Kimara Gustafson, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Contact Info
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Faculty Member, Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Health
Provider, Adoption Medicine Clinic
MD, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN
Residency in Pediatrics, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN
MPH, Maternal and Child Health, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, MN
Summary
Drawing on my own lived experience as a transracial international adoptive person, my work focuses on helping children and their families best reach their fullest potential through supporting and promoting their inner resiliency.
Awards & Recognition
Research
Research Summary/Interests
Primary research and education interests include special health care needs of adoptive children and children who have experience in the foster care system, socio-emotional trauma impact on development, racial and cultural social identity development for transracially adoptive or foster care children, and racial discrimination among historically marginalized youth in the United States.
Clinical
Board Certifications
- American Board of Pediatrics
Clinical Interests
Internationally and Domestically Adoptive Children, Children who have experienced Foster Care, Prenatal Substance Exposures (including Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders), Pediatric Acute Urgent Care and Emergency Care.