Dr. Kathi J. Kemper is the Caryl J Guth Chair for Complementary and Integrative Medicine at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine and the Director of the Program for Complementary and Integrative Medicine at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center.
Education
BA with Honors from University of Chicago ‘78
MD from UNC, Chapel Hill ‘82
MPH from UNC, Chapel Hill ‘83
Preventive Medicine, UNC, Chapel Hill ‘83
Pediatric Residency, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI ‘86
RWJ General Academic Pediatric Fellowship. Yale. New Haven, CT ‘88
Faculty
Dr. Kemper has served on the faculty at Yale (‘86- ’88), University of Washington (’88-’98), Harvard Medical School/Boston Children’s Hospital (’98-01).
Since 2001, she has been a professor in the Department of Pediatrics at Wake Forest University School of Medicine. She holds joint appointments in Social Science and Health Policy, Family and Community Medicine, Regenerative Medicine and Bioethics.
Leadership:
President, Ambulatory Pediatric Association ’98-‘99
Founder and Chair, Center for Pediatric Integrative Medical Education and Research (CHPER) at Harvard Medical School ‘98
Founder and Chair, Longwood Herbal Task Force, Harvard Medical School ‘98
Founder and Chair, Program for Complementary and Integrative Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, 2003
Founder and Chair, Section for Complementary and Integrative Medicine, American Academy of Pediatrics, 2005
Author
The Holistic Pediatrician, Harper Collins, 1996
The Holistic Pediatrician, 2nd edition. HarperQuill, 2001
Dr. Kemper is recognized internationally as the leading authority on complementary therapies for children, and is frequently sought out as a visiting professor and mentor.
Dr. Kemper had the honor of being a finalist for the Bravewell Leadership Award in Integrative Medicine in 2003 and 2005.
For a listing of recent publications, refer to PubMed, a service provided by the National Library of Medicine. <WFUBMC publications> <All>