Highlights
Johns Hopkins Affiliations:
- Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Faculty
About Molly Atwood
Professional Titles
- Director of Clinical Training, Behavioral Sleep Medicine Program
Primary Academic Title
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Johns Hopkins Clinician
Background
Dr. Atwood completed her PhD at Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada. She then completed a clinical postdoctoral fellowship in Behavioral Sleep Medicine at Stanford University. Her clinical and research expertise is in behavioral medicine with specializations in obesity management and sleep. Her work in obesity includes the exploration of psychosocial predictors of bariatric surgery outcomes and providing pre- and post-surgical psychological interventions for bariatric patients. Dr. Atwood’s work in sleep includes understanding cognitive vulnerability to insomnia and how best to treat insomnia in the context of other mental and physical health conditions.
Expertise
Education
Stanford University Medicine
Fellowship, 2020Ryerson University
Graduate School, PhD, 2019Insurance
- Aetna
- CareFirst
- Cigna
- First Health
- Geisinger Health Plan
- HealthSmart/Accel
- Humana
- Johns Hopkins Health Plans
- MultiPlan
- Pennsylvania's Preferred Health Networks (PPHN)
- Point Comfort Underwriters
- Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS)
- UnitedHealthcare
- Veteran Affairs Community Care Network (Optum-VACCN)
Ratings & Reviews
4.9 out of 5
57 ratings, 24 reviewsThe Patient Rating score is an average of all responses to physician related questions on the national CG-CAHPS Medical Practice patient experience survey through Press Ganey. Responses are measured on a scale of 1 to 5, with 5 being the best score. Comments are also gathered from our CG-CAHPS Medical Practice Survey through Press Ganey and displayed in their entirety. Patients are de-identified for confidentiality and patient privacy.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 3/5/2025
Dr. Atwood is an exceptionally kind and caring person.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 2/25/2025
Listen to the patient.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 2/12/2025
Dr. Atwood is kind and thoughtful and has helped me implement practical methods for improving my overall mental health. She is very responsive to my inquiries and I enjoy our visits.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 1/29/2025
Dr.Molly Atwood very good listener and understanding what I have to say. I feel that she care about my mental health and listen with sympathy and often provide good solution to my mental health problems.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 1/20/2025
Dr. Atwood is highly skilled and has provided me with a framework and an individualized plan for addressing my decades long insomnia issue.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 1/13/2025
It was easy to have a dialogue with Dr. Atwood regarding what had happened since my last visit and what to consider for the future.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 1/7/2025
Excelkent
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 12/18/2024
Professional, pleasant, caring, concerned
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 12/4/2024
Dr. Atwood is so kind and caring, and just always goes above and beyond to care for me as a patient.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 11/20/2024
Dr. Atwood is friendly and knowledgeable.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 11/6/2024
Dr. Atwood is extremely professional, compassionate and attuned to my issues. She listened with concern and added a tremendous value with her insight
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 10/30/2024
Dr. Atwood is very courteous and professional, and she took time to listen to my issues and try to resolve my problems. I loved her feedback to help me get a better understanding how sleep works and the different cylcles and how to improve my sleep and guide me to the correct direction and set goals weekly.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 10/16/2024
In my opinion and experience as a JHM patient Dr. Atwood is the best Psychologist that I have met in Hopkins in the last two years as a patient there.She is very knowledgeable, polite and educated . She does CARE about me and my medical problem.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 10/1/2024
Very attentive and responsive during the consultation. Very professional I felt very comfortable with her. She asked me specific questions and gave me time to answer them. She displayed concern for sensitive issues.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 9/24/2024
Dr. Atwood listened intently, asked pertinent questions and came to a thoughtful conclusion.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 9/3/2024
Warm, professional, helpful
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 8/13/2024
She seems to listen to me and provide feedback, we have only had the one visit so it is hard to answer this question
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 8/1/2024
Interested, Concerned and caring
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 7/31/2024
Dr Atwood is an excellent therapist.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 7/9/2024
Dr Atwood is very knowledgeable and easy to speak with
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 6/10/2024
Great!Would definitely recommend to others with some large issues
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 5/28/2024
She was affirming regarding my stresses discussed
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 5/22/2024
Dr. Atwood consistently goes above and beyond to try help me in any way possible, within the professional boundaries.
- 3 out of 5 starsReviewed on 4/30/2024
Seemed indifferent