Katie Queen, MD

Dr. Queen is a pediatrician who is passionate about preventing chronic disease and obesity in children by promoting healthy lifestyle choices. She first became interested in nutrition and physical activity as a teen, when she recalls doing weekly step aerobics with her mother at the local gym. While completing her degree in Plan II Honors liberal arts at the University of Texas at Austin, she completed her AFAA training to teach group exercise, was president of the Nutrition & Wellness Association, and concentrated on nutrition classes in addition to her premedical studies.

She went on to complete her medical degree from LSU School of Medicine in New Orleans, spending two elective months during her fourth year at UCSF and Duke University learning from experts in childhood obesity. During her residency at LSU Pediatrics New Orleans, she received an American Academy of Pediatrics CATCH grant to design and implement an intensive healthy lifestyle program for kids and their families at a local community center.

Dr. Queen earned her Board Certification in obesity medicine in 2020 and began her role as the medical director of the Our Lady of the Lake Children's Health Weight and Nutrition Center.

Dr. Queen is currently focusing on making progress at the state level to try and reduce the rates of childhood obesity in Louisiana.

“We are number three in the country, and I realize that treating one patient at a time will likely not fix this enormous problem” she says. “I'm interested in public health and changing policy that can help make the food and physical environment one where the healthy choice is the easy choice.”

Dr. Queen remains an active member of the national American Academy of Pediatrics section on childhood obesity and is currently working on creating a section for the state chapter.