Dr. Kerrigan received his medical degree at the LSU School of Medicine in New Orleans, LA, and was awarded both the Board of Supervisors Scholarship and the Phi Kappa Phi Fellowship for academic achievement. After discovering a passion for Mental Health, he completed his Psychiatry Internship and Residency at Harvard Medical School, training at Brigham & Women's Hospital, Massachusetts Mental Health Center and Children’s Hospital Boston. He then went on to complete a two-year fellowship in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry at Stanford Hospital and Lucille-Packard Children’s Hospital in Palo Alto, CA, where he practiced in clinics focused on anxiety and eating disorders research. He has further specialty experience in pediatric psychopharmacology, Family-Based/Maudsley approaches to the treatment of anorexia nervosa, and Child-Directed Play Therapy for young children. Prior to joining the faculty at Weill Cornell Medical College, he also served as the Medical Director for the child and adolescent inpatient psychiatry unit at Dell Children's Medical Center in Austin, TX. In addition to his clinical and administrative roles, Dr. Kerrigan enjoys the opportunity to teach medical students and supervise psychiatry residents in training through Columbia University and Weill Cornell Medical College. He is a published author and has research interests ranging from the treatment of eating disorders to the evolving interplay between social technology and identity development in youth.