Gary Sachs, MDEnriched profile
Clinical Vice President and Therapeutic Area Leader, Bipolar Disease and Mood Disorders, Signant Health; Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School · Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School (Founder and Director, Bipolar Clinic and Research Program, MGH; Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School)
Overview
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Gary Sachs, MD, is Clinical Vice President and Therapeutic Area Leader, Bipolar Disease and Mood Disorders, Signant Health at Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School (Founder and Director, Bipolar Clinic and Research Program, MGH; Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School). The public record shows 92 publications with 5,887 citations (h-index 35), centered on Bipolar Disorder, Depression (MDD). It also documents an investigator role on 2 registered clinical trials, industry payments reported by 8 companies, 3 NIH-funded awards (1998–2006).
- Top research focus: Bipolar Disorder
- 2 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Open Payments reporting from 8 companies
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Indications focusfrom trials led + research topics
Research focusOpenAlex concept fingerprint
Drugs & moleculesacross trials, industry payments and publications
Works withtrial sponsors and companies reporting payments
Scholarshipindexed output and impact (OpenAlex)
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Total citations across indexed works.
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Clinical & industrytrials, payments and federal funding
Clinical trials
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Listed as an investigator on 2 registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:
- A Study to Assess the Safety, Tolerability and Efficacy of RG2417 in Bipolar I Depression
Sponsor: Repligen Corporation
InvestigatorPhase 2CompletedNCT00812058 - Systematic Treatment Enhancement Program for Bipolar Disorder (STEP-BD)
Sponsor: National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
InvestigatorCompletedNCT00012558
Industry payments
Updated 14 Jul 2026
8 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021–2025. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- ABBVIE INC.Program year202528 payments$21,734openpaymentsdata.cms.gov ↗
- E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.Program year20251 payment
- Merck Sharp & Dohme LLCProgram year20248 payments
NIH funding
Updated 14 Jul 2026
3 NIH research awards on record, funded 1998–2006 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:
Publications
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Contact
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Background & recognition
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Credentials, appointments and honors, newest first, each linked to the public source it came from.
Educationdegrees and training on record
- Psychiatry residency
University of Maryland/Sheppard Pratt (1982) and Massachusetts General Hospital/McLean Hospital
1986provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →thecarlatreport.com ↗ - MD
University of Maryland School of Medicine
verifiedCorroborated by findmyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →theorg.com ↗ - Undergraduate
University of Pennsylvania
provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →theorg.com ↗ - Board Certified
Psychiatry, American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology (ABPN)
provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →health.usnews.com ↗
Editorial & leadership rolesjournal and society appointments
- Chair
Scientific Advisory Board, National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →theorg.com ↗ - Member
Scientific Advisory Board, Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA)
provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →theorg.com ↗
Awards & honorshonors on the public record
- Distinguished Fellow
American Psychiatric Association (DFAPA), highest membership honor bestowed by APA
provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →neurosciencecme.com ↗
Secondary affiliationsappointments beyond the home institution
- Clinical Vice President / Therapeutic Area Leader
Bipolar Disease and Mood Disorders, Signant Health (clinical trials technology company; formerly CRF Health/Bracket/Signant)
verifiedCorroborated by findmyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →theorg.com ↗ - Founder
Concordant Rater Systems
provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →health.usnews.com ↗
Media & interviewspress, podcasts and appearances
- "Bipolar Disorder: A 'Patient Centric' Approach to Treatment"
video interview with Dr. Gary Sachs
verifiedCorroborated by findmyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →youtube.com ↗ - "An Expert Interview With Gary Sachs, MD"
Medscape expert interview series
verifiedCorroborated by findmyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →medscape.org ↗ - "Bipolar disorder: Interview with Gary Sachs, MD"
Simple and Practical Mental Health podcast/site interview
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Online presence
Updated 14 Jul 2026
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- Doximity
doximity.com/pub/gary-sachs-md
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linkedin.com/in/gsachs
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healio.com/authors/gsachs
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