Kathleen M. Matic, MD

Dr. Kathleen Matic is part of the pediatric hospital medicine team at Dayton Children’s, coordinating care for children admitted to the hospital. They work closely with specialists and families to ensure every child receives seamless, high-quality care.

Organizations

• American Academy of Pediatrics
• Pediatric Hospital Medicine Program Director's Taskforce
• Provider Wellness Committee
• Society of Pediatric Hospital Medicine

Research, Publications, Presentations & More

• Creator and Director of The Altitude Program, a hospital-wide fellowship leadership curriculum focused on leadership, quality improvement, research, financial wellbeing, and career development, Dayton Children's Hospital, 2025–Present.
• Invited International Oral Presenter at The International Conference on Physician Health (ICPH), London, United Kingdom–Presentation on the collaborative work between patient experience and provider wellbeing leadership to advance provider engagement in patient experience while supporting physician wellbeing and professional sustainability. (September 2026)
• Invited Presenter, Artificial Intelligence in Medical Education, Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellowship Directors National Conference (August 2026)
• National Panelist, The Human Experience on the Frontline, Pediatric Experience Collaborative National Summit (2025.)
• National Workshop: Building a Service Recovery Toolkit to Help Address and Prevent Negative Patient Experiences, Pediatric Hospital Medicine Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota (2024 )
• National Webinar Presenter- Instilling a Culture of Empathy with Providers, NRC Health National Connections Webinar, (2023)
• Author, SARS-CoV-2 and Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C), Current Problems in Pediatric and Adolescent Health Care, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cppeds.2021.101000