EMILEE DOBISH, MD

Dr. Emilee Dobish received her Bachelor of Science in Neurobiology and Physiology from the University of Maryland and her M.D. from Penn State University College of Medicine.  She completed her pediatric residency at University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) and Le Bonheur Children’s hospital in 2014, and her chief residency in pediatrics at the same institutions the following year.  She completed her Masters of Epidemiology from UTHSC in 2020.  
Dr. Dobish is currently an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at UTHSC and an an academic hospitalist at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital.  She performs bedside teaching rounds 16 weeks a year, working with medial students, as well as pediatric and medicine-pediatric residents.  Dr. Dobish has a passion for teaching and in 2017 and 2023 she was awarded the Golden Apple for teaching in Pediatrics by UTHSC.  She also received the Department of Pediatrics Excellence in Education in 2021.

In 2018, she became the Medical Champion of the Memphis Children’s Health Law Directive (Memphis CHILD), which is a medical-legal partnership between Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital, UTHSC, Memphis Area Legal Services and the University of Memphis Law School providing free civil legal services to pediatric patients whose families have legal needs affecting their health.  She serves as the medial liaison between attorneys and physicians, interprets medical records for the attorneys and provides education to medial staff on how legal issues adversely affect patient health.

Dr. Dobish’s areas of interest and research focus include medical-legal partnerships, quality improvement projects regarding the care of hospitalized pediatric patients and working with struggling learners.

Dr. Dobish has attended the Southern Society for Pediatric Research (SSPR) for several years and has mentored 13 resident abstracts, both as poster presentations and oral presentations.  Participating in SSPR has helped foster Dr. Dobish’s own interests in research and has enjoyed increasing resident participation at her institution to help increase resident interest in research projects.

Dr. Dobish is excited for the opportunity to increase her participation to SSPR by serving on the advisory council.