Emily Aron, MD is a child and adolescent psychiatrist at Medstar Georgetown University Hospital. She directs a multidisciplinary autism clinic, providing comprehensive evaluation and treatment for children and adolescents with neurodevelopmental disorders. She also provides consultation to KIPP DC charter schools and has a strong commitment to improving access to care through school-based mental health. Furthermore, Dr. Aron is devoted to treating youth that have been exposed to trauma from infancy to young adulthood. In addition to clinical work, supervising psychiatry trainees and participating in medical education is a part of her daily work at Georgetown.
Dr. Aron earned a B.S. studying Human Development and Family Studies at Cornell University. She earned her MD from Georgetown University School of Medicine and completed general psychiatry residency training at Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai in New York, NY. She completed her child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship at NYU.