Mary Margaret Gleason | Medical Services
Specialties
Programs & Services
Languages
- English
Mary Margaret Gleason | Education
Undergraduate School
Amherst College
1993, Amherst, MA
Medical School
Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons (Now Vagelos)
1998, New York, NY
Residency
Pediatrics, Psychiatry; Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Rhode Island Hospital
2003, Providence, RI
Fellowship
Infant Psychiatry
Tulane University School of Medicine
2005, New Orleans, LA
Fellowship
T32 Research Fellowship
Brown University
2007, Providence, RI
Mary Margaret Gleason | Certifications
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (Child and Adolescent Psychiatry)
Mary Margaret Gleason | Professional History
Dr. Gleason is trained as a pediatrician and child and adolescent psychiatry. In her clinical work, Dr. Gleason focuses on early childhood mental health care, especially especially integrated into in non-mental health settings including pediatric practices, where children and families already spend time. In her academic work, she is interested in early identification of childhood mental health disorders and has developed and validated the Early Childhood Screening Assessment, now tested in 5 languages and cultures. She is also interested in examining effective innovative approaches to mental health care access. She has worked closely with state public health leaders to develop federally funded programs that offer mental health consultation to pediatric clinicians, early interventionists, and perinatal healthcare clinicians.
Dr. Gleason is honored to hold national positions in American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and has worked closely with both organizations to promote best practices for young children. She is committed to resident education and served as training director at Tulane, Brown Universities and Eastern Virginia Medical School. She participated in the Diagnostic Criteria: 0-5 with ZERO TO THREE’s work group and co-led ZERO TO THREE’s Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Workgroup.