The University of Kansas Health System South Kansas City Medical Pavilion

Dr. Joan Collison is certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and the American Board of Ophthalmology. She earned her medical degree from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and completed her residency at the University of Kansas Medical Center. Dr. Collison's philosophy strongly values the quality of the patient-doctor relationship, along with medication treatments, as important to her practice of psychiatry. She encourages attention to the human spiritual dimension as a vital aspect of health stemming from a recognition of the inter-relationship between psychological/physical suffering and one's spirituality. Patients ideally suited to her practice include those facing life-threatening illness, who place importa