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  • Women's Behavioral Medicine Providers

  • Teri Pearlstein, MD, is director of women’s behavioral medicine at the Women’s Medicine Collaborative. An associate professor of psychiatry and human behavior at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Pearlstein received a medical degree from New York University School of Medicine and completed her residency at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, New York. Pearlstein is board certified in psychiatry. Her clinical interests include depression and anxiety disorders in women, particularly in relation to the menstrual cycle, pregnancy, postpartum period and menopause.  


    Carmen Monzon, MD, is a psychiatrist in women’s behavioral medicine at the Women’s Medicine Collaborative. A clinical assistant professor of psychiatry and human behavior at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Monzon received a medical degree from National University Pedro Henriquez Urena in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, and completed a residency at Yale University School of Medicine in New Haven, Connecticut. Monzon is board certified in psychiatry and psychosomatic medicine. 

    She is the 2013 recipient of the Dean’s Excellence in Teaching Award at Alpert Medical School. Her clinical interests include perinatal psychiatry, oncology, and consultation-liaison psychiatry. She is fluent in English and Spanish. 


    Ellen Flynn, MD, is a psychiatrist in women’s behavioral medicine at the Women’s Medicine Collaborative. A clinical assistant professor of psychiatry and human behavior at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, she received a medical degree from the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester, Massachusetts. 

    Flynn completed a residency at University of Massachusetts Medical School, and completed a consultation-liaison psychiatry fellowship at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, and a master of theological studies degree from Harvard Divinity School in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Flynn is board certified in psychiatry and psychosomatic medicine. Her clinical interests include perinatal psychiatry, consultation-liaison psychiatry, and mindfulness-based interventions in health care.


    Carla Ferrari, LICSW, is a psychotherapist in women’s behavioral medicine at the Women’s Medicine Collaborative. She received her master’s degree in social work from Simmons College School of Social Work in Boston, Massachusetts. Her clinical interests include mood and anxiety disorders, perinatal issues, post-traumatic stress disorder, and relationship difficulties.

    Pamela Kramer, LICSW, Pamela Kramer, LICSW, is a psychotherapist in women’s behavioral medicine at the Women’s Medicine Collaborative. She received her master’s degree in social work from Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts. 

    Kramer’s clinical interests include depression, anxiety, perinatal issues, post-traumatic stress, grief and loss, and relationship difficulties.


    Joanna V. MacLean, MD, is a psychiatrist in women’s behavioral medicine at the Women’s Medicine Collaborative. She received her medical degree from The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and completed her residency in adult psychiatry at Cambridge Hospital, affiliated with Harvard Medical School.  She served as chief resident of women’s mental health at Cambridge Hospital with a longitudinal elective at Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Women's Mental Health in Boston, Massachusetts.

    She is a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society and recipient of the Isaac Ray Award in Psychiatry. Her clinical interests include psychiatric issues unique to women, including mood and anxiety disorders particularly related to the menstrual cycle, pregnancy, postpartum period and menopause.   

    Courtney McCarthy, LICSW, is a clinical social worker and intake coordinator in women’s behavioral medicine at the Women’s Medicine Collaborative. She received her master’s degree in social work from Rhode Island College in Providence, Rhode Island. Her clinical interests include depression, anxiety, and relationship difficulties. She also serves as co-facilitator of wellness programs offered through the Lifestyle Medicine Center.


    To learn more about Women's Behavioral Medicine, or to schedule an appointment, call 401-793-7020.