Kiran Sharma , MD
Kiran Sharma, MD (she/her) is a third-year psychiatry resident working as a clinical trainee in psychotherapy. She is completing her training at the Hennepin-Regions Psychiatry Residency Program in the Twin Cities. She received her bachelor’s degree from Iowa State University and her Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine. The past two years she has trained at various hospitals in the Twin Cities in Inpatient and Emergency Psychiatry serving primarily adults experiencing mental health crises. Kiran is passionate about working with people from diverse backgrounds. Her clinical interests include working with first, 1.5, and second-generation immigrants; young adults; individuals who have experienced childhood trauma; cultural psychiatry; and child and adolescent psychiatry. She believes robust therapy training is crucial to provide well-rounded, compassionate, and healing psychiatric care for patients. Outside of work she enjoys spending time with her pit bull rescue dog, crocheting, tending to her houseplants, reading, learning new things, and hanging out with family and friends.