Anna K Weiss, MD MSEd
Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics (Emergency Medicine)
Attending Physician, Division of Emergency Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Associate Program Director, Pediatric Residency Program, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Director, Center for Leadership and Innovation in Medical Education (CLIME)
Director of Research in Education, Division of Emergency Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department: Pediatrics
Contact information
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Division of Emergency Medicine
3501 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Division of Emergency Medicine
3501 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Email:
weissak@chop.edu
weissak@chop.edu
Education:
BA (History & Literature)
Harvard University, 2003.
MSc (Russian & East European Studies)
Oxford University, 2004.
MD (Medicine)
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 2010.
MSEd (Medical Education)
University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education, 2018.
Permanent linkBA (History & Literature)
Harvard University, 2003.
MSc (Russian & East European Studies)
Oxford University, 2004.
MD (Medicine)
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 2010.
MSEd (Medical Education)
University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education, 2018.
Selected Publications
Schumacher DJ, Sklansky DJ, Rissmiller B, Thoreson L, Waggoner-Fountain LA, Pareek R, Poynter SE, Winn AS, Michelson C, Kinnear B, Turner DA, Millstein LS, Di Rocco JR, Avants K, Lewis J, Srivastava P, Giudice EL, Arandes M, Yeh S, Schwartz A; Association of Pediatric Program Directors Longitudinal Educational Assessment Research Network (APPD LEARN) Crosswalk Study Group: Association of Pediatric Program Directors Longitudinal Educational Assessment Research Network (APPD LEARN) Crosswalk Study Group: Schumacher, DJ, Kinnear B, Michelson C, Winn A, Turner DA, Martini A, Schwartz A, Kravtchenko S, Lewis J, Jain S, Patel R, Fielder E, Rissmiller B, Turner T, Wolfe AD, Marcus CH, Regalado E, Salvador-Sison J, McLaughlin S, Primis S, Ronan J, Szalda D, Weiss AK, Kern J, O'Toole J, Poynter SE, Shubeck S, O'Dea CL, Mallory M, McGann KA, Feeney C, Trinh JV, Yeh S, Chea K, Schroeder L, Youth B, Newhall LM, Schuh A, Auble B, Pareek R, Anttila A, Fox M, Famiglietti H, Howell HB, Chen JG, Williams R, Myers RE, Ponitz K, Stehouwer N, Bruti C, Rassbach CE, Blair RJ, Li ST, Henry D, Lockwood L, Black N, Vu T, Di Rocco J, Avants K, Srivastava P, Kandikattu BT, Mischler MJ, Donohue KT, Giudice EL, Grant M, Millstein LS, Tolentino J, Alba-Sandoval M, Burrows HL, Stewart DA, Borman-Shoap E, Scheurer JM, Velazquez-Campbell M, Contarino M, Kihlstrom MJ, Naifeh MM, Garcia KL, Thoreson L, Arandes M, Hanson ER, Hemond J, Herman BE, O'Connor M, Waggoner-Fountain LA, Griego EC, Grow M, Sklansky DJ, Boulais D, Lavoie S, Burke AE, Osborn R: Use of entrustable professional activities for reliable overall entrustment decisions. Academic Medicine 101(1): 79-85, January 2026.Weiss AK, Schultz K, Guttadauria B, Varpio L: Exploring the Construct of Psychological Safety in the GME Clinical Learning Environment: A Scoping Review of the Literature. Academic Medicine January 2026.
Chaudhary S, Portugues A, Myers R, Haber R, Pettijohn K, Donches K, Cook M, Faig W, Weiss AK, Fein J: Paired Video-based Counseling and Firearm Safety Device Distribution in a Pediatric Emergency Department. Academic Pediatrics October 2025.
Lang EA, Fazzio PY, Weiss AK: The Art, Science, and Study of “Senioring”: A Narrative Review on the Role of the Supervising Resident. Journal of Graduate Medical Education 17(4), August 2025.
Anderson HLK, Balmer DF, Weiss AK, Govaerts M, Busari J : Power Moves: An Ethnographic Investigation of How Space, Place, and Pace Influence Equity in Pediatric Workplace-Based Assessment. Academic Medicine 10(1097), August 2025.
Schumacher DJ, Winn AS, Hemond J, O’Dea CL, Garcia KL, Burke AE, Naifeh MM, Zurawick J, Kinnear B, Michelson C, Turner DA, Martini A, Schwartz A, for the Association of Pediatric Program Directors Longitudinal Educational Assessment Research Network (APPD LEARN) Crosswalk Study Group: Associations Between Residency Program Size and Readiness for Unsupervised Practice in Pediatrics. Academic Pediatrics 25(4), May-June 2025.
Weiss AK, Shemonsky A, Fenton T, Rempell RG, Lavoie ME: “I felt seen.” Leveraging small schedule changes to enhance learners’ psychological safety in the emergency department. Annual Meeting of the Pediatric Academic Societies, Honolulu, HI April 2025.
Sun J, Cabral PV, Weiss AK, Poeppelman R, Scheurer J, Borman-Shoap E, Hobday P, Henry D, Fuchs E, Lockwood L, Anderson HK, West DC, Balmer DF: Perceptions of Equitable Assessment among Pediatric Residents and Faculty: a multi-center qualitative secondary analysis using the anti-deficit model of equitable assessment. Annual Meeting of the Pediatric Academic Societies, Honolulu, HI April 2025.
Guttadauria B, Surget A, Chen A, Weiss AK: Point-of-Care Ultrasound Insights: Assessing the Pulse of Pediatrics Residency Training Needs Annual Meeting of the Pediatric Academic Societies, Honolulu, HI April 2025.
Lang EA, Weiss AK, Fazzio PY: Sucessful Senioring: Intern Perspectives on Characteristics and Behaviors of Effective Supervisory Residents. Annual Meeting of the Pediatric Academic Societies, Honolulu, HI April 2025.