Christina L. Padgett DO, MHS, FAAP

Christina Padgett

Christina L. Padgett
DO, MHS, FAAP

Assistant Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics

Department of Medicine

Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences


Specialty/Research Focus

Adolescent Medicine; Children and Adults; Internal Medicine; Pediatrics

Contact Information
Conventus Medical Center
1001 Main Street, 4th floor
Buffalo, New York 14203
Phone: 716-961-9900
Fax: 716-961-9911
clpadget@buffalo.edu


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Professional Summary:

As a specialist in adult and pediatric care, I practice general primary care for both children and adults. I also provide specialized care for adolescents and young adults who have a wide range of health and psychosocial conditions and concerns, including eating disorders, gynecologic issues, sexual health concerns and complex chronic disease.

My academic interests focus on adolescent resiliency, i.e., a teenager’s ability to overcome adversity. Those with more resiliency tend to cope better with chronic disease or negative experiences and are less likely to engage in risk-taking behaviors. I am particularly interested in the role resiliency plays in my patients’ quality of life in the face of their chronic health conditions. I am also interested in its role in preventing risk-taking behaviors—specifically, high-risk sexual behaviors that lead to teenage pregnancy. My resident research project focused on the relationship between resiliency and perceived quality of life in adolescent mothers, a research area that I continue to explore. My goal with these research foci is to develop ways to improve resiliency among adolescents in our community, through coursework in our high schools, perhaps, or through after-school programs.

As a faculty member in internal medicine and pediatrics, I am involved in resident and medical student education. I teach evidence-based medicine and its clinical application, keeping current with journal articles and reviews, using data to modify my clinical practice, when indicated--and encouraging these practices in residents and medical students. I participate as well in introducing both first- and second-year medical students into the clinical setting via the Clinical Practice of Medicine (CPM) course they are required to take. Students come to my primary care office to shadow me and to practice their history-taking and physical-exam skills. I also lecture at the monthly medicine-pediatrics conferences; recent topics have included contraception and proteinuria in pediatric patients.

Education and Training:

  • Residency, Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, University at Buffalo, State University of New York (2017)
  • DO, Medicine, New York College of Osteopathic Medicine (2013)
  • MS, Environmental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (2009)
  • BS, Biology, University at Albany, State University of New York, Summa Cum Laude (2008)
  • Certificate, Board certified, internal medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine
  • Certificate, Board certified, Pediatrics, American Board of Pediatrics

Employment:

  • Transitional Care Elective Director, Internal Medicine-Pediatrics, University at Buffalo
  • Assistant Professor, Medicine, University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (2017-present)

Awards and Honors:

  • WNY Top Doctor (2023)
  • WNY Top Doctors (2022)
  • Poster of Distinction - UB Internal Medicine Research Day 2017 (2017)
  • UB Richard T. Sarkin/Emeritus Chapter of the Gold Humanism Honor Society (2016)

Grants and Sponsored Research:

  • November 2022–November 2024
    Development and Implementation of a Climate Change and Health Curriculum in a Pediatric Residency Program
    New York State Children's Environmental Health Centers
    Role: Principal Investigator

Evaluative Studies and Case Reports:

  • Padgett, CL. (2020) Recurrence of Symptoms Associated with Menstruation in a Patient with a History of Periodic Fevers. Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology (Aug), 33(4): 429-431.

Professional Memberships:

  • American College Health Association (2021–present)
  • American Academy of Pediatrics (2013–present)
  • American College of Physicians (2013–present)

Presentations:

  • "Climate Change and Health: An Argument for Incorporation into Formal Medical Education" Pediatric Grand Rounds (2022)
  • "Relationship Between Perceived Quality of Life and Resiliency in Adolescent and Young Adult Mothers in an Urban Setting" Department of Medicine Research Day; University at Buffalo; Department of Medicine (2017)

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Contact Information

Conventus Medical Center
1001 Main Street, 4th floor
Buffalo, New York 14203
Phone: 716-961-9900
Fax: 716-961-9911
clpadget@buffalo.edu

This faculty member is affiliated with UBMD, practicing physicians who are also professors in the Jacobs School.

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