brings more than thirty years of experience as a psychiatrist specializing in addiction psychiatry. He brings compassion, integrity, and administrative acumen to his understanding of physicians’ challenges. He is a longtime MMS member and has also served on the PHS Clinical Advisory Committee for more than 20 years. Most recently, Dr. Albanese was Medical Director for Addictions at Cambridge Health Alliance. He is an assistant professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and is board-certified in both psychiatry and addiction psychiatry. In his new role, Dr. Albanese oversees all professional, educational, assessment, and monitoring services offered by PHS to the Massachusetts medical community. As part of the leadership team, he will be an integral part of steering strategy to realize the PHS mission of improving the health, wellbeing and effectiveness of physicians and medical students in MA, while supporting patient safety.