Mary Ann Queen, MD

Mary Ann Queen, MD, is the Interim Chair of the Department of Pediatrics at Children’s Mercy Kansas City and at the University of Kansas Medical Center. She also serves as Associate Chief Medical Officer and Vice President of Regional and Outreach Services. She is a Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Missouri – Kansas City School of Medicine. Dr. Queen also holds a faculty appointment at the University of Kansas as an Associate Professor.

Dr. Queen received her undergraduate degree in Psychology from the University of Kansas, and then continued her education, receiving her medical degree also from the University of Kansas.  Dr. Queen has spent her entire career at Children’s Mercy, arriving as a pediatric resident in 1993.  She joined the inaugural team of pediatric hospitalists, at a time when the specialty was in its infancy.  Dr. Queen’s previous leadership roles include both Division Director and Fellowship Program Director for Pediatric Hospital Medicine and President of the medical staff. Dr. Queen developed the Pediatric Hospital Medicine fellowship at Children’s Mercy, one of the earliest fellowships for this specialty in the nation.  As Division Director Dr. Queen advanced research enterprise, taking a team of physicians dedicated to clinical excellence to now include a subgroup of externally funded clinician scientists focused on improving health outcomes for hospitalized children.