Manal Khan, M.D.

Manal Khan, M.D.

2022-24, Child and Adolescent Mood Disorders Clinic

Dr. Khan completed the UCLA Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship before becoming a Max Gray Fellow. Dr. Khan received her medical education in Pakistan and completed her psychiatry residency training at the University of Washington. Dr. Khan graduated with areas of distinction in global mental health and cultural psychiatry, perinatal mental health, and advanced psychotherapy. She also served as the chief resident of recruitment and wellness and graduated with an outstanding resident award. During her first fellowship at UCLA, Dr. Khan served as the inaugural justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion chief. She graduated the fellowship with an area of distinction in psychotherapy and concentration in psychoanalytical psychotherapy. Dr. Khan has received additional psychotherapy training in dialectical behavioral therapy. She is currently in her second year of a child and adolescent psychoanalytical psychotherapy training program. Dr. Khan’s areas of experience and interest include mood disorders, anxiety disorders, ADHD, neurodevelopmental disorders, eating disorders, childhood adversity, trauma, psychotherapy, cultural psychiatry, immigrant mental health, and structural determinants of health. She believes in employing a holistic approach using the bio-psycho-social framework in her interactions with patients. In addition to the Max Gray Fellowship, Dr. Khan is working in UCLA’s inpatient child and adolescent psychiatry unit.