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Kristen Ehrenberger, MD, Medicine/Pediatrics, West Mifflin, PA

KristenAnnEhrenbergerMDPhD

Medicine/Pediatrics West Mifflin, PA

Clinician/Historian of Medicine ~ Assistant Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics ~ Progressive Evaluation & Referral Center, Director

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  • Office

    2397 Mountain View Dr
    West Mifflin, PA 15122
    Phone+1 412-692-4888
    Fax+1 412-357-3450

Summary

  • Kristen Ann Ehrenberger breathes medicine and lives to eat. A clinician-historian who trained in downstate Illinois and Pittsburgh, her interests include the human body, disability studies, the history of food and nutrition, and modern Germany. She is the inaugural editor of the History of Medicine Section at the Journal of General Internal Medicine. She is a founding editor at H-Nutrition; currently serves on the editorial board of the Bulletin of the Allegheny County Medical Society; was a founding co-organizer of the German Studies Association's Body Studies Network; and she writes most of the daily clinical pearls at Teaching Rounds on Tumblr, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. She is working her dream job of practicing outpatient medicine for individuals with special needs and researching/teaching the history of medicine.

Education & Training

  • UPMC Medical Education
    UPMC Medical EducationResidency, Internal Medicine/Pediatrics, 2016 - 2020
  • University of Illinois College of Medicine
    University of Illinois College of MedicineClass of 2014
  • Washington University in St. Louis
    Washington University in St. LouisBA, History of Medicine, German, Pre-Med, Magna cum Laude, 2000 - 2004

Certifications & Licensure

  • PA State Medical License
    PA State Medical License 2016 - 2024
  • TX State Medical License
    TX State Medical License 2024 - 2024
  • American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
  • American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Minding Our Metaphors  
    Kristen Ann Ehrenberger, Alexandra Mieczkowski, JAMA

Authored Content

  • I Didn't Expect DeathNovember 2019

Press Mentions

  • Pittsburgh Historians Ponder How the Story of COVID-19 Will Be Told
    Pittsburgh Historians Ponder How the Story of COVID-19 Will Be ToldAugust 9th, 2021

Professional Memberships

Other Languages

  • German, Sign Language (American)