Dr. Robyn Thom is a board-certified child, adolescent, and adult psychiatrist practicing in the Boston area. She is an Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School and a staff psychiatrist at the Massachusetts General Hospital Lurie Center for Autism. She also sees patients in her private practice. She is a graduate of Harvard College, the University of Toronto Medical School, Harvard Longwood Psychiatry Residency Training Program, and the Massachusetts General Hospital/McLean Hospital Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship Program.
Dr. Thom specializes in treating children and adults with autism spectrum disorder and other neurodevelopmental disorders, anxiety disorders, and mood disorders. Her areas of research include autism spectrum disorder, Williams syndrome, anxiety disorders, and psychopharmacology. She has published more than 40 research articles and book chapters. She is also a regular contributor to the Harvard Health Blog.
AWARDS
Dr. Thom has received numerous awards for clinical excellence, research, and teaching.
Anne Klibanski Visiting Scholar Award, Massachusetts General Hospital, 2022
Travel Award, American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, 2020
Dupont Warren Fellowship Award, Harvard Medical School, Department of Psychiatry, 2020
Livingston Award, Harvard Medical School, Department of Psychiatry, 2020
Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry Fellowship, Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry, 2019
Educational Outreach Award, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2019
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship, American Psychiatric Association, 2018
Research Colloquium Selection, American Psychiatric Association, 2018
Travel Award, Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine, 2017
Outstanding Resident Teaching Award, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 2016
SELECT PUBLICATIONS
Dr. Thom has published more than 40 articles and book chapters in prestigious medical journals including the American Journal of Psychiatry, Psychosomatics, and Hospital Pediatrics.
Neumeyer A, Thom RP, McDougle CJ. A rational pharmacologic approach toward a biologically meaningful subtype of autism spectrum disorder. J Pediatr. 2020;S0021-7557(20)30146-7.
Thom RP, Keary CJ, Kramer G, Nowinski LA, McDougle CJ. Psychiatric assessment of social impairment across the lifespan. Harv Rev Psychiatry. 2020;28(3):159-178.
Thom RP, Keary CJ, Waxler J, Pober B, and McDougle CJ. Buspirone for the treatment of generalized anxiety disorder in Williams syndrome: A case series. J Autism Dev Disord. 2020;50(2):676-682.
Thom RP, Keary CJ, Palumbo ML, et al. Beyond the brain: A multi-system inflammatory subtype of autism spectrum disorder. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2019;236(10):3045-3061.
Thom RP, Levy-Carrick NC, Bui M, Silbersweig D. Delirium. Am J Psychiatry. 2019;176(10):785-793.
Thom RP, McDougle CJ, Hazen EP. Challenges in the medical care of patients with autism spectrum disorder: The role of the consultation-liaison psychiatrist. Psychosomatics. 2019;60(5):435-443.
Thom RP, Silbersweig DA, Boland RJ. Major depressive disorder in medical illness: A review of assessment, prevalence, and treatment options. Psychom Med. 2019;81(3):246-255.
Thom RP, Bui M, Rosner B, et al. Ramelteon is not associated with improved outcomes among critically ill delirious patients: A single-center retrospective cohort study. Psychosomatics. 2019;60(3):289-297.
Bui M, Thom RP, Hurwitz S, et al. Hospital length of stay with a proactive psychiatric consultation model in the medical intensive care unit: A prospective cohort analysis. Psychosomatics. 2019;60(3):263-270.
Thom RP, Bickham DS, Rich M. Internet use, depression, and anxiety in a healthy adolescent population: Prospective cohort study. JMIR Mhealth Uhealth. 2018;5(2):e44.
SELECT PRESENTATIONS
Dr. Thom has been an invited speaker at several national conferences.
Neurogenetic syndromes associated with autism spectrum disorder, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 2020 Annual Meeting, Virtual
Anxiety in Teens and Adults, Williams Syndrome Association Convention 2020, Virtual
Intergenerational transmission of anxiety: from genotype to phenotype to treatment, American Psychiatric Association 2019 Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA
Towards an immune (inflammation)-mediated subtype of autism spectrum disorder, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 2019 Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL