Venkata B. Kolli, MBBS

Venkata B. Kolli, MBBS, is the medical director for the Behavioral Health & Wellness Center at Children’s Nebraska – where he oversees acute clinical services within the center, including urgent care, crisis assessment, partial hospitalization and inpatient care.

 
Dr. Kolli joined Children’s medical staff in 2024, practicing part-time with our Psychiatry team, and is a special faculty member in the department of Psychiatry at Creighton University. He has treated patients at Columbus Psychiatry Clinic in Columbus, Neb., since its opening in 2019. 

 
Dr. Kolli attended medical school at NTR University of Health Science in India and completed his MRC Psych at The Royal College of Psychiatrists in London. He earned a master’s degree in health and pharmacoeconomics at the University of Pompeii Fabra in Barcelona, Spain, and completed his adult psychiatry residency and child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship at Creighton University School of Medicine in 2015. He served as the quality improvement champion for the residency and fellowship programs at Creighton, where he is now associate professor. 

 
Dr. Kolli is an active member of the Psychiatry Resident In-Training Examination® (PRITE®) editorial board and is a member of the Nebraska Regional Councils of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. He is also a member of the American Psychiatric Association, serving on its scientific program committee.