Kerrilynn Rice, MD

Dr. Kerrilynn Rice is board certified by the American Board of Pediatrics in General Pediatrics and joined Valley Children’s Specialty Medical Group as a pediatric hospitalist in 2019. She is board eligible in Pediatric Hospital Medicine. Dr. Rice enjoys caring for children from birth to early adulthood, and has a passion for advocating for children and families to ensure every child reaches their optimal health and well-being.

In her current role, Dr. Rice serves in a number of roles within the Pediatric Residency Program and Graduate Medical Education. She is an Academic Coach for Valley Children’s residents and a Clinical Instructor (Affiliated) in the Department of Pediatrics and Hospital Medicine at Stanford University. She serves on the resident recruitment and application review committees. She is involved in leading sessions for trainees in the Leadership and Academic Medicine Curriculum track. She is also the Associate Program Director for the Valley Children’s Pediatric Hospitalist Medicine Fellowship Program.

Dr. Rice’s scholarly interests include health advocacy, health disparities, quality improvement, resident education, and diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). She was scholar in the Stanford Pediatrics Residency Community Engagement and Advocacy Program, where doctors are trained to promote child health and reduce child health disparities through community engagement and legislative advocacy. She was also a scholar in the Stanford University Leadership Education in Advancing Diversity Program, which trains leaders in academic medicine dedicated to DEI, and to improve the culture of medicine.

In addition to her advocacy and health equity work, Dr. Rice has conducted research in the areas of childhood obesity, child abuse prevention, and adolescent health. She is currently working on quality improvement projects to improve care for febrile infants and pediatric patients with bronchiolitis. She has presented her research and lead workshops at several national pediatric conferences. Her research has been published in peer reviewed journals, including Clinical Pediatrics, MedEdPORTAL, and the Harvard Public Health Review.

Dr. Rice completed her pediatric residency at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California. She completed her medical degree at the University of California San Francisco. At UCSF she also completed curriculum in the Program in Medical Education for the Urban Underserved (PRIME-US) program. She earned her Master’s degree in Public Health, with a concentration in Child and Maternal Health, from Harvard School of Public Health in Boston, Massachusetts. She is a member of several professional organizations, including the American Academy of Pediatrics and Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society.