Anna Rebecca Young, MD

Rebecca is an Assistant Professor in the division of Pediatric Anesthesia. She grew up in Atlanta, GA, and then Lexington, KY where she attended college, medical school, and residency, spending most of her summers in school overseas on medical outreach projects. She did her pediatric anesthesia fellowship at Washington University in 2012 and joined the faculty thereafter.

Rebecca is passionate about teaching and recently became the Director of Pediatric Anesthesia Education. She developed and helps direct the curriculum for the pediatric anesthesia fellowship, as well actively participating in medical student and resident education. In her new role, she is working to develop an expanded curriculum for the resident pediatric rotations. She also helps with the Gateway curriculum for medical students, as well as continuing her work with the pediatric anesthesia fellowship.

Outside of work, she spends her time with her husband and twin daughters, refurbishing their 1910 ‘fixer-upper,’ running, cycling, and skiing as much as possible. She also helps coach her daughters’ basketball and soccer teams.