Kristin Shadman, MD
Position title: Professor, Medical Director of Quality and Safety, Director of Quality Improvement Scholarship
Address:
Division of Hospital Medicine & Complex Care
For Academic Inquiries: (608) 265-5445
Education
BS, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
MD, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, Connecticut
Residency, Pediatrics, Golisano Children’s Hospital, Rochester, New York
Professional Activities
Dr. Kristin Shadman is professor (CHS) in the Division of Hospital Medicine and Complex Care. An expert in patient and hospital quality and safety, she holds a number of leadership roles for the department and her division. For the Department of Pediatrics, she serves as medical director of quality and safety as well as director of quality improvement (QI) scholarship. Within the Division of Hospital Medicine and Complex Care, she serves as director of quality. Additionally, Shadman is medical director of the P5 general care unit at the American Family Children’s Hospital and medical director for the Division of Hospital Medicine and Complex Care. Shadman has a strong track record of disseminating innovative QI and clinical work through high impact presentations and publications and serves on the editorial board of Hospital Pediatrics. She is a highly sought mentor who helps others develop their QI skills and promote dissemination of scholarly work. Shadman served on multiple national expert working groups through the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). As Academic Pediatric Association’s (APA) quality scholars faculty, she guides other pediatricians across the country to develop and disseminate their own QI skills to further promote safe and effective patient care.
Research Interests
Shadman’s primary focus is systematically improving the care of hospitalized children using QI methodology for clinical conditions, such as bronchiolitis, asthma, eating disorders, and infant safe sleep.