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Department Head

Thomas G. DeWitt, MD, FAAP
Director, Division of General and Community Pediatrics, Weihl Professor of Pediatrics

513-636-5932

tom.dewitt@cchmc.org

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Thomas G. DeWitt, MD, FAAP

Director, Division of General and Community Pediatrics, Weihl Professor of Pediatrics

Medical Director, Every Child Succeeds

Associate Chair for Education

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone: 513-636-5932

Fax: 513-636-7247

Email: tom.dewitt@cchmc.org

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Specialties

Generalist pediatrics; community-based education and research; faculty development; medical education research

Biography

Thomas G. DeWitt, MD, FAAP, is the Carl Weihl Professor of Pediatrics, Director of the Division of General and Community Pediatrics, and Associate Chair for Education in the Department of Pediatrics at the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. He has served as President of the Ambulatory Pediatric Association, Chair of the Steering Committee of the American Academy of Pediatrics Pediatric Research in Office Settings (PROS) network and Committee on Pediatric Education, as well as on the National Academies of Science Board on Children, Youth, and Families. He currently sits on the United States Preventative Services Task Force and the ACGME Residency Review Committee for Pediatrics. He is nationally and internationally known for his publications and presentations in the areas of faculty development and community-based education and research.

Education and Training

MD: University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, 1976.

Residency: Yale, New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CN.

Chief Resident: Yale, New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CN.

Fellowship: General Academic Pediatrics, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CN.

Certification: Pediatrics, 1982.

Publications

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Klein M, DeWitt TG. Reliability of parent-measured axillary temperatures. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2010 Apr;49(3):271-3.

Samaan ZM, Klein MD, Mansour ME, DeWitt TG. The impact of the electronic health record on an academic pediatric primary care center. J Ambul Care Manage. 2009 Jul-Sep;32(3):180-7.

DeWitt TG, Cheng TL. The role of Title VII funding in academic general pediatrics fellowships and leadership. Acad Med. 2008 Nov;83(11):1103-6.

DeWitt TG. Diversity in pediatrics: the challenge and the opportunity. Ambul Pediatr. 2008 Mar-Apr;8(2):73-6.

Muething SE, Kotagal UR, Schoettker PJ, Gonzalez del Rey J, DeWitt TG. Family-centered bedside rounds: a new approach to patient care and teaching. Pediatrics. 2007 Apr;119(4):829-32.

Brinkman WB, Geraghty SR, Lanphear BP, Khoury JC, Gonzalez del Rey JA, Dewitt TG, Britto MT. Effect of multisource feedback on resident communication skills and professionalism: a randomized controlled trial. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2007 Jan;161(1):44-9.

Brinkman WB, Geraghty SR, Lanphear BP, Khoury JC, Gonzalez del Rey JA, DeWitt TG, Britto MT. Evaluation of resident communication skills and professionalism: a matter of perspective? Pediatrics. 2006 Oct;118(4):1371-9.

DeWitt TG. The application of social and adult learning theory to training in community pediatrics, social justice, and child advocacy. Pediatrics. 2003 Sep;112(3 Part 2):755-7.

Siegel RM, Kiely M, Bien JP, Joseph EC, Davis JB, Mendel SG, Pestian JP, DeWitt TG. Treatment of otitis media with observation and a safety-net antibiotic prescription. Pediatrics. 2003 Sep;112(3 Pt 1):527-31.

Mansour ME, Kotagal U, Rose B, Ho M, Brewer D, Roy-Chaudhury A, Hornung RW, Wade TJ, DeWitt TG. Health-related quality of life in urban elementary schoolchildren. Pediatrics. 2003 Jun;111(6 Pt 1):1372-81.

Faculty / Staff Physicians

Aimee E. Deiwert, MD, FAAP
Staff Physician

812-933-6000

aimee.diewert@cchmc.org

Raymond C. Baker, MD, MEd, FAAP
Co-Director, Masters in Medical Education Program

513-636-4506

ray.baker@cchmc.org

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Raymond C. Baker, MD, MEd, FAAP

Co-Director, Masters in Medical Education Program

Emeritus, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone: 513-636-4506

Fax: 513-636-7247

Email: ray.baker@cchmc.org

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Specialties

Clinical Interests

Generalist pediatrics; telephone medicine; faculty development; pediatric resident education; medical education research.

Biography

Raymond C. Baker, MD, has been a member of the Division of General and Community Pediatrics at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center since 1979.

Baker is currently Associate Director and Education Section Head of the Division of General and Community Pediatrics, where he teaches primary care pediatrics to Pediatric and Family Medicine residents in the outpatient clinics and on the inpatient wards. He also teaches in the faculty development program. In addition, Baker is the project director of the Pediatric Primary Care Training program, a federal grant-funded program within the general pediatrics program.

Baker is the editor and principal author of two books, Pediatric Primary Care: Well-Child Care and Pediatric Primary Care: Ill-Child Care, published as companion volumes in March, 2001 by Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins. These books represent the expanded, second edition of his popular book, Handbook of Pediatric Primary Care, which premiered in 1996 and is used widely across the country as a pocket reference in pediatric primary care.

Baker earned both his undergraduate degree in chemistry and microbiology and his medical degree at The Ohio State University and then trained in pediatrics at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. He taught in the Family Medicine program and consulted in pediatrics at Deaconess Hospital in Evansville, Indiana before joining the faculty of the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center in 1979. Baker received a Master's Degree in Education from the University of Cincinnati College of Education in 2001.

In collaboration with the College of Education at the University of Cincinnati, Baker and his colleagues in the Division of General and Community Pediatrics have developed an online Master's Degree in Education for health care professionals, which has been offered nationally since the fall, 2002. This two-year, part-time distance learning course is tailored to physicians and other health care professionals who seek advanced graduate level training in medical education and educational research.

Education and Training

BS: Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 1967.

MD: Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 1971.

MEd: University of Cincinnati College of Education, 2001.

Residency: Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD., 1971-1972; 1974-1976.

Certification: Pediatrics, 1977.

Jean M. Beischel, MD
Staff Physician

812-934-4798

jean.beischel@cchmc.org

Paul S. Bellet, MD, FAAP

513-636-4506

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Paul S. Bellet, MD, FAAP

Emeritus, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone: 513-636-4506

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Specialties

Clinical Interests

Generalist pediatrics; medical education; inpatient pediatrics and consultation

Research Interests

Hospitalist pediatrics; health services for children; diagnostic approach to medical problems

Biography

Paul S. Bellet, MD, FAAP has been a faculty member at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center since 1983. Beginning in 1988, Bellet developed the three-year General Academic Pediatrics Fellowship program at Cincinnati Children's for pediatricians seeking an academic career in general pediatrics.

In 1995, Bellet began the development of the Generalist Inpatient Service, a hospitalist service, which now provides care for the patients of more than 400 referring physicians. He also began the General Pediatric Consultation Service at the same time.

Bellet's academic and research interests concern general pediatrics, hospitalist pediatrics, the diagnostic approach to medical problems, and medical teaching. His book "The Diagnostic Approach to Common Symptoms and Signs in Infants, Children, and Adolescents" was published in 1989.

Education and Training

MD: University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, 1971

Residency: Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve, Cleveland, Ohio

Certification: Pediatrics, 1976

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Talia Belmont-Monteverde, MD
Staff Physician

513-636-9874

talia.belmont.monteverde@cchmc.org

Benjamin S. Bolser, MD
Staff Physician

513-636-4506

benjamin.bolser@cchmc.org

Patrick W. Brady, MD

513-636-3635

patrick.brady@cchmc.org

William B. Brinkman, MD, MEd, FAAP
Associate Director, NRSA Research Fellowship

513-636-2576

bill.brinkman@cchmc.org

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William B. Brinkman, MD, MEd, FAAP

Associate Director, NRSA Research Fellowship

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone: 513-636-2576

Email: bill.brinkman@cchmc.org

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Specialties

Shared decision making; knowledge translation; family centered care; quality improvement; implementation science; attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD); asthma; family/self-management of chronic conditions

Biography

William Brinkman, MD, focuses on shared decision making (SDM) between clinicians and patients/parents to deliver care that is evidence-based, family-centered, and of high value. Dr. Brinkman is funded by the National Institute of Mental Health to study factors that influence parent decisions after their child is diagnosed with ADHD. In addition, he studies interventions to facilitate shared decision making in the care of children with ADHD and other common pediatric conditions.

Dr. Brinkman serves as the physician lead for the Anderson Center Rapid Evidence Adoption to improve Child Health (REACH) team, Associate Director of the NRSA Primary Care Research Fellowship in Child and Adolescent Health, the Research Director for the Cincinnati Pediatric Research Group, and the Director for the Center for ADHD Medication Consultation Clinic.

Education and Training

MD: St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO, 1999.

Residency: Pediatrics, The Children's Memorial Hospital, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, 2002.

Chief Residency: Pediatrics, The Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL, 2003.

Fellowship: NRSA Primary Care Research Fellowship, General & Community Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 2006.

MEd: University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 2006.

Certification: Pediatrics, 2002.

Publications

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Brinkman WB, Hartl J, Rawe L, Sucharew H, Britto MT, Epstein JN. Physicians’ shared decision making behaviors in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder care. Arch Ped Adolesc Med. 2011.

Lipstein EA, Brinkman WB, Britto MT. Parent Decision Making about Pediatric Treatment: A Narrative Review. Medical Decision Making. 2011.

Epstein JN, Brinkman WB, Froehlich T, Langberg JM, Narad ME, Antonini TN, Shiels K, Simon JO, Altaye M. Effects of stimulant medication, incentives, and event rate on reaction time variability in children with ADHD. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2011 Apr;36(5):1060-72.

Brinkman WB, Epstein JN. Promoting productive interactions between parents and physicians in the treatment of children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Expert Rev Neurother. 2011 Apr;11(4):579-88.

Brinkman WB, Epstein JN. Treatment planning for children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: treatment utilization and family preferences. Patient Prefer Adherence. 2011 Jan 17;5:45-56.

Brinkman WB, Sherman SN, Zmitrovich AR, Visscher MO, Crosby LE, Phelan KJ, Donovan EF. Parental angst making and revisiting decisions about treatment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Pediatrics. 2009 Aug;124(2):580-9.

Langberg JM, Brinkman WB, Lichtenstein PK, Epstein JN. Interventions to Promote the Evidence-Based Care of Children with ADHD in Primary Care Settings . Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics 2009 Apr;9(4):477-87.

Baker RC, Klein M, Samaan Z, Brinkman WB. Exam room presentations and teaching in outpatient pediatrics: Effects on Visit Duration and Parent, Attending Physician, and Resident Perceptions. Ambulatory Pediatrics 2007;7(5):354-359.

Brinkman WB, Geraghty SR, Lanphear BP, Khoury JC, Gonzalez del Rey JA, DeWitt TG, Britto MT. Effect of Multi-Source Feedback on Resident Communication Skills and Professionalism. A Randomized Controlled Trial. Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine. 2007 Jan;161:44-49.

Grants

Explaining Racial Disparities in Child Asthma Morbidity. Co-investigator. National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Apr 2010 - Apr 2014.

Clinical & Translational Science Award. Co-investigator. National Center for Research Resources. Apr 2009 - Apr 2014.

Medication continuity in children treated for ADHD. Principal Investigator. Career Development Award, National Institute of Mental Health. Jan 2010 - Dec 2014.

Scott R. Callahan, MD
Medical Director, Children’s Health Care

812-934-4798

scott.callahan@cchmc.org

Kristen A. Copeland, MD
Director, NRSA Research Fellowship

513-636-1687

kristen.copeland@cchmc.org

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Kristen A. Copeland, MD

Director, NRSA Research Fellowship

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone: 513-636-1687

Fax: 513-636-4402

Email: kristen.copeland@cchmc.org

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Specialties

Health of children in child care; child care illness exclusions; physical activity and obesity prevention in child care settings

Biography

Kristen A. Copeland, MD, is a general pediatrician and a child health researcher. Her research interests are in early education settings—how the child care environment affects children’s health. In the past she has focused on child care illness policies and the temporary exclusion of children from child care settings due to illness. She studied how exclusion decisions are influenced by personal beliefs and whether they comply with national guidelines. Her research has been published in peer-reviewed literature and covered extensively by the press, including The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, CNN, and Parents Magazine.

More recently, Dr. Copeland has become interested in the opportunities child care settings offer for disease prevention and health promotion, in particular for preventing childhood obesity. Her research, funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, will identify the key aspects of the child care center environment—such as physical activity policies, amount and design of playground facilities, menu content, and staff attitudes and behavior that effectively promote children’s physical activity and a balanced dietary intake. The goal of her research is to produce new knowledge than can inform the development of evidence-based policies and practices for child care centers that promote active play, improve children’s diets and foster the development of lifelong healthy habits.

Originally from Raleigh, North Carolina, Dr. Copeland attained her bachelor’s degree in Houston, Texas at Rice University, double majoring in French and the Social Studies of Science, Technology, and Medicine. She earned her M.D. from the University of Alabama in Birmingham. She completed a pediatrics residency at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center in 2002 and pursued further training in public health and health services research as a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore, Maryland. She returned to Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center in 2004 as a faculty member in the Division of General and Community Pediatrics.

Education and Training

MD: University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, 1999.

Residency: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 2002.

Fellowship: Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 2004.

Certification: Pediatrics, 2002.

Publications

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Wosje KS, Khoury PR, Claytor RP, Copeland KA, Hornung RW, Daniels SR, Kalkwarf HJ. Dietary patterns associated with fat and bone mass in young children. Am J Clin Nutr. 2010 Aug;92(2):294-303.

Copeland KA, Sherman SN, Kendeigh CA, Saelens BE, Kalkwarf HJ. Flip flops, dress clothes, and no coat: clothing barriers to children's physical activity in child-care centers identified from a qualitative study. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2009 Nov 6;6:74.

Benjamin SE, Copeland KA, Cradock A, Walker E, Slining MM, Neelon B, Gillman MW. Menus in child care: A comparison of state regulations to national standards. J Am Diet Assoc. 2009 Jan;109(1):109-15.

Wosje, KS, Khoury, PR, Claytor, RP, Copeland, KA, Kalkwarf, HJ, Daniels, SR. Adiposity and TV viewing are related to less bone accrual in young children. J Peds. 2009 Jan;154(1):79-85.e2.

Copeland, K. A., Harris, E., Wang, N., and Cheng, T. L. Compliance with AAP/APHA Illness Exclusion Guidelines for Child Care Centers among Parents, Pediatricians, and Child Care Providers. Pediatrics. 2006 Nov;118(5):e1369-80.

Copeland, K. A., Duggan, A. K., Shope, T. R.. Knowledge and Beliefs about Guidelines for Exclusion of Ill Children from Child Care. Ambulatory Pediatrics. 2005 Nov-Dec;5(6):365-71.

Rose SR, Vogiatzi MG, Copeland KC. A general pediatric approach to evaluating a short child. Pediatr Rev. 2005 Nov;26(11):410-20.

Grants

The influence of child care center environment on children’s physical activity. Principal Investigator. National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. Jul 2008 - Apr 2013. #K23 HL088053-01.
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Lisa Crosby, PNP
Nurse Practitioner

513-636-3596

lisa.crosby@cchmc.org

Jennifer A. Cross, CNP
Nurse Practitioner, General and Community Pediatrics (Batesville, IN)

812-933-6000

jennifer.cross@cchmc.org

Nick DeBlasio, MD

513-636-4506

nick.deblasio@cchmc.org

Emanuel O. Doyne, MD
Community Physician

513-636-8043

emanuel.doyne@cchmc.org

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Emanuel O. Doyne, MD

Community Physician

UC Department of Pediatrics

Adjunct Professor

Phone: 513-636-8043

Email: emanuel.doyne@cchmc.org

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Specialties

Pediatric mental health; resident and medical student education; community-based teaching

Biography

Dr. Doyne is the former director of the Section of Community and organized teaching experiences for pediatric residents in office settings. He also was the previous director of the Educator Development Program for faculty.

Education and Training

BA Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, 1967.

MD: Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, 1971.

Residency: Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 1971-1973; 1975-1976.

Certification: Pediatrics, 1980.

Publications

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Doyne, EO, Paterson DL, Samore MH. Latest perspectives on antibiotic use in the community.Patient Care. 2006 April; 40(4): 37-46.

Doyne EO, Alfaro MP, Siegel RM, Atherton HD, Schoettker PJ, Bernier J, Kotagal UR. A randomized controlled trial to change antibiotic prescribing patterns in a community.Arch PediatrAdolesc Med June 2004; 158: 577-583.

Nagappan S, Doyne EO, Roberts K, DeWitt TG. Pediatric education in office settings.PediatricAnnals Feb 2010; 39(2): 67-71.

Sell SHW, Merrill RE, Doyne EO, Zimsky EP. Long-term sequelae of Hemophilus Influenza meningitis.Pediatrics. Feb 1972; 49(2):206-11.

Sell SHW, Webb WW, Pate JE, Doyne EO. Psychological sequelae to bacterial meningitis: two controlled studies. Pediatrics Feb 1972; 49(2): 212-17.

Dena Elkeeb, MD

513-636-1771

dena.elkeeb@cchmc.org

Anne Marie Fitz, MD
Staff Physician

513-636-4506

annemarie.fitz@chmc.org

Derek D. Fletcher, MD

513-636-3000

derek.fletcher@cchmc.org

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Derek D. Fletcher, MD

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone: 513-636-3000

Fax: 513-636-5859

Email: derek.fletcher@cchmc.org

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Specialties

Medically fragile children

Biography

After graduating from the US Air Force Academy, Derek D. Fletcher, MD, served as an Air Force officer for seven years and attained the rank of Captain. He then entered medical school in 1998. In 2002, Dr. Fletcher graduated in the top 20% of his medical school class and was then accepted into the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center General Pediatrics program in 2002, and graduated in 2005. Dr. Fletcher then joined the Center for Infants and Children with Special Needs, founded by Ron Levin, MD, where he provides comprehensive, family-centered primary care for medically fragile children.

Education and Training

MD: Wright State University SOM, Dayton, OH, 1998-2002.

Residency: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati OH, 2002-2005.

Certification: Pediatrics, 2005.

Publications

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Schorry EK, Keddache M, Lanphear N, Rubinstein JH, Srodulski S, Fletcher D, Blough-Pfau RI, Grabowski GA. Genotype-phenotype correlations in Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome. Am J Med Genet A. 2008 Oct 1;146A(19):2512-9.

Sheela Rath Geraghty, MD, MS, IBCLC, FAAP
Medical Director, Center for Breastfeeding Medicine

513-636-2526

sheela.geraghty@cchmc.org

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Sheela Rath Geraghty, MD, MS, IBCLC, FAAP

Medical Director, Center for Breastfeeding Medicine

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone: 513-636-2526

Fax: 513-636-4402

Email: sheela.geraghty@cchmc.org

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Specialties

Breastfeeding; breast milk pumping; human milk banking; multiple births

Biography

Sheela R. Geraghty, MD, is a general pediatrician and lactation consultant. Dr. Geraghty is the medical director for the Cincinnati Children’s Center for Breastfeeding Medicine. Dr. Geraghty’s research and clinical practice focuses on barriers to successful breastfeeding.

Education and Training

BS: Biology, Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH, 1991.

MD: University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 1995.

Residency: Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, MI, 1995-1998.

Chief Residency: Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, MI, 1998-1999.

Fellowship: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 2000-2003.

MS: University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 2003.

Certification: Pediatrics, 2006, International Board Certified Lactation Consultant, 2011.

Publications

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Geraghty SR. Photo Album of Pumped Breastmilk. Breastfeed Med. 2010 Dec 6.

Vaughn LM, Ireton C, Geraghty SR, Diers T, Niño V, Falciglia GA, Valenzuela J, Mosbaugh C. Sociocultural influences on the determinants of breast-feeding by Latina mothers in the Cincinnati area. Fam Community Health. 2010 Oct-Dec;33(4):318-28.

Geraghty SR, List BA, Morrow GB. Guidelines for establishing a donor human milk depot. J Hum Lact. 2010 Feb;26(1):49-52.

Geraghty SR, Khoury JC, Morrow AL, Lanphear BP. Reporting individual test results of environmental chemicals in breastmilk: potential for premature weaning. Breastfeed Med. 2008 Dec;3(4):207-13.

Geraghty SR, Riddle SW, Shaikh U. The breastfeeding mother and the pediatrician. J Hum Lact. 2008 Aug;24(3):335-9.

Woo JG, Dolan LM, Morrow AL, Geraghty SR, Goodman E. Breastfeeding helps explain racial and socioeconomic status disparities in adolescent adiposity. Pediatrics. 2008 Mar;121(3):e458-65.

List BA, Ballard JL, Langworthy KS, Vincent AM, Riddle SW, Tamayo OW, Geraghty SR. Electronic health records in an outpatient breastfeeding medicine clinic. J Hum Lact. 2008 Feb;24(1):58-68. Review.

Brinkman WB, Geraghty SR, Lanphear BP, Khoury JC, Gonzalez del Rey JA, Dewitt TG, Britto MT. Effect of multisource feedback on resident communication skills and professionalism: a randomized controlled trial. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2007 Jan;161(1):44-9.

Brinkman WB, Geraghty SR, Lanphear BP, Khoury JC, Gonzalez del Rey JA, DeWitt TG, Britto MT. Evaluation of resident communication skills and professionalism: a matter of perspective? Pediatrics. 2006 Oct;118(4):1371-9.

Tang PH, Miles MV, Steele P, Davidson BS, Geraghty SR, Morrow AL. Determination of coenzyme Q10 in human breast milk by high-performance liquid chromatography. Biomed Chromatogr. 2006 Dec;20(12):1336-43.

Grants

Comparing the Safety and Immunogenicity of Live Attenuated Influenza Vaccine (LAIV) to Inactivated Trivalent Influenza Vaccine (TIV) in Post-Partum Breastfeeding Women 18 to 49 Years of Age. Co-Investigator. National Institutes of Health. Aug 2011 - May 2012.

Craig H. Gosdin, MD, MSHA
Associate Director, General Inpatient Service Hospitalists

513-636-6223

craig.gosdin@cchmc.org

Craig H. Gosdin, MD, MSHA
Associate Director, General Inpatient Service Hospitalists

513-636-6223

craig.gosdin@cchmc.org

Amy Beth Guiot, MD

513-636-8741

amy.guiot@cchmc.org

David E. Hall, MD
Director, Center for Children with Special Needs

513-636-3000

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David E. Hall, MD

Director, Center for Children with Special Needs

Director, Diagnostic Referral Center

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone: 513-636-3000

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Specialties

The treatment of children with complex chronic disease.

Biography

David Hall, MD is a clinical professor of pediatrics and the director of the Diagnostic Referral Center at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center.

In addition, he is the director of the Center for Infants and Children with Special Needs, which is a program that provides a medical home care for patients with medically complex chronic disease.

He is a member of the James M. Anderson Center for Health Systems Excellence.

Prior to coming to Cincinnati, Dr. Hall was the medical director of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Scottish Rite, a 250 bed tertiary care children’s hospital, where he was involved in many quality and process improvement initiatives and served as a pediatric hospitalist.

Dr. Hall has been elected to “Best Doctors in America” by his peers for 10 consecutive years.

Education and Training

MD: University of Chicago School of Medicine.

Residency: Johns Hopkins Hospital, Chief Resident, Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins Hospital.

Fellowship: Johns Hopkins University, Robert Wood Johnson Fellowship in General Academic Pediatrics.

Publications

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Berry JG, Hall, DE, Kuo DZ, Cohen E, Agrawal R, Feudtner C, Hall M, Kueser J, Kaplan W, Neff W. Hospital utilization and characteristics of patients experiencing recurrent readmissions within children’s hospitals. JAMA. 2011;305(7):682-690.

Hall DE. The Care of Children with Medically Complex Chronic Disease. J Pediatr. 2011;159:178-180.

Jennifer B. Hardie, MD
Staff Physician

513-636-6487

jennifer.hardie@cchmc.org

Gretchen Hartz, MD
Staff Physician

513-636-6487

gretchen.hartz@cchmc.org

Karla K. Hicks, MD
Staff Physician

513-803-6189

karla.hicks@cchmc.org

Autumn Hurm, CPNP
Nurse Practitioner

812-933-6000

autumn.hurm@cchmc.org

Robert L. Ingberg, MD, FAAP

513-636-4506

robert.ingberg@cchmc.org

Karen E. Jerardi, MD

513-636-9349

karen.jerardi@cchmc.org

Robert S. Kahn, MD, MPH
Director, Research Section

513-636-4369

robert.kahn@cchmc.org

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Robert S. Kahn, MD, MPH

Director, Research Section

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone: 513-636-4369

Fax: 513-636-4402

Email: robert.kahn@cchmc.org

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Specialties

Parental health as a mediator of poverty's effects on children; social and economic disparities in children's health; interaction of genes and environment in common childhood diseases

Biography

Robert S. Kahn, MD, MPH, is a general pediatrician and child health researcher. Dr. Kahn's work has focused on the intersection of poverty, women's health and child health, in research funded by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD). More recently, the research has included a focus on genetic susceptibility to common pediatric conditions such as asthma and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). In particular, the research examines how genetic susceptibility may influence the effects of risks presented by the physical and social environment.

Dr. Kahn attended Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. At Children's Hospital in Boston, he completed his residency in pediatrics and a fellowship in primary care research. At the same time, he obtained a Masters in Public Health at Harvard School of Public Health. He was initially appointed Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of General Pediatrics at Boston Medical Center. Currently he is an Associate Professor in the Division of General and Community Pediatrics at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine.

Education and Training

BA: Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 1986.

MD: Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, 1992.

Residency: Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, 1995.

Fellowship: Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, 1997.

MPH: Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, 1997.

Certification: Pediatrics, 1995, 2002.

Publications

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Wilson SE, Talaska G, Kahn RS, Schumann B, Khoury J, Leonard AC, Lanphear BP. White blood cell DNA adducts in a cohort of asthmatic children exposed to environmental tobacco smoke.Int Arch Occup Environ Health. 2011 Jan;84(1):19-27.

Froehlich TE, Lanphear BP, Auinger P, Hornung R, Epstein JN, Braun J, Kahn RS. Association of tobacco and lead exposures with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Pediatrics. 2009 Dec;124(6):e1054-63.

Spanier AJ, Kahn RS, Hornung RW, Wang N, Sun G, Lierl MB, Lanphear BP. Environmental exposures, nitric oxide synthase genes, and exhaled nitric oxide in asthmatic children. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2009 Aug;44(8):812-9.

Spanier AJ, Hornung RW, Kahn RS, Lierl MB, Lanphear BP. Seasonal variation and environmental predictors of exhaled nitric oxide in children with asthma.Pediatr Pulmonol. 2008 Jun;43(6):576-83.

Phelan K, Khoury J, Atherton H, Kahn RS. Maternal depression, child behavior, and injury. Inj Prev. 2007 Dec;13(6):403-8.

Froehlich TE, Lanphear BP, Epstein JN, Barbaresi WJ, Katusic SK, Kahn RS. Prevalence, recognition, and treatment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in a national sample of US children.Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2007 Sep;161(9):857-64.

Winhusen T, Somoza E, Ciraulo DA, Harrer JM, Goldsmith RJ, Grabowski J, Coleman FS, Mindrum G, Kahn R, Osman S, Mezinskis J, Li SH, Lewis D, Horn P, Montgomery MA, Elkashef A. A double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of tiagabine for the treatment of cocaine dependence.Drug Alcohol Depend. 2007 Dec 1;91(2-3):141-8.

Winhusen T, Somoza E, Sarid-Segal O, Goldsmith RJ, Harrer JM, Coleman FS, Kahn R, Osman S, Mezinskis J, Li SH, Lewis D, Afshar M, Ciraulo DA, Horn P, Montgomery MA, Elkashef A. A double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of reserpine for the treatment of cocaine dependence.Drug Alcohol Depend. 2007 Dec 1;91(2-3):205-12.

Kahn JA, Lan D, Kahn RS. Sociodemographic factors associated with high-risk human papillomavirus infection.Obstet Gynecol. 2007 Jul;110(1):87-95. Erratum in: Obstet Gynecol. 2007 Sep;110(3):713.

Wilson SE, Kahn RS, Khoury J, Lanphear BP. The role of air nicotine in explaining racial differences in cotinine among tobacco-exposed children. Chest. 2007 Mar;131(3):856-62.

Heidi J. Kalkwarf, PhD

513-636-3803

heidi.kalkwarf@cchmc.org

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Heidi J. Kalkwarf, PhD

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone: 513-636-3803

Fax: 513-636-4402

Email: heidi.kalkwarf@cchmc.org

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Specialties

Calcium and bone metabolism; establishing nutrient requirements; calcium metabolism during lactation; bone mineral acquisition in children

Biography

Heidi Kalkwarf, PhD, RD, is a nutritional epidemiologist whose research interest is in the development of dietary recommendations to optimize health, particularly bone health.

She has conducted research, funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), focusing on dietary calcium requirements of lactating women and the changes in bone density and in calcium metabolism that occur during lactation and after weaning. Dr. Kalkwarf's research has been published in the New England Journal of Medicine, and was used by the Institute of Medicine to establish the new dietary calcium intake recommendations for lactating women.

Dr. Kalkwarf also is investigating the normal patterns of bone growth and development in children and adolescents. The goals of this work are to identify the short term and long term consequences of low bone density in childhood, identify children who are at risk for osteoporosis later in life and to identify interventions to reduce this risk.

Dr. Kalkwarf came to Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center as a postdoctoral fellow in 1990 and joined the faculty in 1993. She earned her master's and doctoral degrees in Nutritional Sciences at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY.

Education and Training

PhD: Cornell University; Ithaca, NY, 1991.

Postdoctoral Fellowship: Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1990-1993.

MNS: Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 1983.

BS: Washington State University, Pullman, WA, 1980.

Certification: Registered Dietitian, 1983.

Publications

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Copeland KA, Sherman SN, Khoury JC, Foster KE, Saelens BE, Kalkwarf HJ. Wide Variability in Physical Activity Environments and Weather-Related Outdoor Play Policies in Child Care Centers Within a Single County of Ohio. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2011 May;165(5):435-42.

Kalkwarf HJ, Laor T, Bean JA. Fracture risk in children with a forearm injury is associated with volumetric bone density and cortical area (by peripheral QCT) and areal bone density (by DXA).Osteoporos Int. 2011 Feb;22(2):607-16

Wosje KS, Khoury PR, Claytor RP, Copeland KA, Hornung RW, Daniels SR, Kalkwarf HJ. Dietary patterns associated with fat and bone mass in young children.Am J Clin Nutr. 2010 Aug;92(2):294-303.

Anderson JB, Beekman RH 3rd, Eghtesady P, Kalkwarf HJ, Uzark K, Kehl JE, Marino BS. Predictors of poor weight gain in infants with a single ventricle.J Pediatr. 2010 Sep;157(3):407-13, 413.e1.

Kalkwarf HJ, Gilsanz V, Lappe JM, Oberfield S, Shepherd JA, Hangartner TN, Huang X, Frederick MM, Winer KK, Zemel BS. Tracking of bone mass and density during childhood and adolescence. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2010 Apr;95(4):1690-8.

Anderson JB, Beekman RH 3rd, Border WL, Kalkwarf HJ, Khoury PR, Uzark K, Eghtesady P, Marino BS. Lower weight-for-age z score adversely affects hospital length of stay after the bidirectional Glenn procedure in 100 infants with a single ventricle.J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2009 Aug;138(2):397-404.e1.

Dorn LD, Susman EJ, Pabst S, Huang B, Kalkwarf H, Grimes S. Association of depressive symptoms and anxiety with bone mass and density in ever-smoking and never-smoking adolescent girls.Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2008 Dec;162(12):1181-8.

Wosje KS, Khoury PR, Claytor RP, Copeland KA, Kalkwarf HJ, Daniels SR. Adiposity and TV viewing are related to less bone accrual in young children.J Pediatr. 2009 Jan;154(1):79-85.e2.

Kalkwarf HJ, Zemel BS, Gilsanz V, Lappe JM, Horlick M, Oberfield S, Mahboubi S, Fan B, Frederick MM, Winer K, Shepherd JA. The bone mineral density in childhood study: bone mineral content and density according to age, sex, and race.J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2007 Jun;92(6):2087-99.

Grants

Impact of peripubertal exposure to xenohormones on fat distribution and cytokines. Co-investigator. National Institutes of Health. Apr 2010 - Mar 2012. #R21 ES017315-01A1.

Cincinnati Center for Clinical and Translational Sciences and Training Grant. Co-investigator. National Institutes of Health. Apr 2009 - Mar 2013. #UL1 RR026314-01.

Co-investigator. National Institutes of Health. Apr 2009 - Mar 2013. #UL1 RR026314-01.

Continued studies of environment impact on puberty. Co-investigator. National Institutes of Health. Sep 2001 - Apr 2015. #U01 ES019453-0.

Genome Wide Association Study of Bone Mineral Accretion during Childhood. Co-investigator (Principal investigator of sub-contract).National Institutes of Health. Fen 2010 - Jan 2015. #R01 HD058886-01A2.

Martha S. Kane, PNP
Nurse Practitioner

513-636-8259

martha.kane@cchmc.org

Kyle A. Kaufman, MD
Staff Physician

513-475-7425

kyle.kaufman@cchmc.org

Elisabeth A. Kelley, MD
Staff Physician

812-934-4798

lisa.kelley@cchmc.org

M. Katherine Kerrey, MD
Staff Physician

513-636-9674

katie.kerrey@cchmc.org

Eric S. Kirkendall, MD
Medical Director, Clinical Decision Support

513-636-4506

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Eric S. Kirkendall, MD

Medical Director, Clinical Decision Support

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone: 513-636-4506

Fax: 513-636-7247

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Specialties

Clinical Interests

Inpatient primary care pediatrics (hospitalist medicine); utilization of electronic health records in clinical care delivery

Research Interests

Adoption, utilization, and maximization of electronic health records in clinical care delivery

Biography

Eric Kirkendall, MD, is a pediatric hospitalist. He joined Cincinnati Children's in 2006 as a staff member after finishing his residency here. He is currently completing a master's program in Medical Informatics from Oregon Health and Science University in Portland, Oregon, while continuing his clinical and administrative duties at Cincinnati Children’s. Dr. Kirkendall also serves as President of the Cincinnati Pediatric Society.

Education and Training

BS: Biology, University of Toledo, 1999.

MD: University of Cincinnati, 2003.

Residency: Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, 2006.

Certification: American Board of Pediatrics, 2006.

Jillian A. Klein, MD
Staff Physician

513-636-7722

jillian.klein@cchmc.org

Melissa D. Klein, MD
Associate Program Director, Primary Care Track and Community Pediatrics

513-636-4506

melissa.klein@cchmc.org

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Melissa D. Klein, MD

Associate Program Director, Primary Care Track and Community Pediatrics

Director, Education Section of General and Community Pediatrics

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone: 513-636-4506

Fax: 513-636-7247

Email: melissa.klein@cchmc.org

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Specialties

Medical education; health disparities; primary care pediatrics

Biography

Melissa Klein, MD, is an assistant professor of General and Community Pediatrics at Cincinnati Children’s. She completed her medical training at Albany Medical College and her pediatric residency at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. Her main interests are medical education, specifically related to teaching residents how to address social determinants of child health in clinical settings. She is involved in education within the institution as one of the Associate Program Directors of the Pediatric Residency Program and the Education Section Director in Division of General and Community Pediatrics.

Dr. Klein is also interested in investigating and addressing health disparities. As part of this role, she serves as one of the physician champions for the Child HeLP, the Medical-Legal Partnership serving patients in the pediatric primary care centers. She is also involved a program, collaborating with the FreeStore FoodBank, to reduce food insecurity in infants seeking care in the outpatient primary care center.

Education and Training

MD: Albany Medical Center, Albany NY, 1995.

Residency: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati OH, 1995-1998.

Chief Residency: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati OH, 1998-1999.

Certification: Pediatrics, 1999; recertification, 2006.

Publications

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Klein MD, Vaughn L. Welcome back? Frequent attenders to a pediatric primary care center. Journal of Child Health Care. 2011;15(3):175-186.

Klein MD, Kahn RS, Baker RC, Fink EE, Parrish DS, White DC. Training in Social Determinants of Health in Primary Care: Does it Change Resident Behavior?Acad Pediatr. 2011 Sep-Oct;11(5):387-93.

Klein MD, Vaughn L. Teaching social determinants of child health in a pediatric advocacy rotation: small Intervention, big Impact. Medical Teacher. 2010;32(09):754-759.

Klein M, DeWitt TG. Reliability of parent-measured axillary temperatures. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2010 Mar;49(3):271-3.

Baker RC, Klein M, Samaan Z, Lewis K. Effectiveness of an online pediatric primary care curriculum. Acad Pediatr. 2010 Mar-Apr;10(2):131-7.

Samaan ZM, Klein MD, Mansour ME, DeWitt TG. The impact of the electronic health record on an academic pediatric primary care center. J Ambul Care Manage. 2009 Jul-Sep;32(3):180-7.

Baker RC, Klein M, Samaan Z, Brinkman W. Exam Room Presentations and Teaching in Outpatient Pediatrics: Effects on Visit Duration and Parent, Attending Physician, and Resident Perceptions. Ambulatory Pediatrics 2007;7(5):354-9.

Grants

Affordable Care Act Primary Care Residency Expansion (PCRE) Program. Principal Investigator. Health Resources and Services Administration. Oct 2010 - Oct 2015. #T89HP20766.

Public Health Service Act, Title VII. Health Resources and Services Administration. Principal Investigator. Oct 2011 - Oct 2016. #D55HP23195.

Meredith Landorf, MD
Staff Physician

513-636-6487

meredith.landorf@cchcm.org

Bruce P. Lanphear, MD, MPH

513-636-3778

bruce.lanphear@cchmc.org

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Bruce P. Lanphear, MD, MPH

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone: 513-636-3778

Fax: 513-636-4402

Email: bruce.lanphear@cchmc.org

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Specialties

Clinical Interests

Epidemiology of lead exposure; children's environmental health; asthma; otitis media

Research Interests

Children's environmental health; environmental neurotoxins, including lead, mercury, pesticides and environmental tobacco smoke; asthma prevention; gene-environment interactions

Biography

Bruce P. Lanphear, MD, MPH is the Sloan Professor of Children's Environmental Health and Professor of Pediatrics at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and the University of Cincinnati. Dr. Lanphear is director of the Cincinnati Children's Environmental Health Center located at Cincinnati Children's. He is a member of the U.S. EPA's Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee Lead Review Panel and a Member of the National Children's Study Steering Committee.

Dr. Lanphear is currently principal investigator for a study examining fetal and early childhood exposures to prevalent environmental neurotoxins including lead, pesticides, mercury, alcohol, PCB's and environmental tobacco smoke. A component of the study is the investigation of the contribution of residential hazards and residential injuries to children's health.
This project recently received funding to follow the original birth cohort another five years, until the children are five years of age. This will allow follow-up for determining the efficacy of lead hazard controls on children's blood lead levels and their risk for learning and behavioral problems.

Dr. Lanphear has extensive experience conducting community-based trials, including lead poisoning prevention, epidemiology of asthma, prevention of exposure to tobacco smoke and measurement of lead and allergens in housing.

Education and Training

MD: University of Missouri at Kansas City, 1986.

Residency: General Preventive Medicine & Public Health, Tulane School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA.

Certification: General Preventive Medicine and Public Health, 1992.

Publications

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Cecil KM, Dietrich KN, Altaye M, Egelhoff JC, Lindquist DM, Brubaker CJ, Lanphear BP. Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy in Adults with Childhood Lead Exposure.Environ Health Perspect. 2010 Oct 13.

Wilson SE, Baker ER, Leonard AC, Eckman MH, Lanphear BP. Understanding preferences for disclosure of individual biomarker results among participants in a longitudinal birth cohort. J Med Ethics. 2010 Dec;36(12):736-40.

Brubaker CJ, Dietrich KN, Lanphear BP, Cecil KM. The influence of age of lead exposure on adult gray matter volume.Neurotoxicology. 2010 Jun;31(3):259-66.

Yolton K, Xu Y, Khoury J, Succop P, Lanphear B, Beebe DW, Owens J. Associations between secondhand smoke exposure and sleep patterns in children.Pediatrics. 2010 Feb;125(2):e261-8.

Braun JM, Yolton K, Dietrich KN, Hornung R, Ye X, Calafat AM, Lanphear BP. Prenatal bisphenol A exposure and early childhood behavior. Environ Health Perspect. 2009 Dec;117(12):1945-52.

Phelan KJ, Khoury J, Xu Y, Lanphear B. Validation of a HOME Injury Survey.Inj Prev. 2009 Oct;15(5):300-6.

Hornung RW, Lanphear BP, Dietrich KN. Age of greatest susceptibility to childhood lead exposure: a new statistical approach.Environ Health Perspect. 2009 Aug;117(8):1309-12.

Yolton K, Khoury J, Xu Y, Succop P, Lanphear B, Bernert JT, Lester B. Low-level prenatal exposure to nicotine and infant neurobehavior.Neurotoxicol Teratol. 2009 Nov-Dec;31(6):356-63.

Grants

A Community-Based Trial to Prevent Lead Poisoning and Injuries. Principal Investigator. Apr 2007 - Mar 2012. R01-ES014575.

Neurobehavioral Effects of Insecticide Exposure in Pregnancy and Early Childhood. Co-Investigator. National Institute of Health. Dec 2007 - Nov 2012. #R21ES015517.

Epithelial Genes in Allergic Inflammation. Co-Investigator. National Institute of Health. Jul 2006 - Jun 2011. #U19AI70235-01.

Tobacco Smoke Exposure and the Formation of Pre-Cancerous Compounds in Tobacco-Exposed Children. Co-Investigator & Mentor. National Institute of Health. Jul 2007 - Jun 2012. #K01 CA123355.

Role of Environmental Chemicals on Lactation Outcomes. Co-Investigator & Mentor. National Institute of Health. Jun 2006 - May 2011. #K23 ES014691.

Early Lead Exposure, ADHD & Persistent Criminality: Role of Genes & Environment. Co-Investigator. National Institute of Health. Apr 2007 - Mar 2012. #R01-ES015559.

Ronald S. Levin, MD
Director, Center for Infants and Children with Special Needs

513-636-3000

ron.levin@cchmc.org

Kadriye O. Lewis, EdD
Co-Director, Masters in Medical Education Program

513-636-7258

kadriye.lewis@cchmc.org

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Kadriye O. Lewis, EdD

Co-Director, Masters in Medical Education Program

University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

Field Service Associate Professor of Pediatrics

Phone: 513-636-7258

Fax: 513-636-7247

Email: kadriye.lewis@cchmc.org

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Specialties

Web-based learning; curriculum instruction; instructional design and technology

Biography

Kadriye O. Lewis, EdD, is currently working in the Division of General and Community Pediatrics at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center as a Field Service Associate Professor of Pediatrics and is the adjunct faculty of the University of Cincinnati College of Education. She received both her MEd and EdD in Curriculum and Instruction with the emphasis on Instructional Design and Technology from the University of Cincinnati. She did her postgraduate Diploma in Linguistics in Edinburg Moray House College, Scotland. Her MA is in English as a Second Language (ESL) from Eskisehir Teacher College, Turkey.

Before her doctoral study she worked for the Ministry of National Education in Turkey for 15 years. Her work experience included teaching ESL classes in various high schools, working as a Teacher Trainer in the Ministry's in-service teacher education programs, Testing Specialist in Education Research and Development Directorate, and Project Coordinator in an international project between the World Bank and Turkish Government. During her doctoral study she taught educational technology courses for both elementary and secondary teacher education programs at the University of Cincinnati, College of Education as well as at the Clermont College (branch of the University of Cincinnati). She had also been involved as a graduate assistant on various grants with the faculty members from the University.

Currently, she coordinates and supervises the educational activities of the Division of General and Community Pediatrics at Cincinnati Children's, including program development, curriculum and evaluation. She has played a major role in the development of the Online Master's Degree in Education Program for Physicians and Other Healthcare Professionals, which has been offered both nationally and internationally since the fall of 2002. She has served as an education coordinator and consultant to the medical center's faculty development program, an integrated, multi-level, multidisciplinary program of faculty development in teaching. She also applied her educational background and academic skills to health literacy by establishing a Health Literacy Committee at Cincinnati Children’s in 2007 and chaired this committee successfully for the last three years. This initiative was to examine links between literacy and health-related outcomes. She has presented extensively at many professional meetings and conferences, and as an invited speaker at many international and national universities. Along with her many accomplishments in the area of scholarly activities, most recently, she established the e-Learning SIG in Medical Education for the Academic Pediatrics Association (APA) and has been chairing this group for the last three years.

Education and Training

EdD: University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 2000.

Publications

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Sangvai SG, Mahan JD, Lewis KO, Pudlo N, Srinivasan S, McKenzie L. The Impact of an Interactive Web-based Module on Residents' Knowledge and Clinical Practice of Injury Prevention. Clinical Pediatrics. 2011.

Lewis KO, Baker RC, Britigan, DH. Current Practices and Needs Assessment of Instructors in an Online Masters Degree in Education for Healthcare Professionals: A First Step to the Development of Quality Standards. JIOL. 2011 Spring 2011;10(1).

Peska DN, Lewis KO. Providing Uniform Instruction Using Web-Based, Asynchronous Technology in a Geographically Distributed Clinical Clerkship: Analysis of Student Participation and Satisfaction. J Am Osteopath Assoc. 2010 Mar;110(3):135-142.

Lewis KO, Baker RC. Teaching medical professionals online: a cross-discipline experience. Med Teach. 2010;32(3):262-4.

Lewis KO & Sincan M. International Co-teaching of Medical Informatics for Training-the-trainers in Content and Distance Education. JALN. August 2009;Vol.13(2).

Lewis KO & Baker RC. Expanding the Scope of Faculty Development for Health Care Professionals. The Journal of Educators Online. January 2009;Vol.6(1).

Baker RC, Lewis KO. Online master's degree in education for healthcare professionals: early outcomes of a new program. Med Teach. 2007 Nov;29(9):987-9.

Lewis KO, Baker RC. The development of an electronic educational portfolio: an outline for medical education professionals.Teach Learn Med. 2007 Spring;19(2):139-47.

Lewis KO, Baker RC: Physician Contribution Developing an Online Master's Degree in Education Program for Health Care Professionals. The Journal of Educators Online. 2006 Jan;3(1).

Grants

Learner-Centered Roadmaps for Learning and Assessment: Use of Cognitive Interviewing in the Development of the Pediatrics Milestones. Co- Principal Investigator / Mentor. University of Cincinnati. June 2010 - June 2011.

Brandi Lewis, MD
Staff Physician

513-636-7722

brandi.lewis@cchmc.org

Mona E. Mansour, MD, MS
Director, Primary Care

513-636-8954

mona.mansour@cchmc.org

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Mona E. Mansour, MD, MS

Director, Primary Care

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone: 513-636-8954

Fax: 513-636-7247

Email: mona.mansour@cchmc.org

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Specialties

Asthma; school health; primary care in underserved populations; primary care redesign

Education and Training

MD: University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 1992.

Residency: Pediatrics, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 1992-1995.

Chief Residency: Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 1995-1996.

Fellowship: General & Academic Pediatrics: Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 1996-1999.

MS: Epidemiology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 1999.

Publications

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Mansour, ME, Rose B, Toole K, Luzader C, and Atherton H. Pursuing Perfection: An Asthma Quality Improvement Initiative in School Based Health Center with Community Partners, Public Health Reports, Volume 123, Nov/Dec 2008; 717-730.

Geierstanger, S, Amaral G, Mansour ME, Walters S. School-Based Health Centers and Academic Performance: Research, Challenges and Recommendations. J School Health 74:347-352, 2005.

Mansour ME, Kotagal U, Rose B, Ho M, Brewer D, Roy-Chaudhury A, Hornung, RW, Wade TJ, DeWitt TG. Health-Related Quality of Life in Urban Elementary Schoolchildren. Pediatrics 2003;111(6):1372-1381.

Mansour ME, Lanphear BP, DeWitt TG. Barriers to Asthma Care in Urban Children: Parental Perspectives. Pediatrics 2000; 106(3):512-519.

Grants

Asthma Improvement Collaborative. Co- Investigator. Beacon Community Grant Award. Office of the National Coordinator. Sept 2010 - Mar 2013.

Business Case for Quality: Asthma Improvement Collaborative. Co-Principal Investigator. Center for Health Care Strategies. Mar 2008 - Jun 2012.

Carrie J. McIntyre, MD
Staff Physician

513-636-7722

carrie.mcintyre@cchmc.org

Daniel J. McLinden, EdD
Assistant Vice President, Education and Learning Department

513-636-8933

daniel.mclinden@cchmc.org

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Daniel J. McLinden, EdD

Assistant Vice President, Education and Learning Department

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone: 513-636-8933

Fax: 513-636-1695

Email: daniel.mclinden@cchmc.org

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Specialties

Program planning and evaluation, Concept Mapping, Social Network Analysis, Dynamic System Modeling, Measurement Theory

Biography

Daniel McLinden, Ed.D. is an Assistant Vice President in the Education and Learning Department and an Assistant Professor in the Division of General and Community Pediatrics. In his management role he is responsible for supporting the educational needs of the medical center through the development and delivery of programs. In particular, he has lead the development of the program evaluation capability to ensure quality and impact, the development of a substantial number of eLearning programs to increase efficiency use of learning time, the implementation of performance support to reduce training costs and is currently involved in developing mobile learning solutions to respond to future directions in the deployment of learning assets.

In his faculty role Dr. McLinden is responsible for publishing, presenting, consulting with other faculty, teaching in faculty development workshops and advising students enrolled in the Master’s degree program in Medical Education. His research interests include crowdsourcing the design of programs through Concept Mapping, illuminating the structure and interpersonal dynamics of networks of people using Social Network Analysis and applying economic analysis and predictive modeling effectively deploy resources investments in human capital.

Education and Training

EdD: Educational Psychology, Northern Illinois University.

Publications

Vaughn LM, McLinden D, Jacquez F, Crosby L, Slater S, Mitchell M.Understanding the Social Networks of Parents of Children with Sickle Cell Disease. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 22(3), 1014-1029, 2011.

Vaughn LM, McLinden DJ, Shellmer D, Baker RC. Parental Health Attributions of Childhood Health and Illness: Development of the Pediatric Cultural Health Attributions Questionnaire (Pedi-CHAQ). Journal of Prevention & Intervention in the Community, 39, 223–242, 2011.

McLinden DJ. Estimating the future value of training investments. P. Phillips (Ed.). ASTD Handbook for Measuring and Evaluating Training. Alexandria, VA: American Society for Training and Development. 2010.

McLinden D, Phillips R, Hamlin S, Helbig A. Evaluating the Future Value of Educational Interventions in a Healthcare Setting. Performance Improvement Quarterly, 22(4), 1-11, 2010.

McLinden D, Boone W. More than smile sheets: Rasch Analysis of training reactions in a Medical Center. Performance Improvement Quarterly. 22(3), 7-21, 2009.

Cragier K, McLinden D, Casper W. Collaborative planning for training impact. Invited article for a special issue on the Contributions of Psychological Research to Human Resource Management. Human Resource Management, 43(4), 337 – 351, 2004.

Grants

To Achieve the Best: Evaluating Quality Improvement Training as a Means to an End. Co- Principal Investigator. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. 2009 – 2011.

John F. Morehous, MD
Medical Director, Fairfield Primary Care

513-636-3670

john.morehous@cchmc.org

Jenny M. Motley, MD
Staff Physician

513-803-0137

jenny.motley@cchmc.org

Stephen E. Muething, MD
Vice President of Safety

513-636-2068

stephen.muething@cchmc.org

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Stephen E. Muething, MD

Vice President of Safety

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone: 513-636-2068

Fax: 513-636-7247

Email: stephen.muething@cchmc.org

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Specialties

Patient safety; high reliability

Biography

Stephen Muething, MD, is a pediatrician and associate professor at the University of Cincinnati and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center.

Dr. Muething is the vice president of safety at Cincinnati Children's. He has led efforts to reduce serious safety events and the strategic plan to develop a culture of high reliability.

Dr. Muething is a leader of state-wide collaborative efforts and multi-institutional collaboratives focused on patient safety and has served as an expert on national panels. Previously, he has led improvement work of the acute care systems focusing on evidence-based care, patient flow and family-centered care.

Education and Training

MD: University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 1984.

Residency: Cincinnati Childrens Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 1984-1987.

Certification: Pediatrics.

Publications

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Muething SE, Conway PH, Kloppenborg E, Lesko A, Schoettker PJ, Seid M, Kotagal U. Identifying causes of adverse events detected by an automated trigger tool through in-depth analysis. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010 Oct;19(5):435-9.

Donnelly LF, Dickerson JM, Goodfriend MA, Muething SE. Improving patient safety in radiology. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2010 May;194(5):1183-7.

Donnelly LF, Dickerson JM, Goodfriend MA, Muething SE. Improving patient safety in radiology: concepts for a comprehensive patient safety program. Semin Ultrasound CT MR. 2010 Apr;31(2):67-70.

Miller MR, Griswold M, Harris JM 2nd, Yenokyan G, Huskins WC, Moss M, Rice TB, Ridling D, Campbell D, Margolis P, Muething S, Brilli RJ. Decreasing PICU catheter-associated bloodstream infections: NACHRI's quality transformation efforts. Pediatrics. 2010 Feb;125(2):206-13.

Mandel KE, Muething SE, Schoettker PJ, Kotagal UR. Transforming safety and effectiveness in pediatric hospital care locally and nationally. Pediatr Clin North Am. 2009 Aug;56(4):905-18.

Donnelly LF, Dickerson JM, Goodfriend MA, Muething SE. Improving patient safety: effects of a safety program on performance and culture in a department of radiology. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2009 Jul;193(1):165-71.

Godfrey MM, Melin CN, Muething SE, Batalden PB, Nelson EC. Clinical microsystems, Part 3. Transformation of two hospitals using microsystem, mesosystem, and macrosystem strategies. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2008 Oct;34(10):591-603.

Nelson EC, Godfrey MM, Batalden PB, Berry SA, Bothe AE, McKinley KE, Melin CN, Muething, SE, Moore LG, Wasson, JH, Nolan TW. Clinical Microsystems, Part 1. The building blocks of health systems. Jt Commission J on Quality and Patient Safety. 2008;34(7):367-378.

Gerhardt WE, Schoettker PJ, Donovan EF, Kotagal UR, Muething SE. Putting evidence-based clinical practice guidelines into practice: an academic pediatric center's experience.Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2007 Apr;33(4):226-35.

Muething SE, Kotagal UR, Schoettker PJ, Gonzalez del Rey J, DeWitt TG. Family-centered bedside rounds: a new approach to patient care and teaching.Pediatrics. 2007 Apr;119(4):829-32.

Grant M. Mussman, MD
Staff Physician

513-803-9675

grant.mussman@cchmc.org

Nicholas Newman, DO, MS
Medical Director, Environmental Health and Lead Clinic

513-803-3688

nicholas.newman@cchmc.org

Jennifer K. O'Toole, MD
Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine / Pediatrics Residency Training Program

513-636-4840

jennifer.otoole@cchmc.org

Michelle Parker, MD

513-636-4185

michelle.parker@cchmc.org

Christopher B. Peltier, MD
Co-Director, Section of Community Pediatrics

513-636-2758

chris.peltier@cchmc.org

Mary Beth Pero, MD
Staff Physician

513-541-4500

Mary-Beth.Pero@cchmc.org

Andrew F. Poltrack, MD
Staff Physician

812-933-6000

andrew.poltrack@cchmc.org

Judith R. Ragsdale, MDiv,PhD
Director, Education & Research, Pastoral Care

513-636-4376

judy.ragsdale@cchmc.org

Sarah W. Riddle, MD, IBCLC, FAAP

513-636-1003

sarah.riddle@cchmc.org

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Sarah W. Riddle, MD, IBCLC, FAAP

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone: 513-636-1003

Email: sarah.riddle@cchmc.org

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Specialties

Hospitalist medicine; breastfeeding medicine

Biography

Sarah Riddle, MD, IBCLC sees mothers and infants in the Breastfeeding Medicine Clinic and is an attending hospitalist on the inpatient units at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. She has a specialized interest in effects of acute hospitalization on the breastfeeding dyad.

Education and Training

MD: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 2001.

IBCLC: International Board Certified Lactation Consultant, 2008.

Residency: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 2001-2004.

Chief Residency: Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center 2004-2005.

Certification: Pediatrics, 2004.

Publications

PubMed Publications

Geraghty SR, Riddle SW, Shaikh U. The breastfeeding mother and the pediatrician. J Hum Lactat. 2008;24(3):335-9.

List BA, Ballard JL, Langworthy KS, Vincent AM, Riddle SW, Tamayo OW, Geraghty SR. Electronic health records in an outpatient breastfeeding medicine clinic. J Hum Lactat. 2008 Feb;4(1):58-68.

Zeina Samaan, MD
Medical Director, Pediatric Primary Care Center and Hopple Street Health Center

513-636-8954

zeina.samaan@cchmc.org

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Zeina Samaan, MD

Medical Director, Pediatric Primary Care Center and Hopple Street Health Center

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone: 513-636-8954

Fax: 513-636-4274

Email: zeina.samaan@cchmc.org

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Specialties

General pediatrics

Education and Training

MD: Damascus University, School of Medicine. Damascus, Syria, 1985.

Residency: Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.

Certification: Pediatrics, 1993.

Publications

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Baker RC, Klein M, Samaan Z, Lewis K. Effectiveness of an online pediatric primary care curriculum. Acad Pediatr. 2010 Mar-Apr;10(2):131-7.

Samaan ZM, Klein MD, Mansour ME, DeWitt TG. The impact of the electronic health record on an academic pediatric primary care center. J Ambul Care Manage. 2009 Jul-Sep;32(3):180-7.

Baker RC, Klein M, Samaan Z, Brinkman W. Exam room presentations and teaching in outpatient pediatrics: Effects on visit duration and parent, attending physician, and resident perceptions. Ambulatory Pediatrics. 2007; 7(5): 354-359.

Robert L. Schaengold, MD
Medical Leader, Hopple Street Health Center

513-853-8568

robert.schaengold@cchmc.org

Joshua K. Schaffzin MD, PhD, FAAP

513-636-4506

joshua.schaffzin@cchmc.org

Samir S. Shah, MD, MSCE
Co-Director, Hospital Medicine

513-636-6222

samir.shah@cchmc.org

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Samir S. Shah, MD, MSCE

Co-Director, Hospital Medicine

Research Director, Hospital Medicine

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone: 513-636-6222

Email: samir.shah@cchmc.org

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Specialties

Pediatric infectious diseases; pediatric hospital medicine; community-acquired pneumonia; bacterial meningitis; observational study designs; administrative datasources

Biography

Samir S. Shah, MD, MSCE, is a pediatric infectious diseases and pediatric hospital medicine physician whose research focuses on improving the efficiency and quality of care of children hospitalized with common, serious infections such as pneumonia and meningitis. Ongoing projects include studying the comparative effectiveness of different antibiotics in the treatment of community-acquired pneumonia and developing novel databases to conduct comparative effectiveness research.

Dr. Shah is currently the associate chair of the National Pneumonia Guidelines Committee, jointly sponsored by the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society. He is also an executive council member of the Pediatric Research in Inpatient Settings (PRIS) Network.

Dr. Shah is an associate editor of the Journal of Hospital Medicine, the official journal of the Society of Hospital Medicine. He also serves on the editorial boards of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine and Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology. In addition, he is editor or co-editor of 7 books in the fields of Pediatrics and Infectious Diseases including The Philadelphia Guide: Inpatient Pediatrics (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins), and Pediatric Practice: Infectious Diseases (McGraw-Hill Medical), an infectious diseases textbook written for the pediatric generalist.

Dr. Shah has received several prestigious research awards, including the Society of Hospital Medicine Excellence in Research Award, the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society Burtis Burr Breese Award, and the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society Young Investigator Award.

Education and Training

BA: University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 1993.

MD: Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, 1998.

Residency: Pediatrics, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, 2001.

Fellowship: Pediatric Infectious Diseases, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, 2005; Academic General Pediatrics, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, 2005.

MSCE: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 2007.

Certification: Pediatrics, 2001, 2008; Pediatric Infectious Diseases, 2005.

Publications

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Gollomp K, Rankin SC, White C, Mattei P, Harris MC, Kilpatrick LE, Sheffler-Collins S, McGowan KL, Shah SS. Broad-range polymerase chain reaction in the microbiologic diagnosis of complicated pneumonia. J Hosp Med. 2011.

Williams DJ, Hall M, Brogan TV, Farris RWD, Myers AL, Newland JG, Shah SS. Influenza co-infection and outcomes in children with complicated pneumonia. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2011;165:506-512.

Shah SS, Hall M, Newland JG, Brogan TV, Farris RWD, Williams DJ, Larsen G, Fine BR, Levin JE, Wagener JS, Conway PH, Myers AL. Comparative effectiveness of pleural drainage procedures for the treatment of complicated pneumonia in childhood. J Hosp Med. 2011;6:256-263.

Kronman MP, Hersh AL, Feng R, Huang YS, Lee GE, Shah SS. National trends in ambulatory visit rates and antibiotic prescribing for children with pneumonia, 1994-2007. Pediatrics. 2011;127:411-418.

Weiss AK, Hall M, Lee GE, Kronman MP, Sheffler-Collins S, Shah SS. Adjunct corticosteroids in children hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia. Pediatrics. 2011;127:e255-e263.

Pasquali SK, Jacobs JP, Shook GJ, O’Brien SM, Hall M, Jacobs ML, Welke KF, Gaynor JW, Peterson ED, Shah SS, Li JS. Linking clinical registry data with administrative data using indirect identifiers: Implementation and validation in the congenital heart surgery population. Am Heart J. 2010;160:1099-1104.

Pasquali SK, Hall M, Li JS, Peterson ED, Jaggers J, Lodge AJ, Marino BS, Goodman DM, Shah SS. Corticosteroids and outcome in children undergoing congenital heart surgery. Circulation. 2010;122:2123-2130.

Lee GE, Lorch SA, Sheffler-Collins S, Kronman MP, Shah SS. National hospitalization trends for pediatric pneumonia and associated complications. Pediatrics. 2010;126:204-213.

Feudtner C, Pati S, Goodman DM, Kahn MG, Sharma V, Hutto JH, Levin JE, Slonim AD, Hall M, Shah SS. Do systems of healthcare affect the likelihood of pediatric hospital readmission? A nationwide multi-state study. J Pediatr. 2010;157:98-102.

Fieldston ES, Hall M, Sills MR, Slonim AD, Myers AL, Cannon C, Pati S, Shah SS. Children’s hospitals do not acutely respond to high occupancy. Pediatrics. 2010;125:974-981.

Grants

Predicting adverse outcomes in childhood pneumonia. Principal Investigator. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Jul 2008 - Dec 2011.

PHIS+: augmenting the pediatric health information system with clinical data. Site Principal Investigator. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Sep 2010 - Sep 2013. #R01 HS019862
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Pediatric research in inpatient settings: research prioritization for pediatric hospital medicine. Site Principal Investigator. Child Health Corporation of America. Mar 2010 - Feb 2013.

Predicting adverse outcomes in children with community-acquired pneumonia. Principal Investigator. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Feb 2008 - January 2013. #K01 AI73729.

Ted D. Sigrest, MD
Director, Surgical Hospital Medicine Service

513-636-3382

ted.sigrest@cchmc.org

Jeffrey M. Simmons, MD
Co-Director, Hospital Medicine

513-636-6601

jeffrey.simmons@cchmc.org

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Jeffrey M. Simmons, MD

Co-Director, Hospital Medicine

Director, Pediatric Hospitalist Medicine Fellowship

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone: 513-636-6601

Fax: 513-636-4402

Email: jeffrey.simmons@cchmc.org

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Specialties

Clinical Interests

Quality improvement of care for underserved children with asthma; improving care delivery and medical education through family-centered care; resident and fellow education in pediatric hospital medicine

Research Interests

Predictors of hospital readmission for asthma; interventions to decrease rates of admission and readmission for asthma; measuring the impact of material hardship on health outcomes

Biography

Jeffrey M. Simmons, MD, is finishing an NRSA research fellowship and masters degree in clinical epidemiology. He has obtained both internal and external funding to complete his fellowship asthma cohort project, and plans to pursue further external funding. He intends to blend health services and quality improvement methods to study inpatient care delivery and transitions in care. Clinically, Dr. Simmons works on the General Inpatient Service (GIS) as a pediatric hospitalist. He serves as the Associate Director of GIS, focusing on developing the group’s research program and fellowship training program.

Education and Training

MD: Wake Forest University School of Medicine, 2000.

Residency: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, 2000-2003.

Chief Residency: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, 2003-2004.

Certification: Pediatrics, 2003.

Publications

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Pressman JG, Richardson SD, Speth TF, Miltner RJ, Narotsky MG, Hunter ES 3rd, Rice GE, Teuschler LK, McDonald A, Parvez S, Krasner SW, Weinberg HS, McKague AB, Parrett CJ, Bodin N, Chinn R, Lee CF, Simmons JE. Concentration, chlorination, and chemical analysis of drinking water for disinfection byproduct mixtures health effects research: U.S. EPA's Four Lab Study. Environ Sci Technol. 2010 Oct 1;44(19):7184-92.

Miethke AG, Saxena V, Shivakumar P, Sabla GE, Simmons J, Chougnet CA. Post-natal paucity of regulatory T cells and control of NK cell activation in experimental biliary atresia. J Hepatol. 2010 May;52(5):718-26.

Rice GE, Teuschler LK, Bull RJ, Simmons JE, Feder PI. Evaluating the similarity of complex drinking-water disinfection by-product mixtures: overview of the issues. J Toxicol Environ Health A. 2009;72(7):429-36.

Rice G, Teuschler LK, Speth TF, Richardson SD, Miltner RJ, Schenck KM, Gennings C, Hunter ES 3rd, Narotsky MG, Simmons JE. Integrated disinfection by-products research: assessing reproductive and developmental risks posed by complex disinfection by-product mixtures. J Toxicol Environ Health A. 2008;71(17):1222-34.

Speth TF, Miltner RJ, Richardson SD, Simmons JE. Integrated disinfection by-products mixtures research: concentration by reverse osmosis membrane techniques of disinfection by-products from water disinfected by chlorination and ozonation/postchlorination. J Toxicol Environ Health A. 2008;71(17):1149-64.

Miltner RJ, Speth TF, Richardson SD, Krasner SW, Weinberg HS, Simmons JE. Integrated disinfection by-products mixtures research: disinfection of drinking waters by chlorination and ozonation/postchlorination treatment scenarios. J Toxicol Environ Health A. 2008;71(17):1133-48.

Stephen A. Spooner, MD, MS, FAAP
Chief Medical Information Officer, Biomedical Informatics

513-803-0125

andrew.spooner@cchmc.org

Ellen S. Springer, MD, IBCLC
Staff Physician

513-636-4506

ellen.springer@cchmc.org

Angela M. Statile, MD

513-803-3237

angela.statile@cchmc.org

Gregory A. Szumlas, MD, FAAP

513-636-4506

greg.szumlas@cchmc.org

Tracy Tiller, MD, FAAP
Staff Physician

513-636-4506

tracy.tiller@cchmc.org

Ndidi I. Unaka, MD
Associate Program Director, Advocacy and Community Outreach, Pediatric Residency Training Program

513-636-4506

ndidi.unaka@cchmc.org

Brian E. Volck, MD

513-636-4506

brian.volck@cchmc.org

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Brian E. Volck, MD

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone: 513-636-4506

Fax: 513-636-7247

Email: brian.volck@cchmc.org

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Specialties

Global child health; native american child health; medical education; cross-cultural medicine; medical ethics; poverty, justice and health

Biography

Brian E. Volck, MD, was born in Cincinnati. He worked as a general pediatrician for the Indian Health Service from 1989-1994, at a Federally Qualified Community Health Center from 1994-1996, and with a university-based medicine/pediatrics residency program from 1996-2009. Heregularly travels to rural Honduras on medical mission.

His medical education innovations include: founding and teaching a medical student elective on literature and medicine; planning and serving as co-founding faculty in the Initiative in Poverty, Justice and Health, which introduces medical students and primary-care residents to the care of persons in poverty; and assisting in the development of a global child health track within the pediatric residency program.

He is currently researching and writing a book on inherited diseases and the intersection of culture, health, and history in the Navajo.

Education and Training

MD: Washington University, St. Louis, MO, 1985

Residency: Pediatrics, Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital, Cleveland, OH

Certification: Pediatrics, 1988

Publications

Diers C, Volck B, Kiesler J, Klein M. Competencies for the Adaptable Physician: Training Residents to Care for Vulnerable Populations. The Open Medical Education Journal. 2009;2:26-35.

Schubert C, Volck B, Kiesler J, Klein M. Teaching Advocacy to Physicians in Multicultural Settings. Open Medical Education Journal. 2009;2:1.

Michael T. Vossmeyer, MD
Co-Medical Director, Generalist Inpatient Services

513-636-1956

mike.vossmeyer@cchmc.org

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Michael T. Vossmeyer, MD

Co-Medical Director, Generalist Inpatient Services

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone: 513-636-1956

Fax: 513-636-7247

Email: mike.vossmeyer@cchmc.org

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Specialties

Patient and family centered care

Education and Training

MD: University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 1979.

Residency: Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 1982.

Certification: Pediatrics, 1987.

Publications

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Reaves L, Hamilton S, Vossmeyer M, Brady R. Fever, rash and migratory polyarthralgia. Contemporary Pediatrics. 2010;27(3):24-38.

Tucker KM, Brewer TL, Baker RB, Demeritt B, Vossmeyer MT. Prospective evaluation of a pediatric inpatient early warning scoring system. J Spec Pediatr Nurs. 2009 Apr;14(2):79-85.

Book Chapters

Vossmeyer M, Cheng G, Monzack D, Patel A. The approach to the hospitalized child and patient. In Comprehensive Pediatric Hospital Medicine, L. Zaoutis, V. Chiang (Eds.). Philadelphia, PA: Mosby Elsevier, 2007.

Trisha Wendling, MSN, CNP
Nurse Practitioner

513-636-8259

trisha.wendling@cchmc.org

Christine M. White, MD, MAT
Co-Medical Director, Generalist Inpatient Service

513-803-0926

christine.white@cchmc.org

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Christine M. White, MD, MAT

Co-Medical Director, Generalist Inpatient Service

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone: 513-803-0926

Fax: 513-636-7905

Email: christine.white@cchmc.org

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Specialties

Quality improvement; resident education

Biography

Christine White, MD, MAT is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and the Co-Director for the General Inpatient Services, General Pediatric Hospitalist at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. Dr. White is a graduate of the University Of Missouri Columbia School Of Medicine. She completed her residency in Pediatrics and Chief Residency at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. Dr. White's interests and research focus on quality improvement. She has led hospitalwide efforts to increase medication reconciliation completion. She is currently leading institute-wide improvement projects on improving capacity management and the patient/family experience. In 2010, she was the recipient of the Faculty Teacher of the Year Award.

Education and Training

MD: University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO, 2004.

Residency: Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 2007.

Certification: Pediatrics, 2007.

Publications

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White CM, Schoettker PJ, Conway PH, Geiser M, Olivea J, Pruett R, Kotagal UR. Utilising improvement science methods to optimise medication reconciliation. BMJ Quality and Safety. 2011 Feb 11. Epub ahead of print

White C, Del Rey JG. Decreasing Adverse Events through Night Talks: An Interdisciplinary, Hospital-Based Quality Improvement Project. Permanente Journal. 2009 Fall;13(4):16-22.

Kimberly Yolton, PhD

513-636-2815

kimberly.yolton@cchmc.org

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Kimberly Yolton, PhD

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone: 513-636-2815

Email: kimberly.yolton@cchmc.org

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Specialties

Infant and child development and behavior
Environmental exposures

Biography

Kimberly Yolton, PhD, was formerly the director of a follow-up clinic serving high-risk infants and young children. She has extensive experience with infants and children who were prenatally exposed to substances of abuse, were born prematurely or at low birth weight, or who come from disadvantaged home environments. She was involved in the initial development of the NICU Network Neurobehavioral Scale (NNNS), a neurobehavioral assessment tool used with healthy and high-risk newborns. She is certified to train others in the proper administration, scoring, and interpretation of the NNNS and has used the tool for clinical, research, and teaching purposes locally, nationally, and internationally. She is currently using the NNNS to study subtle differences in the neurobehavior of newborns who have been prenatally exposed to environmental toxicants such as tobacco smoke, plastics (phthalates and bisphenol A), insecticides, and mercury.

Dr. Yolton has completed research showing associations between exposure to second hand smoke and cognitive deficits, behavior problems, and sleep difficulties in children. She has also demonstrated associations between prenatal tobacco smoke and plastics and early infant neurobehavior. She is continuing her study of the effects of tobacco smoke and industrial chemicals like plastics and insecticides on infant and child development and behavior. Her research has been funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Flight Attendant Medical Research Institute (FAMRI).

Dr. Yolton came to Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center as a postdoctoral fellow in Pediatric Environmental Health in 2000 and joined the faculty in 2003. She earned her master's degree in family and child development from Virginia Tech, and her doctoral degree in child development and developmental psychology from The Ohio State University.

Education and Training

PhD: Family Relations & Human Development, Developmental Psychology, The Ohio State University, 1992.

Fellowship: Pediatric Environmental Health, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, Cincinnati, OH, 2000-2003.

Publications

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Byars K, Yolton K, Rausch J, Lanphear B, Beebe DW. Sleep During Early Development: A Longitudinal Study of the Prevalence, Patterns, and Persistence of Sleep Problems in the First 3 Years of Life. Pediatrics. 2011.

Braun J, Kalkbrenner A, Yolton K, Dietrich KN, Calafat AM , Lanphear BP. Associations between pre and postnatal urinary BPA concentrations and childhood neurobehavior at 3 years of age. Pediatrics. 2011.

Yolton K, Xu Y, Strauss D, Altaye M, Calafat AM, Khoury J. Prenatal exposure to bisphenol A and phthalates and infant neurobehavior. Neurotoxicol Teratol. 2011 Aug 10. Epub ahead of print.

Xu Y, Yolton K, Khoury J. Earliest appropriate time for administering neurobehavioral assessment in newborn infants. Pediatrics. 2011 Jan;127(1):e69-75.

Yolton K, Xu Y, Khoury J, Succop P, Lanphear B, Beebe D, Owens J. Associations between second hand smoke exposure and sleep patterns in children . Pediatrics. 2010;125:e261-e268.

Braun JM, Yolton K, Dietrich KN, Hornung R, Ye X, Calafat AM, Lanphear BP. Prenatal bisphenol A exposure and behavior problems in two year old children . Environmental Health Perspectives. 2009;117:1945-1952.

Yolton K, Khoury J, Xu Y, Succop P, Lanphear B, Bernert J, Lester B. Low-Level Prenatal Exposure to Nicotine and Infant Neurobehavior . Neurotoxicology and Teratology. 2009; 31: 356-363.

Yolton K, Khoury J, Hornung R, Dietrich K, Succop P, Lanphear B. Environmental Tobacco Smoke Exposure and Child Behaviors. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics. 2008;29:456-63.

Dietrich KN, Eskenazi B, Schantz S, Yolton K, Rauh VA, Johnson CB, Alkon A, Canfield RL, Pessah IN, Berman RF. Principles and practices of neurodevelopmental assessment in children: lessons learned from the Centers for Children's Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Research. Environ Health Perspect. 2005 Oct;113(10):1437-46.

Lanphear BP, Hornung R, Khoury J, Yolton K, Baghurst P, Bellinger DC, Canfield RL, Dietrich KN, Bornschein R, Greene T, Rothenberg SJ, Needleman HL, Schnaas L, Wasserman G, Graziano J, Roberts R. Low-level environmental lead exposure and children's intellectual function: an international pooled analysis. Environ Health Perspect. 2005 Jul;113(7):894-9.

Grants

A Community-Based Trial to Prevent Lead Poisoning and Residential Injuries. Co-Investigator. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. Apr 2007 - Mar 2012.

Building Capacity for Studies of Methylmercury Exposures in Mexico. Consultant. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. Jun 2010 - May 2012.

Neurobehavioral Effects of Insecticide Exposure in Pregnancy and Early Childhood. Principal Investigator. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. Sep 2009 - Jun 2012.

Translational Studies on the Role of Developmental Pyrethroid Exposure ADHD. Principal Investigator of subcontract. National Institutes of Health. Jul 2010 - Jun 2012.

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Cooperative Multi-Center Neonatal Research Network. Principal Investigator of Follow-Up Studies. National Institutes of Health. Apr 2006 - Mar 2016.

Longitudinal Study of Exposure to PBDEs and PFCs and Child Neurobehavior. Co-Principal Investigator. National Institutes of Health. Aug 2011 - Apr 2016.

Fellows

Lilliam Ambroggio, PhD
Fellow, General and Community Pediatrics

513-636-7174

lilliam.ambroggio@cchmc.org

Sarah Beal, PhD
Research Fellow, Division of General and Community Pediatrics

513-636-4614

sarah.beal@cchmc.org

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Sarah Beal, PhD

Research Fellow, Division of General and Community Pediatrics

University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

Phone: 513-636-4614

Email: sarah.beal@cchmc.org

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Specialties

Adolescent development

Education and Training

PhD: University of Nevraska-Lincoln, 2011.

Publications

Carlo G, Crockett LJ, Wolff JM, Beal SJ. The role of emotional reactivity, self-regulation, and puberty in adolescents’ prosocial behaviors. Social Development. (in press).

Crockett LJ, Beal SJ. The life course in the making: gender and the development of adolescents’ expectations of adult role transitions. Developmental Psychology. (in press).

Weisz V, Beal SJ, Wingrove T. The experience of children and families in the legal system. Trauma, Stress, and Wellbeing in the Legal System. (in press).

Carlo G, Crockett LJ, Wilkinson JL, Beal SJ. The longitudinal relationships between rural adolescents’ prosocial behaviors and young adult substance use. J Youth Adolesc.2011 Sept;40(9):1192-1202.

Weisz V, Wingrove T, Beal SJ, Faith-Slaker A. Children’s participation in foster care hearings. Child Abuse Negl. 2011 Apr;35(4):267-272.

Beal SJ, Crockett LJ. Occupational and educational aspirations and expectations: links to high school activities and adult educational attainment. Dev Psychol. 2010 Jan;46(1):258-265.

Andrew F. Beck, MD
Fellow, General and Community Pediatrics

513-636-3170

andrew.beck1@cchmc.org

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Andrew F. Beck, MD

Fellow, General and Community Pediatrics

University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

Phone: 513-636-3170

Email: andrew.beck1@cchmc.org

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Specialties

General pediatrics; hospital medicine

Biography

Andrew Beck, MD, has spent the first 2 years his fellowshipdevoted to projects focused on disparities in childhood asthma outcomes. Currently, he is exploring ways to risk-stratify children admitted to the hospital with asthma through the use of area-based socioeconomic measures. He have also pursued pilot work focusing on building bridges between the hospital and community resources capable of providing our families with assistance.

Thus far, Dr Beck have used census data to explore ways to predict asthma outcomes and identify asthma “hot spots” in Cincinnati. Additionally, he has formed a partnership with the Cincinnati Health Department. Currently , he has started a project entitled CLEAR (Collaboration to Lessen Environmental Asthma Risks), a means of linking children with environmental risks to code enforcement visits. Dr. Beck has also helped to start the KIND (Keeping Infants Nourished and Developing) program, a partnership with the Freestore Foodbank devoted to providing hungry infants with formula.

Education and Training

MD: University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 2006.

Residency: Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH.

Certification: Pediatrics, 2009.

MPH: Harvard University, Boston, MA (Expected, November 2011).

Grants

Improving home environmental risk assessment and enhancing referrals for housing code enforcement for children with asthma. Primary investigator. Center for Clinical and Translational Science and Training. Mar 2011 - Mar 2012.

Infant nutrition intervention partnership: Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and Freestore Foodbank. Co-investigator. Proctor & Gamble. Mar 2011 - Mar 2013.

Courtney M. Brown, MD
Fellow, General and Community Pediatrics

513-636-4506

courtney.levinson@cchmc.org

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Courtney M. Brown, MD

Fellow, General and Community Pediatrics

University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

Phone: 513-636-4506

Email: courtney.levinson@cchmc.org

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Specialties

Preventive care; mental health

Biography

Courtney M. Brown, MD is a general pediatrician and a primary care research fellow. Her research focuses on social and emotional development in preschool aged children and on enhancing interdisciplinary efforts to connect families with services that promote healthy social-emotional development. She also has an interest in improving systems for reliable delivery of preventive services within the primary care pediatrics environment.

Dr. Brown graduated from Temple University School of Medicine in 2005, and completed her residency in pediatrics at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center in 2008. She worked as a community pediatrician for one year prior to returning to Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, where she is now completing a fellowship in Primary Care Research.

Education and Training

MD: Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 2005.

Residency: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cinicnnati, OH, 2005-2008.

Certification: Pediatrics, 2008.

MS: University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 2011.

Lauren G. Solan, MD
Fellow, General and Community Pediatrics

513-803-3265

lauren.solan@cchmc.org

Joanna E. Thomson, MD
Clinical Fellow, General and Community Pediatrics

513-636-0257

joanna.thomson@cchmc.org

Abbigail M. Tissot, PhD
Associate Director, Eating Disorders Program

513-636-6526

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Thomas G. DeWitt, MD, FAAP

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