Meet the Team at Austin Oaks Hospital

Our Physicians

Mohammad Khan
MD, Executive Medical Director, Service Director for Adolescent PHP, Adolescent IOP and Child Inpatient Units

• Joined Austin Oaks Hospital in July 2014
• June 2009 – Residency in Psychiatry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
• July 1996 – MBBS, Quaid-E-Azam Medical College, Punjab, Pakistan
• June 1993 – BS, Islamia University, Punjab, Pakistan
• Board Certifications:
  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in Psychiatry, 2013
  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2016

Nichelle Haynes
DO, Psychiatrist for Adult and Adolescent Units

• Joined Austin Oaks Hospital in October 2018
• June 2018 – Residency in Psychiatry, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX
• May 2014 – DO, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX
• May 2010 – BS in Psychology, Baylor University, Waco, TX

Kristen Starzynski
PMHNP-BC, Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner for Adult, and Adolescent Units

• Joined Austin Oaks Hospital in October 2018
• May 2017 – MSN, University of Texas, Austin, TX
• December 2006 – BA in Sociology, University of Texas, Austin, TX
• Board Certifications:
  • American Nurses Credentialing Center, Certified Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, July 2017

Shiva Lam
MD, Service Director, Latency PHP

• Joined Austin Oaks Hospital in December 2016
• June 1998 – Residency in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Austin State Hospital, Austin, TX
• June 1998 – Residency in Psychiatry, Austin State Hospital, Austin, TX
• June 1986 – MD, Ghandi Medical College, Secunderabad, India
• Board Certifications:
  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in Psychiatry, 2013

Our Leadership & Staff

• Steve Kelly, Chief Executive Officer
• Meg Haden, Chief Operating Officer
• Kim Maus, Chief Nursing Officer / Director of Nursing
• Molly Wang, Director of Clinical Services
• Susan Bednar-Haynes, Director of Expressive Therapy & Patient Advocate
• Darla Absher, Director of Admissions
• Lena Laxton, Director of Risk Management
• Angelica Reyes, Director of Business Development
• Samantha Costello, Director of Medical Records
• Colleen Lewis, Director of Human Resources