About Lisa Zakhary, MD, PhD
Lisa Zakhary, M.D., Ph.D., a graduate of Harvard Medical School, completed her residency in general psychiatry at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). She earned a PhD in molecular neurobiology during her medical training. She is Assistant in Psychiatry at MGH and Instructor in Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. She recently co-founded the MGH Comprehensive Skin Management Clinic, a multi-disciplinary dermatology/psychiatry clinic which provides treatment for patients with a variety of psychodermatologic conditions including compulsive skin picking, trichotillomania, and body dysmorphic disorder.
Clinical Interests:
- Anxiety
- Body dysmorphic disorder
- Compulsive Skin Picking
- Depression
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
- Primary Care Psychiatry
- Psychodermatology
- Trichotillomania
Treats:
- Adult
Locations
Mass General Psychiatry: Adult Outpatient Psychiatry Services
55 Fruit St.
Wang Ambulatory Care Center
Boston, MA 02114
Phone: 617-724-7792
Medical Education
- M.D.; Ph.D., Harvard Medical School
- Residency, Massachusetts General Hospital
Accepted Insurance Plans
- Aetna
- Beech Street
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare
- Commonwealth Care Alliance
- Coventry
- Evernorth Behavioral Health
- Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
- Humana
- MassHealth
- Medicaid ME
- Medicaid NH
- Medicaid RI
- Medicare
- Medicare ACO
- Multiplan
- Senior Whole Health
- TriCare
- Tufts Health Plan
- United Behavioral Health
- Wellpoint
- WellSense
- WellSense NH
Note: This provider may accept more insurance plans than shown; please call the practice to find out if your plan is accepted.
Dr. Zakhary is very caring and patient and easy to speak with, very knowledgeable. I appreciate her greatly. Thank you. Bye.
Extremely grateful for Dr. Zakhary's care. She immediately suspected I was over medicated and has made great adjustments. I am feeling better and trust her completely. Worth the initial wait for an appointment.
This provider is on top or her game, she knows what she is doing, very knowledgeable professional, caring.
Dr. Zakhary is very thorough and attentive to my needs and concerns. I really appreciate all she does for me.
I am so lucky to have Dr. Zakhary as my provider. She always listens to my concerns and takes the time needed during every visit. I am so thankful for her.
she is always kind and explains everything in detail. I've been seeing her for a while, and I really appreciate her feedback.
I've been with my provider for almost 11 years now, having followed her to MGH from her previous practice. She's always been great for me; considerate, thoughtful, asking good questions and listening carefully to my answers. I'm delighted to recommend her.
Thank you, Dr. Zachary. I continue learning a lot about mental health and improving my conditions and my overall knowledge and never knew that there is so much. It's kind of comforting to know that there are so many conditions and so many diagnoses overall not necessarily applicable to me, but some of them are. And it's also interesting how just ... Read More
I have been seeing and talking to Lisa Zakhary for quite a time now. I love her. I mean, she is the best psychiatrist I have ever had and she just checks off all the boxes. She's excellent. So I really can't, I can't say anything negative about her, only nice positive things and we'll continue seeing her for as long as I can.
Yes, this caregiver is wonderful. She's extremely knowledgeable and extremely well educated. I think she's one of the best that I've seen since I've been at MGH.