Katherine Jones MD

Education

Pediatric Nephrology John Hopkins Children’s Center Baltimore, MD 2018-2021
Pediatrics Residency Walter Reed NMMC Bethesda, MD 2015-2018
Medical Doctor (M.D.) Temple University Philadelphia, PA 2011-2015
B.S. Biology College of William and Mary Williamsburg, VA 2007-2011

Biography

Dr. Jones grew up in small town Kansas before academic and athletic pursuits brought her to the College of William and Mary where she obtained a degree in Biology with honors. She received her doctoral degree from the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University in Philadelphia after receiving a Health Professions Scholarship from the Army. Dr. Jones completed pediatric residency at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and her pediatric nephrology fellowship at Johns Hopkins Children's Center in Baltimore where she received training in epidemiology and biostatics. Dr. Jones was then stationed at Tripler Army Medical Center as the sole pediatric nephrologist serving the INDOPACOM region. While at Tripler, she was also an assistant program director for the pediatrics residency and clerkship site director. Dr. Jones is now serving as USUHS faculty for the education division of the department of pediatrics focusing on MS3 clerkship activities. Her professional interests include medical education, promotion of scholarly activity among residents and students, as well as quality and performance improvement.

Career Highlights: Positions, Projects, Deployements, Awards and Additional Publications

Tripler AMC COL James Bass Pediatric Faculty Educator of the Year 2024

Tripler AMC Kumu Ola Award for Faculty Excellence 2024

Associate Program Director, Tripler AMC Pediatrics, 2022-2024

MS3/4 Clerkship Site Director, Tripler AMC Pediatrics, 2022-2024

Chair, Quality and Process Improvement Committee, Tripler AMC, 2022-2024

Tripler AMC COL Robert Pederson Pediatric Mentorship Award 2023

Representative Bibliography

Jones K, Keiser M, Miller J, Atkinson M (2024) “Bilateral renal agenesis: fetal intervention and outcomes.” Pediatric Nephrology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00467-024-06449-8.

Jones K (2024) “Pediatric Acute Kidney Injury: An Overview and Examination of Recent Evidence.” Nephrology Self-Assessment Program. 23: 35-39.

Murphy M, Jones K, Ruebner R, Raabe E (2023) “Acute Onset of Abdominal Pain in a 3-Year-Old Boy with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia.” Pediatrics in Review. 44:S106-S109.

Jones K, Neu A, Fadrowski, J (2022) “AKI in Hospitalized Children: Poorly Documented (and Underrecognized).” Frontiers in Pediatrics 9:790509. doi: 10.3389/fped.2021.790509

Kulkarni M, Shakes DC, Guevel K, Smith HE (2012) “SPE-44 Implements Sperm Cell Fate.” PLoS Genetics 8(4): e1002678.