Areas of Clinical Expertise
- Child, Adolescent, and Adult Psychiatry
- Addiction Psychiatry and Dual Diagnosis Treatment
- Diagnostic Clarity in Complex Psychiatric Presentations
- Medication Management Across Developmental Stages
- Trauma-Informed, Compassionate Psychiatric Care
- Family-Centered Treatment Planning and Support
- Collaborative Care in Residential and Outpatient Settings
Experience
Maher S. Kozman, MD, FAPA, is a board-certified psychiatrist with specialization in general psychiatry, child and adolescent psychiatry, and addiction psychiatry. He has over 40 years of experience and expertise in treating complex co-occurring psychiatric and substance use disorders in youth.
In 1990, he joined Kaiser Permanente, an organization he has remained affiliated with for over three decades. He has served as an Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Loma Linda University and as a Clinical Associate Professor of Clinical Science at the Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine.
Education
Dr. Kozman completed his undergraduate and medical school education at Ain Shams University Faculty of Medicine in Cairo, Egypt. He continued his medical training when he moved to the United States, with a general psychiatry residency at the Boston VA Healthcare System (Brockton-West Roxbury) and a fellowship in child and adolescent psychiatry at Brown University.
Role at Muir Wood
Dr. Kozman currently serves as a medical consultant for Muir Wood, where his guidance supports the organization’s mission of delivering exceptional, evidence-based treatment for teens. He consults on diagnostic clarity, treatment planning, and medication management, contributing to Muir Wood’s integrated, team-based approach. His perspective and decades of experience help reinforce the organization’s commitment to safety, effectiveness, and family-centered care.
He knew from early childhood that he wanted to be a doctor—feeling particularly called to psychiatry to address emotional pain and the complexities of the human mind. He approaches every young person he treats with the same level of care and respect he would want for his own children.
Personal Interests
Outside of work, Dr. Kozman leads a balanced and family-oriented life. He enjoys traveling with his wife and children, reading, hiking, sketching, and staying active through tennis and ping-pong.
Who We Are
Muir Wood treats primary mental health and co-occurring substance use disorders with equal clinical depth. Our approach is mental health-first, trauma-informed throughout, and grounded in nationally recognized expertise in adolescent substance use treatment.
Every program is designed exclusively for teens, with specialized environments for those needing an even greater level of psychiatric, trauma, or clinical support — like our Penngrove campus for girls, and our upcoming Sonoma Mountain campus for boys (Fall '26).
Mental Health First
Every program treats primary MH — anxiety, depression, trauma, mood — as the core clinical focus.
Trauma-Informed Lens
Every staff interaction, not just therapy, is filtered through a trauma lens. It is our operating principle, not a modality.
Integrated SUD Expertise
Substance use is treated alongside mental health throughout all programs, not in a separate track.
Adolescent Specialists
Every clinician, psychiatrist, nurse, and educator works exclusively with teens ages 12–17.
We Treat the Whole Teen
Nothing is treated in isolation, because nothing exists in isolation.
Every teen arrives with behaviors that developed for a reason — ways of coping with or adapting to emotional pain. Our role is to understand what's driving those patterns and build healthier, more sustainable ways of regulating and coping.
Mental Health
Trauma Informed
Emotional Functioning
Family Systems
Why Specialized Programming Matters
Many teens benefit from environments designed around shared clinical presentations and needs.
Greater Peer Alignment
Shared clinical presentations create more cohesive, therapeutically relevant group dynamics.
Individualized Treatment
Approaches tailored to the specific developmental and psychiatric profile of each population.
Improved Emotional Safety
Environments designed to reduce threat, increase predictability, and foster genuine connection.
Clinically Relevant Groups
Group therapy dynamics mirror real-world experiences of teens with similar presentations.
Lower-Stimulation Environments
Sensory and environmental design calibrated to the needs of highly activated or sensitive teens.
Enhanced Psychiatric Support
Specialized staff training and clinical protocols matched to the population's complexity.