Dr. Katherine Blount is a Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrician at the Thompson Center for Autism & Neurodevelopment at the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri. After practicing as a general pediatrician for five years in Jefferson City, Missouri, she returned to training and completed a fellowship in Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics at the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri. Dr. Blount received her Master of Public Health degree from the University of Missouri in 2011 and then her Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine from Des Moines University in Des Moines, Iowa. She completed her residency in Pediatrics at the University of Missouri in 2018. Dr. Blount is board-certified in Pediatrics by the American Board of Pediatrics.
Dr. Blount is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics. She is the Legislative and Advocacy Chair of the Missouri Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics. She serves as the co-chair of the Missouri Child Psychiatry Access Project Steering Committee. Dr. Blount just completed a second term on the American Academy of Pediatrics Section of Osteopathic Pediatricians Executive Committee.
Dr. Blount is married to Dr. Lucas Blount, and they have two children, Charlee and Teddy. They enjoy cooking, going out to eat or to the theater, being outside with the kids or on the trails, and watching and attending college sports events, especially now that they can take two future Mizzou Tigers to share the experience.