Rate My Professor Jon Klein

Jonathan D. Klein, MD, MPH, is the Marron and Mary Elizabeth Kendrick Professor of Pediatrics and Chief of the Division of Adolescent Medicine in the Department of Pediatrics at Stanford University School of Medicine. He earned a BA in Biology from Brandeis University in 1979, an MD from UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School in 1984, and an MPH in Health Policy and Management from Harvard School of Public Health in 1984. He completed his pediatrics residency and served as chief resident at Boston Floating Hospital, followed by a fellowship in the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Board certified in Pediatrics since 2016 and Adolescent Medicine since 1994, Klein joined Stanford in October 2023 after serving as Professor of Pediatrics with tenure, Executive Vice Head of Pediatrics, and Associate Vice Chancellor for Research at the University of Illinois at Chicago from 2017 to 2023, where he also held the Savithri and Samuel Raj Endowed Professorship. Previously, he was Professor of Pediatrics with tenure at the University of Rochester School of Medicine from 2008 to 2014, Associate Professor from 1998 to 2008, and held various leadership roles including Director of the Adolescent Medicine Clinic and Medical Director of the Rochester Adolescent Maternity Program. From 2009 to 2017, he served as Associate Executive Director and later Senior Vice President for Global Health, Research, and Policy at the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Klein's research focuses on adolescent preventive services, tobacco control and cessation, secondhand smoke exposure reduction, e-cigarette use among youth, confidentiality and access to care, youth development, childhood obesity, comprehensive sexuality education, non-communicable disease prevention, and the impacts of COVID-19 on pediatric health. He has led major initiatives such as the Clinical Effort Against Secondhand Smoke Exposure (CEASE) trial and contributed to national surveys including the Youth Risk Behavior Survey and Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health Study. Key publications include 'Candy Cigarettes: Do They Encourage Children's Smoking?' (Pediatrics, 1992), 'Access to Health Care for Adolescents' (Journal of Adolescent Health, 1992), and statements on e-cigarettes and nicotine epidemics (Pediatrics, 2025). His influence extends through leadership as Immediate Past-President of the International Association for Adolescent Health, Treasurer and Standing Committee member of the International Pediatric Association, Board of Directors for the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine, and editorial board member for the Journal of Adolescent Health. Awards include the Julius B. Richmond Award (AAP, 2022), Adele Hoffman Visiting Professorship (SAHM, 2021), and Millie and Richard Brock Award (New York Academy of Medicine, 2010).