The Department of Pediatrics at Weill Cornell Medicine is pleased to announce the appointment of Kimberley A. Chien, M.D. as the Medical Director of the Pediatric Specialty Practice. In this role, Dr. Chien will lead patient care, operations, and quality improvement initiatives in the integrated pediatric specialty practice and will represent the practice at multiple College and Hospital meetings, committees and task forces. Working closely with Department leaders, Dr. Chien will participate in setting strategic priorities, including practice transformation and innovation, new initiatives, recruitments, facility renovation and capital investments. She will also lead, develop and facilitate protocols for transitions to adult care for pediatric subspecialties.
Dr. Kimberley Chien is associate professor of clinical pediatrics at Weill Cornell Medicine and associate attending pediatrician at NewYork-Presbyterian Komansky Children’s Hospital at Weill Cornell Medical Center. She will continue to serve as the Director of the Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease Transition Program. Dr. Chien earned her B.S. in Neuroscience at Tufts University and her medical degree at SUNY-Downstate Medical College of Brooklyn. She completed her pediatric residency at the NYU School of Medicine and went on to complete her fellowship training in Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition at NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital at Columbia University Medical Center. Board-certified in pediatrics and pediatric gastroenterology, Dr. Chien cares for a variety of patients with various gastrointestinal disorders, with clinical expertise in transitional care of inflammatory bowel disease patients and other chronic gastrointestinal disorders.
In addition to her clinical work, Dr. Chien has a strong interest and expertise in clinical research to improve pediatric gastrointestinal patients’ outcomes and quality of life. She also engages in regional and national clinical and research initiatives to improve physician wellness. Throughout her career, Dr. Chien has remained engaged in medical education at various levels, teaching and mentoring medical students, residents, and fellows. Dr. Chien has also developed and oversees the Weill Cornell Medicine Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease Transition Program and research registry, a initiative to understand and optimize the health and well-being of all adolescent Inflammatory Bowel Disease patients at Weill Cornell Medicine.