Kathleen Berchelmann, M.D.

Dr. Berchelmann is a pediatrician, wife and a mother of seven children. She sees patients from birth through young adulthood. Her practice includes all general pediatric and adolescent medical needs. Dr. Berchelmann does not see patients with suicidal or homicidal thoughts, or patients with complex mental illness requiring inpatient psychiatric care. She speaks nationally on vaccines derived from aborted fetal tissue, also known as human diploid cell line vaccines.

Dr. Berchelmann is board certified in Pediatrics.

After graduating from Amherst college in 1998, she completed a fellowship in medical ethics at Weston Jesuit School of Theology. Kathleen graduated from the University of Connecticut School of Medicine in 2003, and completed her internship and residency in pediatrics at Washington University in St. Louis and St. Louis Children’s Hospital. She stayed on as clinical faculty at Washington University School of Medicine for another ten years. She also served as Spokesperson for St. Louis Children’s Hospital and learned health marketing through the media. In 2016 she accepted a faculty position at The University of Missouri School of Medicine with a clinical appointment in Pediatric Emergency Medicine at Mercy Hospital in St. Louis.

In 2018, Dr. Berchelmann founded MyCatholicDoctor, using telehealth to bridge the geographic distance between the patients and families that want Catholic healthcare and the providers that desire to practice their healing arts with the full voice of their faith. She also holds a part-time position as a pediatric hospitalist at Stamford Hospital in Stamford, Connecticut, an affiliate of Columbia University School of Medicine.

Dr. Berchelmann is the Co-Founder of MyCathlicDoctor. Learn more about her Entrepreneurship here

Alabama, Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, DC, **Delaware, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, **New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming

Delaware and New Jersey Patients see important insurance disclaimer below

New Jersey and Delaware Patients: All services are billed to patients using self-pay rates. Insurance billing will become available later in 2025.
 

Medicare

Aetna

Blue Cross Blue Shield

Cigna & Midland’s Choice

Humana

Tricare Select East

United Healthcare Including UMR

Medicaid Connecticut: including Connecticare, Husky, and Beacon Health

Medicaid Missouri: MO Healthnet

Medicaid Kansas: Sunflower

ProviDrs Care

Magnacare

If this clinician is licensed in your state they are able to accept your insurance if you are insured by any one of the following:
Archdioceses of Denver, Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas, Catholic Diocese of Arlington, Virginia, Catholic Diocese Of Wichita, Kansas, Christ in the City, Christendom College, Christian Brothers Ministry Services Plan, Diocese of Saint Petersburg, Florida, Dyna Parts, EWTN, Hallow, Medi-Share, Reta Trust-Kaiser (NFP only), Reta Trust-Blue Shield (telehealth)

Tricare: Effective Jan 1, 2025, Tricare has switched region allocation for several states. We are currently re-evaluating each of our provider's certification status for Tricare Select and will update profiles as we have confirmed status. Please check back for updates.

Disclaimer: State-Specific Insurance Information (NJ, AK, CA & DE): Because of state-specific laws regarding out-of-network billing and required patient financial disclosures, MyCatholicDoctor does not submit out-of-network claims for services provided in New Jersey. Providers licensed in NJ, AK, CA, and DE  are in-network with the plans listed below. For all other states, please refer to the insurance participation lists above.

New Jersey

All benefits in New Jersey are self pay at this time

Delaware

All benefits in Alaska are self pay or out of network at this time

Services deemed medically necessary by a physician at MyCatholicDoctor may be covered by your insurance. Network coverage is determined by your referring physician’s participation. All other services are eligible for our Self-Pay Discounted Rates.

• Pediatric convenient/urgent care for more than 50 conditions including colds, flu, allergies, fever, allergies, headache, nausea/vomiting/diarrhea, urinary tract infections, pink eye, rashes, sore throat, constipation and more.
• All general pediatric and adolescent medical concerns.
• Vaccination consultation, especially regarding vaccines derived from aborted fetal tissue
• Adolescent medicine from a Catholic perspective
• Sleep challenges
• All general pediatric and adolescent needs
• Dr. Berchelmann does not see patients with suicidal or homicidal thoughts, or patients with complex mental illness requiring inpatient psychiatric care.

Thank you so much for all the help! We are so blessed with all of the evidenced based knowledge Dr. Berchelmann has to help us raise our daughter well!  -Elizabeth