Jessica Weisz, M.D., is a general pediatrician at Children's Health Center at Columbia Heights and an affiliate faculty member of the Child Health Advocacy Institute. She graduated from the Primary Care residency track with a Global Health Certificate from Children's National Hospital in 2014. She worked in private practice and at a federally qualified health center before returning to work at Children's National.
In her current role, she provides patient care as well as supervises medical students and residents. Dr. Weisz is helping to develop a multi-modal curriculum to teach students and residents how to incorporate screening and addressing social needs during clinical visits. She is also participating in an initiative to address school absenteeism. She completed the Quality Improvement Leadership Training course through Children’s National in the spring of 2020. She lives with her family in the Columbia Heights neighborhood of Washington, D.C.