Mirjana Domakonda

Mirjana J. Domakonda, M.D. is a double board-certified adult and child/adolescent psychiatrist at the Institute of Living in Hartford, Connecticut and Assistant Professor Adjunct in the Department of Psychiatry at Yale University School of Medicine. At the Institute of Living, Dr. Domakonda is the Director of the Clinical Trials Unit, and an investigator on numerous pharmaceutical clinical trials, including the first study of Spravato™ (esketamine) in children/adolescents with depression and suicidality.

Dr. Domakonda has dedicated her career to treating individuals with severe psychiatric disorders, specifically eating disorders and addiction, and developing more effective treatments for these debilitating disorders. After obtaining her medical degree from the Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Dr. Domakonda completed a residency in Adult Psychiatry at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, followed by a fellowship in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the New-York Presbyterian Hospital of Columbia and Cornell. She then went on to complete a National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Translational Neuroimaging of Child Psychiatric Disorders at Columbia University, later publishing one of the first functional MRI studies in adolescents with bulimia nervosa.

Dr. Domakonda’s current research focuses on the use of neuroimaging to identify brain-based biomarkers of disease and treatment response to novel pharmacologic agents, including ketamine, MDMA, and CBD. She is a collaborator on MAPS’ study of MDMA for eating disorders, alongside which she plans to use fMRI to study MDMA-associated brain changes, and will be one of the site physicians overseeing MAPS’ MDMA for PTSD Expanded Access Program in Connecticut. Dr. Domakonda has received research support from the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and NIMH, among others, and holds leadership positions in AACAP, the American Society for Clinical Psychopharmacology, and the Association for Academic Psychiatry. She is also a physician mentor, educator and patient advocate, and serves on the advisory board of Realize Your Beauty, Inc., a non-profit organization that promotes body positivity in youth through theatre arts.