About Kendra Francis

Job title: Assistant Professor
Degrees: MD ’16 (Seattle WWAMI), Res. ’19, Fel. ’22
Career stage: Early-career
State of practice: Seattle, Washington
Current practice settings: Academic medicine / teaching hospital, Research – academic, industry or government
Lived career experiences/transitions:
- Starting a family while maintaining a full-time practice
Graduation year from the UW School of Medicine: 2016, Res. ’19, Fel. ’22
Residency: University of Washington/Seattle Children’s Hospital
Fellowship: University of Washington/Seattle Children’s Hospital
Specialty/subspecialty: Pediatric Gastroenterology
Teaching roles: I lead some small groups at UWSOM and teach residents and medical students at the bedside
Research or other professional interests: I do basic and translational research in inflammatory bowel disease

