Zachary Harvanek, MD, PhD

Zachary Harvanek, MD, PhD, is a psychiatrist specializing in treating psychiatric disorders in patients with complex medical, surgical, or neurological conditions. He currently works in the Clinical Neuroscience Research Unit (CNRU) at CMHC, where his clinical and research efforts focus on the interplay between mental health and physical health—particularly how stress, adversity, and psychological resilience shape long‑term outcomes such as biological aging, metabolic dysfunction, and obesity.

As an assistant professor at Yale School of Medicine, Dr. Harvanek investigates the neurobiological pathways through which stress impacts aging and health across the lifespan. He earned his medical and doctoral degrees at the University of Michigan and completed his psychiatry residency and fellowship at Yale School of Medicine.