Maurizio Fava is a distinguished psychiatrist with extensive experience at Massachusetts General Hospital since July 1990, where roles include Vice Chair of the Executive Committee of Research, Psychiatrist-in-Chief, Executive Director of the Clinical Trials Network and Institute, Director of the Division of Clinical Research, Executive Vice Chair of the Department of Psychiatry, and Director of both the Clinical Research Program and the Depression Clinical and Research Program. Fava's medical education began at the Università degli Studi di Padova, earning a medical degree from 1975 to 1982, and included additional training at the University of Lille 1 Sciences and Technology in 1976. Prior experience includes a psychiatry residency at Massachusetts General Hospital from 1985 to 1988.