Dr. Shunda McGahee

Dr. Shunda McGahee joined North Suffolk Community Services as the Chief Medical Officer in 2022. She has work in community mental health centers in leadership, psychiatric consultation, and medical staff for the duration of her career.

Throughout her distinguished career she has served as Medical Director of Ambulatory and Community Services for Beth Israel Lahey Health Behavioral Services; worked for Boston Healthcare for the Homeless; Massachusetts Department of Mental Health Center; and South End Community Health Center. She is a clinical instructor for Harvard Medical School and supervising psychiatrist for multiple residency training programs throughout Boston, including Massachusetts General and McLean hospitals, Beth Israel Lahey Health, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Tufts Medical Center.

As a former National Health Service Corp Scholar, her clinical interests have focused community mental health in underserved populations, Dr. McGahee leads and specializes in community programs which provide treatment for the severely, chronically mentally ill with co-occurring substance use disorders. She is an innovator in the area of community and public psychiatry, particularly the training and sustaining health professionals in long-term careers in the public sector. She has lectured locally and nationally on mental health care delivery in community and underserved populations.

Dr. McGahee earned her medical degree from Georgetown University and her bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Howard University.