Dr. Khadijia Tribie Reid is a mother, wife, pediatrician and child health advocate. She is the Pediatric Medical Director of MedNorth Community Health Center. At MedNorth, she built a primary care home that welcomes all southeastern North Carolina children - insured and uninsured. She is also a proud architect of the Center’s Intellectual and Developmental Delay (IDD) Program. Dr. Tribie Reid’s investment in families impacted by IDD extends well beyond her clinical practice. She is the Co-Principal Investigator of the Black Families and Physicians Accessing Services Together (BFAST) study. This NIH Funded study aims to decrease disparities in autism diagnosis which disproportionately adversely impacts African American families.

Dr. Tribie Reid is an advocate for early childhood education. She is the North Carolina Medical Director of Reach Out and Read. She is also the previous Board Chair of Smart Start of New Hanover County and she is delighted to currently serve as the governor’s appointee on the Board of the North Carolina Partnership for Children.

Dr. Tribie Reid aims to create systems that facilitate healthy child growth and development in her community and beyond. She currently serves on the board of the New Hanover Community Endowment. She is the immediate past chair of Novant New Hanover Regional Medical Center’s Department of Pediatrics. She also serves on the American Academy of Pediatrics’ Expert Leadership Team on Trauma Informed Care.

Dr. Tribie Reid’s greatest joy is spending time with her family. Simple moments like dinner together, car dancing, and movie night fill her bucket and give her the energy to keep making good trouble.