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Shireen Hayatghaibi, PhD


  • Health Services Researcher, Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging
  • Assistant Professor, UC Department of Radiology

About

Biography

My research focuses on understanding how healthcare costs inform the medical decisions of both clinicians and patients. My overall goal is to reduce the cost of advanced imaging, making it more affordable and accessible to patients and families.

I became interested in health economics due to my personal experience as a young adult needing medical care and not having insurance. This experience, along with the sticker shock of medical bills, opened my eyes to the need to understand the economic complexity of the healthcare system. My objective is to make positive changes that enhance the affordability and efficiency of the healthcare system.

I’ve been a researcher for more than six years and began working at Cincinnati Children’s in 2021. My work is published in many well-respected journals including, Pediatric Radiology, Journal of the American College of Radiology and Academic Radiology.

PhD: University of Texas, School of Public Health, Houston, TX, 2021.

MPH: University of Texas, School of Public Health, Houston, TX, 2015.

Services and Specialties

Radiology

Interests

Cost of medical care; patient preferences; medical decision making; new technology assessment

Research Areas

Radiology, Imaging

Publications

Patient Preferences in Diagnostic Imaging: A Scoping Review. Baird, TA; Wright, DR; Britto, MT; Lipstein, EA; Trout, AT; Hayatghaibi, SE. The Patient: Patient Centered Outcomes Research. 2023; 16:579-591.

Trends in Anesthesia/Sedation for Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging Encounters in Pediatric Emergency Departments, 2012-2022. Hayatghaibi, SE; Kandil, AI; Zhang, B; Alves, VV; Ayyala, RS; Dillman, JR; Trout, AT. JAMA Pediatrics. 2023; 177:1105-1107.

When Price Transparency Still Leaves Us in the Dark. Bassett, HK; Hayatghaibi, S. Hospital Pediatrics. 2023; 13:e117-e119.

"Data is a plural word ": large datasets and their use in pediatric imaging research. Hayatghaibi, SE; Wright, DR. Pediatric Radiology: roentgenology, nuclear medicine, ultrasonics, CT, MRI. 2023; 53:1171-1175.

Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program: an overview for the pediatric radiologist. Heller, RE; Joshi, A; Sircar, R; Hayatghaibi, S. Pediatric Radiology: roentgenology, nuclear medicine, ultrasonics, CT, MRI. 2023; 53:1179-1187.

Impact of coronavirus disease 2019 on pediatric intestinal intussusception in the United States. Ayyala, RS; Hayatghaibi, S; Dillman, JR; Reeves, SD; Kotagal, M; Trout, AT. Pediatric Radiology: roentgenology, nuclear medicine, ultrasonics, CT, MRI. 2023; 53:827-831.

Pediatric Outpatient Noncontrast Brain MRI: A Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing Analysis at Three U.S. Hospitals. Hayatghaibi, SE; Cazaban, CG; Chan, SS; Dillman, JR; Du, XL; Huang, YT; Mikhail, OI; Swint, JM. American Journal of Roentgenology. 2023; 220:747-756.

Turnaround time and efficiency of pediatric outpatient brain magnetic resonance imaging: a multi-institutional cross-sectional study. Hayatghaibi, SE; Cazaban, CG; Chan, SS; Dillman, JR; Du, XL; Huang, YT; Iyer, RS; Mikhail, OI; Swint, JM. Pediatric Radiology: roentgenology, nuclear medicine, ultrasonics, CT, MRI. 2023; 53:1144-1152.

Weighing the Costs of Pulse Oximetry for Pediatric Bronchiolitis. Schondelmeyer, AC; Hayatghaibi, S; Bettencourt, AP. JAMA Network Open. 2022; 5:e2243615.

Transparency and Variability in Pricing for Pediatric Outpatient Imaging in US Children's Hospitals. Hayatghaibi, SE; Alves, VV; Ayyala, RS; Dillman, JR; Trout, AT. JAMA Network Open. 2022; 5:e220736.