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John F. Kelly, Ph.D., ABPP

Harvard Medical School


Dr. John F. Kelly is the  Elizabeth R. Spallin Professor of Psychiatry in Addiction Medicine at Harvard Medical School.  He is also the founder and director of the Recovery Research Institute at the Massachusetts General Hospital, the associate director of the Center for Addiction Medicine, and the program director of the Addiction Recovery Management Service.  Dr. Kelly has published over 200 peer-reviewed articles in the field of addiction medicine and was an author on the U.S. Surgeon General's Report on Alcohol, Drugs, and Health.  His work has focused on addiction treatment and recovery, mechanisms of behavior change, and reducing stigma.