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Pediatric Hospitalist
Education:
BA, Boston University, 1992 MD, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 2003
Residency:
Pediatrics, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, 2003-2006
Fellowship:
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons/Children’s Hospital of New York-Presbyterian, 2006-2009
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Connecticut School of Medicine
Kathy J. Kalkbrenner, MD, FAAP is a Pediatric Hospitalist at Connecticut Children’s. Dr. Kalkbrenner’s areas of interest include medical ethics, palliative care, medical education, quality improvement, and resuscitation outcomes.
Kalkbrenner KJ, Hardart GE. Consent for donation after cardiac death: a survey of organ procurement organizations. J Intensive Care Med 2012; 27:251-261.
Baird JS, Killinger JS, Kalkbrenner KJ, Bye MR, Schleien CL. Massive pulmonary embolism in children. J Pediatr 2010; 156:148-151.