For more than a decade, Dr. Jeanne McCoy has established a reputation as a pediatric hospitalist with a below average joke telling ability and a love of talking. As a result of this, Dr. McCoy finds joy in subjecting students, colleagues, and audiences to her sense of humor during her presentations and lectures, combining her passion for teaching with a captive audience.

Since 2009, she has served in leadership positions in several peer review and quality improvement committees, including a term as Medical Staff President (and now serves as Immediate Past President), and as Chair of Pediatrics since 2012. In her clinical role as a pediatric hospitalist, she cares for newborns on the maternity service, pediatric patients on the inpatient and observation units, and pediatric patients in the emergency department. She is a board-certified pediatrician (FAAP) and also an instructor in both Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) and Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP). Her personal mission statement is to “Improve the experience of healthcare for patients, colleagues, and families.” In the post-pandemic era, she has been attempting to work on prevention of burnout and moral injury.

Jeanne enjoys running (slowly) and has completed two marathons. Her homestead is home to chickens, guinea fowl, goats, cats, and a variety of wildlife. She and her husband enjoy travel and camping.