Kristin Weidert
Kristin Weidert
Clinical Assistant Professor
Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences
Specialty/Research Focus
Obstetrics and Gynecology; Pediatrics; Perinatal-Neonatal Medicine
Contact Information
Patient Care
Patient Care
This faculty member is affiliated with UBMD, practicing physicians who are also professors in the Jacobs School.
View this physician on UBMDProfessional Summary:
My passion in medicine has always included aspects of education - teaching medical trainees as well as parents of my pediatric patients & adolescents as they are gaining autonomy of their own medical care. I worked for Michigan State University & University of Pittsburgh Medical Center as my husband finished his medical training before moving to Buffalo for his attending position. I gave lectures/taught on pediatric as well as osteopathic manipulative medicine topics to several groups during that time.
During my medical training, I lead a social media quality improvement initiative for my residency program & implemented assessments for the first virtual residency interviews as part of a larger virtual recruitment quality improvement initiative.
Throughout my undergraduate education, I participated in two different bench research projects. I worked in an organic chemistry lab on developing a greener synthesis for important compound alpha-hydrazino ester (used as precursor to several vital medications such as Vancomycin). I also worked on a biology research team studying the "Effect of Non-Specific Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors on the Modulation of Levodopa-Induced Dyskinesias in Parkinsonian Rats".
Education and Training:
- Residency, Pediatric Residency, Authority Health GME Consortium at Children's Hospital of Michigan (2021)
- DO, Medicine, West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine (2018)
- BA, Biology, North Park University (2014)
- BS, Chemistry, North Park University (2014)
Employment:
- Newborn Hospitalist, Pediatrics, Oishei Children’s Hospital & Millard Fillmore Suburban Hospital (2024-present)
- Pediatrician, Pediatrics, Niagara Street Pediatrics (2024-present)
- General Pediatrician - Clinic & Express Care Pediatrics, UPMC Children's Community Pediatrics South Hills Pediatric Associates (2022–2024)
- General Pediatrician - Clinic & Hospital Newborn Care, Michigan State University Health Care Pediatrics (2021–2022)
Awards and Honors:
- Outstanding Senior Resident Award (2021)
- Translating Osteopathic Understanding into Community Health Award – Gold Status (2016)
- Rural Health Initiative Scholarship (2015)
- WVSOM Moss Scholarship (2015)
Research Expertise:
- Lead Researcher - Postpartum Recovery Quality Improvement Initiative: Working to implement a free, automated texting system designed to provide emotional and educational recovery support for postpartum moms into the medical system.
Abstracts:
- Gibbs, K., Larraza, I. (2014) Green Synthesis of Alpha-Hydrazino Esters. North Park University Annual Research Symposium. Chicago, IllinoisUnited States (Apr) Oral
- Gibbs, K., Park Kim, D. (2013) Effect of Non-Specific Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors on the Modulation of Levodopa-Induced Dyskinesias in Parkinsonian Rats. North Park University Annual Research Symposium. Chicago, IllinoisUnited States (Apr) Oral
Professional Memberships:
- American Academy of Pediatrics; Fellow (2018–present)
- American College of Osteopathic Pediatricians; Fellow (2017–present)
Presentations:
- "Green Synthesis of Alpha-Hydrazino Esters" North Park University Annual Research Symposium (2014)
- "Effect of Non-Specific Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors on the Modulation of Levodopa-Induced Dyskinesias in Parkinsonian Rats" North Park University Annual Research Symposium (2013)
Service Activities:
- Downtown Boxing Gym Youth Program - volunteered weekly in the after-school tutoring program; Volunteer Tutor (2019–2020)
- Organized a booth at the Charleston Area Medical Center Women’s and Children’s Hospital Teddy Bear Fair allowing kids to dress up as doctors and pose behind a giant mock-up of the WVSOM student ID card; Teddy Bear Fair Participant (2016–present)
- Organized a group of students to participate in the Women’s National Build Day & volunteered with the ReStore program in manning furniture donation drive days; Liaison for Habitat for Humanity (2015–2016)
- Helped organize practices and coach games for a high school boys club team; Volunteer Boys U18 Soccer Assistant Coach (2015)
- Led a group of 14 students from my school to provide a week of free medical care; Worked with American and Guatemalan physicians in providing make-shift Pediatric, Family Medicine, OBGyn and Pharmacy clinics; DOCare Medical Service International Outreach Trip Leader (2015)
- Primary care provider for 6-15 children age 3 to 12 years old one Friday a month; Volunteer Child Care Provider for Lewisburg United Methodist Church (2014–2016)
- Volunteered weekly with a state funded program, Communities in Schools, to provide at risk high school students with one on one tutoring in a range of subjects; Greenbrier East High School Tutor (2014)
- Organized intercollegiate sports games dedicated to Leukemia awareness in honor of the two-year old son, Zeke, of an NPU Seminary student raising over $900 to support a fund at Lurie Children’s Hospital in Zeke’s name allocated to children’s cancer research; Leukemia Awareness Event Series Organizer (2013–present)
- Hosted Special Olympic athletes for college campus events on three separate occasions; Special Olympic Event Series (2013–2014)