Kari Freeman Baber, PhD

Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
Psychologist III, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department: Psychiatry
Contact information
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
3401 Civic Center Boulevard, 7NW57
Philadelphia, PA 19104
3401 Civic Center Boulevard, 7NW57
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 267-426-7562
Education:
B.S. (Psychology)
Bowling Green State University, 2002.
M.S. (Clinical Child Psychology)
Vanderbilt University, 2004.
PhD (Clinical Child Psychology)
Vanderbilt University, 2009.
Permanent linkB.S. (Psychology)
Bowling Green State University, 2002.
M.S. (Clinical Child Psychology)
Vanderbilt University, 2004.
PhD (Clinical Child Psychology)
Vanderbilt University, 2009.
Selected Publications
Apple, D. E., Lett, E., Wood, S., Freeman Baber, K., Chuo, J., Schwartz, L. A., ... & Dowshen, N. : Acceptability of telehealth for gender-affirming care in transgender and gender diverse youth and their caregivers. Transgender Health 2021.Wood, S. M., Pickel, J., Phillips, A. W., Baber, K., Chuo, J., Maleki, P., ... & Schwartz, L. A.: Acceptability, Feasibility, and Quality of Telehealth for Adolescent Health Care Delivery During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Cross-sectional Study of Patient and Family Experiences. JMIR Pediatrics and Parenting 4(4), 2021.
Baber, K.F. & Rodriguez, K.A. : Cognitive behavior therapy for functional abdominal pain disorders Cognitive behavior therapy for coping with pediatric medical conditions R.D. Friedberg & J.K. Paternostro (eds.). New York: Springer. Page: 201-217, 2019.
Grossman, A.B., Webster, J.B. & Baber, K.F.: Constipation in Children and Adolescents Pediatric Update 39, November 2018.
Waters, A.M., Schilpzand, E., Bell, C., Walker, L.S. & Baber, K. : Functional gastrointestinal symptoms in children with anxiety disorders. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology 41(1): 151-163, 2013.
Beck, A.T., Haigh, E.A.P & Baber, K.F. : Biological underpinnings of the cognitive model of depression: A prototype for psychoanalytic research The Psychoanalytic Review 99(4): 515-537, 2012.
Beck, J.E., Lipani, T. A., Baber, K.F., Dufton, L., Garber, J., Smith, C.A. & Walker, L.S.: Attentional bias to pain and social threat in pediatric patients with functional abdominal pain and pain-free youth before and after performance evaluation. Pain 152(5): 1061-1067, 2011.
Baber, K.F., Anderson, J., Puzanovova, M. & Walker, L.S. : Rome II versus Rome III classification of functional gastrointestinal disorders in pediatric chronic abdominal pain. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology & Nutrition 47(3): 299-302, 2008.
Claar, R.L., Baber, K.F., Simons, L.E., Logan, D.E. & Walker, L.S.: Pain coping profiles in adolescents with chronic pain. Pain 140(2): 368-375, 2008.
Langer, S. L., Walker, L. S., Baber, K. F., Whitehead, W. E., Romano, J., Christie, D. L., et al.: Gastrointestinal symptoms that differentiate pediatric FD from IBS Gastroenterology 134(4): A-418, 2008.