Matthew Graham Biel, MD

Provider is directly employed by MedStar Health

Matthew Biel, MD, MSc, is the Vice Chair of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital and is Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics, Director of the Thrive Center, and holds the Marriott Endowed Chair in Child, Adolescent, and Family Mental Health at Georgetown University Medical Center. Dr. Biel has clinical interests in child development, trauma and resilience, mood and anxiety disorders, autism spectrum disorders, and psychiatric care of children with medical illnesses.

Dr. Biel was the founding Division Chief of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at MGUH and served in that role from 2008-2026.  He has led a range of community-based research and clinical initiatives and was the co-founder of the Early Childhood Innovation Network in Washington, D.C.  He established the Thrive Center at Georgetown in 2024. Dr. Biel has published numerous articles and book chapters addressing access to mental health care for underserved populations, trauma and resilience, and family factors in child mental health care.  Dr. Biel is an Ascend Fellow at the Aspen Institute. He has been very active in medical student and psychiatric residency training. Dr. Biel studied history and Spanish at Amherst College before receiving his MD and MSc in community medicine at Mount Sinai School of Medicine. He completed residency and fellowship training in Psychiatry and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at NYU School of Medicine.