Dr. Hind Benjelloun, known to her patients and colleagues as “Dr. B,” is a board-certified psychiatrist specializing in adult, child, adolescent, and geriatric psychiatry, with more than two decades of experience caring for a richly diverse range of patients across cultures, backgrounds, and walks of life. A Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, she trained at Eastern Virginia Medical School and MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, where what began as a residency grew into an enormous chapter of leadership and mission. She rose to serve as Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Assistant Medical Director, and Assistant Residency Director, weaving herself into the fabric of the American Psychiatric Association at both the local and national level, including serving twice as President of the DC Psychiatric Society.
After Georgetown, she expanded her reach through intensive telepsychiatry across fourteen states, then turned her focus to complex, treatment-resistant cases in a dynamic private practice, with a particular dedication to underserved populations where access to care has too often been out of reach. As a parent of two teenagers herself, she brings a deeply personal understanding to her work with adolescents and their families.
Her philosophy is simple and unwavering: look at the whole person. She brings a bio-psycho-social-spiritual lens to every evaluation, believing that family, culture, faith, and the brain are all part of the story. She shares Dr. Amen’s passionate advocacy for incorporating neuroimaging into the diagnostic framework of psychiatry itself, including its role in shaping the future of the DSM. The integration of brain SPECT imaging and quantitative EEG into care is exactly where she has always believed the field needed to go.
Away from the clinic, Dr. B is drawn to the ocean, whether snorkeling, fishing, or simply being on the water. She finds equal joy in international cooking and cuisine, a good card game, and music, which for her is not background noise. It is therapy.