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Kathryn S. Moffett, M.D.
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
West Virginia University School of Medicine
HSC-9214
Morgantown, WV 26505 USA
Phone: (304) 293-1217
Fax: (304) 293-1216
E-mail: KMoffett@hsc.wvu.edu
Educational and professional experience:
Dr. Moffett
attended Dickinson College in Carlisle, PA, receiving her B.S. in 1982. From
1982-1984 she worked for Wyeth
Labs in Radnor, PA as a chemist before attending Penn
State-Hershey, receiving her M.D. degree in 1988. She did a pediatric residency at Children’s Hospital
Medical Center of Akron from 1988-1991and served as chief resident in pediatrics
from 1991-1992. She was a fellow in Pediatric Infectious Diseases at Emory
University (1992-1994) and in 1988 she spent 3 months in Zimbabwe as a medical
student. In 1994 she also performed a 6 week fellowship at the International Center for Diarrhea
Disease Research Hospital, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B). From 1994-1996 she has
worked at E. Tennessee Children’s Hospital in Knoxville, Tennessee and
Pinnacle Health Systems in Harrisburg, PA from 1996-1998. In 1998 she joined the
faculty at West Virginia University (WVU). While in Harrisburg Dr.
Moffett
became a member of the Cystic Fibrosis (CF) care team, and has continued to care
for CF patients at WVU. In 1999, Dr. Moffett was named the Center Director for
the Mountain State CF Center. In 2003 she had the opportunity to attend the
Harvard Course on Palliative Care.
Current teaching and research interests:
Dr. Moffett teaches several annual courses at WVU: MSII Microbiology course,
MSII Ethics, Nurse Practitioner Core Curriculum in Infectious Diseases, and
the WVU Tropical Medicine course. She is Co-Clerkship Director, involved in the MSIII
core curriculum for pediatrics and she consults on
the pediatric wards for Cystic Fibrosis and Infectious Diseases 26 weeks/year
teaching of residents and medical students. She also teaches
Medical Students/Residents/Fellows in the outpatient clinic (cystic fibrosis
& infectious diseases). Research interests include cystic fibrosis, with
ongoing clinical trials in CF, vaccines in children, and medical ethics &
palliative care of chronic diseases in children. |
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