KimberlyEMerenkovMDD.L.F.A.P.A.

Summary

• Dr. Kimberly Merenkov is a private practice psychiatrist in Chicago, IL . She is affiliated with Northwestern Memorial Hospital and is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Northwestern University Medical School. She is listed as one of the Top Doctors for Psychiatry, Chicago Magazine, January 2022 and January 2021 editions. She is listed as a Top Brain Doctor for Psychiatry in Chicago Magazine, September 2022. She also is listed as one of the "Exceptional Women in Medicine" by Castle Connolly Medical, LTD, a healthcare research company, in Chicago Magazine, May 2021. She received her medical degree from University of Illinois College of Medicine in Chicago. Her areas of expertise include anxiety spectrum disorders, including panic disorder, depression, pregnancy/postpartum mood disorders, work and/or relationship related stress, and sensitivity to professional/corporate concerns for both men and women. She is involved regularly in medical education. She has a proven track record in regard to cultural sensitivity. She provides an integrated, goal oriented approach to mood/behavioral concerns that includes both medication and psychotherapy treatments. Past honors include Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, named "Top Doctor" for Women's Mental Health in Chicago Magazine (2011), Medical Teaching Excellence Recognition at Northwestern, and Member of Phi Beta Kappa (the oldest honor society in the United States). She also was a former Editor of Mind Matters magazine for the Illinois Psychiatric Society, as well as is a current Alternate Councilor at Large at the Chicago Medical Society.