Dr. Kimberly Pearson received her M.D. from Northwestern University Medical School. She completed her residency in psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital and McLean Hospital and her fellowship in perinatal and reproductive psychiatry at MGH. She has an appointment as Instructor in Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and is also on staff at McLean Hospital where she works as the Director of the Outpatient Eating Disorders Program.

Dr. Pearson’s interests are in the area of women’s health and psychiatry. She and Dr. Jerrold Rosenbaum recently edited a book by the same title. Her work includes treating women during pregnancy and postpartum, as well as women with premenstrual and menopausal mood disturbances. She has published data on perinatal outcome after antidepressant exposures during pregnancy. Dr. Pearson has been invited to give lectures at academic centers and in the community on issues related to psychiatric disorders associated with female reproductive function.