Katie Plax, M.D. [ contact information ]
Assistant Professor;
Director Adolescent Center Adolescent Medicine
Katie grew up in St. Louis. She received her B.A. from Brown
University and attended the University of Rochester School of
Medicine where she received her M.D. Katie is a board
certified pediatrician at the Adolescent Center at St. Louis
Children's Hospital where she enjoys seeing patients and
teaching residents and medical students. When she is not
seeing patients Katie spends much of her time and energy
advocating for health care access for uninsured and
underinsured people in our state. She received a Soros
Advocacy Fellowship through the Medicine as a Profession
program of the Soros Foundation. The Fellowship allowed her
to increase children's access to health care through a policy
called presumptive eligibility for children in the state of
Missouri. This policy allows income eligible children to be
immediately enrolled in the Medicaid or CHIP program at
community sites. She looks forward to continuing to build
on these community relationships to secure access to quality
health care for all.
Education
- B.A., Brown University, Providence, RI, 1985-1989
- M.D. University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, 1992-1996
Training
- Intern in Pediatrics, Boston Combined Residency Program Boston City/Boston Children's Hospital, 1996-1997
- Resident in Pediatrics, St. Louis Children's Hospital, St. Louis, Mo., 1997-1999
- Community Pediatrician, John C. Murphy Health Center and Healthcare For Kids
Licensure and Board Certification
- Missouri Licensure, 1997-present
- American Board of Pediatrics, 1999
Honors
- Eva A. Mooar Premium, a monetary award for contributions
to the college and the community, 1989
- Brown University's nominee for national Student
Humanitarian Award, 1989
- Robert J. Haggerty Prize in Pediatrics,
University of Rochester, an award for scholarship
and concern for the care for all children, 1996
- Outstanding Resident Award, St. Louis Children's
Hospital, an award presented by the Missouri Chapter
of the American Academy of Pediatrics, 1999
- Recognized by the women Legislators of Missouri
in a salute to Women Doctors and Health Care Administrators, 2000
- The Ashley Award, Legal Services of Eastern Missouri,
an award for children's advocacy, 2002
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