Allison H. Bartlett, MD

Dr. Allison H. Bartlett, MD, MS, FAAP, FPIDS is a pediatric infectious diseases specialist at the University of Chicago Medicine Comer Children’s Hospital. In her clinical practice, she cares for children of all ages with a variety of acute and chronic infections. She is a caring clinician who strives to provide patient- and family-centered, safe, evidence-based, high-value care to all her patients.



In addition to her clinical and teaching responsibilities, Dr. Bartlett has several additional roles. Dr. Bartlett has been the Associate Medical Director of the Infection Prevention and Control program since her arrival in 2011. She is the primary content expert for pediatric issues, and also participates in medical center-wide initiatives regardless of patient population. She is active in the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology in America (SHEA) and the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (PIDS).



She was appointed the inaugural Chief Quality Officer for Comer Children’s in 2023, after having served as the Quality Chief for the Department of Pediatrics since 2014. She leads faculty, staff, and trainees in efforts to improve the quality, safety and efficiency of care that we provide to our patients and their families.



She was also appointed interim section chief for the section of pediatric infectious diseases in 2025.



Dr. Bartlett grew up in Madison, Wisconsin and attended Princeton University with a major in molecular biology and a minor in Latin American Studies, graduating with Highest Honors. She graduated from Washington University School of Medicine in and completed her training in pediatrics and pediatric infectious diseases at Texas Children’s Hospital/Baylor College of Medicine. In 2011, she joined the University of Chicago Medicine / Comer Children’s Hospital.



Dr. Bartlett lives in Hyde Park with her husband and their three teenaged sons. She is an avid (recreational) cyclist. She and her family enjoy escaping the city and heading to the North Woods of Wisconsin in the summer for outdoor recreation: hiking, canoeing, swimming, fishing, sailing, and more. During the pandemic, she renewed her love of knitting and cross-stitching.