Adrienne Hoyt-Austin, D.O., M.A.S., N.A.B.B.L.M.-C., I.B.C.L.C.

Dr. Hoyt-Austin (she/her) is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at UC Davis Health. She practices pediatrics and breastfeeding/lactation medicine and is health services researcher. She obtained her undergraduate degree at UC San Diego in La Jolla, CA, medical degree at Rocky Vista University College of Osteopathic Medicine in Parker, CO; pediatric residency and chief residency at L.J. Murphy INOVA Children’s Hospital in Fairfax, VA; and Academic Pediatric fellowship through the Quality, Safety and Comparative Effectiveness Training program in Primary Care (QSCERT-PC) at UC Davis. She is a scholar in the UC Davis K12 Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health (BIRCWH) program and has career interests in improving how to best support postpartum patients after birth hospitalization discharge.

Dr. Hoyt-Austin works clinically as a general pediatrician at Glassrock Pediatrics, Sacramento County Health Center and the UC Davis Well Newborn Care Unit, and she has a specialty breastfeeding clinic at Glassrock Pediatrics. Dr. Hoyt-Austin has presented nationally and internationally on her clinical, research, and academic work in breastfeeding and human milk science. She serves as the Communications Chair for the Better Outcomes through Research for Newborns research network through the Academic Pediatric Association and is the Chair of the Protocol Committee for the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine.