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Kristina Marie Nazareth-Pidgeon

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatrics, Hospital Medicine

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Assistant Professor of Pediatrics · 2021 - Present Pediatrics, Hospital Medicine, Pediatrics

Recent Publications


Goals of Care Discussion Characteristics and Disparities in Children With Medical Complexity.

Journal Article Acad Pediatr · 2025 OBJECTIVE: Children with medical complexity (CMC) have disproportionately high health care utilization and mortality. Goals of care (GOC) discussions improve goal concordance and subjective outcomes for CMC and their caregivers; however, little is known ab ... Full text Link to item Cite

Improving the Documentation of Penicillin Allergy Labels Among Pediatric Inpatients.

Journal Article Hosp Pediatr · September 1, 2023 BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Penicillin allergy is the most common medication allergy, and the penicillin allergy label is commonly over-applied without adequate reaction history inquiry or documentation. Because penicillin allergy labels are often applied i ... Full text Link to item Cite

Quality improvement initiative to improve infant safe sleep practices in the newborn nursery.

Journal Article BMJ Open Qual · August 2022 The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that healthcare professionals model their safe infant sleeping environment recommendations, yet adherence to safe sleep practices within our community hospital mother-baby unit was low. We used quality improvem ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite
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Education, Training & Certifications


Tufts University, School of Medicine · 2011 M.D.