Atiya B Khan MD

My wife and I just had our first child 3 months ago. Per a recommendation from a close friend, we decided to use Dr. Khan as our pediatrician. We’ve gone for 4 visits and her and her staff are fantastic! First of all, she has one office in Laurel and one in Columbia. I believe she is at the Laurel location on MWF and Columbia on TuTh, with later appointments available at the Columbia location (I think as late as 6 or 7). Her staff includes one other doctor (I cannot remember her name, but really friendly and knowledgeable), a nurse (I can’t seem to remember her name either), and the receptionist, Carol. Dr. Khan noted that she’s worked together with this same staff for many, many years and they’ve built quite a rapport and it shows in the service. Carol always remembers our names and is really helpful, even with two ignorant, newbie parents.
In terms of care, I believe they see children from birth until 18. The Laurel office is the typical size of private practices I’ve gone to and it’s very clean (I’ve never been to the Columbia location). They seem to schedule their visits effectively so we’ve never had to wait very long. Dr. Khan will discuss your options with you and you never feel like you’re in the dark about what she’s doing to or injecting into your child. After she goes through what she needs to do, she will always ask you if you have any questions and she does it in a way that you feel comfortable about asking even the silliest of questions, e.g., at our first visit, I had to ask her how to properly put on a diaper.
Some people may gripe about this but I find it really admirable that she takes trips to do volunteer medicine in her home country. Since she has another doctor on her staff, she covers for her during these times. I’m not too sure how often or how long they are, but I know she was gone for about a week or two last December.
So if you’re in need of a pediatrician in the Laurel/​Columbia area, I highly recommend Dr. Khan.
I only gave her 4 stars for now because we’ve only known her for 3 months, but I imagine as our visits pile up, this’ll be a 5-​star review.