Education

Chief Resident, Pediatrics, University of Rochester, Golisano Children's Hospital at Strong, Rochester, NY (2003)

Resident, Pediatrics, University of Rochester, Golisano Children's Hospital at Strong, Rochester, NY (2002)

M.D., University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT (1999)

B.S., Neuroscience, Trinity College, Hartford, CT (1994)

Academic Appointments

Senior Associate Dean for Medical Education, The Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine at the University of Vermont, Burlington, VT (2020-present)
Interim Senior Associate Dean for Medical Education, The Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine at the University of Vermont, Burlington, VT (2019-2020)
Associate Dean for Students, Office of Medical Student Education, The Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine at The University of Vermont, Burlington, VT (2012-2020)
Professor of Pediatrics, The Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine at The University of Vermont, Burlington, VT (2022-present)
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, The Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine at The University of Vermont, Burlington, VT (2011-2022)
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, The Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine at The University of Vermont, Burlington, VT (2003-2011)
Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, The Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine at The University of Vermont, Burlington, VT (2003-2010)

Clinical Appointments

Pediatric Hospitalist, The University of Vermont Children's Hospital (2003-present)

Founder, Pediatric Hospitalist Program, The University of Vermont Children's Hospital, Burlington, VT (2003)

Other Professional Appointments

UVM Health Network Director of Medical Education, UVM Health Network, UVM Health Network Medical Group, and The Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine at the University of Vermont, Burlington, VT (2021-present)

Awards and Honors

Early Achievement Alumni Award, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT (2014)
Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT (2012)
Gold Humanism Honor Society Inductee, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT (2012)
Nominee, Clinical Attending of the Year, Department of Pediatrics, The University of Vermont Children’s Hospital (2011)
Nominee, Clinical Attending of the Year, Department of Pediatrics, The University of Vermont Children’s Hospital (2011)
Educational Scholar, Educational Scholars Program, Academic Pediatric Association (2009)
Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, Faculty Inductee, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT (2008)
Runner Up, Clinical Attending of the Year, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT (2008)
Recognition for Teaching, Department of Family Medicine, Fletcher Allen Health Care, Burlington, VT (2008)

Publications

Changing Medical Education Overnight: The Curricular Response to COVID-19 of Nine Medical Schools. Teaching and Learning in Medicine. Anticipated publication, July 2021 Andrew P. Binks, Renee J. LeClair, Joanne M. Willey, Judith M. Brenner, James D. Pickering, Jesse S. Moore, Kathryn N. Huggett, Kathleen M. Everling, John A. Arnott, Colleen M. Croniger, Christa H. Zehle, N. Kevin Krane, Richard M. Schwartzstein
Academic Medicine A Snapshot of Medical Student Education in the United States and Canada: Reports from 145 Schools; Vol.95, December 2020; The University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine; Christa Zehle, MD, Kathryn Huggett, PhD, Jesse Moore, MD, and Cate Nicholas, EdD, MS, PA
More is not always better: Student use of self-assessments and performance on USMLE Step 1, International Association of Medical Science Educators. June 2020; Moore JS, Menon P, Moynihan T, Howe A, Zehle C.
Establishing Fair and Ethical Medical Student Promotions Committees; Medical Science Educator, June 2018 An Active Approach: Preliminary Experiences of the Transition to a Medical Education Curriculum Delivered Entirely with Active Learning. Gross, B; Moore MD, J; Zehle MD, C. 2018 AAMC Annual Conference OSR Posters, Austin, TX
The WeeklyWire: Centralized Communication for Medical Students. Hallquist K, Zehle MD, C. 2016 AAMC Annual Conference GSA Posters, Seattle, WA (2016)
Redesigning the Clerkship Year: Creating and Maintaining Mutually Beneficial Clerkship Sites. Kagan C, Wingfield P, Zehle MD, C. 2012 AAMC Annual Conference OSR Posters, San Francisco, CA (2012)

Chapters in Textbooks
Foreign Bodies in the Gastrointestinal Tract, Current Pediatric Therapy 18th Edition, Chapter Co-Author (2006)

Handbooks
Vermont Children’s Hospital, Acute Care Handbook, 4th Edition, Co-Editor (2004)