Leila DeWitt, DO

Dr Leila DeWitt is an Assistant Professor of Pediatric Hospital Medicine and Associate Program Director for the Pediatric Residency Program. She also serves as a course director for first- and second-year medical students. Dr. DeWitt is a health services researcher with expertise in food insecurity experienced by pediatric patients and their families while admitted to hospital, in addition to the consequences of inpatient food insecurity upon discharge home. She organized an inpatient food pantry and caregiver meal tray program, and she developed a novel screening tool to measure inpatient food insecurity for which she has published in JAMA Pediatrics. Dr. DeWitt attended Wake Forest University for undergraduate and graduate school, finishing with a Masters in Bioethics, proceeded to medical school in South Carolina, and returned to Wake Forest for pediatric residency.