About

Dr. Free N. Hess

Board Certified Pediatrician

& Child Safety Expert

My life mission is to do everything I can to keep children as safe as possible in this ever-changing, and sometimes scary world.

I have worked in both inner city and rural Pediatric Emergency Departments for the past decade, and although I love taking care of kiddos in the ER...

I’d prefer to help parents keep their children OUT of my department!

Through my consulting, podcast, PediMom Community and speaking engagements around the country, I show medical professionals, parents, caregivers and product manufacturers that much of what I see in the ER is preventable and can be avoided with adequate information and education.

Please explore this site and PediMom.com for more information.

My life mission is to do everything I can to keep children as safe as possible in this ever-changing, and sometimes scary world.

I have worked in both inner city and rural Pediatric Emergency Departments for the past decade, and although I love taking care of kiddos in the ER...

I’d prefer to help parents keep their children OUT of my department!

Through my consulting, podcast, PediMom Community and speaking engagements around the country, I show medical professionals, parents, caregivers and product manufacturers that much of what I see in the ER is preventable and can be avoided with adequate information and education.

Please explore this site and PediMom.com for more information.

Partnerships

About Dr. Hess

Dr. Free N. Hess received her Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine Degree from the New York College of Osteopathic Medicine and went on to complete her pediatric residency at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Jacobi Medical Center, in Bronx, NY.

After almost a decade of working in Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Dr. Hess was becoming disillusioned by the number of children suffering preventable injuries and death and looked for a new way to educate the public.

She took to social media and launched

PediMom.com, a child safety website that educates the public using both her own expertise and that of other professionals, as well as the voices and experiences of parents and children.

This work has fueled her passion for educating about child safety, especially regarding social media and online safety.

Dr. Free N. Hess received her Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine Degree from the New York College of Osteopathic Medicine and went on to complete her pediatric residency at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Jacobi Medical Center, in Bronx, NY.

After almost a decade of working in Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Dr. Hess was becoming disillusioned by the number of children suffering preventable injuries and death and looked for a new way to educate the public.

She took to social media and launched

PediMom.com, a child safety website that educates the public using both her own expertise and that of other professionals, as well as the voices and experiences of parents and children.

This work has fueled her passion for educating about child safety, especially regarding social media and online safety.

Through my consulting, podcast, PediMom Community, and speaking engagements around the country, I show medical professionals, parents, caregivers and product manufacturers that much of what I see in the ER is preventable and can be avoided with adequate information & education.

Please explore this site and

PediMom.com for more information.

Media Features

Dr. Hess was a featured expert in the groundbreaking documentary Childhood 2.0, which takes a deep dive into the dangers of social media for children.

She was also featured in a BBC documentary exposing the tremendous amount of self-harm and suicide content on social media platforms, and its possible contribution to the rise in mental health concerns and suicide rates we are seeing in children.

In addition, Dr. Hess has been on multiple episodes of Crime Stories with Nancy Grace and is frequently asked to contribute to media stories on child safety ranging from common childhood injuries to dangerous social media trends, and everything in between.