Brittany Karlay, M.D.

B. Katherine Karlay, M.D., is a native of Shreveport, Louisiana. She graduated from Southern University and A&M College in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, with a Bachelor of Science in Biology and Minors in Chemistry and Spanish. She received a post-baccalaureate degree from Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science in Los Angeles and a doctorate of medicine from Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans. During her medical school tenure, she served as Student National Medical Association President and founded the Diversity Council and Students Advocating for Medical Equality to raise the voices of minority medical students and patients. As an Albert Schweitzer fellow, she served at the New Orleans Women’s Shelter, providing weekly health education for unhoused families, and expanded those services to other shelters. Dr. Karlay developed the electroconvulsive therapy program at Parkland Health and Hospitals to increase access to interventional psychiatric services for patients within the public sector.