This week during Mothers Together please join us to welcome a guest speaker who is coming to enlighten us on the ever-popular topic of nutrition. She attends Heartland Community Church but is also active in and around our city in various ways. Natasha Burgert is a pediatrician who is passionate about establishing good communication with her patients and developing a strong partnership with them. You can read all about her and her experiences below. She also has special interest in the use of Social Media as well to interact with her patients and has been featured on both CBS This Morning and the NBC Nightly News. A link to a clip of her on the CBS This Morning show can be found on her Linked In page so be sure to check that out.
Today's topic and focus is Nutrition because when we polled a few of you in Mothers Together, this was the most common topic that was requested or asked about so here we go - get ready to learn about some new research and gain some new advice on this important aspect of our families' lives.
Natasha Burgert, MD, FAAP
Pediatrician, Blogger, Shot@Life Champion
Pediatric Associates
4400 Broadway, Ste. 206
Kansas City, MO 64111
816.561.8100
kckidsdoc@gmail.com
Summary
Dr. Natasha is a Board-Certified general pediatrician in Kansas City, MO. Her primary focus is direct patient care in a dynamic suburban private practice. She shares her pediatric expertise, blended with parenting experience, on kckidsdoc.com.
Dr. Natasha believes that best patient care cannot be achieved without a true partnership with a health care provider. This partnership includes access, availability, and communication.
In order to optimize her patient care, she began to take an active interest in communicating with patient families in unique ways. This dialog turned to social media venues to keep up with the pace of medial information online, and to add to the active online conversations that influence health care decisions.
Her efforts have been recognized by many media outlets; including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Associated Press, CNN.com, and Forbes.com. She has also been featured on CBS This Morning and the NBC Nightly News.
Experience
Pediatric Health Blogger at KCKidsDoc.com
July 2010 - Present (2 years 9 months) Sharing evidence-based pediatric medicine in a real way, in order to influence positive heath care decisions for children.
Community Preceptor at Children's Mercy Hospital
July 2010 - Present (2 years 9 months) Regularly contribute to the education of pediatric residents.
Social Media Community Manager at Pediatric Associates
2009 - Present (4 years) Creating and curating the online social media presence of our private pediatric practice.
Private Medical Practice Partner at Pediatric Associates
July 2006 - Present (6 years 9 months)
Shot@Life Champion at United Nations Foundation
February 2013 - Present (2 months) Public promoter and educator for global child vaccine access.
Pediatric Expert at parents.com
January 2013 - Present (3 months) Available to answer common parenting questions submitted to parents.com.
Education
Cincinnati Childrens Hospital Medical Center
Pediatric Residency Training, 2003 - 2006
University of Nebraska College of Medicine
MD, 1999 - 2003
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
BA, Psychology and Biology, 1993 - 1997
Honors and Awards
Sharecare.com Top 10 Online Influences in Children's Health
Golden Apple Mentorship Award
Contact Natasha on LinkedIn : www.linkedin.com/pub/natasha-burgert-md-faap/33/2b/62b/
