Kelsey A. Schweiberger, MD, MS

  • Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Kelsey Schweiberger, MD, MS is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr. Schweiberger earned her Bachelor of Science degree from Georgetown University and completed medical school at the Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine at Florida International University. She completed residency at UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dr. Schweiberger’s research program aims to integrate health services research, quality improvement and clinical informatics to improve child health outcomes through the appropriate application of technology. Her general academic pediatric research is currently focused on the equitable enrollment and utilization of a pediatric patient portal.

Professional and Scientific Society Memberships

  • American Academy of Pediatrics, 2012-Present 
  • American Medical Women’s Association, 2012-Present 
  • Academy Heatlh, Fellow Member, 2020 - Present
  • Society for Education and Advacenment of Research in Connected Heatlh, Member, 2020 - Present
  • Society of Pediatric Research, Junior Section, 2022-Present

Education & Training

  • BS, Human Science, Georgetown University, 2011
  • MD, Florida International University, 2016
  • MS, University of Pittsburgh, expected 2021
  • Residency in Pediatrics, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, 2016-2019
  • Clinician-Research Fellowship in Pediatrics, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, 2019-Present

Selected Publications

Kidd KM, Sequeira GM, Rothenberger SD, Paglisotti T, Kristjansson A, Schweiberger K, Miller E, Coulter RWS. Operationalizing and analyzing 2-step gender identity questions: Methodological and ethical considerations. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2022 Jan 12;29(2):249-256. doi: 10.1093/jamia/ocab137. PMID: 34472616. PMCID: PMC8757306.

Ray KN, Bohnhoff J, Schweiberger K, Sequeira GM, Hanmer J, Kahn J. Use of telemedicine for initial outpatient subspecialist consultative visit: a national survey of general pediatricians and pediatric subspecialists. Healthc (Amst). 2022 Mar;10(1): 100600. doi:10.1016/j.hjdsi.2021.100600. Epub 2021 Dec 4. PMID: 34875456. PMCID: PMC8881319.

Schweiberger K, Bohnhoff J, Hanmer J, Ray KN. Perceived Usefulness of increased Telemedicine use by Pediatric Subspecialists: A National Survey. Telemed J E Health. 2022 Feb 10. doi:10.1089/tmj.2021.0583. Epub 2022 Feb 10. PMID: 35143360.

Chen A, Demaestri S, Schweiberger K, Sidani J, Wolynn R, Chaves-Gnecco D, Hernandez R, Rothenberger S, Mickievicz E, Cowden JD, Ragavan MI. Inclusion of Non-English-Speaking Participants in Pediatric Health Research: A Review. JAMA Pediatr. 2022 Oct 31; PubMed PMID: 36315130.  
Schweiberger K, Verma R, Faulds S, Jonassaint C, White G, Ray KN. Scheduled and Attended Pediatric Primary Care Telemedicine Visits, 2020-2021. Pediatric Research. In Press.

Ray KN, Wittman SR, Burns S, Doan T, Schweiberger KA, Yabes JG, Hanmer J, Krishnamurti T. Parent-reported use of pediatric primary care telemedicine: survey of a national sample of households with children. J Med Internet Res (forthcoming). doi:10.2196/42892. 

Schweiberger K. Early career investigator biocommentary: Kelsey Schweiberger. Pediatr Res. 2023 Jul;94(1):12. doi: 10.1038/s41390-023-02640-z. Epub 2023 May 10. PMID: 37165037.

Schweiberger K, Harris KW, Kavanaugh-McHugh A, Soudi A, Arnold RM, Merlin JS, Kasparian NA, Chang JC. "I just want you to hear that term:" Characterizing language used in fetal cardiology consultations. Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease. 2023, 10(9), 394; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcdd10090394.

Bohnhoff JC, Guyon-Harris K, Schweiberger K, Ray KN. General and subspecialist pediatrician perspectives on barriers and strategies for referral: a latent profile analysis. BMC Pediatr. 2023 Nov 18;23(1):576. doi: 10.1186/s12887-023-04400-8. PMID: 37980515. 
Hanmer J, Ray KN, Schweiberger K, Berkowitz SA, Palakshappa D. Accuracy of a single financial security question to screen for social needs. Pediatrics. 2024 Jan 1;153(1):e2023062555. doi: 10.1542/peds.2023-062555. PMID: 38037433.

Schweiberger K, Patel M, Ragavan MI. Promoting Equity in Pediatric Healthcare Through Language Services Reimbursement. Pediatrics. In-press.

Burns SK, Krishnamurti T, Doan TT, Hanmer J, Hoberman A, Kahn JM, Schweiberger K, Ray KN. Parent perceptions of telemedicine for acute pediatric care: a sequential mixed-methods study. JMIR. In Press.

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Academic and Research Interests

  • Health Services research
  • Clinical informatics
  • Telemedicine