Dr. Khendra Peay is double board certified in general psychiatry and child and adolescent psychiatry. She received her undergraduate education at Wellesley College in Wellesley, MA, and earned her medical degree at Virginia Commonwealth University - Medical College of Virginia Campus. Dr. Peay completed both her psychiatry residency and child and adolescent fellowship at Indiana University. She was among the first in the country to receive separate fellowship training in autism and developmental disabilities through a state-funded grant. Dr. Peay has practiced in both outpatient and inpatient clinical settings and co-founded an outpatient program focused on the identification and management of autism and other developmental disabilities in Western Maryland, serving as its psychiatric director. Additionally, she has provided special needs training for local emergency room staff and various community talks. Currently, she is in private practice in the metro Washington, DC area and serves as a pediatric psychiatric consultant, bringing her clinical expertise to organizations and professionals supporting children and adolescents.

Dr. Peay is a Castle Connolly Top Doctor. Castle Connolly is a peer nominated national recognition; these physicians represent the top 7% of US practicing physicians. She maintains professional memberships in the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, the National Medical Association, and the American College of Lifestyle Medicine.