About
Aneesh Rahangdale, MD
Founder of Rahangdale Psychiatry PLLC, providing thoughtful, evidence-informed psychiatric care for adults in Massachusetts.
Dr. Rahangdale has a particular focus on adult ADHD evaluation and treatment, medication management, anxiety, depression, sleep difficulties, and life transitions.
Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Fellow
Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School.
Care Philosophy
Listening guided by cultural humility.
Dr. Rahangdale believes that effective psychiatric care begins with listening guided by cultural humility. He approaches each patient as a whole person rather than a diagnosis, recognizing that mental health is shaped by biological, psychological, social, cultural, and environmental factors.
His goal is to create a respectful, collaborative space where patients feel heard, understood, and empowered to participate in decisions about their care. He recognizes that every patient brings a unique background, set of experiences, values, identities, strengths, and challenges to treatment.
Rather than relying on a one-size-fits-all approach, he works to understand each individual's story and tailor recommendations to their specific needs, goals, and circumstances for meaningful improvements in quality of life.
Training & Education
Academic training with a human-centered focus.
He completed medical school at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, where he was inducted into the Gold Humanism Honor Society in recognition of compassionate, patient-centered care. He completed psychiatry residency at the University of Central Florida and serves as a Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellow at Boston Children's Hospital and a clinical fellow at Harvard Medical School.
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship: Boston Children's Hospital / Harvard Medical School
Psychiatry Residency: University of Central Florida / HCA Florida Capital Hospital
Doctor of Medicine: University of North Carolina School of Medicine
Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa: Georgetown University
Clinical Interests
Practical care for complex, real lives.
Whether helping someone better understand longstanding attention difficulties, navigate a period of anxiety or depression, or work through a major life transition, Dr. Rahangdale aims to provide care that is practical, evidence-informed, and aligned with what matters most to the patient.
He values transparency, shared decision-making, and building a therapeutic relationship based on trust, respect, and curiosity.
Beyond the CV
Care from a person, not just a professional profile.
Psychiatric care is personal. This practice is intentionally small and physician-led so that patients can work directly with Dr. Rahangdale and receive thoughtful follow-up over time.
The goal is to bring clinical rigor and warmth into the same room: careful evaluation, clear recommendations, and treatment that respects the person behind the symptoms.
Scholarship & Innovation
At the forefront of thoughtful psychiatric innovation.
In addition to his clinical work, Dr. Rahangdale has a strong interest in psychiatric innovation and staying at the forefront of developments in medicine, neuroscience, and technology. His academic work has included research and scholarship in ADHD, neuromodulation, psychiatric ethics, innovation, and systems of care.
He has published peer-reviewed work on ethical frameworks for the use of artificial intelligence in psychiatry and has explored emerging neuromodulation approaches, including transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), as part of his broader interest in advancing evidence-based mental health care.
He believes that new technologies hold significant promise for improving patient outcomes when implemented thoughtfully, ethically, and with a continued focus on the human relationship at the center of psychiatric treatment.
Dr. Rahangdale has published in peer-reviewed journals including BMC Psychiatry and serves in national psychiatric editorial leadership with the American Journal of Psychiatry Residents' Journal. He was also selected as an American Psychiatric Association SAMHSA Fellow, with work focused on improving behavioral health outcomes for underserved, minority, and rural communities.
Published peer-reviewed first author works
- ONRAMP-AI-VRAR: an operational protocol for ethics and governance of AI-enabled immersive psychotherapy.
BMC Psychiatry. 25:1145 (2025).
- Assessing comorbid PTSD, depression, and anxiety in fibromyalgia patients: a retrospective observational study.
BMC Psychiatry. 25:444 (2025).
- Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) and psychiatric rehospitalization rates: a retrospective study.
BMC Psychiatry 24:753 (2024).
- Basilar artery fenestration in a migraine patient.
Clinical Case Reports 12:e9107 (2024).
- Investigating optic nerve sheath diameter in prone position spinal surgery patients: a pilot study.
Journal of Ophthalmic and Vision Research 19:347-353 (2024).
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