Kym Middleton is a pediatric hospitalist at Huntsville Hospital for Women and Children where she cares for newborn babies and also for sick children admitted to the pediatric floor. She loves teaching and works with medical students and Family Medicine residents of the Huntsville campus of the University of Alabama at Birmingham, as well as multidisciplinary teams to promote quality improvement and team-based education within the pediatric department.

Dr. Middleton was born and raised in Huntsville and attended undergraduate and medical school at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She completed her pediatric residency in Greenville, SC, and stayed on as Chief Resident before returning to her hometown.  
 
She is passionate about serving children, not just in the medical setting, but also outside in the community, serving on the Boards of the Huntsville-Madison County Library Foundation, National Children's Advocacy Center, and the Madison County Medical Society and she is always enthusiastic to learn of new ways to help children. She was even a part of the Young Professional Advisory Council of HEALS when it started! She is also heavily involved in the American Academy of Pediatrics as the Area Representative for the State Chapter and liaison for Reach Out and Read-Alabama. She is the host and showrunner of the AL AAP’s podcast, The Alabama Pediatrician, which shares medical updates, resources, and AAP news to pediatric providers to help better care for Alabama children and their families.
 
In her free time, she enjoys drawing and puzzling, along with traveling with her husband Geoffrey, and spending time with him and their new rescue dog, Koby! She also loves to geek out over fandoms like Disney and Harry Potter and frequently dresses up for work!