Adelaide Elise Barnes, MD
Areas of expertise: Pediatric hospital medicine, Global Health, Medical education, Leadership development
Locations: Main Building
About Adelaide Elise Barnes, MD
Dr. Adelaide Barnes is an Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics in the Division of General Pediatrics, Section of Hospital Medicine. She received her BA in Sociology from Duke University and her MD from The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences. Dr. Barnes completed residency training in pediatrics at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, where she also served as Chief Resident. Dr. Barnes is board certified in General Pediatrics and Pediatric Hospital Medicine. Clinically, Dr. Barnes is an attending on the pediatric hospital medicine service, is an expert in natural airway sedation, and serves as one of the Physician Supervisors for Patient Flow.
Dr. Barnes has served as an Associate Program Director within the CHOP Pediatric Residency Program since 2016, establishing and leading the Global Health Track, where she remains the Director. She served as the Director of Recruitment and Chair of the Intern Selection Committee from 2014-2025. She is passionate about diversity and inclusion within academic pediatrics and sits on the multidisciplinary CHOP Diversity Council for Equity, the Committee on Diversity and Inclusion within the Executive Committee of the Medical Staff, and is an Advisor on Leadership Accountability Team for the Department of Pediatrics.
Nationally, Dr. Barnes is the Chair of the Global Health Learning Community for the Association of Pediatric Program Directors, where the goal is to optimize educational standards for global health programs in the U.S. and develop innovative global health education. She also serves as a core faculty member on the Curriculum Advisory Committee for the Global Health Education in Equity, Antiracism, and Decolonization (GHEARD) curriculum through the American Academy of Pediatrics. Internationally, Dr. Barnes has extensive experience developing curricula and faculty development programs, and teaching in such places as the University of Botswana, the Open Medical Institute in Mexico City and Salzburg, and Vin University in Hanoi.
In recognition of her many accomplishments, she has received numerous awards, including the Dean’s Award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching, the Diversity and Inclusion Award for the Division of General Pediatrics, Section of Hospital Medicine, the Diversity Endowment Award through the Department of Pediatrics, and multiple years on the CHOP Faculty Honor Roll. In January 2025, she was appointed as the Medical Director of Global Pediatric Education for the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
Titles
Medical Director of Global Pediatric Education
Associate Program Director, CHOP Pediatrics Residency Program
Attending Physician, Division of General Pediatrics/Section of Hospital Medicine
Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Awards and Honors
2023, Diversity & Inclusion Award, Section of Hospital Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
2021, Dean's Award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching at an Affiliated Hospital, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
2020, Diversity Endowment Award, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
2019, Early Career Women Faculty Leadership Development Seminar, Association of American Medical Colleges
2016-2023, Early Career Faculty Honor Roll, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
2003, Postbaccalaureate Intramural Research Training Award, National Institutes of Health
2003, Alpha Kappa Delta International Sociology Honor Society, Duke University
1999, National Society of Collegiate Scholars, Duke University
1999, Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society, Duke University
2015, Top 10 Abstract for Quality and Patient Safety Day, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
2005, General Clinical Research Center Mentored Medical Student Fellowship, Children’s National Medical Center
2003, Postbaccalaureate Intramural Research Training Award, National Institutes of Health
2003, Alpha Kappa Delta International Sociology Honor Society, Duke University
1999, National Society of Collegiate Scholars, Duke University
1999, Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society, Duke University
Leadership and Memberships
2023-present, Botswana Paediatric Association
(Appointed/Invited as an International Member at the 10th Annual Botswana Paediatric Association conference.)
2009-present, American Academy of Pediatrics
- Member, 2009-present
- Section on Hospital Medicine, 2014-present
- Section on Global Health, 2014-present
- Contributor/Facilitator, GHEARD (Global Health Education for Equity, Anti-Racism, & Decolonization) Curriculum, 2020-present
- Member, GHEARD Project Advisory Committee, 2020-present
- Liaison, AAP and APPD, 2020-present
2013-present, Association of Pediatric Program Directors
- Member, 2013-present
- Member, Steering Committee, Global Health Learning Community, 2015-present
- Vice Chair, Steering Committee, Global Health Learning Community, 2022-2024
- Chair, Steering Committee, Global Health Learning Community, 2024-present
Editorial and Academic Positions
Academic and Institutional Committees
2025-present, Medical Director of Global Pediatric Education, CHOP
2024-present, Strategic Lead for Pathway Development, CHOP Diverse Faculty Workforce Initiative
2021-present, Advisor, Leadership Accountability Team, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
2019-present, Representative, Committee on Diversity and Inclusion (subcommittee of larger Executive Committee of the Medical Staff), Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
2016-present, Physician Supervisor for Patient Flow Team
2016-present, Associate Program Director, Pediatrics Residency Program
2014-2025, Chair, Pediatric Residency Program Intern Selection Committee, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
2014-present, Member, Committee on Inclusion and Belonging, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
2014-present, Global Health Track Director, Pediatrics Residency Program
2013-present, Member, Pediatrics Residency Program Clinical Competency Committee
2013-present, Chair, CHOP Global Health Education Committee
2012-2013, Author, NEJM Knowledge+ Database for pediatric boards questions (for family practitioners)
Education & training
Medical Degree
MD - The George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, DC
Residency
Pediatrics - Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA (Chief Resident)
Fellowship
Clinical Research Fellow - The George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, DC
Additional Training
Post-baccalaureate Research Fellow, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD
Publications
Publications
2025
Rule ARL*, Haq H*, Barnes A, Bowen D, Chiume-Kayuni M, Cameron W, Fanny SA, Groothuis E, Hodge B, Howard C, Hudspeth JC, Langford S, McHenry M, Opara IN, Kamath-Rayne BD, Suchdev PS, . Tam RP, Taylor F**, Musiime V**; on behalf of the GHEARD Authorship Group, : GHEARD: An Open-Access Modular Curriculum to Incorporate Equity, Anti-Racism, and Decolonization Training Into Global Health Education. Journal of Graduate Medical Education 17 (1): 28-37, February 2025.
2024
Fanny S.A, Tam RP, Rule A, Barnes A, Haq H: Transforming Pediatric Global Health Education Through Antiracist and Anticolonial Principles. Pediatrics 153(2), January 2024.
Bamat T, Gula A, Sieke EH, Newby B, Mehta J, Barnes A, Weiss A, Szalda D. : Implementation of a Trauma-Informed Challenging Interactions Reporting Tool to Improve our Clinical Learning Environment. Academic Pediatrics 10(24): S1876-2859, April 2024.
2021
Christiana Russ, Adelaide Barnes, Tania Condurache, Heather Haq, Elizabeth Keating, Lee Morris, Jennifer Watts, Maneesh Batra: Development of the Association of Pediatric Program Directors Global Educator Scholarship - Expanding Bidirectional Efforts in Global Health. Academic Pediatrics 21(8): 1309-1313, Nov-Dec 2021.
Haq H, Rule A, Coria A, Thahane L, Duperval R, Barnes A, Condurache T, Ferrer K, Javier M, Mendoza J, Russ C: Pediatric Hospital Medicine and Global Health: A Fitting Niche for an Emerging Subspecialty. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygeine 105(5): 1152-1154, Sep 2021.
2019
Heather Haq, Adelaide Barnes, Maneesh Batra, Tania Condurache, Mike Pitt, Jeff Robison, Chuck Shubert, Nicole St Clair, Omolara Uwemedimo, Jennifer Watts: Defining Global Health Tracks for Pediatric Residencies. Pediatrics 44(1): e20183860, July 2019.