Dr. Gelinas is a Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Inc., and has earned board certifications in child, adolescent, and adult psychiatry in 1997. In 2023, he was designated as a Distinguished Fellow of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
Dr. Gelinas is founder and president of Family Study Center, Inc., a private, outpatient, comprehensive psychiatric and psychotherapy practice, in Danbury, CT.
Over the past twenty five years or more, Dr. Gelinas has led hundreds of scientific presentations to educate pediatricians, family doctors, internists, neurologists, nurses, mental health providers, and school personnel, in the state of the art of psychiatric diagnosis, formulation, and treatment, including psychopharmacology. He has led scientific presentations throughout the state, the region (including at US Psych Congress Annual Conference in New Work, and Pri-Med East Annual Conference in Boston), and twice at the American Psychiatric Association (in San Fransciso and New York).
Dr. Gelinas enjoys an edifying collegial relationship with special education and pupil services personnel of area schools, and, over the past 25 years, has prepared and documented hundreds of psychiatric evaluations with recommendations to serve students and their families, as well as school planning and placement teams.
Education, Training and Credentials
Dr. Gelinas grew up in Eastchester, NY, and graduated from Horace Mann School in Riverdale, The Bronx, NY, where he served as president of his senior class. After high school, he graduated from University of Pennsylvania, where he earned my Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in Biological Basis of Behavior in 1984. He then served as a high school biology and chemistry teacher, dormitory master, and football coach at Avon Old Farms School in Avon, CT. After leaving Avon, he earned a Master of Science (MS) degree in Physiology from Georgetown University in 1987, where served as vice-president of his graduate school class.
Dr. Gelinas graduated from State University of New York at Buffalo – School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences in 1991. He later completed his residency in Psychiatry, and fellowship in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the Institute of Living/University of Connecticut consortium of hospitals in Hartford and Farmington, CT. During his residency years, he served as chief administrative resident and president of the residents’ council.
