Dr. Mahmood earned her undergraduate degree from Tufts University in Medford, MA, where she majored in Pre-Medicine and Child Development. Dr. Mahmood went on to earn her medical degree from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-SOM, where she focused on Psychiatry and Neurology. Additionally, she volunteered at the Child Abuse Research Education & Service Institute, working with child abuse victims.
She completed a post-doctoral training in a rigorous, three-year general psychiatry residency at Albert Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia, PA. During her residency training, Dr. Mahmood worked at the Germantown Crisis Response Center in Philadelphia. Dr. Mahmood went on to attend the Child & Adolescent Psychiatry fellowship program at Thomas Jefferson University where she was nominated and served as the Chief Resident during her second year.
Dr. Mahmood obtained her Board Certification in Psychiatry and Neurology and then her subspecialty Board Certification in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
In addition to her rapidly expanding private practice on the Main Line, Dr. Mahmood also works as a Child, Adolescent & Adult Psychiatrist at The Horsham Clinic in Ambler, PA. There, she heads an acute Dual Diagnosis inpatient unit.
Dr. Mahmood comes from a family of physicians and understands the importance of practicing effective patient care. Dr. Mahmood is well regarded by her colleagues as evidenced by her nomination for the Doctors’ Choice Awards in 2015. She received the Doctors’ Choice Award for Top Psychiatrist in the nation in October 2015, Doctors’ Choice Award for Top Adolescent Psychiatrist in Philadelphia in 2015 and Patients’ Choice Awards in 2014 & 2015. In 2016 Dr. Mahmood was voted in the TOP 100 Doctor’s in the nation. She is often described as ‘compassionate’, ‘professional’, and ‘dedicated’ to her patients.