Ina Stephens, MD
Pediatrics
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Bio & Overview
Ina Stephens is Professor of Pediatrics, Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Integrative Medicine at University of Virginia Medical Center. She is a Pediatric Infectious Diseases consultant for UVA Children’s Hospital, has a particular interest in children with special needs and medical complexities. Dr. Stephens is the Director of the Integrative Medicine Initiative and Program at UVA Medical Center and School of Medicine, directs the Pediatric Integrative Medicine clinic, the Infectious Diseases Diagnostic Dilemma clinic and co-directs the Autonomic Dysfunction clinic at UVA.
She directs the Physician Wellness program for UVA Pediatric Residency program, and is the Medical Director for Camp Holiday Trails, a camp for children with medical complexities. She is the current interim Medical Director for the new Ehlers-Danlos Center here at UVA. Dr. Stephens graduated from Wake Forest University School of Medicine, where she also completed her pediatric residency and served as chief resident. She completed her sub-specialty fellowship in Infectious Diseases at the Center for Vaccine Development at the University of Maryland. She was Principal Investigator on multiple clinical pediatric vaccine trial including influenza, RSV, meningococcus, and dengue virus, and served on the Governor’s Scientific Advisory Board for Pandemic H1N1 preparedness and response for the state of Maryland. She is certified as a personal trainer with the National Academy of Sports Medicine, as a registered yoga teacher (e-RYT® 500 hour) through Yoga Alliance, and as a certified yoga therapist with the International Association of Yoga Therapists (C-IAYT).
For over 30 years, Ina has been dedicated on deepening her own practice of yoga, meditation and mindfulness-based stress reduction. She has taught yoga to both adults and children, including children with chronic medical conditions, special needs, autism and obesity.
Academic Information
- Department
- Pediatrics
- Academic Role
- Professor
- Division
- Pediatric Infectious Diseases
- Research Interests
- General Pediatrics and Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Immunizations and Vaccine Development, Global Health and Infections of International adoptees, Medical Yoga Therapy, Undergraduate and Graduate Medical Education
- Gender
- Female
- Languages
- English
- Age Groups Seen
- Infants (0-2)
Children (2-12)
Adolescents (12-21)
- Primary Education
- Wake Forest University School of Medicine
- Residency
- Wake Forest University School of Medicine
- Fellowships
- University of Maryland School of Medicine
- Certification
- American Board of Pediatrics (Pediatric Infectious Diseases), American Board of Pediatrics (Pediatrics)
Highlights
Meet Pediatrician Ina Stephens, MD
Hi, I'm Dr. Ina Stephens. I'm in the Department of Pediatrics. I am a pediatrician as well as a pediatric infectious disease subspecialist. So I see a large variety of patients, but concentrating mostly on patients with medical complexities. I first developed an interest in medicine when I was really young. My dad was a dermatologist. His office was on the side of our house. And then when I was a freshman in college, my father took me on a medical missionary trip to the Dominican Republic and Haiti. And that trip, I think changed my life. It got me really interested in infectious disease. It got me interested in just taking care of the underserved and really looking at the whole picture of patient care. My first job is to really get to know the patient. So I usually sit the patient down, whether they're coming in for an infectious disease consultation, if they're coming in for a complex medical problem where they want integrative therapies, if they're coming in for a diagnostic dilemma, whatever it is, I sit them down. I say, "I need to hear the whole story." We have some wonderful, very, very well experienced and very passionate doctors here at UVA. Whether the doctor that you see knows the answer to what your problem is, if they don't, I think that they are going to go find the answer for you and find the subspecialist that will likely be available here at UVA to help take care of you. So I think that the resources here are incredible.
Awards
- Excellence in Teaching Award - The Children's Hospital at Sinai, 1999
- Excellence in Teaching Award - The Children's Hospital at Sinai, 2003
- Excellence in Teaching Award - University of Maryland Hospital for Sick Children, 2009
- Commencement Speaker - Graduation of Pediatric House Staff, University of Maryland Hospital for Sick Children, 2009
- Harvard-Macy Scholar, Program for Health Professionals in Medical Education, Harvard Medical School, 2011
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