Ina Stephens, MD, e-RYT, C-IAYT

Biosketch:
Ina Stephens is Professor of Pediatrics, Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Integrative Medicine at University of Virginia Medical Center. She is a Pediatric Infectious Diseases consultant for UVA Children’s Hospital, has a particular interest in children with special needs and medical complexities. Dr. Stephens is the Associate Medical Director for the new Ehlers-Danlos Center here at UVA, and Medical Director of the Integrative Medicine Initiative and Program at UVA Medical Center. She directs the Pediatric Integrative Medicine clinic, the Infectious Diseases Diagnostic Dilemma clinic and co-directs the Autonomic Dysfunction clinic at UVA. She directs the Physician Wellness program for UVA Pediatric Residency program, and is the Medical Director for Camp Holiday Trails, a camp for children with medical complexities.
Dr. Stephens graduated from Wake Forest University School of Medicine, where she also completed her pediatric residency and served as chief resident. She completed her sub-specialty fellowship in Infectious Diseases at the Center for Vaccine Development at the University of Maryland. She was Principal Investigator on multiple clinical pediatric vaccine trial including influenza, RSV, meningococcus, and dengue virus, and served on the Governor’s Scientific Advisory Board for Pandemic H1N1 preparedness and response for the state of Maryland. She has been actively involved in medical education, and was a Program Director for 15 years for the Pediatric residency program and Pediatric Infectious Diseases fellowship program at Sinai Hospital and University of Maryland Children’s Hospital in Baltimore, MD. She is certified as a personal trainer with the National Academy of Sports Medicine, as a registered yoga teacher (e-RYT® 500 hour) through Yoga Alliance, and as a certified yoga therapist with the International Association of Yoga Therapists (C-IAYT).
For over 35 years, Ina has been dedicated on deepening her own practice of yoga, meditation and mindfulness-based stress reduction. She has taught yoga to both adults and children, including children with chronic medical conditions, special needs, autism and obesity.