Mandakini Sadhir, MD

Dr. Sadhir is a Adolescent Medicine physician, Division Chief and Medical director at Division of Adolescent Medicine, Department of Pediatrics at University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY. Dr. Sadhir received a medical degree from Sarojini Naidu Medical College, Agra, India. She completed her Pediatric Residency and Chief year at SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, N.Y. She pursued a fellowship in Pediatric Adolescent Medicine at Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals, Inc., Milwaukee. Dr. Sadhir is a member of the Society of Adolescent Health and Medicine, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Kentucky Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Ohio Valley Regional Chapter of the Ohio Valley Society of Adolescent Health and Medicine, and North American Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology. She currently serves as Chair of Adolescent Health task Force with Kentucky Chapter – American Academy of Pediatrics. She led AAP Adolescent Vaccinations and Wellness Grant Program (2019-2020) to improve HPV vaccination in KY. She also worked with the KY AAP chapter on the School safety grant and led Cyberbullying Teen Round initiative. She has received a Special Achievement Awards from the Kentucky Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics for her work. She has also been recognized by faculty, staff, and leadership and received the Chairman’s Resident Teaching Award and received the Heinrich Werner Miracle Maker Award at UK Healthcare.
Dr. Sadhir has been dedicated to quality improvement and has taken on leadership roles in Kentucky Children’s Hospital, the Department of Pediatrics, and the Division of Adolescent Medicine. Dr. Sadhir assisted in completing the Behavioral/Mental Health section of the U.S. News and World Report Novel Hospital Survey. Recently, Dr. Sadhir served as the Chair of the Kentucky Children’s Hospital – Ambulatory Behavioral/Mental Health Steering Committee and provided recommendation to the leadership for Pediatric Behavioral Health program. She has been selected to serve on the US New and World Report Best Children’s Hospital working group on Pediatric and Adolescent Behavioral and Mental health. She continues to provide comprehensive and patient-centered care for adolescents and young adults and is very well versed with common mental health concerns in the adolescent population.