Kirsten Roberts, MD, MS

718-918-4084

Bio

Dr. Roberts is an Attending in the Division of Ambulatory Care. Her areas of interest include pediatric and adolescent mental health, childhood trauma and resilience, equity in healthcare, and caring for gender diverse youth. Her clinical focus is the Neurodevelopmental Behavior clinic which serves children with ASD, ADHD and other Behavioral Health concerns. She is a member of the Jacobi Pride Center and WPATH.

Dr. Roberts is Vice Chair of Pediatrics. She greatly enjoys working with, mentoring and supporting pediatric residents. She is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. In addition, she facilitates workshops in Narrative Medicine at Columbia University and mentors students in Medical Humanities at Sophie Davis School of Biomedicine/CUNY School of Medicine. She serves as a Court Appointed Special Advocate in NYC-Bronx Family Court.

Education & Training

Undergraduate School:
Michigan State University

Medical School:
University of Michigan

Pediatric Residency:
New York-Presbyterian, Babies and Children's Hospital, Columbia University

Graduate School:
Columbia University, MS Narrative Medicine

  • Thesis: “The use of brief narrative interventions to preserve student empathy and humanism during early clinical experiences.”

Research Fellowship:
Empire Clinical Research Investigator Program (ECRIP), NY State DOH

Research Fellowship:
Program in Narrative Medicine, Columbia University

Honors & Awards

  •  Inducted into the Leo M. Davidoff Society of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, for outstanding achievement in the teaching of medical students.
  • Lewis M. Fraad Department of Pediatrics Faculty Leadership Award (2023)

Bibliography

  • Roberts KL, Silver EJ, Diamantis PM, Groisman AE: Serum Triglyceride Level Improvement in an Open Access Family Weight Management Program (FWMP) for Inner City Youth. Presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting, Boston, April 28, 2012.
  • Roberts K: Failure to Thrive, in Crain EF, Gershel, JC (eds.): Clinical Manual of Emergency Pediatrics (5th ed). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 2010, pp 764-7.
  • McEvoy M, Lee C, O'Neill A, Groisman A, Roberts-Butelman K, Dinghra K, Porder K: Are there universal parenting concepts among culturally diverse families in an inner-city pediatric clinic? J Pediatr Health Care 2005;19:142-50.
  • Roberts K: Failure to Thrive, in Crain EF, Gershel, JC (eds.): Clinical Manual of Emergency Pediatrics (4th ed). McGraw-Hill, New York, 2003, pp 694-697.
  • Roberts K: The Cross-Cultural Encounter, in Crain EF, Gershel, JC (eds.): Clinical Manual of Emergency Pediatrics (4th ed). McGraw-Hill, New York, 2003, pp 697-9.