Dr. Beharry is a pediatric trained Adolescent Medicine physician specialist. She was born in the Caribbean and grew up in the suburbs of New York City.  She attended the Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education which was a seven year pre-med/medical school program and is now CUNY Medical School.  Dr. Beharry completed medical school in 2001 at SUNY Downstate (SUNY Health Sciences Center at Brooklyn) where she stayed on to complete her Pediatric Residency including a year as 4^th year Chief Resident at Lenox Hill Hospital in 2005.  In 2006, Dr. Beharry moved to Los Angeles to participate in a 3-year Adolescent Medicine Subspecialty Fellowship training program at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles.  She was drawn to this institution because of their strong programs involving youth with chronic medical problems, teen pregnancy and high risk youth in addition to international work.  Dr. Beharry was mentored by Dr. Richard Mackenzie who helped formulate her approach to eating disorder treatment.  After completing fellowship, Dr. Beharry returned to New York for a faculty position in the Department of Adolescent Medicine at the University of Rochester.  

In 2012, Dr. Beharry joined the Department of Pediatrics at McLane Children’s Medical Center of Baylor Scott and White with the intention of reviving the Adolescent Medicine Section.  During her 9 years as Adolescent Medicine Section Chief, Dr. Beharry developed clinical services for adolescents and young adults experiencing anxiety, depression, reproductive health concerns, eating disorders, challenges coping with chronic medical problems (diabetes, childhood cancer, autoimmune disorders, etc.).  She also started a Teen Tot clinic to serve pregnant and parenting adolescents and their children; and a Transition Committee to address the needs of youth transitioning from Pediatrics to Adult Care.  

In 2021, Dr. Beharry ventured into the private sector.  She started her own consulting firm, Adolescent Medicine Consulting https://adolescentmedicineconsulting.com/ and a private practice, Healthy Horizons Hebiatrics https://hebiatrics.com/  with the goals of improving access to medical care for adolescents and young adults experiencing a variety of health issues. She also started working with Equip, a virtual eating disorder treatment as a contractor. In May of 2025, Dr. Beharry transitioned into the role of Adolescent Medicine Advisor and Staff Physician at Equip.

Dr. Beharry has been very active with SAHM and the International Association for Adolescent Health throughout her career.  She currently serves as Treasurer of the International Association for Adolescent Health and hopes you will join her at our next World Congress! Dr. Beharry is an affiliate faculty member of the Texas A&M College of Medicine and the CUNY School of Medicine.  She has co-authored book chapters and several publications on issues facing youth experiencing homelessness including the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine’s Position Paper on “The Healthcare Needs and Rights of Youth Experiencing Homelessness”.  She is also a co-author of a chapter on Contraception in the textbook “Clinical Care for Homeless, Runaway and Refugee Youth: Program Development, Education and Research Directions”.  Dr. Beharry is often invited to present on issues of adolescent health.