Jamie L. Wooldridge, M.D.

Professional Background

Dr. Wooldridge has a passion for taking care of kids with asthma. Both in taking care of kids with asthma and improving asthma care in the community. Dr. Wooldridge utilizes motivation interviewing in working with patients and their caregivers to identify changes they can make to improve their asthma symptoms. She also has a number of tools to help patients understand asthma and improve adherence with their medications. She is the pulmonologist for the Severe Asthma Clinic at Golisano Children’s Hospital and a Certified Asthma Educator.

Dr. Wooldridge is one of four physician champions for the NYS Asthma Control Program which is funded by the CDC to reduce asthma ED visits and admissions in the state. Through this work, Dr. Wooldridge is the physician leader for the Asthma Coalition of Erie, Monroe, and Niagara counties. This includes working with hospitals and primary care practices to implement a care process ensuring patients receive guideline-based asthma care with education and self-management tools. Dr. Wooldridge is working with practices in all three counties. She welcomes questions and can be reached at jamie_wooldridge@urmc.rochester.edu

Dr. Wooldridge received her M.D. from Indiana University in 1995. She completed her pediatric residency training at Riley Children’s Hospital, Indianapolis, in 1998 and her pediatric pulmonary fellowship at University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in 2002. She was faculty at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center from 2002 through 2010 where she conducted clinical research in abnormal metabolism and effects on lung function in cystic fibrosis. She also completed formal training in Motivational Interviewing which she has employed in her patient care since. She joined the faculty and St. Louis University School of Medicine and Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center from 2010 through 2016. In this position, she was a leader of quality improvement teams in asthma and cystic fibrosis. From 2016 to 2020, she was the Chief of Division of Pediatric Pulmonology, Department of Pediatrics, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo. In the position, she started the first dedicated pediatric sleep program in Buffalo, recruited faculty to develop a center of excellence for technology dependent patients, and initiated an asthma population health initiative. In 2020, she moved to University of Rochester Medical Center where she continues her population health initiative through the Asthma Coalition of Erie, Monroe, and Niagara County to improve outcomes for kids with asthma. She has been the principal investigator for numerous clinical research trials. She is the author/co-author of over 20 scientific articles and book chapters.