Contact Information Pediatric Care Center
University of Washington Medical Center
4245 Roosevelt Way NE
Seattle, WA 98105
206.598.3000
Education
B.S. Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 1990
Honors Program in Medical Education
M.D. Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL 1992
Postgraduate Training
Internship Seattle Children’s Hospital 1992-1993
University of Washington affiliated: Pediatrics
Residency Seattle Children’s Hospital 1993-1995
University of Washington affiliated: Pediatrics
Employment
Staff Pediatrician, Group Health Cooperative, Seattle, WA. 1995-1996
Staff Pediatrician, Evening and Weekend Pediatric Care Clinic, Seattle, WA 1995-1996
Critical Care Float Physician, Seattle Children’s Hospital, Seattle, WA 1995-1996
Consultant Pediatrician, Valley Medical Center, Renton, WA 1996
General Pediatrician and Partner, Pediatrics Northwest, Tacoma, WA 1996-2007
Faculty Positions Held:
Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington
Clinical Instructor 1995-2001 Clinical Assistant Professor 2001-2009
Clinical Associate Professor 2009-2016 Clinical Professor 2016-present
Hospital Positions Held:
Seattle Children’s Hospital 1995-present
University of Washington Medical Center 2007-present
Tacoma General Hospital, Tacoma, WA 1996-2007
Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital, Tacoma, WA 1996-2007
Saint Joseph’s Hospital, Tacoma, WA 1996-2007
Saint Francis Hospital, Federal Way, WA 1996-2007
Board Certification
National Board of Medical Examiners, Diplomate 1993
American Board of Pediatrics, Certified 1995-present
Current License to Practice
State of Washington (Lic No. MD31980) 1992-present
Professional Organizations
American Academy of Pediatrics 1992-present
Washington Chapter
Council on Foster Care, Adoption, & Kinship Care
Joint Council on International Child Services 2007-present
Teaching Responsibilities
a) Medical Students
Pediatric Care Center, University of Washington Medical Center 2007-present
Clinical preceptor for medical students.
Visiting Faculty, University of Hawaii, Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia 1995
Pacific Basin Medical Officers Training Program
Clinical care precepting medical students in both hospital and rural clinic settings.
b) Pediatric Residents
None
c) Subspecialty Fellows
None
d) Other Venues
Course Organizer - “Raising Resilient Rascals” Seattle, WA 2008-2011
Regional adoption and foster care conference
Editorial Responsibilities
Contributing editor. Adoptmed.org. 2010-present
One of the most comprehensive adoption-medical websites, with 20,000 unique visits per month.
Special National Responsibilities
None
Special Local Responsibilities
Epicare Pediatric Workgroup 2011- 2012
EpicCare superuser 2011-present
Pediatric Care Center, Search Committee for Medical Director 2015-
Doug Opel, MD - Chair
Research Funding
None
Bibliography
a) Manuscripts in refereed journals
Snyder CS, Bricker JT, Fenrich AL, Friedman RA, Rosenthal GL, Johnsrude CL, Kertesz C, Kertesz NJ. Can pediatric residents interpret electrocardiograms? Pediatr Cardiol. 2005 Jul-Aug;26(4):396-9. PMID: 16374689
b) Book chapters
None
c) Published books, videos, software, etc.
None
d) Other publications
Kertesz, C. (May 4, 2010) “Trends in Ethiopia Adoption” Adoptmed.org. Available online http://adoptmed.org/articles/.
Kertesz, C. (September 13, 2010) “Tuberculosis in International Adoptees.” Adoptmed.org. Available online http://adoptmed.org/articles/.
e) Manuscripts submitted
None
f) Abstracts
None
Awards
UW Medicine Praise award-
Patients rated these healthcare providers among the top in the nation for their listening and communication skills based on survey scores for clinic visits.
PRAISEstands forPatientReportedAssessmentInSatisfaction andExcellence.
Other
Regional Invited Lectures
Invited speaker. “Emerging Pathogens, A new look at some old friends.” Cascadia Training sponsored course, “Raising Resilient Rascals” Seattle 3/11/2010.
“Current Trends in International Adoption.” World Association for Children and Parents, Renton, WA, 3/7/2012
Invited guest lecturer. ”Screening for International Adoptees: now that they are home, what do we do?” OHSU pediatric resident teaching conference. Portland, OR, 4/13/2013
Invited speaker. “Special Needs Adoptions and Post-adoptive Screening” Refresh Conference, Bellevue WA, 2/27/15.
National Invited Lectures
None
International Invited Lectures
None
Kertesz CV (UWSOM Format) Page 2 updated: 2015-10-28