{"id":17592,"date":"2026-08-28T12:37:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T16:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mghglobalpsychiatry.org\/newupgrade3\/?page_id=17592"},"modified":"2026-09-16T11:09:49","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T15:09:49","slug":"zeina-chemali-md","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mghglobalpsychiatry.org\/newupgrade3\/faculty-staff\/zeina-chemali-md\/","title":{"rendered":"Zeina Chemali, MD"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"17592\" class=\"elementor elementor-17592\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3f4bd64 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3f4bd64\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1b612cc\" data-id=\"1b612cc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c648a01 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c648a01\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"908\" height=\"766\" src=\"https:\/\/mghglobalpsychiatry.org\/newupgrade3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ZeinaChemali.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-17356\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mghglobalpsychiatry.org\/newupgrade3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ZeinaChemali.png 908w, https:\/\/mghglobalpsychiatry.org\/newupgrade3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ZeinaChemali-300x253.png 300w, https:\/\/mghglobalpsychiatry.org\/newupgrade3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ZeinaChemali-768x648.png 768w, https:\/\/mghglobalpsychiatry.org\/newupgrade3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ZeinaChemali-450x380.png 450w, https:\/\/mghglobalpsychiatry.org\/newupgrade3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ZeinaChemali-800x675.png 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 908px) 100vw, 908px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18798dc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"18798dc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>Dr. Zeina Chemali\u00a0<\/h5><div><b style=\"letter-spacing: var(--spacing_value);\">\u00a0<\/b><\/div><div><p>Dr. Zeina Chemali is the Director of the Global Neuropsychiatry Outreach program at the Division of Global Psychiatry. She is also an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Cambridge Health Alliance.<\/p><p>Dr. Chemali is one of the few physicians in the country who is dually boarded in psychiatry and neurology and has additional expertise on developmental disorders.<\/p><p>Dr. Chemali\u2019s research interests include the social determinants of health in developing countries, the impact of structural violence on vulnerable groups, especially the elderly and the refugees. She has studied the impact of psychosocial factors on the course\u00a0of neurodegenerative diseases, particularly in early onset dementia, and healthcare delivery systems in the US and abroad. She has published work on these topics in leading peer-reviewed medical journals.<\/p><p>Dr. Chemali combines her clinical practice and teaching in the US with extensive work internationally building education and clinical programs in several countries including Brazil, Ethiopia, Lebanon, Rwanda, Somaliland. Dr. Chemali has received multiple awards from national and international organizations for\u00a0her relentless work in Africa and the Middle East to promote education and gender empowerment in the fight against structural violence and poverty. She is the recipient of the award for Excellence in Elder Care in the New Millennium.<\/p><p>For Dr. Chemali\u2019s publications,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/connects.catalyst.harvard.edu\/Profiles\/display\/Person\/46458\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>click here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b986dcb\" data-id=\"b986dcb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23fa4dc elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"23fa4dc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\">\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"section\" data-elementor-id=\"17560\" class=\"elementor elementor-17560\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4c2c5aaa elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4c2c5aaa\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-55abfb2e\" data-id=\"55abfb2e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c9b02b8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4c9b02b8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mghglobalpsychiatry.org\/newupgrade3\/faculty-staff\/\">Back to Faculty &amp; 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She is also an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Cambridge Health Alliance. 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