Munjerina Munmun, M.D.

Dr. Munjerina Munmun is a child, adolescent, and adult psychiatrist who sees clients seeking outpatient mental health support through the Rosecrance Ware Center and Rosecrance Belvidere in northern Illinois. She completes comprehensive evaluations for patients who need medication management services, taking special interest in knowing each patient as a whole person rather than just focusing on their symptoms. Dr. Munmun completed her initial schooling in Dhaka, Bangladesh, where she was born and raised. She earned her medical degree at Sindh Medical College in Karachi, Pakistan, and completed her general psychiatry residency at Drexel University in Philadelphia. Her fellowship in child and adolescent psychiatry was completed at George Washington University/Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, D.C. During her training, Dr. Munmun received several awards for excellence in scholarly activity and medical student training. She started working with Rosecrance in 2022 and brings experience in community mental health and telepsychiatry, specializing in treating mood disorders, ADHD, childhood trauma, and working on the overall mental health and wellbeing of the pediatric population. She is also a faculty member at the University of Illinois College of Medicine Rockford. Dr. Munmun is passionate about reducing the stigma associated with mental health and seeking help/ access care in underserved populations, especially southeast Asian and Muslim people who feel shy and intimidated to talk about mental health struggles. In her free time, she loves reading, gardening, cooking, spending time with her family travelling the world to make memories.