Kaushalendra Amatya, PhD

Kaushal Amatya, PhD, is a pediatric psychologist for the Nephrology and Advanced Cardiac Therapies services at Children’s National Hospital, and associate professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Pediatrics at the George Washington School of Medicine and Health Sciences. He is also an affiliate faculty with the Child Health Advocacy Center at Children's National Hospital.

His clinical interests include interventions to improve medical adherence, adjustment to diagnosis and treatment, and readiness for transition to adult care. He also provides services targeting emotional/behavioral difficulties and adaptive functioning problems. Dr. Amatya’s research interests include quality of life assessment, barriers to adherence, and psychosocial factors associated with adherence and long-term adjustment in pediatric transplant patients and their families.

He received his doctoral degree in clinical psychology from Virginia Tech and B.S. in psychology from Texas Christian University. Dr. Amatya completed his pediatric psychology training at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

• Advanced Cardiac Therapies and Heart Transplant Program
• Cardiology
• Kidney Transplantation
• Nephrology
• Neuroscience and Behavioral Medicine Center
• Psychology and Behavioral Health