Marcus Hughes, MD

Dr. Marcus Hughes is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Yale School of Medicine and an Attending Psychiatrist on the Interventional Psychiatry Service (IPS) at Yale-New Haven Psychiatric Hospital. He is a former chief resident of IPS and a 2023 graduate of the Yale Psychiatry Residency Program. Additionally, he is the faculty advisor for the Solomon Carter Fuller Association, involved in resident-level didactics, and an interviewer for the Yale Psychiatry Residency Program.

He is predominantly interested in equitable investigation and implementation of novel pharmacological interventions, particularly psychedelic and psychedelic-like molecules, and their application in the treatment of mood and substance use disorders. Clinical responsibilities include treating patients on the busy ketamine/esketamine, electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), and transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) services at Yale-New Haven Psychiatric Hospital. Dr. Hughes promotes social justice and equity in practice with a focus on cultural and structural competencies.

Dr. Hughes is a member of Alpha Omega Alpha and was an American Psychiatric Association Foundation Diversity Leadership Fellow from 2022-2024. His favorite pastimes include thinking, reading, making photographs, making paintings, listening to funk and jazz, and fixed gear cycling.