About Dr. Mahvash Sheikh
Dr. Sheikh is a Board Certified Adult Psychiatrist. She has an expertise in management of various psychiatric disorders especially mood, anxiety and psychotic disorders. She has a special interest in treating older adults and has provided psychiatric consultations at several nursing homes. Although she mainly utilizes medication management in her sessions, but truly believes that a combination of medication management and therapy can produce best results for her patients.
She received her Medical Degree from King Edward Medical University. After moving to US, she finished her residency training in Adult Psychiatry at Penn State Hershey Medical Center in 2010. After graduation, she worked at Philhaven Hospital taking care of patients in inpatient and outpatient settings. Afterwards, she worked as an Assistant Professor at Penn State Hershey Medical and managed their Geriatric Inpatient psychiatric unit along with teaching residents and medical students.
After moving to Maryland, she has been practicing in various institutional/Telehealth settings. And finally has decided to start her own practice to serve the local community.