Dr. Poonam Khanna, DO

Dr. Poonam Khanna is a board-certified psychiatrist in both Adult and Child & Adolescent Psychiatry and an active member of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Known for a warm, community-minded approach, she blends evidence-guided care with practical, human-centered strategies to help patients regain functioning and resilience. In 2011 she founded Minds That Matter in Overland Park to extend her clinical reach across the Kansas City community, offering a compassionate, collaborative style of care that emphasizes partnership with patients and families.

Her clinical formation is broad and rigorous: she earned her medical degree from the Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences, completed internship and general psychiatry training through Michigan State University and Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals, and finished a two-year fellowship at The Menninger Clinic and The University of Kansas Medical Center. During nine years on faculty …at KU Medical Center she served as an assistant clinical professor, teaching and mentoring medical students, residents, and fellows; she continues to volunteer at KUMC and KCUMB as a clinician-educator who translates complex psychiatric knowledge into accessible treatment plans.

As a dual board-certified clinician, Dr. Khanna diagnoses and treats a wide range of mood, anxiety, developmental, and severe psychiatric conditions using an integrative, patient-centered framework. Her areas of expertise include the following conditions and presentations:

Mood Disorders:

• Major Depressive Disorder
• Range of depressive disorders
• Bipolar Mood Disorder
• Suicidal thoughts

Anxiety Disorders:

• General Anxiety Disorder
• Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
• Panic Disorder
• School phobia
• Social Phobia
• Specific Phobias
• Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
• Adjustment Reactions in high functioning individuals/executives who face challenges in their school, work, and/or personal lives Disruptive Disorders Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)/Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)Childhood Disorders (including Pervasive Developmental Disorder and Asperger’s Disorder)

Dr. Khanna’s combination of specialized training, long-standing teaching roles, and community commitment makes her a distinct choice for patients seeking expert, empathetic psychiatric care across the lifespan.