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Amber M. Hoffman, MD, FAAP
- Professor of Pediatrics
Amber M Hoffman, MD, FAAP is a Professor of Pediatrics at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. She is a member of the Paul C. Gaffney Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine.
Dr. Hoffman earned her Bachelor of Science degree from Duquesne University and completed medical school at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. She completed residency at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh and was later grandfathered into a fellowship of Pediatric Hospital Medicine. Dr. Hoffman returned in 2023 to Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh after leaving in 2008 to pursue positions at Children’s Mercy Hospital-Kansas City and Nemours Children's Hospital-Florida.
Dr. Amber Hoffman is a pediatric hospitalist with a special interest in children with medical complexity and pediatric education. She served as an Associate Program Director at both Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh and Children’s Mercy Hospital-Kansas City. She founded the pediatric residency program at Nemours Children's Hospital-Florida where she served as Program Director prior to her return to Pittsburgh. She additionally founded and directed two consultative medical homes for children with medical complexity, The Beacon Program in Kansas City and the Medically Complex Coordination Clinic in Orlando.
Professional and Scientific Society Memberships
- American Medical Association, 1995 - 1999
- American Academy of Pediatrics, Fellow, 1999 - Present
- Association of Pediatric Program Directors, 2006 - 2013, 2018 - 2023
Education & Training
- BS, Biology, summa cum laude, Duquesne University, 1995
- MD, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 1999
- Pediatric Residency, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, 1999 - 2002
Selected Publications
Mann KJ, Hoffman A, Miller D, Chadwick S, Bratcher D. The effect of a patient- and family-centered care curriculum on pediatrics residents' patient-centeredness. J Grad Med Educ. 2013 Mar;5(1):36-40. doi: 10.4300/JGME-D-11-00254.1. PMID: 24404224; PMCID: PMC3613315.
Hoffman A, Bratcher D, Lantos J. Newsflash: pediatric residency and medical school can't teach everything. J Pediatr. 2013 Oct;163(4):939-41. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2013.05.041. Epub 2013 Jul 1. PMID: 23809053.
Pahud B, Clark S, Herigon JC, Sherman A, Lynch DA, Hoffman A, Jackson MA. A pilot program to improve vaccination status for hospitalized children. Hosp Pediatr. 2015 Jan;5(1):35-41. doi: 10.1542/hpeds.2014-0027. PMID: 25554757.
Larson IA, Hoffman A, Artman M. Maximizing Health Outcomes in a Medical Home for Children with Medical Complexity: The Beacon Program. J Pediatr. 2017 Apr;183:4-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2017.01.024. Epub 2017 Jan 25. PMID: 28131491.
Hoffman A, Larson IA. Primary Care Preparation for Children with Medical Complexity for Emergency Encounters in the Community. Pediatr Ann. 2018 Mar 1;47(3):e102-e105. doi: 10.3928/19382359-20180221-02. PMID: 29538782.
Hoffman A, Fagan H, Casas-Melley A, Wei J, Hebra A. Hurricane Irma Impact on the Inpatient Population at a Tertiary Children's Hospital in Florida. Am Surg. 2018 Sep 1;84(9):1395-1400. PMID: 30268164.
Larson IA, Colvin JD, Hoffman A, Colliton WS, Shaw RJ. Caring for Children With Medical Complexity With the Emergency Information Form. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2020 Jan;36(1):57-61. doi: 10.1097/PEC.0000000000002021. PMID: 31895202.
Hoffman A. Pulling the Wool Off Our Eyes: Medical Child Abuse. Pediatr Ann. 2020 Aug 1;49(8):e354-e358. doi: 10.3928/19382359-20200721-02. PMID: 32785720.
Cohen JL, Schrier Vergano SA, Mazzola S, Strong A, Keena B, McDougall C, Ritter A, Li D, Bedoukian EC, Burke LW, Hoffman A, Zurcher V, Krantz ID, Izumi K, Bhoj E, Zackai EH, Deardorff MA. EP300-related Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome: Highlighted rare phenotypic findings and a genotype-phenotype meta-analysis of 74 patients. Am J Med Genet A. 2020 Dec;182(12):2926-2938. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.61883. Epub 2020 Oct 11. PMID: 33043588.
Academic and Research Interests
- Medical Complexity
Research Grants
Regional Network for Access and Quality for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs. 2020-2025, left 2023. Florida Department of Health Office of Children’s Medical Services Managed Care Plan and Specialty Programs
Development Grants:
Pediatric Medical Research Training, 2020 - 2021. Pass It on Kids
Medically Complex Coordination Clinic. 2020. Pass It on Kids
Medically Complex Coordination Clinic. 2018-2019. Pass It on Kids.
Coordinating All Resources Effectively (CARE) for Children with Medical Complexity, 2014 - 2016. Health Care Innovation Awards- Round Two Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. National Association of Children’s Hospitals and Related Institutions.