Kristen Leadbetter, MD, has joined the faculty as an assistant professor of pediatrics, specializing in neonatology. She is a member of SIU HealthCare and will see patients at St. John's Children's Hospital in Springfield.  Leadbetter completed a fellowship in neonatal-perinatal medicine at Washington University School of Medicine (2014) and a pediatrics residency at St. Louis Children's Hospital (2011) in St. Louis. She earned her bachelor's and medical degree through a combined BA/MD program at University of Missouri-Kansas City (2008).