Wendy L. Hobson-Rohrer
Wendy L. Hobson-Rohrer
Office
(801) 587-2525
3690 South Main Salt Lake City, UT 84115
About
Wendy L. Hobson-Rohrer
Wendy L. Hobson-Rohrer, MD, MSPH, FAAP is the inaugural Associate Vice President for Health Sciences Education, and a tenured Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Utah. In her AVP role, Dr. Hobson-Rohrer is accountable for education programs for the five University of Utah Health Colleges (Dentistry, Health, Medicine, Nursing, and Pharmacy), their 5,300 students, and the Health Sciences Library. She oversees the Interprofessional Education Program, the Vice-Presidential Clinical and Translational Scholar Program and the Center for Health Ethics, Arts, and Humanities. From 2013-2019 she served as the Associate Dean for Faculty Development in the School of Medicine. In this role she developed programs and events to support leadership and educational development. To advance education career pathways for academic faculty, she founded the Academy of Health Science Educators which recognizes exceptional educators and works to enhance educational excellence. The Academy has over 100 faculty fellows (69 women). She led the establishment of a Master of Education in Health Professions program and mentor’s junior faculty interested in education. She worked to develop and implement guidelines for demonstration of educational excellence in the faculty retention, promotion and tenure process providing an avenue for faculty interested in pursuing education. As a general pediatrician, she cares for patients and teaches students and residents at the University of Utah South Main Clinic (UUSMC) whose mission is: to increase access to high quality, comprehensive, and cost-effective healthcare to underserved families and specialized populations, while sharing community resources. Dr. Hobson-Rohrer cares for a large number of children and youth with special health care needs, including those with cerebral palsy, Down syndrome, cardiac diseases, and other genetic disorders. She has focused her clinical research and advocacy efforts on caring for these children and their families. With a five-year Healthy Tomorrows Partnership for Children grant, she developed Niños Especiales/Familias Fuertes (Special Children/Strong Families), a support group system for families with Latino children with special health care needs. She is the UUSMC Executive Clinical Director, working collaboratively with dentists, physician assistants, midwives, family medicine physicians, obstetricians, and pediatricians. For her work, Dr. Hobson-Rohrer was honored in 2016 with the Utah Healthcare Heroes Award. The clinic was awarded the 2020 Academy of Health Sciences Educators Interprofessional Education Team Award. Dr. Hobson-Rohrer graduated from Cornell University with a BA in Spanish and Latin American Studies and with Distinction in All Subjects. She earned her MD degree at Cornell University Medical College. Following pediatric residency, she worked in the National Public Health Services Corp, during which time she completed an education fellowship and MSPH at the University of Utah. She is a 2015 graduate of the Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) program and holds a graduate certificate in conflict resolution and mediation. She is the 2024 Pediatric Academic Societies Program Chair-elect, she chaired the American Academy of Pediatrics Community Access to Child Health (CATCH) program, the Pediatric Academic Societies Workshops, Region IX of the Academic Pediatric Association, and the University of Utah Carnegie Re-Classification for Community Engagement Task Force. She is a member of the National Academy of Distinguished Educators in Pediatrics and was a founding member of Doctors for Global Health and Reach Out and Read Utah.
Primary Specialty
Pediatrician
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Wendy L. Hobson-Rohrer
Gender
Female
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Wendy L. Hobson-Rohrer provides pediatric care at 3690 South Main, Salt Lake City, UT 84115 in Salt Lake City, UT.
Pediatricians provide comprehensive care for infants, children and adolescents. They are able to diagnose and treat illnesses, injuries, conditions and developmental issues.
To learn more, or to make an appointment with Wendy L. Hobson-Rohrer in Salt Lake City, UT, please call (801) 587-2525.
Pediatricians provide comprehensive care for infants, children and adolescents. They are able to diagnose and treat illnesses, injuries, conditions and developmental issues.
To learn more, or to make an appointment with Wendy L. Hobson-Rohrer in Salt Lake City, UT, please call (801) 587-2525.
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