Akeem Marsh, MD, DFAACAP
Akeem Marsh, M.D., DFAACAP is a nationally recognized expert on the link between trauma and disruptive behavior disorders, as well as the impact of racism and other biases in mental health treatment. Dr. Marsh currently serves as the Vice President of the Vincent J. Fontana Center for Child Protection and the Medical Director of the Home for Integrated Behavioral Health at The New York Foundling. He maintains a faculty appointment as Clinical Assistant Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the New York University Grossman School of Medicine and is a consultant member of the Verywell Mind Review Board. Dr. Marsh is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) and serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the New York Council on Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (NYCCAP), as well as on the Board of Directors for American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (APSAC). He has presented locally, nationally and internationally at numerous professional conference settings including the iHeart Radio/MWA Mental Wealth Expo and a Presidential Session at the APA Annual Meeting by invitation. In January 2022, Dr. Marsh published his seminal work that he co-edited, Not Just Bad Kids: The Adversity and Disruptive Behavior Link. In August 2023, Dr. Marsh was appointed by Mayor Eric Adams to serve on the city's firs-ever Juvenile Justice Advisory Board to advise and provide recommendations to the mayor, the City Council, and ACS on issues related to juvenile justice.
