Dr. Kristen T. Leeman, MD

I received my MD from University of Virginia and completed my residency in Pediatrics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. I then completed my Neonatology Fellowship at the Harvard Neonatal-Perinatal Fellowship Program at Boston Children’s Hospital and was honored to serve as Chief Fellow during my last year of training. I am the Associate Medical Director of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Boston Children’s Hospital and an Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School. I lead a team focused on improving the safety and quality of care provided to critically ill newborns as the Director of Quality for Newborn Medicine.
I am also dedicated to trainee education and serve as the Program Director of the Harvard Neonatal-Perinatal Fellowship Program and Co-Director of the Harvard Newborn Medicine Summer Student Research Program. I serve as the Patient Safety and Quality Graduate Medical Education Lead at BCH and Neonatal Co-Chair of the MA Perinatal-Neonatal …Quality Improvement Network. My research focuses on neonatal lung disease and optimizing care for patients with severe bronchopulmonary dysplasia. My additional focus is on implementing evidence based practice into clinical care through quality improvement science.