Dr. Katie Barger is a board certified Pediatric Endocrinologist. She is interested in complete pediatric health overall. She earned a B.S. in Nutrition Science from University of Nebraska, in Lincoln, before attending medical school at the University of Nebraska College of Medicine. She completed her pediatric residency at Phoenix Children's Hospital where she first fell in love with Arizona, before moving to Kansas to do her pediatric endocrinology fellowship at Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City. After fellowship, Dr. Barger worked in a community hospital in Kansas for several years before coming back to Arizona and Phoenix Children's Hospital in 2020.

Dr. Barger enjoys following patients long-term as they grow and with her clinical interests in the areas of obesity, diabetes and growth, Phoenix Children's is the place she wanted to be.

When she is not at work, she loves the great outdoors, hiking, biking, and gardening with her husband and three adorable children. Read less