William T. Gerson MD, FAAP
Dr. William T. Gerson was born and raised in Storrs, CT. He received his undergraduate degree in History of Science at Harvard College and his medical degree at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He completed his internship, residency, and chief residency at Children’s Hospital Boston. After finishing his training, Dr. Gerson remained at Children’s Hospital as a member of the Pulmonary Division and Director of the Cystic Fibrosis Clinic. He joined Pediatric Medicine in 1988.
Dr. Gerson is a Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine, continues to publish articles on topics of general pediatrics in Current Problems in Pediatric and Adolescent Health Care, is on the Editorial Board of Infectious Diseases in Children (now Healio Pediatrics Peer Perspective Board), and has been continually selected to The Best Doctors in America since 1996. He was a longtime Member of the American Board of Pediatrics and a Past-President of the Medical Staff at the University of Vermont Medical Center. Dr. Gerson and his wife, Kristine, live in Charlotte and have four adult sons and six grandchildren.