About C. Andres Bedoya, PhD
Dr. C. Andres Bedoya is a staff psychologist and Clinical Director of the Behavioral Medicine Program at Massachusetts General Hospital. He also serves as an Assistant Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.
Dr. Bedoya earned his doctoral degree at the University of Miami in clinical health psychology, with an emphasis on bilingual and bicultural counseling of Hispanic/Latino adults. He completed his clinical internship at the Boston University School of Medicine's Center for Multicultural Training in Psychology and post-doctoral fellowship with the MGH Behavioral Medicine Program.
Treats:
- Adult
Languages:
- Spanish
Locations
Mass General Psychiatry: Behavioral Medicine Program
One Bowdoin Square
9th Floor
Boston, MA 02114
Phone: 617-726-3423
Medical Education
- PhD, University of Miami
- Fellowship, 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 VT
- 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.
Research
Dr. Bedoya's clinical and research activities focus on improving the medical and mental health of underserved groups, including through the development of culturally competent evidence-based interventions. This work includes studying how race, ethnicity, and other diversity-related factors impact behavior and subsequent health.
The majority of Dr. Bedoya's clinical research has centered on cultural and linguistic adaptation of cognitive-behavioral interventions for Latinos, including for the treatment of depression within primary care settings and within primary/secondary prevention of HIV. Other clinical and research interests include: depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), adherence to medical treatment, mental health disparities, and mixed-methods research. In 2012, as an HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN) Scholar he conducted primary HIV prevention research within underserved communities of color.
Additionally, Dr. Bedoya addresses diversity through a number of avenues including training pre-doctoral psychology interns on cultural competence, mentorship of trainees typically underrepresented within psychiatry, and consultation on the cultural adaptation of clinical research interventions. In 2011, he was honored for his commitment with the MGH Ernesto Gonzalez Award for Outstanding Service to the Latino Community.