Mallon D, Leichtner AM. Objective Assessment of Fellows: Doable and Worth Doing. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2016 Sep 16.

Mallon D, Vernacchio L, Leichtner AM, Kerfoot BP. 'Constipation Challenge' game improves guideline knowledge and implementation. Med Educ. 2016 May;50(5):589-90.

Mallon DP, Vernacchio L, Trudell E, Antonelli R, Nurko S, Leichtner AM, Lightdale JR. Shared Care: A Quality Improvement Initiative to Optimize Primary Care Management of Constipation. Pediatrics. 2015;135(5):e1300-1307.

Mallon DP, Suskind DL. Nutrition in Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Nutr Clin Pract 2010;25(4):335-9.

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Statile AM, Schondelmeyer AC, Thomson JE, Brower L, Davis B, Redel J, Hausfeld J, Tucker K, White DL, White CM. Improving Discharge Efficiency in Medically Complex Pediatric Patients. Pediatrics. 2016 Jul 13.

Statile AM, Unaka N, Thomson JE, Sucharew H, Gonzalez del Rey J, White CM. Implementation of an innovative pediatric hospital medicine education series. Hosp Pediatr. 2016 Mar;6(3):151-6.

Tubbs-Cooley HL, Pickler RH, Simmons JM, Auger KA, Beck AF, Sauers-Ford HS, Sucharew H, Solan LG, White CM, Sherman SN, Statile AM, Shah SS. Testing a post-discharge nurse-led transitional home visit in acute care pediatrics: the Hospital-To-Home Outcomes (H2O) study protocol. J Adv Nurs. 2016 Apr;72(4):915-25.

White CM, Statile AM, White DL, Elkeeb D, Tucker K, Herzog D, Warrick SD, Warrick DM, Hausfeld J, Schondelmeyer A, Schoettker PJ, Kiessling P, Farrell M, Kotagal U, Ryckman FC. Using quality improvement to optimise paediatric discharge efficiency. BMJ Qual Saf. 2014 May;23(5):428-36. 

Schondelmeyer AC, Simmons JM, Statile AM, Hofacer KE, Smith R, Prine L, Brady PW. Using quality improvement to reduce continuous pulse oximetry use in children with wheezing. Pediatrics. 2015 Apr;135(4):e1044-51.

Thomson JE, Ambroggio L, Murtagh Kuroski E, Statile AM, Iyer S, White C, Shah SS. Hospital outcomes associated with guideline-recommended antibiotic therapy for pediatric pneumonia. J Hosp Med. 2015 Jan;10(1):13-8.

Biondi EA, Mischler M, Jerardi KE, Statile AM, French J, Evans R, Lee V, Chen C, Asche C, Ren J, Shah SS. Blood culture time to positivity in febrile infants with bacteremia. JAMA Pediatr. 2014 Sep;168(9):844-9.

Ambroggio L, Thomson J, Murtagh-Kurowski E, Courter J, Statile A, Graham C, Sheehan B, Iyer S, Shah SS, White C. Quality improvement methods to increase appropriate antibiotic prescribing for childhood community-acquired pneumonia. Pediatrics. 2013 May;131(5):e1623-31.

Mussman G, Parker M, Statile AM, Sucharew H, Brady PW. Suctioning and length of stay in infants with bronchiolitis. JAMA Pediatr. 2013 May;167(5):414-21.

White CM, Statile AM, Conway PH, Schoettker PJ, Solan LG, Unaka NI, Vidwan N, Warrick SD, Yau C, Connelly BL. Improving Physician Compliance with Proper Hand Hygiene. Pediatrics. 2012 April;129(4):1-9.

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Guiot A, Kirkendall E, DeBlasio D, Gosdin C, Meier K, Shah S, O’Toole JK. Educational Added Value Unit: Development and Testing of a Measure for Educational Activities. Hospital Pediatrics. 2017 Oct 10.

Khan A, Coffey M, Kitterer K, Baird J, Furtak S, Garcia B, Ashland M, Calaman S, Kuzma N, O’Toole JK, et al. Families as Partners in Hospital Error and Adverse Event Surveillance. JAMA Pediatrics. 2017 Apr 1;171(4):372-381.

O’Toole JK, McLinden D, Sucharew H, Dewitt T, Klein MD. A Pilot Study of the Creation and Implementation of a Teaching Development Assessment Tool. Journal of Graduate Medical Education. 2015 Dec;7(4):638-42.

O’Toole JK, Friedland A, Gonzaga AM, Hartig JR, Holliday S, Lukela M, Moutsios SA, Kolarik R. The Practice Patterns of Recently Graduated Internal Medicine-Pediatric Hospitalists. Hospital Pediatrics. 2015 June;5(6):309-314.

Starmer A, Spector N, Srivastava R, West D, Rosenbluth G, Allen A, Noble E, Tse L, Dalal A, Keohane C, Lipsitz S, Rothschild J, Wien M, Yoon C, Zigmont K, Wilson K, O’Toole JK, et al. Changes in Medical Errors after Implementation of a Handoff Program. New England Journal of Medicine. 2014 Nov 6;371(19):1803-1812.

Starmer A, O’Toole JK, Rosenbluth G, Calaman S, et al. The I-PASS Resident Handoff Curriculum: An Innovative Multi-site Initiative to Improve Patient Handoffs. Academic Medicine. 2014 June;89(6):876-884.

O’Toole JK, West D, Starmer A, Yu C, et al. Placing Faculty Development “Front and Center” in a Multi-site Educational Initiative: Lessons from the I-PASS Handoff Study. Academic Pediatrics. 2014 May;14(3):221-224.

O’Toole JK, Stevenson AT, Good BP, Guiot AB, Solan LG, Tse LL, Landrigan CP, Sectish TC, Srivastava R, Starmer AJ, Spector ND. Closing the Gap: Medical Students and Handoff Training. Journal of Pediatrics. 2013 May;162(5):887-888.e1.

O’Toole JK, Solan L, Yau C, Weiser J, Simmons J. Pediatric Hospitalist Perceptions of the Impact of Duty Hour Changes on Education and Patient Care. Hospital Pediatrics. 2013 April;3(2):162-166.

Klein M, O’Toole JK, McLinden D, DeWitt T. Training Tomorrow’s Medical Education Leaders: Creating a General Pediatric Master Educator Fellowship. Journal of Pediatrics. 2013 Mar;162(3):440-441.e1.

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Hutton JS, Phelan K, DeWitt TG, Horowitz-Kraus T, Altaye M, Dudley J, Holland, SK. Shared Reading Quality and Brain Activation During Story Listening in Preschool-Age Children. Journal of Pediatrics. Dec 2017;191:204-211.e201.

Harper R, Alaee L, Spaulding JR, DeWitt TG, Klein M. Online Master of Education Program: Academic Outcomes. J Pediatr. 2017;189:3-4.

Klein MD, Khurana Hershey GK, Devarajan P, Muglia LJ, Wikenheiser-Brokamp KA, Jill Loch J, Hostetter MK, Strauss AW, DeWitt TG. Enhancing Pediatric Fellows’ Research Training: Development of an Office of Pediatric Clinical Fellowships. Journal of Pediatrics. 2015 Sep;167(3):506-507.

Hutton JS, Horowitz-Kraus T, Mendelsohn AL, DeWitt TG, Holland SK, C-MIND Authorship Consortium. Home Reading Environment and Brain Activation in Preschool Children Listening to Stories. Pediatrics. 2015 Sept;136(3):466-78.

Klein M, O’Toole JK, McLinden D, DeWitt TG. Training Tomorrow’s Medical Education Leaders: Creating a General Pediatric Master Educator Fellowship. J of Pediatr. 2013 Mar;162(3):440-441.

Castillo J, Castillo H, Ayoub-Rodriguez L, Jennings JE, Jones K, Oliver S, Schubert CJ, DeWitt, T. The Resident Decision-Making Process in Global Health Education: Appraising Factors Influencing Participation. Clin Pediatr. 2012 May;51(5):462-267.

Grossman DC, Moyer VA, Melnyk BM, Chou R, DeWitt TG. The Anatomy of the US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation: lipid screening for children and adolescents. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2011 Mar:165(3):205-210.

DeWitt TG, Cheng TL. The Role of Title VII Funding In Academic General Pediatrics Fellowships And Leadership. Academic Medicine. 2008:83(11):1103-06.

DeWitt TG. The Application of Social and Adult Learning Theory to Training in Community Pediatrics, Social Justice and Child Advocacy. Pediatrics. 2003;112(3):755-757.

DeWitt TG. Faculty Development for Community Practitioners. Pediatrics. 1996;98(6):1273-1276.

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Klein MD, Alcamo AM, Beck AF, O’Toole JK, McLinden D, Henize A, Kahn RS. Can a Video Curriculum on the Social Determinants of Health Affect Residents’ Practice and Families’ Perceptions of Care?  Acad Pediatr. 2014 Mar-Apr;14(2):159-66.

Klein MD, Schumacher DJ, Sandel M. Assessing and Managing the Social Determinants of Health: Defining an Entrustable Professional Activity to Assess Residents’ Ability to Meet Societal Needs. Acad Pediatr. 2014 Jan-Feb:4(1):10-3.

Klein M, O’Toole JK, McLinden D, DeWitt TG. Training Tomorrow’s Medical Education Leaders: Creating a General Pediatric Master Educator Fellowship. J Pediatr. 2013 Mar;162(3):440-441.

Klein M, Niebuhr V, D’Alessandro D. Innovative online faculty development utilizing the power of social media. Acad Pediatr. 2013 Nov-Dec;13(6):564-9.

O’Toole JK, Solan LG, Burkhardt MC, Klein MD. Watch and Learn: An Innovative Video Trigger Curriculum to Increase Resident Screening for Social Determinants of Health. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2013 Apr;52(4):344-50.

Klein MD, Beck AF, Henize AW, Parrish DS, Fink EE, Kahn RS. Doctors and Lawyers Collaborating to HeLP Children - Outcomes from a Successful Partnership between Professions. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2013 Aug;24(3):1063-73.

O’Toole JK, Burkhardt MC, Solan LG, Vaughn L, Klein MD. Resident Confidence Addressing Social History: Is It Influenced By Availability of Social-Legal Resources? Clin Pediatr (Phil). 2012 Jul;51(7):625-31.

Beck AF, Klein MD, Schaffzin JK, Tallent V, Gillam M, Kahn RS. Identifying and treating a substandard housing cluster using a medical-legal partnership. Pediatrics. 2012 Nov;130(5):831-8.

Demartini TL, Beck AF, Klein MD, Kahn RS. Access to Digital Technology Among Families Coming to Urban Pediatric Primary Care Clinics. Pediatrics. 2013 Jul;132(1):e142-8.

Burkhardt MC, Beck AF, Conway PH, Kahn RS, Klein MD. Enhancing Accurate Identification of Food Insecurity Using Quality Improvement Techniques. Pediatrics. 2012 Feb;129(2):e504-10. 

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Smart LR, Ambrose EE, Raphael KC, Hokororo A, Kamugisha E, Tyburski EA, Lam WA, Ware RE, McGann PT. Simultaneous point-of-care detection of anemia and sickle cell disease in Tanzania: the RAPID study. Ann Hematol. 2017 Nov 16.

McGann PT, Nero AC, Ware RE. Clinical Features of β-Thalassemia and Sickle Cell Disease. Adv Exp Med Biol. 2017;1013:1-26.

McGann PT, Hoppe C. The pressing need for point-of-care diagnostics for sickle cell disease: A review of current and future technologies. Blood Cells Mol Dis. 2017 Sep;67:104-113.

McGann PT, Hernandez AG, Ware RE. Sickle cell anemia in sub-Saharan Africa: advancing the clinical paradigm through partnerships and research. Blood. 2017 Jan 12;129(2):155-161.

Marahatta A, Megaraj V, McGann PT, Ware RE, Setchell KD. Stable-Isotope Dilution HPLC-Electrospray Ionization Tandem Mass Spectrometry Method for Quantifying Hydroxyurea in Dried Blood Samples. Clin Chem. 2016 Dec;62(12):1593-1601.

Niss O, Chonat S, Dagaonkar N, Almansoori MO, Kerr K, Rogers ZR, McGann PT, Quarmyne MO, Risinger M, Zhang K, Kalfa TA. Genotype-phenotype correlations in hereditary elliptocytosis and hereditary pyropoikilocytosis. Blood Cells Mol Dis. 2016 Oct;61:4-9.

McGann PT. Time to invest in sickle cell anemia as a global health priority. Pediatrics. 2016;137(6).

McGann PT. Hydroxyurea for abnormal TCDs: safe to switch? Blood. 2016;127(14):1738-40.

McGann PT, Schaefer BA, Maniagua M, Howard TA, Ware RE. Characteristics of a rapid, point-of-care lateral flow immunoassay for the diagnosis of sickle cell disease. Am J Hematol. 2016;91(2):205-10.

McGann PT. Improving Survival for children with sickle cell disease: newborn screening is only the first step. Paediatr Int Health. 2015;35(4):285-286.

McGann PT, Ferris MG, Ramamurthy U, Santos B, de Oliveira V, Bernardino L, Ware RE.  A prospective newborn screening and treatment program for sickle cell anemia in Luanda, Angola.  Am J Hematol, 88(12); 984-989, 2013. PMID: 24038490

Hankins JS, McCarville MB, Rankine-Mullins R, Reid M, Lobo CL, Moura PG, Ali S, Soares D, Aldred K, Jay D, Aygun B, Bennett J, Kang G, Goldsmith JC, Smeltzer MP, Boyett JM, Ware RE. Prevention of conversion to abnormal TCD velocities with hydroxyurea in children with sickle cell anemia: a Phase III international randomized clinical trial. Am J Hematol 2015 Dec; 90(12):1099-105. PMC4715740

Ware RE, Davis BR, Schultz WH, Brown, Aygun B, Sarnaik S, Odame I, Fuh B, George A, Owen W, Luchtman-Jones L, Rogers ZR, Hilliard L, Gauger C, Piccone C, Lee MT, Kwiatkowski JL, Jackson S, Miller ST, Roberts C, Heeney MM, Kalfa TA, Nelson S, Imran H, Nottage K, Alvarez O, Rhodes M, Thompson AA, Rothman JA, Helton KJ, Roberts D, Coleman J, Bonner MJ, Kutlar A, Patel N, Wood J, Piller L, Wei P, Luden J, Mortier NA, Stuber SE, Luban NL, Cohen AR, Pressel, Adams RJ. Hydroxycarbamide versus chronic transfusion for maintenance of transcranial doppler flow velocities in children with sickle cell anaemia-TCD With Transfusions Changing to Hydroxyurea (TWiTCH): a multicentre, open-label, phase 3, non-inferiority trial. Lancet 2016 Feb; 387 (10019): 661-670. PMID: 26670617

Ndeezi G, Kiyaga C, Hernandez AG, Munube D, Howard TA, Ssewanyana I, Nsungwa J, Kiguli S, Ndugwa CM, Ware RE, Aceng JR. Burden of sickle cell trait and disease in the Uganda Sickle Surveillance Study (US3): a cross-sectional study. Lancet Glob Health 2016 Mar, 4(3): e195-e200. PMID: 26833239

Schaefer BA, Kiyaga C, Howard TA, Ndeezi G, Hernandez AG, Ssewanyana I, Paniagua MC, Ndugwa CM, Aceng JR, Ware RE. Hemoglobin variants identified in the Uganda Sickle Surveillance Study. Blood Advances 2016 Nov, 1: 93-100.

McGann PT, Hernandez AG, Ware RE. Sickle cell anemia in sub-Saharan Africa: advancing the clinical paradigm through partnerships and research. Blood 2017 Jan 12; 129(2):155-161. PMID: 27821508

Ware RE, de Montalembert M, Tshilolo L, Abboud MR. Sickle Cell Disease. Lancet, 2017 July 16; 390 (10091). PMID: 28159390

Opoka RO, Ndugwa CM, Latham TS, Lane A, Hume HA, Kasirye P, Hodges JS, Ware RE,* John CC.* (co-senior authors) Novel use Of Hydroxyurea in an African Region with Malaria (NOHARM): a randomized controlled trial. Blood, Dec 14, 2017. 130(24):2585-2593. PMID: 29051184

McGann PT, Williams TN, Olupot-Olupot P, Tomlinson GA, Lane A, Stuber S, Howard TA, McElhinney K, Aygun B, Latham T, Santos B, Tshilolo L, Ware RE. Realizing Effectiveness Across Continents with Hydroxyurea: Successful enrollment and baseline characteristics of the multicenter REACH study in sub-Saharan Africa. Am J Hematol, 2018 Aug; 93(4):537-545. PMC5870803