Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior

Dr. Harrington attended Middlebury College and Tufts University School of Medicine. He completed a Transitional Internship at Naval Hospital Portsmouth and then served for 3 years as a General Medical Officer (GMO) in the US Navy. After his GMO service he completed an additional year of Internal Medicine training at UNC Chapel Hill, then went on to Brown University where he completed a Residency in Psychiatry and a Fellowship in Behavioral Neurology & Neuropsychiatry (BNNP). He is board certified in General Psychiatry and Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN) and in Behavioral Neurology & Neuropsychiatry by the United Council of Neurologic Subspecialties (UCNS). He is a Distinguished Fellow of the APA and a Fellow of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry (ACLP) and the American Neuropsychiatric Association (ANPA). He is president- elect of the American Neuropsychiatric Association and will serve as president March 2025-March 2027. Dr. Harrington currently serves as Director of the Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry service and of Neuropsychiatry Education at RIH, and as Director of the Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Fellowship and Director of the CNS-Psychiatry Clerkship at Brown Medical School. He is a Professor of Psychiatry and Medicine, Clinician Educator, at The Warren Alpert Medical School.