Kirsten A Bechtel MD

Associate Professor of Pediatrics (Emergency Medicine); Medical Director, Pediatric Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) Program; Chairperson, Yale Traffic Safety Subcommittee; Co-Chairperson, State of Connecticut Child Fatality Review Panel

Biographical Info

Education & Training

M.D.

University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (1991)

Resident

St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, Philadelphia, PA, Pediatrics (1991 - 1994)

Fellow

Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, Pediatric Emergency Medicine (1994 - 1996)

Board Certification

Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Board Certified  (1996)

Board Certification

Pediatrics, Board Certified  (1994)

Honors & Recognition

• Invitation by the Surgeon General Multidisciplinary Workshop Child Maltreatment Prevention Bethesda MD
  (2005)
• Partners Award
  Children In Placement New Haven CT (2010)
• Child Advocacy Award
  Children In Placement New Haven CT (02/2004)
• Public Service Award
  Secretary of the State of Connecticut (05/2003)