Shih Gipson

Dr. Marie Gipson is a board-certified psychiatrist and child and adolescent psychiatrist who places her children and adolescent’s interests first. She believes that a psychiatrist’s role is, at its most basic, one of stewardship of a person’s unlimited potential. She is currently an Assistant in Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and an Instructor in Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School (HMS). In this setting, she provides clinical care for the community and is part of the clinical research team at the Pediatric OCD and Tics Disorders Program. In addition, she is part of Refresh Mental Health, a national mental health organization, where she serves as the Medical Director of Massachusetts and New Hampshire.

She is a graduate of Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center (LSUHSC) in New Orleans where she was deeply involved in caring for the underserved including volunteering as a counselor for children with different abilities and a student doctor in the local homeless shelter. She completed her general psychiatry residency at the LSU-Ochsner Psychiatry Residency Training Program and her child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship at Boston Children’s Hospital/HMS where she also served as Chief Fellow. Her clinical background is in treating mental health disorders with interdisciplinary teams through a comprehensive approach and served as the lead physician for both inpatient adolescent units at Boston Children’s Hospital and Stanford University School of Medicine. Her clinical interests including depression, anxiety, OCD, tics, insomnia and trauma. She also strives to provide gender and sexual minority affirming care. When not seeing patients, she enjoys spending time with her family, attending performing arts events, and trying new foods.

Education

MD - Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center (LSUHSC) School of Medicine in New Orleans

General Psychiatry Residency - LSUHSC/Ochsner Residency Program

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship - Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School