Dr. Kathy Burns M.D., MPH

Dr. Kathy Burns joined the ADAMH Board of Franklin County in August 2007 as the medical director.  Burns’ clinical work has always been in the public sector, providing psychiatric care at community mental health centers, state psychiatric hospitals and local jails.  Her administrative work has also been entirely in the public sector and included other medical director positions in the Ohio Prison System, state psychiatric hospitals and the Cuyahoga County Mental Health Board.  

Burns is a native of Cleveland and received her Bachelor of Science degree from Cleveland State University and Medical Doctor Degree from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine.  She did her psychiatric residency training and a fellowship in forensic psychiatry at University Hospitals of Cleveland.  Burns’ also earned a master’s degree in public health at the Ohio State University.  

She has been recognized as an expert in the delivery of mental health care in jails and prisons by virtue of her experience in service delivery, publications, professional organization committee work and correctional consultations.  

Dr. Kathy Burns M.D., MPH

ADAMH Medical Director

Phone: 614.222.3756