Claire Witmer MD

Education

July 2017 – August 2020
Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition Fellowship
National Capital Consortium, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center

June 2014 – June 2017
Pediatric Residency, National Capital Consortium
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center

August 2010 – May 2014
Georgetown University School of Medicine

August 2006 – May 2010
Georgetown University School of Foreign Service
BS in Foreign Service: Science, Technology and International Affairs with Concentration in Biotechnology and Global Health

Biography

Claire Witmer serves as the Chief of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition here at Tripler Army Medical Center. She earned her undergraduate and medical degrees at Georgetown University. She completed her Pediatrics residency and Gastroenterology Fellowship at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. During this time frame, she was the recipient of an AAP grant for quality improvement as well as GME scholarship for an IRB approved Randomized Clinical Trial on the treatment of Eosinophilic Esophagitis. She’s currently serving as a member of the Pediatric Residency Clinical Competency Committee and Resident Research Oversight Committee. She also serves as Associate Program Director to the Transitional Year Internship Program. She has a special interest in humanitarian medicine, having been on Army missions to Tegucigalpa Honduras and Kathmandu Nepal, as well as civilian programs in Lesotho. She is the site director for the Military Medical Humanitarian Assistance Course.

Representative Bibliography

Dawood J, Wickersham E, Witmer CP, Jones M. A Case of Reactivated Acute Hepatitis in a 12-month-old Infant with Multiviral Infection, including SARS-CoV-2 and Adenovirus. JPGN Reports. 2023 August; 4(4): e346. PMID 38034454.

Pasman EA, Ong B, Witmer CP, Nylund C. Proton Pump Inhibitors in Children: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. Current Allergy and Asthma Reports. 2020 June; 20(8): 39. PMID 32524278

Witmer CP, Mattingly A, D’Souza P, Thurm A, Hadigan C. Incontinence in Phelan-McDermid Syndrome. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2019 Aug; 69(2): e39-342. PMID 309212

Witmer CP, Susi A, Min SB, Nylund CM. Early Infant Risk Factors for Pediatric Eosinophilic Esophagitis. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2018 Nov; 67(5): 610-615. PMID 30095574.