Presenter(s):

Karen Farst, MD MPH

Dr. Farst has worked as a child abuse pediatrician with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Center for Children at Risk and Arkansas Children’s Hospital since 2004. After residency training in internal medicine and pediatrics, she was in private practice for 3 years before completing a fellowship in child abuse pediatrics at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. Her work duties at Arkansas Children’s Hospital include medical evaluations for abuse and neglect with the Team for Children at Risk, education of medical and non-medical professionals on the medical aspects of child maltreatment and administration of the Center for Children at Risk. She serves on the Board of Directors for the National Children’s Alliance as well as the Child Abuse Pediatrics sub-board of the American Board of Pediatrics.