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 certified 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 of children who are admitted to the hospital.

In her current role, Dr. Rice serves in a number of roles within the Pediatric Residency Program and Graduate Medical Education. She is the Associate Program Director for the Valley Children’s Pediatric Hospitalist Medicine Fellowship Program. She is also an Academic Coach for Valley Children’s Pediatric Residency Program and an Assistant Professor (Affiliated) in the Department of Pediatrics and Hospital Medicine at Stanford University. 

Dr. Rice’s scholarly interests include health advocacy, quality improvement, medical education, health equity, and inclusion. 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 has worked on quality improvement projects to improve care for febrile infants, pediatric patients with bronchiolitis and asthma, and to better care for patients who first language is one other than English. 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.

Practice Philosophy

"As a pediatric physician I aspire to provide high quality, family centered, and culturally competent care to all of my patients. I believe that care should be collaborative with family members and all healthcare providers, as well as compassionate. I am committed to being an advocate for the best healthcare for all patients, promoting health equity, and helping to train future generations of excellent pediatric healthcare providers."

Honors and Awards

• 2025 - Valley Children's Healthcare Residency Program - Excellence in Scholarly Mentorship
• 2024 - Valley Children's Pediatric Hospital Medicine Division - PHM Advocate Award
• 2022 Valley Children's Healthcare Excellence in Promotion of Learning Environment - Pediatric Residency Program
• 2021 Valley Children's Healthcare Board Meritorious Distinguished Teacher Award in General Pediatrics
• 2020 Valley Children's Healthcare Best Nocturnist Teaching Award Pediatric Residency Program
• 2020 Valley Children's Healthcare Best On-The-Spot Teaching - Pediatric Residency Program
• 2018 Stanford Pediatrics Research Presentation Award
• 2015 Harvard University Presidential Scholarship Award

Research

Publications, Peer-Reviewed, Original Research: 

1. McDaniel, C. E., Kerns, E., Jennings, B., Magee, S., Biondi, E., Flores, R., Aronson, P. L., & AAP REVISE II QI Collaborative (2024). Improving Guideline-Concordant Care for Febrile Infants Through a Quality Improvement Initiative. Pediatrics, 153(5), e2023063339. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2023-063339. *Site lead for national QI project, intervention implementation, data collection and analysis, reviewed manuscript. 

2. Aronson, P. L., Louie, J. P., Kerns, E., Jennings, B., Magee, S., Wang, M. E., Gupta, N., Kovaleski, C., McDaniel, L. M., McDaniel, C. E., & AAP REVISE II QI Collaborative (2023). Prevalence of Urinary Tract Infection, Bacteremia, and Meningitis Among Febrile Infants Aged 8 to 60 Days With SARS-CoV-2. JAMA network open, 6(5), e2313354. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.13354. *Site lead for national QI project, intervention implementation, data collection and analysis, reviewed manuscript. 

3. Allende-Richter SH, Johnson ST, Maloyan M, Glidden P, Rice K*, Epee-Bounya A. “A Previsit Screening Checklist Improves Teamwork and Access to Preventive Services in a Medical Home Serving Low-Income Adolescent and Young Adult Patients.” Clinical Pediatrics (Phila). 2018 06; 57(7):835-843. *Participated in study design, data collection, analysis and interpretation of data. 

4. Rice, K. , Jumamil, R. , Jabour, S. , and ChengJ.. "Role of Health Coaches in Pediatric Weight Management: Patient and Parent Perspectives." Clinical Pediatrics 56, no. 2 (2017): 162-170. Publications, 

Peer-reviewed, Scholarly: 

1. Barajas-McGahan M, Tuckfield L, Rice K*, Patel R. Atypical Case of Toe-Walking and Hyperpigmented Rash in a 9-year-old Boy. Pediatr Rev. 2024;45(6):e19-e23. doi:10.1542/pir.2022-005761. *Participated in drafting of case report. 

2. Jones J, Rice K*, Cueto V, Del Valle Mojica C, Stawicke M, Salem S, Talley E; Blankenburg R. “Increasing Healthcare Workers' Proficiency with Using Professional Medical Interpretation: A Workshop”. MedEdPORTAL. 2020;16:11017. Published 2020 Nov 9. doi:10.15766/mep_2374-8265.11017. *Participated in workshop development and design, workshop presentations, and drafting of manuscript. 

3. Matto, M., Rice, K*, and Chamberlain, J. "Involuntary Detainment for Mental Health Evaluations". Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online, 44(3), (2017). pp.398-400. *Participated in literature review, drafting, and editing of manuscript. 

4. Domodaran, S., Gourevitch, R., Lin, T., Patel, N., Phu, R., Rice, K*. "Climbing Down the Ivory Tower". Harvard Public Health Review. 2015 Jul 1;7:1-3. *Participated in drafting and editing of manuscript. 

Poster Presentations: 

1. Schummacher, E., Rice, K. Current Opinions/Perceptions of Parents/Caregivers on Language Used in Medical Documentation. Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting, Honolulu, HI. April 2025-Abstract Submitted. 

2. Rice, K., Ngo, R. Creation of an Inpatient Asthma Pathway Utilizing Clinical Decision Support Tools and Phases of Care in Epic. Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting, Toronto , Canada. May 6th 2024. 

3. Rice, K., Bruce, J., Chamberlain, L. Qualitative Examination of an Innovative Promotora-led Parenting and Mentorship Program Aimed at Decreasing Rates of Child Abuse in High Risk Communities. Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting, Baltimore, MD, April 30th 2019. 

4. Rice, K., Bruce, J., Chamberlain, L. Qualitative Examination of an Innovative Promotora-led Parenting and Mentorship Program Aimed at Decreasing Rates of Child Abuse in High Risk Communities. Stanford Pediatrics Research Retreat, Stanford, CA, April 19th 2019.

Additional Info

• Assistant Professor (Affiliated) - Department of Pediatrics and Hospital Medicine - Stanford University School of Medicine
• Associate Program Director - Valley Children’s Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellowship
• Academic Coach - Valley Children’s Healthcare Pediatric Residency Program
• Fellow - American Academy of Pediatrics, Member - Section on Minority Health Equity and Inclusion - American Academy of Pediatrics
• Member - Section on Hospital Medicine - American Academy of Pediatrics