Kris Rooney MD Vice Chair of Education
Vice Chair of Education Dept of Pediatrics Program Director - Pediatric Residency Associate Professor of Pediatrics Lead Physician Pediatric Diagnostic Clinic Lehigh Valley Reilly Children’s Hospital
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Cedar Crest & I-78Allentown, PA 18103
Phone+1 610-402-7632
Fax+1 610-402-7600
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Summary
- Dr. Kris Rooney is a pediatrician based in Allentown, PA, specializing as a diagnostician. She completed her medical education and fellowship in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine at Penn State Milton S Hershey Medical Center. Dr. Rooney has been serving as the Vice Chair of Education since 2019 and as an attending hospitalist pediatrician since 2009. She is the Program Director of the pediatric residency program at Lehigh Valley Reilly Children’s Hospital. In 2024 she became the lead physician of the pediatric diagnostic clinic at LVRCH. Her experience includes health education and she has published research on topics such as SARS-CoV-2 infection and Guillain-Barré syndrome, which have been cited by other publications.
Education & Training
Penn State Milton S Hershey Medical CenterFellowship, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, 2007 - 2008- Penn State Milton S Hershey Medical CenterResidency, Pediatrics, 2004 - 2007
Pennsylvania State University College of MedicineClass of 2004
Certifications & Licensure
PA State Medical License 2004 - 2026
American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics- American Board of Pediatrics Pediatric Hospital Medicine
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 3 citationsTransient leukopenia, thrombocytopenia, and severe neutropenia associated with acute SARS-CoV-2 infection.Austin Schatzman, Julia Vandenheuvel, Tibisay Villalobos, Kris Rooney Md
Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 2021-06-20 - 5 citationsSevere pulmonary hypertension associated with the acute motor sensory axonal neuropathy subtype of Guillain-Barré syndrome.Kris A. Rooney, Neal J. Thomas
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. 2010-01-01
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