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Melissa D. Klein, MD

Associate Program Director, Primary Care Track and Community Pediatrics

Director, Education Section of General and Community Pediatrics

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone: 513-636-4506

Fax: 513-636-7247

Email: melissa.klein@cchmc.org

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Specialties

Medical education; health disparities; primary care pediatrics

Biography

Melissa Klein, MD, is an assistant professor of General and Community Pediatrics at Cincinnati Children’s. She completed her medical training at Albany Medical College and her pediatric residency at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. Her main interests are medical education, specifically related to teaching residents how to address social determinants of child health in clinical settings. She is involved in education within the institution as one of the Associate Program Directors of the Pediatric Residency Program and the Education Section Director in Division of General and Community Pediatrics.

Dr. Klein is also interested in investigating and addressing health disparities. As part of this role, she serves as one of the physician champions for the Child HeLP, the Medical-Legal Partnership serving patients in the pediatric primary care centers. She is also involved a program, collaborating with the FreeStore FoodBank, to reduce food insecurity in infants seeking care in the outpatient primary care center.

Education and Training

MD: Albany Medical Center, Albany NY, 1995.

Residency: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati OH, 1995-1998.

Chief Residency: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati OH, 1998-1999.

Certification: Pediatrics, 1999; recertification, 2006.

Publications

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Klein MD, Vaughn L. Welcome back? Frequent attenders to a pediatric primary care center. Journal of Child Health Care. 2011;15(3):175-186.

Klein MD, Kahn RS, Baker RC, Fink EE, Parrish DS, White DC. Training in Social Determinants of Health in Primary Care: Does it Change Resident Behavior? Acad Pediatr. 2011 Sep-Oct;11(5):387-93.

Klein MD, Vaughn L. Teaching social determinants of child health in a pediatric advocacy rotation: small Intervention, big Impact. Medical Teacher. 2010;32(09):754-759.

Klein M, DeWitt TG. Reliability of parent-measured axillary temperatures. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2010 Mar;49(3):271-3.

Baker RC, Klein M, Samaan Z, Lewis K. Effectiveness of an online pediatric primary care curriculum. Acad Pediatr. 2010 Mar-Apr;10(2):131-7.

Samaan ZM, Klein MD, Mansour ME, DeWitt TG. The impact of the electronic health record on an academic pediatric primary care center. J Ambul Care Manage. 2009 Jul-Sep;32(3):180-7.

Baker RC, Klein M, Samaan Z, Brinkman W. Exam Room Presentations and Teaching in Outpatient Pediatrics: Effects on Visit Duration and Parent, Attending Physician, and Resident Perceptions. Ambulatory Pediatrics 2007;7(5):354-9.

Grants

Affordable Care Act Primary Care Residency Expansion (PCRE) Program. Principal Investigator. Health Resources and Services Administration. Oct 2010 - Oct 2015. #T89HP20766.

Public Health Service Act, Title VII. Health Resources and Services Administration. Principal Investigator. Oct 2011 - Oct 2016. #D55HP23195.