Kimberly Gayle Montez, MD, MPH
- Associate Professor, General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Pediatrics (Winston-Salem)

Kimberly Gayle Montez, MD, MPH
Research Interests
- Social Determinants of Health
- Community Engagement
- Health Policy
- Education
- MD, Stanford University School of Medicine, 2010
- Board Certifications
- American Board of Pediatrics, Pediatrics
- Memberships
- Association of Pediatric Program Directors
- North Carolina Pediatric Society
- American Public Health Association
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- Academic Pediatric Association
- Positions
- Associate Director, Maya Angelou Research Center for Healthy Communities (MARCH)
- Associate Professor, General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Pediatrics (Winston-Salem)
- Associate Professor, Social Sciences and Health Policy, Public Health Sciences (Winston-Salem)
- Departments and Affiliations
- Maya Angelou Research Center for Healthy Communities (MARCH)
- General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Pediatrics (Winston-Salem)
- Social Sciences and Health Policy, Public Health Sciences (Winston-Salem)
- Office of Global Health (OGH)
Research
- Automating WIC Screening and Enrollment in Pediatric Primary Care. Suarez L, Avery C, Montez K, Cholera R. N Engl J Med. 2025 Oct; 393(17):1659-1660.
- Feasibility of an ADAPTive intervention to improve food security and Maternal-Child Health (ADAPT-MCH): Protocol for a pilot sequential multiple assignment randomized trial. Palakshappa D, Stone RJ, Ramirez B, White SE, Rigdon J, Bundy R, Eagleton SG, Caudill N, Martin H, Grundseth M, Best S, Mongraw-Chaffin M, Lewis KH, Montez K. Contemp Clin Trials. 2025 Nov; 158:108086.
- Decline in attrition rates in United States pediatric residency and fellowship programs, 2007-2020: a repeated cross-sectional study. Omoruyi E, Russell G, Montez K. J Educ Eval Health Prof. 2025; 22:24.
- Implementing a Clinical-Community Program to Address Menstrual Poverty: An Advocacy Case Study. Wichelt N, Montez K, Osorio R, Roberts R, Greene I, de la Vega G, Brown CL. Pediatrics. 2025 May;
- Addressing food insecurity: a paediatric academic advocacy collaborative quality initiative. Amati JBA, Mehta S, Buitrago Mogollon T, Maldonado L, Sease KK, Best D, Montez K, Vander Schaaf E, Erickson E, Holloway J, Gustafson K, Roberts J, Avery C. BMJ Open Qual. 2025 May; 14(2)