Update Your ProfileAcademic Title:
Assistant Professor
Primary Appointment:
Psychiatry
Additional Title:
Director of Medical Student Education in Psychiatry
Phone (Primary):
410-328-5881
Research/Clinical Keywords
Forensic psychiatry, Medical student education, Community psychiatry, Harm reduction, Smoking cessation
Highlighted Publications
Eze-ajoku E, Lavoie M, Decamp M. Exploring the evidence base behind quality measures. American Journal of Medical Quality. 2018 May–Jun;33(3):321-2.
Lavoie M, Guarda A. How should compassion be expressed as a primary clinical and ethical value in anorexia nervosa intervention? AMA Journal of Ethics. 2021 Apr 11;23(4):E298-304.
Lavoie M, Bryant P. Right of individuals to sue to enforce the Federal Nursing Home Reform Act. Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law. 2024 Mar 1; 52(1): 95-7.
Awards and Affiliations
2017: SOURCE Community Service Award, Johns Hopkins University
2018: Fellowship at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics
2019: Samuel Novey Prize in Psychological Medicine, Johns Hopkins Department of Psychiatry
2021-2023: Public Psychiatry Fellowship, American Psychiatric Association
2022-2023: Chief Resident, Johns Hopkins Psychiatry Residency
2023: Elected to Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society