Dr. Cory Kercher

Dr. Kercher has been featured in the Kids Health Cast podcast discussing preventive health for newborns and preventive health for toddlers, and has served as a panelist in the Children's Health Council Discovery Panel at Weill Cornell addressing “21st Century Parenting Challenges and How to Solve them.”

Dr. Kercher says her greatest joy in being a pediatrician is helping people navigate through what is at the same time the most exciting and frightening experience of their lives: becoming a parent.

“Nothing can properly prepare you for the feelings you have when you first bring your child home. Family, friends, doctors, and the internet all offer a surplus of advice, and yet you still feel unsure of what to do,” says Dr. Kercher. “From the very beginning, I am there to help guide parents and caregivers to make the decisions that work best for their family. I have the privilege of watching families grow and seeing once-nervous parents become confident and comfortable, navigating all the exciting stages their children enter.”

Having worked at a large academic medical center for more than a decade, Dr. Kercher has taken care of babies and children with a wide range of complex medical diagnoses, including extreme prematurity, various genetic syndromes, rare diseases, and other disabilities. She thinks of each child as a whole person with a life ahead of them, instead of as a body made up of separate systems. As a mother of four girls, Dr. Kercher is reminded on a daily basis that not all children have the same needs and not every family works the same way.

Dr. Kercher says, “I love talking to children as they get older and helping them understand how to take care of their own bodies and keep themselves healthy and safe. Eventually, my patients graduate from pediatrics, and I hope to provide them with the foundation for a lifetime of healthy choices.”