Jayme Congdon, MD, MS

Jayme Congdon MD, MS is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Affiliated Faculty at the Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies. She conducts community-engaged research to develop and test innovative models of health care delivery that promote equitable access to high-quality preventive care. Her current research projects focus on integrated newborn and postpartum health services, trauma-informed and family-centered pediatric primary care, and adolescent opioid use disorder treatment. She works clinically and teaches pediatric residents and students in the UCSF newborn nursery and pediatric primary care clinic.
Education
Residency, - Pediatrics, Stanford University
MS, - Public Health, University of California, Berkeley
Fellowship, - Academic General Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training, University of California, San Francisco
MD, - Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
Honors and Awards
  • Best Abstract, Academic Pediatric Association QI Research Conference, 2024
  • NIH Clinical Research Loan Repayment Award, 2021-2025
  • Hugh O’Brodovich Excellence in Scholarship Award, 2018
  • Academic Pediatric Association Resident Investigator Award, 2017
  • Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, 2017
  • MD with Distinction, UCSF Clinical and Translational Research Pathway, 2015


  1. Joshi NS, Congdon JL, Phillipi CA. Rethinking Admission Location for Low Acuity Infants of 35 Weeks' Gestation. Pediatrics 2023. PMID: 36994640


  2. Congdon JL, Bardach NS, Franck LS, Brindis CD, John Boscardin W, Carrasco Z, Cabana MD, Dehlendorf C. Postpartum Family Planning in Pediatrics: A Survey of Parental Contraceptive Needs and Health Services Preferences. Academic pediatrics 2023. PMID: 36958531


  3. Joshi NS, Flaherman VJ, Halpern-Felsher B, Chung EK, Congdon JL, Lee HC. Admission and Care Practices in United States Well Newborn Nurseries. Hospital pediatrics 2023. PMID: 36843483


  4. Trope LA, Stemmle M, Chang A, Bashiri N, Bazazi AR, Lightfoot M, Congdon JL. A Novel Inpatient Buprenorphine Induction Program for Adolescents With Opioid Use Disorder. Hospital pediatrics 2023. PMID: 36683456


  5. Trope LA, Congdon JL, Bruce JS, Chung PJ, Dehlendorf C, Chamberlain LJ. Meeting the Needs of Postpartum Women: Provider Perspectives on Maternal Contraceptive Care in Pediatric Settings. Academic pediatrics 2022. PMID: 36067921


  6. Congdon JL, Baer RJ, Arcara J, Feuer SK, Gómez AM, Karasek D, Oltman SP, Pantell MS, Ryckman K, Jelliffe-Pawlowski L. Interpregnancy Interval and Birth Outcomes: A Propensity Matching Study in the California Population. 2022. PMID: 35260953


  7. Congdon JL, Kair LR, Flaherman VJ, Wood KE, LoFrumento MA, Nwaobasi-Iwuh E, Phillipi CA, Better Outcomes through Research for Newborns (BORN) Network. Management and Early Outcomes of Neonates Born to Women with SARS-CoV-2 in 16 U.S. Hospitals. American journal of perinatology 2021. PMID: 33723834



  8. Congdon JL, Trope LA, Bruce JS, Chung PJ, Dehlendorf C, Chamberlain LJ. Meeting the Needs of Postpartum Women With and Without a Recent Preterm Birth: Perceptions of Maternal Family Planning in Pediatrics. 2020. PMID: 31875305


  9. Congdon J, DeCoste-Lopez J, Krissberg J, Trope L. Beyond the Stethoscope: Learning to Harness Our Collective Power to Advocate for Patients. 2019. PMID: 31024640



  10. Trope LA, Congdon JL, Brown L, Zuckerman B. Family Planning in Pediatrics: An Appeal for Enhanced Training. 2018. PMID: 30144929