Overview
Karina G Phang, MD, MPH is a fellowship-trained and double boarded pediatrician in general pediatrics and pediatric hospital medicine. She provides newborn care and preventative care for young children and adolescents.|Dr. Phang has clinical expertise in nursery care, preventive and well child care, and pediatric hospital medicine care. Her training also includes a Master of Public Health degree with a focus in health behavior, health promotion, and health behavior theory. Dr. Phang has a strong commitment to pediatric quality improvement and patient safety. Her main research focus is improving pediatric medication safety. Dr. Phang holds a national leadership role, serving on the Patient Safety Committee for the American Academy of Pediatrics Council on Quality Improvement and Patient Safety. Dr. Phang is a lifelong learner who is committed to providing high quality, safe and evidence-based care for her patients.|Dr. Phang takes a family approach to patient care as she believes that raising healthy children requires us to build healthy habits and lifestyles together. A mother to a beautiful daughter and an aunt to 3 beautiful nieces, Dr. Phang, believes the more you know about a child, the better you can treat them. She attributes her own journey with motherhood to what makes her enjoy her job most — caring for her patients as she would her own child.|Dr. Phang attended medical school in her home state of West Virginia, she earned her medical degree from West Virginia University School of Medicine. She completed her residency in pediatrics at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio and her fellowship in academic pediatrics and pediatric hospital medicine at The Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, South Carolina.
Her clinical research consists of co-authoring 2 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Locations
57 North Main Street, Pittston, PA 18640
Clinical Research
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