Biography

Kristen Calhoun, M.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at UT Southwestern Medical Center.

Dr. Calhoun earned her medical degree at Texas A&M College of Medicine. She completed a residency in pediatrics at Wake Forest Baptist Health and received advanced training through a pediatric hospital medicine fellowship at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital.

Certified by the American Board of Pediatrics, she joined the UT Southwestern faculty in 2025.

Education & Training

  • Fellowship - Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital (2022-2024), Pediatric Hospitalist Medicine
  • Medical School - Texas A&M School of Medicine (2015-2019)
  • Residency - Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center (2019-2022), Pediatrics

Professional Associations & Affiliations

  • LIGHTning Award for Quality Improvement Project Team (2024), American Academy of Pediatrics
  • Resident Research and Scholarship Award (2022), Wake Forest Pediatric Residency