Margaret Kersey-Isaacson, MD
My specialties:
- Pediatrics
Professional interests:
- Health equity
- Immigrant health
- Obesity prevention
- Breastfeeding promotion
- Child Development
I am a board-certified pediatrician with professional interests in health equity, immigrant health, obesity prevention, breastfeeding promotion and child development.
Hometown: St. Paul, MN
I am passionate about: helping my pediatric patients grow up to become happy, healthy, resilient, independent adults.
I became a pediatrician because: I get to be a scientist, a teacher, a counselor and an advocate for children.
Something I have learned from my patients is: to listen, have empathy and not judge.
One of the challenges of this career that I enjoy is: taking care of families from all walks of life and from all over the world. I try to meet families where they are, regardless of where they come from and what life experiences they have had. The Twin Cities have become so wonderfully diverse that I can practice international medicine here every day without having to leave home.
My favorite parenting advice: Prepare your child for the path, not the path for your child.
My personal health goal is: to keep running until I'm 100.
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Credentials
- MD
Board-certified specialties
- Pediatrics
Personal interests
- BWCA trips
- International travel
- Nordic skiing
- Running
- Spending time at the cabin
Educational institutions
- University of Minnesota Medical School
- Dartmouth College
- Adjunct Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota Medical School
Memberships
- Diplomate, American Board of Pediatrics
Residencies
- University of Minnesota Medical School
Fellowships
- Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar, University of Chicago
Years of experience
- 20
Additional languages spoken
- Spanish
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Major health plans we participate in
- Allina Health | Aetna
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota
- HealthPartners
- Medica
- PreferredOne
- SelectCare/LaborCare
- UCare
- UnitedHealthcare
Other health plans we participate in
- Medicaid/Medicare
- Aetna
- America's PPO
- First Health/Coventry
- CIGNA
- Humana
- Hennepin Health (formerly Metropolitan Health Plan)
- PrimeWest
- South Country Health Alliance
- United Behavioral Health
- Wisconsin Physician Services (WPS)