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Jennifer Zarit, MD, IBCLC, FAAP
- Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Dr. Jennifer Zarit in an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. She graduated from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and went on to complete her pediatrics residency at UPMC – Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. She is also an Internationally Board-Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC).
She now works in the General Academic Pediatrics division of UPMC - Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, primarily as a newborn hospitalist. She is the Education Lead for the Newborn Nursery Rotation for the Pediatrics and Family Medicine residency programs. She is also the Director of the Lactation Elective for both residents and medical students.
Education & Training
- International Study Program, Universitaet Innsbruck (Austria), 1999-2000
- BS, Mechanical Engineering, University of Notre Dame, 2003
- BA, German, University of Notre Dame, 2003
- MD, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 2011
- Residency in Pediatrics, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, 2011-2014
- Community-Oriented Resident Education, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, 2011-2014
- Breastfeeding Training Curriculum, University of Virginia Health System, 2012
- Self-Study Modules, Level 1, Wellstart International Lactation Management, 2012
- Lactation Consultant Training Program Core Phase I and II, Lactation Education Resources, 2015
- AAMC Medical Education Certificate Program (MERC), University of Pittsburgh, 2018
- Eat Sleep Console (ESC) Training for opioid exposed infants, UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital, 2019
- Tongue-Tie Symposium 2019, GOLD Online Learning, 2019
Academic and Research Interests
- Breastfeeding
- Lactation
- Medical Education