Local doctor honored for work with children

Posted 12/13/19

Evanston's Dr. Bird Gilmartin received national award

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Local doctor honored for work with children

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Evanston pediatrician Dr. Bird Gilmartin was recently given the Award for Outstanding Service to Maltreated Children by the American Academy of Pediatrics at their national conference. “Encountering child abuse and neglect is so heartbreaking, but pediatricians play an important role in identifying and preventing the mistreatment of children,” said Gilmartin. 

“We are so grateful to have Dr. Bird Gilmartin in our community, a physician of such high caliber who cares deeply about the well-being of our children,” Evanston Regional Hospital CEO Cheri Willard said. “This national recognition really speaks to the difference she makes in the individual lives of her patients.” 

This award is given to a pediatrician or pediatric subspecialist who has demonstrated outstanding clinical care and service to abused and neglected children and their families, ideally at the local or regional level. In addition, Gilmartin spearheaded an education series in 2018-19 that brought together local agencies, healthcare providers, police, and schools to provide training on identifying and preventing child abuse and neglect. 

Uinta County Attorney Loretta Howieson adds, “I have never met a person as dedicated to the health and welfare of our children as Dr. Bird Gilmartin. She works tirelessly to care for and treat all the amazing children that come into her clinic but, more pertinently, she has worked long and hard hours insure that our hospital has the best opportunity to treat, stabilize and diagnosis critical-needs patients. These patients have all too often been abuse and neglect victims. She has also used her “spare” time to work on initiating legislation to further opportunities and access to protect children at risk. All of Wyoming’s children are safer due to her dedication to her craft. She is a treasure to her profession and our community, and she deserves this honor.”

Gilmartin is a board-certified pediatrician who trained specifically to treat children and their unique physical, emotional and psychological needs. She attended medical school at Pennsylvania State University and residency at Children’s Hospital Colorado in Denver. She practices at Uinta Medical Group in Evanston and also visits the Mountain View clinic with Bridger Valley Medical Group.