Rachel Chidester is a Child Abuse Pediatrician at Golisano Children's Hospital of Buffalo in Buffalo, NY, the Medical Director of Erie County Child Advocacy Center, and Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics with Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. She attended University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine from 2015-2019 and matched into general pediatrics residency with Inova Children's Hospital. After graduating from residency in 2022, she completed her child abuse fellowship at the University of Oklahoma in Tulsa from 2022 through 2025. She is board certified in general pediatrics and child abuse pediatrics. Her interests include medical education, clinical simulation, trauma-informed care, and courtroom testifying.