Khalid Afzal, M.D.

Education & Training

• Quaid-e-Azam University, Pakistan - M.B.B.S., 1995
• Residency, Psychiatry,
  Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso, 2004-08
• Fellowship, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry,
  The University of Chicago, 2008-2010
• Board Certified, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (General), 2009

Clinical Interests

• Mood disorders
• ADHD
• Adjustment disorder

Research Interests

• Cultural and psychosocial impact on children mental health
• Mindfulness based therapeutic interventions and behavioral modification in young children
• The use of Omega-3 in prevention and treatment of mental illness
• Innovative approaches to residency training and education

Teaching

• Director, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Interviewing Course
• Director, School Rotation
• Co-Director, Psychopharmacology Course
• Multidisciplinary Case Conference for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
• Psychiatric course training for pediatric residents and medical students

Society Memberships

• American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
• Illinois Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Society
• Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine

Selected Publications

• Afzal K, Khan F, Mulla Z, Akins R, Giordano F, Ledger E. Language and acculturation as factors in resident physician burnout; a study in a bilingual U.S. City. South Med J. 103(7):607-15, Jul 2010
• Khan F, Afzal K,  Mulla Z, Akins R, Giordano F, Ledger E. Is resident learning style a factor in resident Burnout on the job? El Paso Physicians. 33(11):7-10 Mar 2010
• Afzal K, Quinn D, Briones D. The healthcare matrix formulation: A tool for competency assessment in psychiatry residency training. South Med J. 102(8):789-94, Aug 2009
• Afzal K, Briones D, De Vargas C. Risperidone induced polydypsia and polyphagia, associated with galactorrhea, abdominal pain and rapid weight gain in an adolescent female. CNS Spectrum. 12(11):818-820, Nov 2007