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Maria Hammill, M.D., has been a Board Certified Child Psychiatrist in private practice in Maryland for 15 years. She is highly respected for her expertise in the diagnosis and treatment of children and adolescents with attention deficit disorders, mood disorders, autism, and other developmental and learning disabilities. She is a popular consultant and speaker to other physicians in the diagnosis and treatment of anxiety, depression, and attention deficit disorder across the age spectrum. She works in collaboration with schools, therapists, psychologists, advocates, and different agencies to provide comprehensive treatment for her patients. She has trained in child psychiatry at Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, MD, and adult psychiatry at the Medical College of Virginia at Virginia Commonwealth University.