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

Kimberly Gayle Montez, MD
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
- Inpatient Food Insecurity and Hospital Length of Stay in Pediatric Patients With Asthma. Peterson BA, Brown C, Montez K, DeWitt LH. Hosp Pediatr. 2026 Feb; 16(2):e128-e131.
- Duration of Food Insecurity and Childhood Diet and Development: Special Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program for Women, Infants, and Children Infant and Toddler Feeding Practices Study-2 Findings. Kay MC, Fansler A, Sun B, Palakshappa D, Montez K, Brown CL, Borger C. J Nutr. 2026 Jan; 156(3):101365.
- Food Insecurity Screening and Intervention Strategies in Pediatric Primary Care Practices: A Mixed Methods Study. Suarez L, James G, Montez K, Orr C, Nandagiri V, Huang A, Tyrrell H, Cholera R. Acad Pediatr. 2025 Dec; :103200.
- 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.