Fernando Rodriguez-Villa, MD

Fernando Rodriguez-Villa, MD is the medical director of the Short Term Unit, North in the Division of Depression and Anxiety Disorders. His main areas of interest include mood disorders, suicide, college mental health, medical education, stigma reduction and cross-cultural psychiatry. He serves on the Patient Family Advisory Committee and is co-chair of the Stigma Committee at McLean.

Dr. Rodriguez-Villa was the director of hospital services at the Massachusetts Mental Health Center; and the director of the psychiatric crisis service at Beth Israel Hospital. Born in Havana, Cuba, he earned his BS at the University of Puerto Rico and his MD from the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University. He completed his psychiatric residency at New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center and Beth Israel Hospital.