Hospital Medicine

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

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, particularly those 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 served as 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 vice chair of the Pediatric Research in Inpatient Settings (PRIS) Network, a hospital-based research network with >120 hospital members and >$26 million in extramural research funding over the past 8 years.

Dr. Shah is senior deputy editor of the Journal of Hospital Medicine, the official journal of the Society of Hospital Medicine. He also serves as founding associate editor of the Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society and on the editorial board of JAMA Pediatrics. In addition, he is editor or co-editor of nine books in the fields of pediatrics and infectious diseases, including The Philadelphia Guide: Inpatient Pediatrics (McGraw-Hill Education), and Symptom-Based Diagnosis in Pediatrics (McGraw-Hill Education).

Dr. Shah has received several prestigious research awards, including the Society of Hospital Medicine Excellence in Research Award, the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society Young Investigator Award, the Society of Hospital Medicine Teamwork in Quality Improvement Award, and the Academic Pediatric Association's Miller-Sarkin Mentoring Award.

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.

Mittal V, Hall M, Morse R, Wilson KM, Mussman G, Hain P, Montalbano A, Parikh K, Mahant S, Shah SS. Impact of institutional bronchiolitis clinical practice guideline implementation on tests and treatments. J Pediatr. 2014;165:570-576.

Neuman MI, Hall M, Gay JC, Blaschke AJ, Williams DJ, Parikh K, Hersh AL, Brogan TV, Gerber JS, Grijalva CG, Shah SS. Readmissions among children previously hospitalized with pneumonia. Pediatrics. 2014;134:100-109.

Queen MA, Myers AL, Hall M, Shah SS, Williams DJ, Auger KA, Jerardi KE, Statile AM, Tieder JS. Comparative effectiveness of empiric antibiotics for children hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia. Pediatrics. 2014;133:e23-e29.

Williams DJ, Hall M, Shah SS, Parikh K, Tyler A, Neuman MI, Hersh AL, Brogan TV, Blaschke AJ, Grijalva CG. Narrow vs. broad-spectrum antimicrobial therapy for children hospitalized with pneumonia. Pediatrics. 2013;132:e1141-e1148.

Florin TA, French B, Zorc JJ, Alpern ER, Shah SS. Variation in emergency department diagnostic testing and association with outcomes in children with community-acquired pneumonia. Pediatrics. 2013;132:237-244.

Myers AL, Hall M, Tieder JS, Jerardi K, Auger K, Wiggleton C, Statile A, Williams DJ, McClain L, Shah SS. Prevalence of bacteremia in hospitalized pediatric patients with community-acquired pneumonia. Pediatr Infect Dis. J 2013;32:736-740.

Blaschke AJ, Byington CL, Ampofo K, Pavia AT, Heyrend C, Rankin SC, McGowan KL, Harris MC, Shah SS. Species-specific PCR improves detection of bacterial pathogens in parapneumonic empyema compared with 16S PCR and culture. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2013;32:302-303.

Neuman MI, Hall M, Hersh AL, Brogan TV, Parikh K, Newland JG, Blaschke AJ, Williams DJ, Grijalva CG, Tyler A, Shah SS. Influence of hospital guidelines on management of children hospitalized with pneumonia. Pediatrics. 2012;130:e823-e830.

Ambroggio LV, Taylor JA, Tabb LP, Newschaffer CJ, Evans AA, Shah SS. Comparative effectiveness of beta-lactam monotherapy and beta-lactam-macrolide combination therapy in children hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia. J Pediatr. 2012;161:1097-1103.

Brogan TV, Hall M, Williams DJ, Neuman MI, Grijalva CG, Farris RWD, Shah SS. Variability in processes of care and outcomes among children hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2012;31:1036-1041.

Grants

Understanding quality and costs in congenital heart surgery. Co-Investigator. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI). April 2014-March 2019.

Improving post-discharge outcomes by facilitating family-centered transitions from hospital to home. Principal Investigator. Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute. May 2014-Jan 2017.

Comparative effectiveness of home intravenous vs. oral antibiotic therapy for serious bacterial infections. Site Principal Investigator. Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute. Jan 2013-Jan 2016.

Faculty

Lilliam Ambroggio, PhD

The goal of Dr. Ambroggio's research is to improve the health of children through improved diagnostic methods for common serious infections. The specific focus is to improve the care of children with pneumonia by developing better detection methods for pathogen etiology and more sensitive imaging techniques to detect pneumonia. This will allow clinicians to target pharmacotherapy.

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513-636-7174 lilliam.ambroggio@cchmc.org

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Lilliam Ambroggio, PhD

Academic Affiliations

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone 513-636-7174

Email lilliam.ambroggio@cchmc.org

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Research Interests

Visit the Ambroggio Lab.

Ambroggio L, Sucharew H, Rattan MS, O’Hara SM, Babcock DS, Clohessy C, Steinhoff MC, Macaluso M, Shah SS, Coley BD. Lung Sonography: A Viable Alternative to Chest Radiography in Children with Suspected Pneumonia? J Pediatr. 2016 Sep;176:93-98.e7.

Florin TA, Carron H, Shah SS, Ruddy R, Ambroggio L. Pneumonia in Children Presenting to the Emergency Department with an Asthma Exacerbation. JAMA Pediatr. 2016 Aug 1;170(8):803-5.

Thomson J, Hall M, Berry J, Stone B, Ambroggio L, Srivastava R, Shah SS. Diagnostic Testing and Hospital Outcomes of Children with Neurologic Impairment with Pneumonia. J Pediatr. 2016 Nov;178:156-163.e1.

Thomson J, Hall M, Ambroggio L, Stone B, Srivastava R, Shah SS, Berry J. Aspiration and non-Aspiration Pneumonia in Hospitalized Children with Neurologic Impairment. Pediatrics. 2016;137(2):1-10.

Ambroggio L, Test M, Metlay JP, Graf TR, Blosky MA, Macaluso M, Shah SS. Beta-lactam versus beta-lactam/macrolide therapy in pediatric outpatient pneumonia. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2016 May;51(5):541-8.

Murtagh Kurowski E, Shah SS, Thomson J, Statile A, Iyer S, White C, Ambroggio L. Improving value of care for children with acute lower respiratory tract infections. Pediatrics. 2015.

Shah SS, Ambroggio L, Florin TA. Invited Editorial: Biomarkers for Predicting Illness Severity in Children with Acute Lower Respiratory Tract Infections. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2015 Sep;4(3):189-91.

Ambroggio L, Shah SS. Invited Commentary: Administrative Data: Expanding the Infrastructure for Pediatric Research. Journal of Pediatrics. 2013;162(4):681-684.

Ambroggio L, Smith MJ, Shah SS. Invited Commentary: Quasi-Experimental and Interrupted Time Series Design. Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society. 2012;1(3):187-189.

Florin TA, Ambroggio L. Biomarkers for Community-Acquired Pneumonia in the Emergency Department. Current Infectious Disease Reports. 2014;16:451.

Armand H. Antommaria, MD, PhD, FAAP Director, Ethics Center

Armand H. Matheny Antommaria, MD, PhD, FAAP, is a bioethicist who conducts normative and empirical research on topics related to his clinical and administrative responsibilities including donation after circulatory death and ventilator triage. He is also a hospitalist who has conducted research on medical student and resident education.

513-636-3656 armand.antommaria@cchmc.org

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Armand H. Antommaria, MD, PhD, FAAP

Director, Ethics Center

Lee Ault Carter Chair of Pediatric Ethics

Attending Physician, Division of Hospital Medicine

Academic Affiliations

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone 513-636-3656

Email armand.antommaria@cchmc.org

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Bioethics; pediatric hospital medicine

Biography

Dr. Antommaria received his MD from Washington University School of Medicine and his PhD (religious ethics) from the University of Chicago Divinity School in 2000. He completed his pediatric residency at the University of Utah School of Medicine in 2003 and joined its newly established Division of Pediatric Inpatient Medicine. He moved to Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center in 2012 to become the director of its Ethics Center and the Lee Ault Carter Chair in Pediatric Ethics.

Dr. Antommaria has extensive experience as a clinical ethicist. He has chaired hospital ethics committees and directed clinical ethics consultation services. His research focuses on issues related to his clinical and administrative work such as donation after circulatory death and ventilator triage.

Dr. Antommaria is active in professional organizations including having completed a term on the American Academy of Pediatrics’ Committee on Bioethics and serving on the American Society of Bioethics and Humanities’ Clinical Ethics Consultation Affairs Committee.

Dr. Antommaria is also an experienced hospitalist. He cares for both previously healthy children and children with complex chronic conditions who require hospitalization.

MD: Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 2000.

PhD: Religious Ethics, University of Chicago Divinity School, Chicago, IL, 2000.

Residency: Pediatrics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 2003.

Antommaria AH, Sweney J, Poss WB. Critical Appraisal of: Triaging Pediatric Critical Care Resources During a Pandemic: Ethical and Medical Considerations. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2012;11:396-400.

Antommaria AH, Powell T, Miller JE, Christian MD. Ethical Issues in Pediatric Emergency Mass Critical Care. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2011;12(6 Suppl):S163-8.

Antommaria AH, Trotochaud K, Kinlaw K, Hopkins PN, Frader J. Policies on Donation After Cardiac Death at Children’s Hospitals: A Mixed-Methods Analysis of Variation. JAMA. 2009;301:1902-8.

Committee on Bioethics. Antommaria AH Lead Author. Physician Refusal to Provide Information or Treatment Based on Claims of Conscience. Pediatrics. 2009;124;1689-93.

Antommaria AH. Defending Positions or Identifying Interests: The Uses of Ethical Argumentation in the Debate over Conscience in Clinical Practice. Theor Med Bioeth. 2009;29:201-12.

Antommaria AH, Firth SD, Maloney CG. The Evaluation of an Innovative Pediatric Clerkship Structure Using Multiple Outcome Variables including Career Choice. J Hosp Med. 2007;2:401-8.

Antommaria AH. Who Should Survive?: One of the Choices on Our Conscience:’ Mental Retardation and the History of Contemporary Bioethics. Kennedy Inst Ethics J. 2006;16:205-224.

Katherine A. Auger, MD, MSc Attending Physician, Division of Hospital Medicine

Katherine A. Auger, MD, MSc, is a pediatric hospitalist health services researcher. Her research focus involves understanding and preventing pediatric inpatient utilization, particularly identifying children who are at high risk of readmission.

513-636-0409 katherine.auger@cchmc.org

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Katherine A. Auger, MD, MSc

Attending Physician, Division of Hospital Medicine

Academic Affiliations

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone 513-636-0409

Email katherine.auger@cchmc.org

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Pediatric readmission; health services methodology

Biography

Dr. Auger is a fellowship trained pediatric hospitalist completing both a pediatric hospital medicine fellowship as well as the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars program. Her research interests stem from her clinical work where she has noted the continuity that practicing hospitalists experience with some families.

MD: University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL, 2005.

Residency: Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 2005-2008.

Chief Residency: Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 2008-2009.

Fellowship: Pediatric Hospital Medicine, Cincinnati, OH.

Fellowship: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Program, Ann Arbor, MI.

MSc: Health and Health Care Research, University of Michigan, 2012.

Certification: Pediatrics, 2008.

Williams DJ, Shah SS, Myers A, Hall M, Auger K, Queen MA, Jerardi KE, McClain L, Wiggleton C, Tieder JS. Identifying Pediatric Community-acquired Pneumonia Hospitalizations: Accuracy of Administrative Billing Codes. JAMA Pediatr. 2013 Sep;167(9):851-8.

Myers AL, Hall M, Williams DJ, Auger K, Tieder JS, Statile A, Jerardi K, McClain L, Shah SS. Prevalence of Bacteremia in Hospitalized Pediatric Patients with Community-acquired Pneumonia. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2013 Jul;32(7):736-740.

Auger KA, Kahn RS, Davis MM, Beck AF, Simmons JM. Medical Home Quality and Readmission Risk for Children Hospitalized with Acute Asthma Exacerbations. Pediatrics. Jan 2013;131(1):64-70.

Sun GH, Auger KA, Aliu O, Patrick SW, DeMonner S, Davis MM. Posttonsillectomy hemorrhage in children with von Willebrand disease or hemophilia. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2013 Mar;139(3):245-9.

Jerardi KE, Auger KA, Shah SS, Hall M, Hain PD, Myers AL, Williams DJ, Tieder JS. Discordant Therapy and Length of Stay in Children Hospitalized for Urinary Tract Infection. J Hosp Med. 2012 Oct;7(8):622-7.

Auger KA, Landrigan CP, Gonzalez del Rey JA, Sieplinga KR, Sucharew HJ, Simmons JM. Better Rested, but More Stressed? Evidence of the Effects of Resident Work Hour Restrictions. Acad Pediatr. 2012 Jul-Aug;12(4):335-43.

Tieder JS, Hall M, Auger KA, Hain PD, Jerardi KE, Myers AL, Rahman SS, Williams DJ, Shah SS. Accuracy of Administrative Billing Codes to Detect Urinary Tract Infection Hospitalizations. Pediatrics. August 2011;128(2):323-30.

Tessing S, Amendt A, Jennings J, Thomson J, Auger KA, Gonzalez Del Rey JA. One Possible Future for Resident Hours: Interns' Perspective on a One-Month Trial of the Institute of Medicine Recommended Duty Hour Limits. J Grad Med Educ. 2009 Dec;1(2):185-7.

Auger KA, Sieplinga KR, Simmons JM, Gonzalez Del Rey JA. Failure to Thrive: Pediatric Residents Weigh In on Feasibility Trial of the Proposed 2008 Institute of Medicine Work Hour Restrictions. J Grad Med Educ. 2009 Dec;1(2):181-4.

Andrew F. Beck, MD, MPH Attending Physician, Division of General & Community Pediatrics

Andrew F. Beck, MD, MPH, focuses on the intersection between child health and underlying social, economic, and environmental determinants. He then works to improve outcomes for children and neighborhoods, in part through bolstered hospital-community partnerships. He currently leads CCHMC Community Health efforts devoted to reducing disparities in hospitalizations across neighborhoods.

513-636-3170 andrew.beck1@cchmc.org

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Andrew F. Beck, MD, MPH

Attending Physician, Division of General & Community Pediatrics

Attending Physician, Division of Hospital Medicine

Academic Affiliations

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone 513-636-3170

Email andrew.beck1@cchmc.org

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General pediatrics; public health; hospital medicine

Biography

Dr. Beck strives to improve population health outcomes by focusing on the identification and mitigation of key social, economic, and environmental determinants of health. He sees patients as a primary care and hospitalist pediatrician. For his efforts, he has been recognized with the CCHMC Junior Faculty Award for Service and Advocacy and has been recognized by the Cincinnati Business Courier as a member of the region's 40 under 40.

BA: Yale University, New Haven, CT, 2002.

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

MPH: Harvard University, Boston, MA, 2011.

Residency: Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 2009.

Fellowship: General Academic Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 2012.

Certification: Pediatrics, 2009.

View Dr. Beck's PubMed Publications.

Beck AF, Tschudy MM, Coker TR, Mistry KB, Cox J, Gitterman BA, Chamberlain LJ, Grace AM, Hole MK, Klass PE, Lobach KS, Ma CT, Navsaria D, Northrip KD, Sadof MD, Shah AN, Fierman AH. Determinants of Health and Pediatric Primary Care Practices. Pediatrics. 2016 Mar;137(3):1-11.

Beck AF, Florin TA (co-first author), Campanella S, Shah SS. Geographic Variation in Hospitalization for Lower Respiratory Tract Infections Across One County. JAMA Pediatrics. 2015 Sep 1;169(9):846-54.

Beck AF, Bradley CL, Huang B, Simmons JM, Heaton PC, Kahn RS. The Pharmacy-Level Asthma Medication Ratio and Population Health. Pediatrics. 2015 Jun;135(6):1009-17.

Beck AF, Huang B, Chundur R, Kahn RS. Housing Code Violation Density Associated With Emergency Department And Hospital Use By Children With Asthma. Health Affairs. Nov 2014;33(11):1993-2002.

Beck AF, Henize AW, Kahn RS, Reiber KL, Young JJ, Klein MD. Forging a pediatric primary care-community partnership to support food insecure families. Pediatrics. Aug 2014;134(2):e564-e571.

Beck AF, Huang B, Simmons JM, Moncrief T, Sauers HS, Chen C, Ryan PH, Newman NC, Kahn RS. Role of Financial and Social Hardships in Asthma Racial Disparities. Pediatrics. Mar 2014;133(3).

Beck AF, Simmons JM, Sauers HS, Sharkey K, Alam M, Jones C, Kahn RS. Connecting at-risk inpatient asthmatics to a community-based program to reduce home environmental risks: care system redesign using quality improvement methods. Hospital Pediatrics. Oct 2013;3(4):326-334.

Beck AF, Moncrief T, Huang B, Simmons JM, Sauers H, Chen C, Kahn RS. Inequalities in Neighborhood Child Asthma Admission Rates and Underlying Community Characteristics in One US County. Journal of Pediatrics. Mar 2013;163(2):574-80 e1.

Beck AF, Simmons JM, Huang B, Kahn RS. Geomedicine: area-based socioeconomic measures for assessing risk of hospital reutilization among children admitted for asthma. American journal of public health. 2012 Dec;102(12):2308-2314.

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):831-838.

Lisa Benz Attending Physician, Division of Hospital Medicine

513-803-8092 lisa.benz@cchmc.org

Patrick W. Brady, MD, MSc Attending Physician, Division of Hospital Medicine

Patrick W. Brady, MD, MSc, is a clinical researcher and improvement scientist who works to design and evaluate a highly reliable system to identify, predict, and intervene on hospitalized patients at risk of clinical deterioration. He uses situation awareness and other high-reliability strategies to design complex interventions to improve the safety of care. He also participates in and leads projects to more broadly improve the quality of care of hospitalized children and their families.

513-636-0409 patrick.brady@cchmc.org

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Patrick W. Brady, MD, MSc

Attending Physician, Division of Hospital Medicine

Academic Affiliations

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone 513-636-0409

Fax 513-803-9245

Email patrick.brady@cchmc.org

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Patient safety; quality improvement; hospital medicine

Biography

Patrick Brady, MD, MSc, has clinical training in pediatrics and hospital medicine as well as advanced training in epidemiology and biostatistics and in the science of improvement through two 6-month courses at Cincinnati Children’s. He has completed coursework at the graduate level in human factors and through the Systems Engineering in Patient Safety (SEIPS) workshop led by NIH-funded researchers at the University of Wisconsin.

Their pilot work on a system to proactively identify, mitigate and escalate risk has resulted in measured decreases in patient harm and deterioration. The Academy for Healthcare Improvement recently recognized this work with top prize at its international meeting. Dr. Brady's current focus builds logically on this work, and his research team includes clinical and methodological experts with impressive research portfolios both inside and outside of healthcare.

In summary, Dr. Brady has the training, experience and collaborators needed to study and improve the care of patients at risk for deterioration, to define highly reliable interventions that deliver the right therapeutics early, and to improve the safety of patients in our increasingly complex healthcare system.

MD: Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, 2003.

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

MSc: University of Cincinnati Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics.

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

Bonafide CP, Brady PW, Keren R, Conway PH, Marsolo K, Daymont C. Development of heart and respiratory rate percentile curves for hospitalized children. Pediatrics. 2013 Apr;131(4):e1150-7.

Brady PW, Muething S, Kotagal U et al. Improving situation awareness to reduce serious safety events and UNSAFE transfers of pediatric inpatients. Pediatrics. 2012.

Meuthing SE, Goudie A, Schoetkker PJ, Donnelly LF, Goodfriend MA, Bracke TM, Brady PW, Wheeler DS, Anderson JM, Kotagal UR. Reduction in serious safety events across an academic children's hospital. Pediatrics. 2012 Aug;130(2):e423-31.

Kaplan HC, Brady PW, Dritz M, Hooper DK, Linam M, Froehle C, Margolis PA. The Influence of Context on Quality Improvement Success in Healthcare: A Systematic Review of the Literature. Milbank Quarterly. 2010 Dec;88(4):500-59.

Brady PW, Conway PH, Goudie A. Length of intravenous antibiotic therapy and treatment failure in infants with urinary tract infections. Pediatrics. 2010 Aug;126(2):196-203.

Bigham MT, Brady PW, Manning PB, Jacobs BR, Kimball TR, Wong HR. Therapeutic application of intrapericardial tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA) in a 4 month-old child with complex fibropurulent pericarditis. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2008 Jan;9(1):e1-e4.

William B. Brinkman, MD, MEd, MSc Director of Research Section, Division of General and Community Pediatrics

William B. Brinkman, MD, MEd, MSc, researches shared decision-making between patients/parents and clinicians to promote high value care that is evidence-based and family-centered. He collaborates to develop interventions to facilitate shared decision making across a wide range of clinical contexts and is building an infrastructure to support shared decision making throughout Cincinnati Children's.

bill.brinkman@cchmc.org

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William B. Brinkman, MD, MEd, MSc

Director of Research Section, Division of General and Community Pediatrics

Physician Lead, Rapid Evidence Adoption to improve Child Health (REACH)

Research Director, Cincinnati Pediatric Research Group

Methods Expert, Evidence and Measures Team, James M. Anderson Center for Health Systems Excellence

Member, Center for ADHD

Member, Center for Innovation in Chronic Disease Care

Academic Affiliations

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Email bill.brinkman@cchmc.org

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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

Dr. Brinkman researches shared decision-making between patients, parents, and clinicians to promote high value care that is evidence-based and family-centered. He collaborates to develop interventions to facilitate shared decision-making across a wide-range of clinical contexts.

Dr. Brinkman serves as director of the Research Section in the Division of General and Community Pediatrics and the research director for the Cincinnati Pediatric Research Group, a practice-based research network. He also serves as a methods expert for the James M. Anderson Center's Evidence and Measures team. In this role, he is building an infrastructure to support shared decision-making throughout Cincinnati Children's.

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.

MSc: University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 2013.

Certification: Pediatrics, 2002.

Brinkman WB, Baum R, Kelleher KJ, Peugh J, Gardner W, Lichtenstein P, Langberg J Epstein JN. Relationship between Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Care and Medication Continuity. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2016; 55(4):289–294.

Brinkman WB, Epstein JN, Auinger P, Tamm L, Froehlich TE. Association of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Conduct Disorder with Early Onset Tobacco and Alcohol Use in a National Sample of Young Adolescents. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2015 Feb 1;147:183-9.

Brinkman WB, Hartl Majcher J, Poling L, Shi G, Zender M, Sucharew H, Britto MT, Epstein JN. Shared Decision-Making to Improve Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Care. Patient Educ Couns. 93 (2013) 95–101.

Jerardi KE, Elkeeb D, Weiser J, Brinkman WB. Rapid Implementation of Evidence Based Guidelines for Imaging after First Urinary Tract Infection. Pediatrics. 2013;132:e749–e755.

Brinkman WB, Sherman SN, Zmitrovich AR, Visscher MO, Crosby LE, Phelan KJ, Donovan EF. In their own words: Adolescent views on ADHD and their evolving role managing medication. Acad Pediatr. 2012 Jan; 12(1):53-61.

Brinkman WB, Hartl J, Rawe L, Sucharew H, Britto MT, Epstein JN. Physicians’ Shared Decision Making Behaviors in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Care. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2011 Nov; 165(11):1013-9.

Lipstein EA, Brinkman WB, Britto MT. What Is Known about Parent’s Treatment Decisions? A Narrative Review of Pediatric Decision Making. Med Decis Making. 2012 Mar-Apr;32(2):246-58.

Brinkman WB, Sherman SN, Zmitrovich AR, Visscher MO, Crosby LE, Phelan KJ, Donovan EF. Parental Angst Making and Revisiting ADHD Treatment Decisions. Pediatrics. 2009 Aug; 124: 580-9.

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. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2007 Jan; 161: 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; 18: 1371-9.

Grants

Developing New Technologies to Improve ADHD Medication Continuity. R34, National Institute of Mental Health. Apr 2014–Mar 2017.

Collaborative Ohio Inquiry Networks (COIN) Research Center. (PI: Werner) Co-investigator. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Sep 2012–Aug 2017.

Cincinnati Center for Clinical and Translational Sciences and Training. (PI: Heubi) Role: Co-Investigator, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences. Aug 2015–Mar 2019.

Anti-TNF Monotherapy versus Combination Therapy with Low Dose Methotrexate in Pediatric Crohn’s disease. (PI: Kappelman) Role: Co-investigator, Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute. Oct 2015–Sep 2020.

A Decision Aid to Inform Consent for Return of Results across Genomic Sequencing Studies. (PI: Myers) Role: Co-Investigator, Cincinnati Children's Center for Pediatric Genomics. Jan 2016–Dec 2016.

Alicia K. Caldwell, MD Attending Physician, Division of Hospital Medicine

513-803-4829 alicia.caldwell@cchmc.org

Emilia Connolly, DO

513-636-2031 emilia.connolly@cchmc.org

Leslie Farrell, MD

513-803-9265 leslie.farrell@cchmc.org

Craig H. Gosdin, MD, MSHA Co-Medical Director, Division of Hospital Medicine, Liberty Campus Community Integration

Craig H. Gosdin, MD, MSHA, has research interests that include hospitalist workforce issues, identification of best practices and financial sustainability of hospitalist programs, and cost effectiveness.

513-636-6223 craig.gosdin@cchmc.org

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Craig H. Gosdin, MD, MSHA

Co-Medical Director, Division of Hospital Medicine, Liberty Campus Community Integration

Medical Director, Liberty Observation Unit

Attending Physician, Division of Hospital Medicine

Academic Affiliations

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone 513-636-6223

Fax 513-803-9245

Email craig.gosdin@cchmc.org

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Administration; resident education; pediatric hospitalist workforce issues

Biography

Dr. Gosdin is a pediatric hospitalist with a diverse training background. His clinical experience includes practice in community and academic settings as well as practice in the office, emergency department and inpatient settings.

As medical director of the Liberty Hospitalist Service and Liberty Inpatient Unit (LA1W), he is responsible for the development and expansion of the Division of Hospital Medicine at the Liberty Campus. He is active in the Division of Hospital Medicine Leadership Group at Cincinnati Children's and helps lead strategic planning and program development for the division. He also serves as the leader of regional programs for the Division of Hospital Medicine. On the national level, Dr. Gosdin has served on the PHM Roundtable Clinical / Workforce Working Group to help develop Guidelines for a Pediatric Hospitalist Dashboard, and has performed on-site consultation for hospitalist programs at other institutions.

MD: Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, 1994.

Internship: University of Texas Southwestern at Dallas, Dallas, TX, 1995.

Residency: University of Texas Southwestern at Dallas, Dallas, TX, 1996-1997.

Certification: American Board of Pediatrics, 1997, 2004.

MSHA: Virginia Commonwealth University, June, 2009.

Gosdin CH, Vaughn LM. Physician to Physician Bedside Handoff with Nurse and Family Involvement: A Qualitative Examination of Stakeholder Perceptions. Hospital Pediatrics. 2(1):34-38.

Hain P, Daru J, Robbins E, Bode R, Brands C, Gosdin CH, Garber M, Marks M, Percelay Terferi S, Tobey D. A Proposed Dashboard for Pediatric Hospital Medicine Groups. Hospital Pediatrics. 2(2):59-70.

Tofani BF, Rineair SA, Gosdin CH, Pilcher PM, McGee S, Varadarajan KR, Schoettker PJ. Quality Improvement Project to Reduce Infiltration and Extravasation Events in a Pediatric Hospital. J Pediatr Nurs. 2012 Dec;27(6):682-9.

Camille C. Graham, MD Executive Community Physician Leader, Division of General and Community Pediatrics

Camille C. Graham, MD, is a general pediatrician who is conducting research in disparities in influenza vaccination among minority children; the use of novel ways to reduce emergency room use and hospitalization among high-risk African-American children with asthma. She is conducting community-based participatory research to study health care access, medical home use, and ED utilization in the Latino youth community of greater Cincinnati.

513-803-8065 camille.graham@cchmc.org

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Camille C. Graham, MD

Executive Community Physician Leader, Division of General and Community Pediatrics

Academic Affiliations

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone 513-803-8065

Email camille.graham@cchmc.org

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Health disparities; asthma outcomes in minority populations; influenza vaccination; community engagement

Biography

Dr. Graham, MD, started a solo private practice, Mid-City Pediatrics, in 1983. There are now two locations with five pediatricians and one pediatric nurse practitioner dedicated to delivering quality healthcare without regard to income. She is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics and serve on its Council of Community Pediatrics. She served as president of the Cincinnati Medical Association for a four year term (1996-1999), and successfully led the effort to reinstate two physicians who had been terminated without cause from an insurance managed care panel. She was president of medical staff at Cincinnati Children’s from 2004-2005, and led the development of performance improvement criteria for the medical staff and an successful improvement project to decrease medical record delinquencies; initiated the process for credentialing advance practice nurses.

She was a member of Cincinnati Children’s Board of Trustees from 2005-2011. She is a current member of the City of Cincinnati’s Board of Health, where she helped formulate a working group to provide information and access to children affected by the closure of a community health center network.

MD: University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 1977.

Residency: Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, Cincinnati, OH, 1980.

Certification: American Board of Pediatrics, 1982-present.

Ambroggio L, Thomson J, Murtagh Kurowski E, Courter J, Statile A, Graham C, Sheehan B, Iyer S, Shah SS, White CM. Quality Improvement Increases Appropriate Antibiotic Prescribing for Childhood Community-Acquired Pneumonia. Pediatrics. 2013 May;131(5):e1623-31.

Myers SS, Clark MD, Russell JA, Graham CC, Stultz MB, Reidy KM. Focusing Measures for Performance-Based Privileging of Physicians on Improvement. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2008 Dec;34(12):724-33.

Amy Beth Guiot, MD Associate Director, Medical Student Education, Division of Hospital Medicine

513-803-4829 amy.guiot@cchmc.org

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Amy Beth Guiot, MD

Associate Director, Medical Student Education, Division of Hospital Medicine

Attending Physician, Division of Hospital Medicine

Academic Affiliations

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone 513-803-4829

Email amy.guiot@cchmc.org

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Medical student education

Biography

Amy Guiot, MD, is a pediatric hospitalist in the Division of Hospital Medicine. She received her MD from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and completed her pediatric residency at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. She received a Certificate of Medical Education in March 2010.

She is the associate director of Medical Student Education in charge of the third year pediatric clerkship and fourth year medical student electives and acting internships of May 2010. Since being appointed to this position, she has made major changes in the curriculum for both third and fourth year medical students. She is actively involved with the Council of Medical Students of Education in Pediatrics where she serves as a member of the curriculum task force.

BA: Brown University, Providence, RI, 1989.

MD: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, 1993.

Residency: Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 1996.

Certification: Pediatrics, 1996, 2003.

Kirkendall E, Guiot A. Torsed Pulmonary Sequestration Presenting with Gastrointestinal Manifestations. Clinical Pediatrics. 2012.

Guiot A, Klein M, Peltier C, McAneney C, Lehmann C. Webpage for Third Year Medical Students Pediatric Clerkship. The Open Medical Education Journal. 2011;Volume 4.

Hostoffer RW, Litman, AB, Smith PG, Jacobs HS, Tosi, MF, Pneumocystis C. Pneumonia in a term newborn infant with a transiently depressed T lymphocyte count, primarily of cells carrying the CD4 antigen. J Pediatrics. 1993;122:792-794.

Karen E. Jerardi, MD, MEd Associate Division Director, Division of Hospital Medicine, Clinical Operations

Karen E. Jerardi, MD, MEd, is a pediatric hospitalist with two primary research interests. She focuses on medical education research and the development of quality measures for the management of children hospitalized with common infections such as urinary tract infection and pneumonia.

513-636-1945 karen.jerardi@cchmc.org

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Karen E. Jerardi, MD, MEd

Associate Division Director, Division of Hospital Medicine, Clinical Operations

Fellowship Director

Academic Affiliations

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone 513-636-1945

Fax 513-803-9245

Email karen.jerardi@cchmc.org

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Clinical

Pediatric hospital medicine

Research

Medical education; quality measure development

Biography

Dr. Jerardi developed and implemented a new curriculum for a hospital medicine elective for pediatric residents and now serves as the elective’s course director. She is currently enrolled in the Master of Medical Education program. She was also accepted into the Academic Pediatric Association’s (APA) Educational Scholars program. She has also developed and led workshops on improving the educational experience for trainees at regional and national meetings, including the annual Pediatric Hospital Medicine Conference.

Her additional research interests have focused on developing quality measures for the management of children hospitalized with common infections such as urinary tract infection and pneumonia. In this area, she has served as a site leader for a two multicenter studies and as a primary investigator in an additional study of UTI inpatient care.

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

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

Certification: Pediatrics, 2009.

MEd: University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 2013.

Williams D, Shah SS, Myers A, Hall M, Auger K, Queen M, Jerardi K, McClain L, Wiggleton C, Tieder J. Identifying Pediatric Community-acquired Pneumonia Hospitalizations: Accuracy of Administrative Billing Codes. JAMA Pediatrics. 2013.

Jerardi K, Elkeeb D, Weiser J, Brinkman W. Rapid Implementation of Evidence Based Guidelines for Imaging after First Urinary Tract Infection. Pediatrics. 2013.

Myers AL, Hall M, Williams DJ, Auger K, Tieder JS, Statile A, Jerardi K, McClain L, Shah SS. Prevalence of Bacteremia in Hospitalized Pediatric Patients with Community-acquired Pneumonia. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2013 Jul;32(7):736-740.

Jerardi KE, Auger KA, Shah SS, Hall M, Hain PD, Myers AL, Williams DJ, Tieder JS. Discordant Antibiotic Therapy and Length of Stay in Children Hospitalized for Urinary Tract Infection. J Hosp Med. 2012 Oct;7(8):622-7.

Tieder JS, Hall M, Auger KA, Hain PD, Jerardi KE, Myers AL, Rahman SS, Williams DJ, Shah SS. Accuracy of hospital billing codes to detect urinary tract infection hospitalizations. Pediatrics. 2011 Aug;128(2):323-30.

Matthew Kelleher, MD, MEd Attending Physician, Division of Hospital Medicine

513-803-4829 matthew.kelleher@cchmc.org

Eric S. Kirkendall, MD, MBI, FAAP Associate Chief Medical Information Officer, Information Services

Eric S. Kirkendall, MD, MBI, FAAP, performs research in patient safety, quality improvement, and resource utilization. He is particularly interested in the design and development of novel software and applications to address complex healthcare system challenges, employing techniques such as real-time data acquisition, advanced analytics, artificial intelligence, human factors, and user-centered design.

513-636-1945 eric.kirkendall@cchmc.org

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Eric S. Kirkendall, MD, MBI, FAAP

Associate Chief Medical Information Officer, Information Services

Attending Hospitalist, Division of Hospital Medicine

Clinical Informaticist, Division of Biomedical Informatics

Academic Affiliations

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

UC Department of Biomedical Informatics

Phone 513-636-1945

Fax 513-803-9245

Email eric.kirkendall@cchmc.org

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Clinical

Hospital medicine

Research

Medical/clinical informatics; patient safety; quality improvement; artificial intelligence; novel software development

Biography

Dr. Kirkendall works to use health information technology to maximize patient safety and quality in clinical care delivery, data management, and novel application/software development. He is the first Associate Chief Medical Information Officer in Cincinnati Children's history. In that role he oversees the design, implementation, and optimization of the electronic health record and other associated technologies.

Dr. Kirkendall co-leads the Decision Support Analytics Workgroup (DSAW), which investigates the links between the effectiveness of clinical decision support (CDS), patient safety, and user efficiency. His research has demonstrated ties between decreasing alert burden on clinicians, increasing CDS alert salience, and improving patient outcomes.

Many of Dr. Kirkendall’s research projects have also incorporated artificial intelligence techniques (e.g., natural language processing) and other innovative methods to detect adverse events/harm across multiple hospital environments. The results have shown vast improvements in detecting errors related to medication administrations.

Dr. Kirkendall has also worked with the Center for Acute Care Nephrology to develop a catalog of detection and risk-stratifying electronic triggers that have resulted in NTMx-AKI reductions of 25-50% across four novel metrics, preventing over 400 children from developing AKI.

BS: Biology, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, 1999.

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

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

MBI: Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, 2012.

Certification: American Board of Pediatrics, 2006; Clinical Informatics, 2014.

Goldstein SL, Mottes T, Simpson K, Barclay C, Muething S, Haslam DB, Kirkendall ES. A sustained quality improvement program reduces nephrotoxic medication-associated acute kidney injury. Kidney Int. 2016 Jul;90(1):212-21.

Lehmann CU, Council on Clinical Information Technology, Weinberg ST, Alexander GM, Beyer EL, Del Beccaro MA, Francis AB, Handler EG, Johnson TD, Kirkendall ES, Lighter DE, Morgan SJ, Raskas MD, Tham E, Webber EC. Pediatric Aspects of Inpatient health Information Technology Systems. Pediatrics. 2015 Mar.

Goldstein SL, Kirkendall E, Nguyen H, Schaffzin JK, Bucuvalas J, Bracke T, Seid M, Ashby M, Foertmeyer N, Brunner L, Lesko A, Barclay C, Lannon C, Muething S. Electronic Health Record Identification of Nephrotoxin Exposure and Associated Acute Kidney Injury. Pediatrics. 2013 Sep;132(3):e756-67.

Kirkendall ES, Kloppenborg E, Papp J, White D, Frese C, Hacker D, Schoettker PJ, Muething S, Kotagal U. Measuring Adverse Events and Levels of Harm in Pediatric Inpatients with the Global Trigger Tool. Pediatrics. 2012 Nov;130(5):e1206-14.

Narus SP, Srivastava R, Gouripeddi R, Livne OE, Mo P, Bickel JP, de Regt D, Hales JW, Kirkendall E, Stepanek RL, Toth J, Keren R. Federating clinical data from six pediatric hospitals: process and initial results from the PHIS+ Consortium. AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2011;2011:994-1003.

Grants

Improving Intensive Care Medication Safety through EHR-based Algorithms. Principal Investigator. National Library of Medicine. 2015-2019.

NINJA2: Reduction of Nephrotoxic Medication-associated Acute Kidney Injury in Children. Co-investigator. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. 2015-2018.

Pursuing Perfection in Pediatric Therapeutics. Clinical Scientist – Informatics Expert. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. 2011-2016.

Melissa D. Klein, MD, MEd Director, Education Section, Division of General and Community Pediatrics

Melissa D. Klein, MD, MEd, is a general pediatrician with an interest in medical education research. Her main research focuses on the effects of education on pediatric residents’ knowledge of and attitudes towards the social determinants of health. Her most recent projects investigate newly created and innovative teaching techniques and measurement tools to evaluate resident practice change towards screening for social needs in the primary care centers.

513-636-4506 melissa.klein@cchmc.org

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Melissa D. Klein, MD, MEd

Director, Education Section, Division of General and Community Pediatrics

Director, General Pediatrics Master Educator Fellowship

Director, Primary Care and Community Pediatrics Pathway of the Pediatric Residency

Attending Physician, Division of Hospital Medicine

Academic Affiliations

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone 513-636-4506

Fax 513-636-4506

Email melissa.klein@cchmc.org

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Medical education; health disparities; primary care pediatrics

Biography

Melissa Klein, MD, Med, is an associate professor in the Division of General and Community Pediatrics at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center within the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. She completed her medical training at Albany Medical College and her pediatric residency at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. She more recently earned her Master of Education at the University of Cincinnati. Her main interests are medical education, specifically related to teaching residents how to address social determinants of health in pediatric settings. She is involved in education within the institution as one of the associate directors of the Pediatric Residency Training Program and the education section director in the 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 the physician champion of education for 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.

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.

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.

Grants

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

Sarah Luthy, MD, MSCS Attending Physician, Division of Hospital Medicine

513-803-8092 sarah.luthy@cchmc.org

Mia Mallory, MD, MEd Attending Physician, Division of Hospital Medicine

513-636-0409 mia.mallory@cchmc.org

Stephen E. Muething, MD Co-Director, James M. Anderson Center for Health Systems Excellence

Stephen E. Muething, MD, is a leader in quality improvement and transformation at Cincinnati Children's. He led improvement work in evidence-based care and patient flow, and was a leader of the team that launched Family-Centered Rounds. He has a special interest in design for reliability and high reliability organization, and plays a key role in several national improvement efforts supplying expertise in improvement science.

513-636-2068 stephen.muething@cchmc.org

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Stephen E. Muething, MD

Co-Director, James M. Anderson Center for Health Systems Excellence

Vice President for Safety

Attending Physician, Division of Hospital Medicine

Academic Affiliations

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone 513-636-2068

Fax 513-803-9245

Email stephen.muething@cchmc.org

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Serious safety events reduction; high reliability organization theory; evidence-based care; family centered rounds; decreasing delays in discharge; clinical microsystems

Biography

Dr. Stephen Muething is co-director of the James M. Anderson Center for Health Systems Excellence at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and professor of pediatrics at The University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. Dr. Muething was recently awarded the Michael and Suzette Fisher Family Chair for Safety at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. He now focuses on the strategic goals of Cincinnati Children’s to improve all aspects of care including safety, outcomes, experience and affordability. His improvement work and research focuses on high reliability culture, situation awareness, managing by prediction and lean leadership.

Dr. Muething was one of the founders of the Children’s Hospital Solution for Patient Safety and now serves as strategic advisor. This network, of more than 100 children’s hospitals, is collaborating to eliminate serious harm for all pediatric patients across the United States and Canada. He serves on multiple national pediatric safety groups and is a frequent consultant for regional, national and international safety and quality initiatives. He has lectured in more than a dozen countries.

Dr. Muething started as a solo practitioner and spent the first decade of his clinical career building a pediatric practice and inpatient unit in rural Indiana. He then focused on inpatient systems at Cincinnati Children’s as the first leader of the Hospital Medicine program and was at the forefront of multiple transformations in care delivery including family-centered rounds, systematic adoption of evidence-based practice and inpatient microsystems.

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

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

Certification: Pediatrics.

Stockwell DC, Bisarya H, Classen DC, Kirkendall ES, Landrigan CP, Lemon V, Tham E, Hyman D, Lehman SM, Searles E, Hall M, Muething SE, Schuster MA, Sharek PJ. A Trigtger Tool To Detect Harm in Pediatric Inpatient Settings. Pediatrics. 2015 June; 135(6) 1036-42.

Lyren A, Brilli R, Bird M, Lashutka N, Muething S. Ohio Children’s Hospitals’ Solutions for Patient Safety; A Framework for Pediatric Patient Safety Improvement. J Healthc Qual. 2015 April 9. Epub ahead of print.

Hibbert PD, Hallahan, AR, Muething SE, Lachman P, Hooer TD, Wiles LK, Jaffe A, White L, Wheaton GR, Runciman WB, Dalton S, Williams HM, Braithwaite J. CareTrack Kids-part 3. Adverse events in children’s healthcare in Australia: study protocol for a retrospective medical record review. BMJ Open. 2015 April 8:5(4):e007750.

Brady PW, Zix J, Brilli R, Wheeler DS, Griffith K, Giaccone MJ, Dressman K, Kotagal U, Muething S, Tegtmeyer K. Developing and evaluating the success of a family activated medical emergency team: a quality improvement report. BMJ Qual Saf. 2015 March, 24(3):203-11.

Patrick W Brady, Julie Zix, Richard Brilli, Derek S Wheeler, Kristie Griffith, Mary Jo Giaccone, Kathy Dressman, Uma Kotagal, Stephen Muething, Ken Tegtmeyer. Developing And Evaluating The Success Of A Family Activated Medical Emergency Team: A Quality Improvement Report. BMJ Qual Saf. 2014 Dec 16.

Stockwell DC, Bisarya H, Classen DC, Kirkendall ES, Lachman PI, Matlow AG, Tham E, Hyman D, Lehman SM, Searles E, Muething SE, Sharek PJ. Development of an Electronic Pediatric All-Cause Harm Measurement Tool Using a Modified Delphi Method. J Patient Saf. 2014 Aug 26. Epub ahead of print.

Stephen J. Swensen, James R. Duncan, Rosemary Gibson, Stephen E. Muething, Rebecca LeBuhn, Jean Rexford, Carol Wagner, Stephen R. Smith, Becky DeMers, Richard Morin, John Santa, Charles J. Homer. An Appeal for Safe and Appropriate Imaging of Children. Journal Patient Safety. 2014 Sept; 10(3): 121-4.

Brady PW, Wheeler DS, Muething SE, Kotagal UR. Situation Awareness: A New Mode for Predicting and Preventing Patient Deterioration. Hospital Pediatrics. 2014 May; 4(3): 143-6.

Stockwell, David C.; Kirkendall, Eric; Muething, Stephen E.; Kloppenborg, Elizabeth; Vinodrao, Hima; Jacobs, Brian R. Automated Adverse Event Detection Collaborative: Electronic Adverse Event Identification, Classification, and Corrective Actions Across Academic Pediatric Institutions. J Patient Saf. 2013 Dec; (4):203-10.

Stuart L. Goldstein, Eric Kirkendall, Hovi Nguyen, Joshua K. Schaffzin, John Bucuvalas, Tracey Bracke, Michael Seid, Marshall Ashby, Natalie Foertmeyer, Lori Brunner, Anne Lesko, Cynthia Barclay, Carole Lannon and Stephen Muething. Electronic Health Record Identification of Nephrotoxin Exposure and Associated Acute Kidney Injury. Pediatrics. 2013 August.

Grant M. Mussman, MD, MHSA Attending Physician, Division of Hospital Medicine

513-803-9675 grant.mussman@cchmc.org

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Grant M. Mussman, MD, MHSA

Attending Physician, Division of Hospital Medicine

Academic Affiliations

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone 513-803-9675

Email grant.mussman@cchmc.org

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Pediatric hospital medicine; quality improvement.

Biography

Grant Mussman, MD, MHSA, is a pediatric hospital medicine physician and assistant professor of pediatrics at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center within the UC Department of Pediatrics. In additional to clinical training in pediatrics, Dr. Mussman has advanced training in health services administration and quality improvement. His current work includes improving provider awareness of hospital readmissions and development of strategies to reduce unnecessary readmissions, improving the reliability of verbal handoffs to primary care providers at hospital discharge, and reducing unnecessary interventions for pediatric patients with acute viral bronchiolitis.

MD: University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 2002.

Residency: Pediatrics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA.

Certification: Pediatrics, 2005.

MHSA: Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH, 2013.

Gold JM, Hall M, Shah SS, Thomson J, Subramony A, Mahant S, Mittal V, Wilson KM, Morse R, Mussman GM, Hametz P, Montalbano A, Parikh K, Ishman S, O'Neill M, Berry JG. Long length of hospital stay in children with medical complexity. Journal of Hospital Medicine (Online). 2016;11(11):750-756.

Auger KA, Mueller EL, Weinberg SH, Forster C, Shah A, Wolski C, Mussman G, Jolanta Ipsaro A, Davis MM. A Validated Method for Identifying Unplanned Pediatric Readmission. J Pediatr. 2016 Mar;170:105-12.e1-2.

Ralston S, Garber M, Rice-Conboy E, Mussman G, Walley S, Shadman K, Nichols E. A Multicenter Collaborative to Reduce Unnecessary Care in Inpatient Bronchiolitis. Pediatrics. 2016;137(1):e20150851.

Mussman GM, Vossmeyer MT, Brady PW, Warrick DM, Simmons JM, White CM. Improving the reliability of verbal communication between primary care physicians and pediatric hospitalists at hospital discharge. Journal of Hospital Medicine. 2015;10(9):574–580.

Mahant S, Hall M, Ishman S, Morse R, Mittal V, Mussman G, Gold J, Montalbano A, Srivastava R, Wilson K, Shah S. Association of National Guidelines with Tonsillectomy Perioperative Care and Outcomes. Pediatrics. 2015;136(1):53-60.

Parikh K, Hall M, Mittal V, Montalbano A, Morse R, Wilson K, Mussman GM, Hain P, Shah S. Establishing Benchmarks for Hospitalized Care of Asthma, Bronchiolitis, and Pneumonia. Pediatrics. 2014;134(3):555-562.

Mittal V, Morse R, Wilson KM, Mussman GM, Hain P, Montalbano A, Parikh K, Mahant S, Shah S. Impact of Inpatient Bronchiolitis Clinical Practice Guideline Implementation on Testing and Treatment. Journal of Pediatrics. 2014;165(3):570-576.e573.

Mussman GM, Parker M, Statile A, Sucharew H, Brady PW. Suctioning and Length of Stay in Bronchiolitis. JAMA Pediatrics. 2013; 167(5):414-421.

Mussman GM, Conway PH. Pediatric hospitalist systems versus traditional models of care: Effect on quality and cost outcomes. Journal of Hospital Medicine. 2012; 7(4):350-357.

Jennifer K. O'Toole, MD, MEd Program Director, Internal Medicine, Pediatrics Residency Program

Jennifer K. O'Toole, MD, MEd, is a pediatric and internal medicine hospitalist and associate residency program director who has research interests in handoffs in care, educational innovation for bedside teaching, teaching residents to care for underserved populations, and faculty development in medical education. She is the site PI for the I-PASS Handoff Study where she leads faculty development efforts and is a member of the education executive committee.

513-803-2009 jennifer.otoole@cchmc.org

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Jennifer K. O'Toole, MD, MEd

Program Director, Internal Medicine, Pediatrics Residency Program

Medical Director of Education and Adult Care, Division of Hospital Medicine

Academic Affiliations

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

UC Department of Internal Medicine

Phone 513-803-2009

Email jennifer.otoole@cchmc.org

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Clinical

Adult and pediatric hospital medicine

Research

Handoffs; medical education; patient and family centered care; care of adults in pediatric hospitals

Biography

Dr. Jennifer O’Toole is a pediatric and adult hospitalist at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and University of Cincinnati Medical Center, and an associate professor of pediatrics and internal medicine at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. Dr. O’Toole also holds a Master's of Education in curriculum and instruction from the University of Cincinnati College of Education.

Since 2008, Dr. O’Toole has served as the associate director of Cincinnati’s Combined Internal Medicine and Pediatrics Residency Program. In addition, she is the program director of the IMSTAR Medical Education Fellowship within the Department of Internal Medicine and medical director of education and adult care for the Division of Hospital Medicine at Cincinnati Children's. She is a graduate of the Academic Pediatric Association’s (APA) Educational Scholars Program and served as member representative on the Executive Committee of the national Medicine-Pediatric Program Directors Association from 2013-2015. She currently serves as co-chair of the APA’s Hospital Medicine Special Interest Group and is a member of the planning committee for the annual Pediatric Hospital Medicine Conference.

Her clinical and research interests include resident education, curriculum development and innovation, handoffs, and inpatient care for adults with congenital or complex healthcare needs admitted to pediatric hospitals. She is the site principal investigator for Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center in the I-PASS Institute. She serves as chair of the Educational Executive Committee for the Society of Hospital Medicine’s I-PASS Mentored Implementation Program and is a member of Educational Executive Committee for the Patient and Family Centered I-PASS Study.

BS: Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH, 1999.

MD: University of Buffalo School of Medicine, Buffalo, NY, 2003.

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

Chief Residency: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 2008.

MEd: University of Cincinnati College of Education, Cincinnati, OH, 2012.

Certification: Pediatrics, 2007; Internal Medicine, 2008.

Warm EJ, Held J, Hellman M, Kelleher M, Kinnear B, Lee C, O’Toole JK, Mathis B, Mueller C, Sall D, Tolentino J, Schauer D. Entrusting Observable Practice Activities and Milestones Over the 36 Months of an Internal Medicine Residency. Academic Medicine. June 2016.

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.

Kinnear B, O’Toole JK. The Care of Adults in Children’s Hospitals: Acknowledging the Aging Elephant in the Room. JAMA Pediatrics. 2015 Dec;169(12):1081-1082.

Auger K, Jerardi K, Simmons J, Davis M, O’Toole JK, Sucharew H. It's Complicated: Overcoming Statistical Challenges of Group Learning in Medical Education Research. Journal of Graduate Medical Education. 2015 Sep;7(3):326-330.

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.

O’Toole J, Bismilla Z, Everhart J. The I-PASS Handoff Program: A Standardized Approach to Transitions of Care That Improves Patient Safety. Academic Internal Medicine Insight. 2015 April;13(1).

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.

Solan L, Yau C, Sucharew H, O’Toole JK. A Structured Multi-Disciplinary Handoff Improves Communication. Hospital Pediatrics. 2014 Sept 1;4(5):311-315.

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.

Grants

Bringing I-PASS to the Bedside: A Communication Bundle to Improve Patient Safety and Experience. Site Principal Investigator. Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI). Jan 2014–Dec 2016.

Michelle Parker, MD Attending Physician, Division of Hospital Medicine

513-803-8092 michelle.parker@cchmc.org

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Michelle Parker, MD

Attending Physician, Division of Hospital Medicine

Academic Affiliations

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone 513-803-8092

Email michelle.parker@cchmc.org

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Research Interests

Quality improvement; evidence based health-care; medical education; patient safety

MD: Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 2003.

Residency: Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.

Certification: Pediatrics, 2010.

Parker MW, Shah SS, Hall M, Fieldston ES, Coley B, Morse RB. Computed Tomography and Shift to Alternate Imaging Modalities in Hospitalized Children. Pediatrics. 2015;136(3):e573-581.

Mussman GM, Parker MW, Statile A, Sucharew H, Brady PW. Length of Stay and Suctioning in Bronchiolitis. JAMA Pediatrics. 2013;167(5):414-21.

Parker MW, Schaffzin JK, Lo Vecchio A, Yau C, Vonderhaar K, Guiot A, Brinkman WB, White C, Simmons JM, Gerhardt W, Kotagal UR, Conway PH. Rapid adoption of Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG for Acute Gastroenteritis. Pediatrics. 2013;131(Supplement 1):S96-S102.

Parker M, Shah SS. Commentary on ‘Neuraminidase inhibitors for preventing and treating influenza in children (published trials only)’. Evid.-Based Child Health. 2012;7:1791–1792.

Shivani J. Patel, DO, MS Attending Physician, Division of Hospital Medicine

513-803-3112 shivani.patel@cchmc.org

Sarah W. Riddle, MD, IBCLC, FAAP Attending Physician, Division of Hospital Medicine

513-636-2326 sarah.riddle@cchmc.org

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Sarah W. Riddle, MD, IBCLC, FAAP

Attending Physician, Division of Hospital Medicine

Academic Affiliations

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone 513-636-2326

Email sarah.riddle@cchmc.org

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Hospitalist medicine; breastfeeding medicine

Biography

Sarah Riddle, MD, IBCLC, 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.

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.

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.

Amy R. Rule, MD, MPH Attending Physician, Division of Hospital Medicine

Amy R. Rule, MD, MPH, investigates low resource education methods including simulation to teach pediatric and neonatal resuscitation in the low and middle income world. In addition she is involved in education research assessing, designing and implementing global child health education into pediatric resident and medical student education.

513-636-4214 amy.long@cchmc.org

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Amy R. Rule, MD, MPH

Attending Physician, Division of Hospital Medicine

Attending Physician, Perinatal Institute

Academic Affiliations

Instructor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone 513-636-4214

Email amy.long@cchmc.org

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Clinical

Neonatal and pediatric hospital medicine; children with special needs; tropical medicine

Research

Global child health; neonatal resuscitation; pediatric resuscitation; simulation

Biography

Amy RL Rule MD, MPH, is a neonatal and pediatric attending physician who specializes in global child health education research and training. She helped design the Global Health Plus fellowship option for fellows at Cincinnati Children's who want to develop careers in global health.

MD: Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, 2010.

Pediatric Residency: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 2013.

Certification: Pediatrics, 2013.

Fellowship: Pediatric Hospital Medicine and Global Child Health, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 2016.

MPH: Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, NE, 2016.

Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Traveler's Health: University of West Virginia, Morgantown, WV, 2013.

Rule ARL, Maina E, Cheruiyot D, Mueri P, Simmons JM, Kamath-Rayne BD. Using quality improvement to decrease birth asphyxia rates after 'Helping Babies Breathe' training in Kenya. Acta Paediatr. 2017 Jun 5.

Kamath-Rayne BD, Josyula S, Rule ARL, Vasquez JC. Improvements in the delivery of resuscitation and newborn care after Helping Babies Breathe training. J Perinatol. 2017 Jul 20.

Rule ARL, Snider J, Marshall C, Kramer K, Geis G, Gosdin C. Using Simulation to Develop Care Models for Rapid Response and Code Teams at a Satellite Facility. Hospital Pediatrics. 2017.

Rule ARL, Tabangin M, Cheruiyot D, Murei P, Kamath-Rayne B. The Call and the Challenge of Pediatric Resuscitation and Simulation Research in Low-Resource Settings. Simulation in Healthcare. 2017.

Long AR, Rouster-Stevens KA. The role of exercise therapy in the management of juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Curr Opin Rheumatol. 2010;22:213–7.

Amanda C. Schondelmeyer, MD Attending Physician, Division of Hospital Medicine

Amanda C. Schondelmeyer, MD, is a fellowship-trained pediatric hospitalist who conducts research and quality improvement work in the inpatient setting. Her research focuses on improving the quality, safety, and value of care provided to hospitalized children by evaluating and reducing overuse.

513-803-9158 amanda.schondelmeyer@cchmc.org

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Amanda C. Schondelmeyer, MD

Attending Physician, Division of Hospital Medicine

Academic Affiliations

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone 513-803-9158

Email amanda.schondelmeyer@cchmc.org

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Clinical

Hospital medicine

Research

Quality improvement; clinical research

Biography

Amanda Schondelmeyer, MD, MSc, is a fellowship-trained pediatric hospitalist. She provides clinical care for hospitalized children and conducts research and quality improvement work in the inpatient setting. Her research focuses on improving the quality, safety, and value of care provided to hospitalized children by evaluating and reducing overuse.

BS, BA: University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 2005.

MD: University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 2009.

Residency: Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 2012.

Fellowship: Hospital Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 2015.

MSc: University of Cincinnati Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, 2015.

Certification: Pediatrics, 2012.

Schondelmeyer AC, Bonafide CP, Goel VV, Blake N, Cvach M, Sucharew H, Simmons JM, Brady PW. The frequency of physiologic monitor alarms in a children's hospital. J Hosp Med. 2016.

Schondelmeyer AC, Brady PW, Sucharew H, Huang G, Hofacer KE, Simmons JM. The Impact of Reduced Pulse Oximetry Use on Alarm Frequency. Hosp Pediatr. 2016;6(4):243-247.

Chua KP, Neuman MI, McWilliams JM, Aronson PL on behalf of the Febrile Young Infant Research Collaborative (*Thurm C, Williams DJ, Browning WL, Nigrovic LE, Alpern ER, Tieder JS, Feldman EA, Shah SS, Schondelmeyer AC, Alessandrini EA, McCulloh RJ, Myers AL, Balamuth F, Hayes KL). Association between clinical outcomes and hospital guidelines for cerebrospinal fluid testing in febrile infants aged 29-56 days. J Pediatr. 2015 Dec;167(6):1340-6.e9. (*members of the investigative team; cited as collaborators in PubMed and in the appendix of the manuscript)

Aronson PL, Williams DJ, Thurm C, Tieder JS, Alpern ER, Nigrovic LE, Schondelmeyer AC, Balamuth F, Myers AL, McCulloh RJ, Alessandrini EA, Shah SS, Browning WL, Hayes KL, Feldman EA, Neuman MI; for the Febrile Young Infant Research Collaborative. Accuracy of Diagnosis Codes to Identify Febrile Young Infants Using Administrative Data. J Hosp Med. 2015 Dec;10(12):787-93.

Aronson PL, Thurm C, Williams DR, Nigrovic LE, Alpern ER, Tieder JS, Shah SS, McCulloh RJ, Balamuth F, Schondelmeyer AC, Alessandrini EA, Browning WL, Myers AL, Neuman MI for the Febrile Young Infant Research Collaborative. Association of Clinical Practice Guidelines with Emergency Department Management of Febrile Infants ≤56 Days. J Hosp Med. 2015 Jun;10(6):358-65.

Schondelmeyer A, 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. Apr 2015;135(4):e1044-1051.

Sherenian MG, Clee M, Schondelmeyer A, de Alarcón A, Li J, Assa’ad A, Risma K. Caustic Ingestions Mimicking Anaphylaxis: Case Studies and Literature Review. Pediatrics. Feb 2015;135(2):e547-550.

Aronson PL, Thurm C, Alpern ER, Alessandrini EA, Williams DJ, Shah SS, Nigrovic LE, McCulloh RJ, Schondelmeyer A, Tieder JS, and Neuman MI for the Febrile Young Infant Research Collaborative. Variation in Care of the Febrile Young Infant <90 Days in US Pediatric Emergency Departments. Pediatrics. Oct 2014;134(4):667-677.

Schaffzin JK, Dodd CN, Nguyen H, Schondelmeyer A, Campanella S, Goldstein SL. Administrative data misclassifies and fails to identify nephrotoxin-associated acute kidney injury in hospitalized children. Hospital pediatrics. May 2014;4(3):159-166.

White CM, Statile AM, White DL, Elkeeb D, Tucker K, Herzog D, Warrick SD, Warrick DM, Hausfield J, Schondelmeyer A, Schoettker PJ, Kiessling P, Farrell M, Kotagal U, Ryckman FC. Using quality improvement to optimise paediatric discharge efficiency. BMJ quality & safety. May 2014;23(5):428-436.

Christine L. Schuler, MD, MPH Attending Physician, Division of Hospital Medicine

Christine L. Schuler, MD, MPH, is a pediatrician with an interest in vaccine-preventable diseases. Her research to date has focused primarily on parents’ attitudes toward HPV vaccine for adolescent children.

513-803-5512 christine.schuler@cchmc.org

Jeffery M. Simmons, MD, MSc Associate Director of Quality, Division of Hospital Medicine

Jeffrey M. Simmons, MD, MSc, is a pediatric hospitalist who uses classical clinical research methods and quality improvement science to accelerate the integration of research findings into the general inpatient wards. He focuses on better understanding socioeconomic disparities among children hospitalized for asthma and on redesigning the clinical care system to better address those disparities. He also directs the fellowship in pediatric hospital medicine.

513-636-6601 jeffrey.simmons@cchmc.org

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Jeffery M. Simmons, MD, MSc

Associate Director of Quality, Division of Hospital Medicine

Associate Safety Officer, James M. Anderson Center for Health Services Excellence

Attending Physician, Division of Hospital Medicine

Academic Affiliations

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone 513-636-6601

Fax 513-803-9245

Email jeffrey.simmons@cchmc.org

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Clinical

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

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, MSc, is finishing an NRSA research fellowship and master's 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.

MD: Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, 2000.

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

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

Certification: Pediatrics, 2003.

S. Andrew Spooner, MD, MS, FAAP Chief Medical Information Officer, Biomedical Informatics

S. Andrew Spooner, MD, MS, FAAP, is actively involved in patient-centered research. He is interested in clinical decision support in the pediatric electronic health record.

513-636-2290 andrew.spooner@cchmc.org

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S. Andrew Spooner, MD, MS, FAAP

Chief Medical Information Officer, Biomedical Informatics

Attending Physician, Division of Hospital Medicine

Academic Affiliations

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone 513-636-2290

Email andrew.spooner@cchmc.org

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Biography

Dr. Spooner practices general academic pediatrics and serves as the Chief Medical Information Officer for Cincinnati Children’s. He is also actively involved in patient-centered research. He and his research group have created a data warehouse focusing on medication alerts stretching back five years, into which they have built several metrics of user alert-response behavior. They are using this warehouse to answer questions about how clinical users manage the load of decision-support alerts in the system and how they detect potential harmful overdose errors. They are collaborating with an external machine-learning vendor that is working with the hospital’s safety leaders on safety analytics to bring more powerful tools to bear on the problem of alert fatigue and user overload. On other fronts, Dr. Spooner is researching decision support for weight data-entry errors that can have profound effects on medication safety. His group is working with business intelligence systems interfaced to the electronic medical record to tune decision support to unprecedented specificity and sensitivity.

Kirkendall ES, Kouril M, Dexheimer JW, Courter JD, Hagedorn P, Szczesniak R, Li D, Damania R, Minich T, Spooner SA. Automated identification of antibiotic overdoses and adverse drug events via analysis of prescribing alerts and medication administration records. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2016 Aug 9.

Li Q, Spooner SA, Kaiser M, Lingren N, Robbins J, Lingren T, Tang H, Solti I, Ni Y. An end-to-end hybrid algorithm for automated medication discrepancy detection. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2015 May 6;15:37.

Kirkendall ES, Kouril M, Minich T, Spooner SA. Analysis of electronic medication orders with large overdoses: opportunities for mitigating dosing errors. Appl Clin Inform. 2014 Jan 8;5(1):25-45.

Marsolo K, Spooner SA. Clinical genomics in the world of the electronic health record. Genet Med. 2013 Oct;15(10):786-91.

Kirkendall ES, Spooner SA, Logan JR. Evaluating the accuracy of electronic pediatric drug dosing rules. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2014 Feb;21(e1):e43-9.

Angela M. Statile, MD, MEd Assistant Program Director, Pediatric Residency Training Program

Angela M. Statile, MD, MEd, is a hospitalist with primary research interests in medical education and quality improvement. She leads a hospital medicine resident conference series, as well as a monthly medical student presentation skills workshop. She is also involved in several quality improvement initiatives, including a hospital-wide project to improve timely patient discharges in acute and complex care patients.

513-803-4829 angela.statile@cchmc.org

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Angela M. Statile, MD, MEd

Assistant Program Director, Pediatric Residency Training Program

Director Burnet Campus, Division of Hospital Medicine

Academic Affiliations

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone 513-803-4829

Fax 513-803-9245

Email angela.statile@cchmc.org

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Medical education; quality improvement; operations

MD: Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA, 2006.

Residency: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 2006-2009.

Chief Residency: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 2009-2010.

Certification: Pediatrics, 2009.

MEd: Master of Education, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 2013.

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.

Grants

Improving post-discharge outcomes by facilitating family-centered transitions from hospital to home. Investigator. Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute. May 2014 - Jan 2017.

Ndidi I. Unaka, MD, MEd Associate Program Director, Pediatric Residency Training Program

513-636-8354 ndidi.unaka@cchmc.org

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Ndidi I. Unaka, MD, MEd

Associate Program Director, Pediatric Residency Training Program

A6NS Unit Medical Director

Academic Affiliations

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone 513-636-8354

Email ndidi.unaka@cchmc.org

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Medical education; advocacy; quality improvement; diversity

MD: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 2007.

Residency: Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, 2007-2010.

Chief Residency: Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, 2010- 2011.

Certification: American Board of Pediatrics, 2010.

Bignall ONR, Raglin Bignall WJ, Vaughn LM, Unaka NI. Fathers Know Best: Inner-City African American Fathers' Perceptions Regarding Their Involvement in the Pediatric Medical Home. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2017.

Unaka NI, Statile A, Jerardi K, Dahale D, Morris J, Liberio B, Brady PW. Improving the Readability of Pediatric Hospital Medicine Discharge Instructions. JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL MEDICINE. 2017;12(7):551-557.

White CM, Thomson JE, Statile AM, Auger KA, Unaka N, Carroll M, Brady PW. Development of a New Care Model for Hospitalized Children With Medical Complexity. Hosp Pediatr. 2017;7(7):410-414.

Patel A, Unaka N, Sobolewski B, Statile A. Five Steps for Success in Building Your Own Educational Web Site. ACADEMIC PEDIATRICS. 2017;17(4):345-348.

Unaka NI, Statile A, Haney J, Beck AF, Brady PW, Jerardi KE. Assessment of Readability, Understandability, and Completeness of Pediatric Hospital Medicine Discharge Instructions. JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL MEDICINE. 2017;12(2):98-101.

Statile AM, Unaka N, Thomson JE, Sucharew H, del Rey JG, White CM. Implementation of an Innovative Pediatric Hospital Medicine Education Series. Hosp Pediatr. 2016;6(3):151-156.

Zackoff M, Goodwin E, Arroyo M, Downes K, Unaka N. Revisiting the History: Hypereosinophilia in a 4-Year-Old With Purpura. Hosp Pediatr. 2015;5(7):399-402.

Zackoff M, Jerardi K, Unaka N, Sucharew H, Klein M. An Observed Structured Teaching Evaluation Demonstrates the Impact of a Resident-as-Teacher Curriculum on Teaching Competency. Hosp Pediatr. 2015;5(6):342-347.

Ngobia A, Alsaied T, Unaka NI. Henoch-Schönlein purpura with hemoptysis: is it pneumonia or something else? Hosp Pediatr. 2014;4(5):316-320.

Auger KA, Jerardi KE, Sucharew HJ, Yau C, Unaka N, Simmons JM. Effects of the 2011 duty hour restrictions on resident education and learning from patient admissions. Hosp Pediatr. 2014;4(4):222-227.

Michael T. Vossmeyer, MD Attending Physician, Division of Hospital Medicine

Michael T. Vossmeyer, MD, is a hospitalist who is interested in family-centered care, situation awareness and clinical quality improvement.

513-636-1956 mike.vossmeyer@cchmc.org

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Michael T. Vossmeyer, MD

Attending Physician, Division of Hospital Medicine

Academic Affiliations

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone 513-636-1956

Fax 513-803-9245

Email mike.vossmeyer@cchmc.org

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Patient and family centered care

Biography

Michael Vossmeyer, MD, has participated in the development of the hospitalist program at Cincinnati Children's. He was instrumental in developing and spreading family-centered rounding at Cincinnati Children's and has made numerous invited presentations on the subject. He was co-designer of the Pediatric Early Warning System and collaborated in its implementation and dissemination. Currently he is working to increase collaboration between community physicians who admit and care for their patients and the hospitalist faculty.

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

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

Certification: Pediatrics, 1987.

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.

Christine M. White, MD, MAT Associate Chief of Staff

Christine M. White, MD, MAT, is an associate professor for the UC Department of Pediatrics. Dr. White's interests and research focus on quality improvement. She has led efforts to increase medication reconciliation completion. She is currently leading institute-wide improvement projects on improving capacity management and the patient/family experience.

513-803-0926 christine.white@cchmc.org

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Christine M. White, MD, MAT

Associate Chief of Staff

Medical Director, Division of Hospital Medicine, Burnet Campus

Medical Director, Destination Excellence

Attending Physician, Division of Hospital Medicine

Academic Affiliations

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone 513-803-0926

Fax 513-803-9245

Email christine.white@cchmc.org

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Pediatric hospital medicine; quality improvement

Biography

Christine White, MD, MAT, is an associate professor for the UC Department of Pediatrics and the medical director for the Division of Hospital Medicine, Burnet Campus, 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 hospital-wide 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.

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

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

Certification: Pediatrics, 2007.