Jennifer A. Rabbitts MD

Jennifer Rabbitts, MD is an associate professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine at the University of Washington School of Medicine. She practices as a pediatric anesthesiologist and pain physician at Seattle Children’s Hospital. Her NIH-funded research program focuses on assessing and improving pain and health outcomes after pediatric surgery. She is specifically interested in bio-psychosocial risk and resilience factors for delayed recovery, mechanisms underlying acute to chronic pain transition and treatments to enhance recovery and improve long-term pain and health outcomes in adolescents undergoing major surgery.

Rabbitts is active in service, currently serving as Program Chair for the International Symposium of Pediatric Pain 2023, on the editorial boards of the Journal of Pain, Pain Medicine and Pediatric Anesthesia, and as chair for the ChildKind International Pediatric Pain Resource Committee. She is passionate about mentoring students and early career faculty, serving as a mentor for the Women’s Empowerment and Leadership Initiative, and the Mission Driven Mentoring Program for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion of the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia, as well as the University of Washington Innovations in Pain Research Summer Program.