Meredith Pescatello, MD
Biography
Meredith grew up in Farmington, CT. She graduated cume laude from Brigham Young University in Utah with a major in neuroscience and a minor in psychology. While completing her undergraduate education she was the primary research assistant and coordinator for the university’s counseling center, co-led an OCD group, worked as a teaching assistant, volunteered with hospice patients, and nannied for a family of seven. Meredith continued at BYU and completed a master’s in clinical psychology spending her time working as a therapist, creating and leading a DBT group, completing clinical research on internet-delivered psychotherapy, teaching statistics, conducting psychological assessments, and continuing her volunteer work with hospice patients.
Meredith received her MD from the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry where she fell in love with the biopsychosocial model of patient care. This model shaped her interest in pursuing triple board training.
During medical school, Meredith continued to work as a psychotherapist with children and teenagers. She completed research regarding the overlap between IBD and mental health disorders and regarding early advanced care planning in patients with glioblastoma. She completed the medical education pathway, teaching students abroad in Krakow, Poland and at UR Medicine. She also completed the medical humanities pathway and engaged in research regarding novel, palliative approaches to treating severe, enduring anorexia nervosa.
Upon graduation Meredith was selected for AOA, received the 2025 AMWA Glasgow-Rubin Citation for Academic Achievement, and the 2025 Award for Research in Psychiatry. Meredith is thrilled to train at Brown’s triple board program and hopes to use her ongoing training coupled with her background in clinical psychology, particularly in dialectical behavior therapy, to work with children and adolescents who have complex and overlapping psychiatric and medical needs. Outside of medicine, Meredith loves spending time with her husband, two children, and large, extended family. She loves to run, bike, hike, picnic, read, and spend plenty of time swimming at the beautiful Rhode Island beaches.