Dr. Khalid Afzal

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Khalid Afzal is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience-Child Psychiatry at the University of Chicago. He completed his medical education at Quaid-e-Azam University in Pakistan, earning his M.B.B.S./M.D. in April 1995. He pursued his residency in Psychiatry at Texas Tech University in El Paso, completed in July 2008, followed by a Fellowship in Child Adolescent Psychiatry at the University of Chicago in July 2010. Dr. Afzal's clinical interests include ADHD, behavior disorders, anxiety disorders, mood disorders, and somatic symptom disorder. His research focuses on the cultural psychosocial impact on children's mental health, family-based interventions, behavioral modification for young children, youth suicide risk assessment and intervention, and post-traumatic stress symptoms in cancer patients. He is committed to innovative approaches in residency training education.

Research Interests

Awards

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Instructor Year Award

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Distinguished Fellow

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Chair’s Award Outstanding Member Faculty

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Chair’s Award Outstanding Teaching by Member Faculty

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AACAP Outstanding Child Adolescent Psychiatry Resident Award

Requirements for University of Chicago

Doctorate Program
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TOEFL
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IELTS
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Required:7
Reading
Required:7
Writing
Required:7
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Required:7
Overall
Required:7
Prerequisites
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