Department of Pediatrics

Education

• BA, cum laude, Pomona College, 2009
• MD, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, 2013

Training

• Resident, Pediatrics, Duke University Hospital, 2013 - 2016
• Fellow, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Duke University Hospital, 2016 - 2019

Licensure and Board Certification

• 2016 - 2019NC, Medical License
• 2016American Board of Pediatrics, General Pediatrics
• 2019MO, Medical License
• 2020Board Certified, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Honors and Awards

• Kids Care Children’s Miracle Network Grant, Duke University Medical Center, 2018

Recent Publications view all (6)

1. Amanda Kolmar, Arif H Kamal, Karen E Steinhauser. Clinician end-of-life experiences with pediatric Muslim patients at a US quaternary care center J Pain Symptom Manage . 2022. PMID:35032621 
2. Kolmar A, Hueckel RM, Kamal A, Dickerman M. Top Ten Tips Palliative Care Clinicians Should Know About Caring for Children in Neonatal and Pediatric Intensive Care Units. J Palliat Med. 2019;22(9):1149-1153. PMID:31498731 
3. Kolmar A, Kamal AH. Developing a Path to Improve Cultural Competency in Islam Among Palliative Care Professionals. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2018;55(3):e1-e3. PMID:29154889 
4. Amy A. Gelfand, MD, Amanda C. Reider, MD, and Peter J. Goadsby, MD PhD. Outcomes of Greater Occipital Nerve Injections in Pediatric Patients with Chronic Primary Headache Disorders Pediatr Neurol. 2013;50(2):135-9. doi:10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2013.09.008  PMCID:PMC3903978  PMID:24268688 
5. Gelfand AA, Reider AC, Goadsby PJ. Cranial autonomic symptoms in pediatric migraine are the rule, not the exception. Neurology. 2013;81(5):431-6. PMCID:PMC3776532  PMID:23897870 
6. Amanda Kolmar, MD, Arif H. Kamal, MD, MBA, MHS, and Karen E. Steinhauser, PhD. ‘Between wings of hope and fear’: Muslim parents’ experiences with the American health care system Journal of Palliative Medicine.