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Wendy L. Hobson-Rohrer

Wendy L. Hobson-Rohrer, MD, MSPH, FAAP

Languages spoken: English, Spanish

Clinical Locations

  • South Main Clinic

    801-587-2525
  • Wendy L. Hobson-Rohrer, MD, MSPH has focused her career as a general pediatrician on education and caring for the underserved. Dr. Hobson-Rohrer graduated from Cornell University with a B.A. in Spanish and Latin American Studies and with Distinction in All Subjects. She then completed her M.D. degree at Cornell University Medical College. She moved to Utah for her pediatric internship and residency at the University of Utah. After working for a few years in the National Public Health Services Corp at the Community Health Centers Inc., Dr. Hobson-Rohrer pursed a fellowship in education and completed her M.S.P.H degree at the University of Utah.

    Dr. Hobson-Rohrer is the Executive Medical Director of the South Main Clinic whose mission is to provide high quality, comprehensive, and cost-effective care to underserved families in our community and care to specialized populations that lack access to appropriate services while sharing community resources.

    Dr. Hobson-Rohrer cares for a large number of children and youth with special health care needs, including those with cerebral palsy, Down syndrome, cardiac diseases, and other genetic disorders. She has focused her clinical research and advocacy efforts on caring for these children and their families. With a five-year Healthy Tomorrows Partnership for Children grant, she developed Niños Especiales/Familias Fuertes (Special Children/Strong Families), a support group system for families with Latino children with special health care needs.

    Dr. Hobson-Rohrer served as the Chair of the CATCH (Community Access to Child Health) committee of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Co-Chair of the Academic Pediatric Association's Serving the Underserved Special Interest Group and as the Workshop Chair for the Pediatric Academic Societies.

    Specialties

    Board Certification and Academic Information

    Academic Departments Pediatrics - Primary
    Family & Preventive Medicine - Adjunct
    Academic Divisions Family Medicine
    General Pediatrics
  • Wendy L. Hobson-Rohrer, MD, MSPH has focused her career as a general pediatrician on education and caring for the underserved. Dr. Hobson-Rohrer graduated from Cornell University with a B.A. in Spanish and Latin American Studies and with Distinction in All Subjects. She then completed her M.D. degree at Cornell University Medical College. She moved to Utah for her pediatric internship and residency at the University of Utah. After working for a few years in the National Public Health Services Corp at the Community Health Centers Inc., Dr. Hobson-Rohrer pursed a fellowship in education and completed her M.S.P.H degree at the University of Utah.

    Dr. Hobson-Rohrer is the Executive Medical Director of the South Main Clinic whose mission is to provide high quality, comprehensive, and cost-effective care to underserved families in our community and care to specialized populations that lack access to appropriate services while sharing community resources.

    Dr. Hobson-Rohrer cares for a large number of children and youth with special health care needs, including those with cerebral palsy, Down syndrome, cardiac diseases, and other genetic disorders. She has focused her clinical research and advocacy efforts on caring for these children and their families. With a five-year Healthy Tomorrows Partnership for Children grant, she developed Niños Especiales/Familias Fuertes (Special Children/Strong Families), a support group system for families with Latino children with special health care needs.

    Dr. Hobson-Rohrer served as the Chair of the CATCH (Community Access to Child Health) committee of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Co-Chair of the Academic Pediatric Association's Serving the Underserved Special Interest Group and as the Workshop Chair for the Pediatric Academic Societies.

    Board Certification and Academic Information

    Academic Departments Pediatrics -Primary
    Family & Preventive Medicine -Adjunct
    Academic Divisions Family Medicine
    General Pediatrics

    Education history

    Graduate Training Conflict Resolution - University of Utah Graduate Certificate
    Public Health - University of Utah M.S.P.H.
    Fellowship Education - University of Utah, School of Medicine Fellow
    Pediatrics - University of Utah School of Medicine Resident
    Internship Pediatrics - University of Utah School of Medicine Intern
    Cornell University Medical College M.D.
    Undergraduate Spanish - Cornell University College of Arts and Sciences B.A.