James M Anderson Center for Health Systems Excellence

Peter A. Margolis, MD, PhD Director of Research and Co-Director, James M. Anderson Center for Health Systems Excellence

work encompasses the application and study of quality improvement methods in a broad range of areas including primary and sub-specialty care, communities and public health settings to improve the health outcomes of children, families and communities.

513-803-5015 peter.margolis@cchmc.org

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Peter A. Margolis, MD, PhD

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

Academic Affiliations

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone 513-803-5015

Fax 513-636-0171

Email peter.margolis@cchmc.org

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Biography

Peter Margolis, MD, PhD, is professor of pediatrics and director of research at the James M. Anderson Center for Health System Excellence at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. His work encompasses the application and study of quality improvement methods in a broad range of areas including primary and sub-specialty care, communities and public health settings to improve the health outcomes of children, families and communities. In 2006 Dr. Margolis' joined Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center to create a new center focused on Health Care Quality. Dr. Margolis has worked extensively with the certifying boards and specialty societies to assist them in designing programs that will enable physicians to meet new maintenance of certification requirements focused on systems thinking and performance in practice. He is principle investigator of an National Institutes of Health Roadmap transformative research grant on redesigning systems for chronic illness care and several AHRQ and PCORI grants aimed at developing learning health systems. Margolis was recently chosen to chair the PCORnet Steering Committee-a $100 million initiative of the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI). Its goal is to improve the nation’s capacity and efficiency in conducting comparative effectiveness research – research that helps determine what works best for patients with specific conditions. Dr. Margolis is also principal investigator of the ImproveCareNow Network and co-principal investigator of PEDSnet.

MD: New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, 1980.

PhD: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 1990.

Chief Resident: University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO, 1983-1984.

Resident: University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO, 1980-1983.

Certification: American Board of Pediatrics, 1985.

Forrest CB, Crandall WV, Bailey LC, Zhang P, Joffe MM, Colletti RB, Adler J, Baron HI, Berman J, del Rosario F, Grossman AB, Hoffenberg EJ, Israel EJ, Kim SC, Lightdale JR, Margolis PA, Marsolo K, Mehta DI, Milov DE, Patel AS, Tung J, Kappelman MD. Effectiveness of anti-TNFα for Crohn disease: research in a pediatric learning health system. Pediatrics. 2014 Jul;134(1):37-44.

Forrest CB, Margolis PA, Bailey LC, Marsolo K, Del Beccaro MA, Finkelstein JA, Milov DE, Vieland VJ, Wolf BA, Yu FB, Kahn MG. PEDSnet: a National Pediatric Learning Health System. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2014 Jul-Aug;21(4):602-6.

Forrest, CB, Margolis, PA, Seid, M, Colletti, RB. PEDSnet: how a prototype pediatric learning health system is being expanded into a national network. Health Aff (Millwood). 2014 Jul;33(7):1171-7.

Seid M, Margolis PA, Opipari-Arrigan L. Collaborative Chronic Care Networks (C3Ns) to transform chronic illness care. Pediatrics. 2013 Jun;131 Suppl 4:S219-23.

Fore D, Goldenhar LM, Margolis PA. Using goal-directed design to create a novel system for improving chronic illness care. JMIR Res Protoc. 2013 Oct 29;2(2):e43.

Kaplan HC, Adler J, Saeed SA, Eslick I, Margolis PA. A Personalized Learning System for Improving Patient-Physician Collaboration. Harvard Business Review, HBR Blog Network. 2013 Oct.

Kaplan HC, Froehle CM, Cassedy A, Provost LP, Margolis PA. An exploratory analysis of the model for understanding success in Quality. Health Care Manage Rev. 2013 Oct-Dec;38(4):325-38.

Margolis, PA, Peterson LE, Seid M. Collaborative Chronic Care Networks (C3Ns) to Transform Chronic Illness Care. Pediatrics. 2013 Jun;131:(4):eS219-23.

Zuckerman B, Margolis PA, Mate KS. Heath Services Innovation: the time is now. JAMA. 2013 Mar 20;309(11):1113-4.

Crandall WV, Margolis PA, Kappelman MD, King EC, Pratt JM, Boyle BM, Duffy LF, Grunow JE, Kim SC, Leibowitz I, Schoen BT, Colletti RB; for the ImproveCareNow Collaborative. Improved Outcomes in a Quality Improvement Collaborative for Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Pediatrics. 2012 Apr;129(4):e1030-41.

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

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. He leads the strategic goal of eliminating all serious harm for patients and employees. His improvement work and research focuses on high reliability culture, situation awareness and managing by prediction.

Dr. Muething is also the clinical director of the Children’s Hospital Solution for Patient Safety. This network of more than 90 children’s hospitals is collaborating to eliminate serious harm for all pediatric patients across the United States. He serves on multiple national pediatric safety groups and is a frequent consultant for regional, national and international safety initiatives. He 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 a 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. Dr. Muething continues his clinical work serving as a safety officer at Cincinnati Children’s.

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.

Faculty

Evaline A. Alessandrini, MD, MSCE Director, Quality Scholars Program

focuses on pediatric health services and outcomes research, with particular emphasis on emergency and ambulatory service use in vulnerable populations. Her broad research agenda is to define outcomes of quality emergency care, develop and refine risk-adjustment tools to compare care quality, and develop interventions to improve the delivery of emergency care to children.

513-803-2046 evaline.alessandrini@cchmc.org

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Evaline A. Alessandrini, MD, MSCE

Director, Quality Scholars Program

Academic Affiliations

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone 513-803-2046

Fax 513-636-0171

Email evaline.alessandrini@cchmc.org

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Biography

Evaline Alessandrini, MD, MSCE, is an attending physician in the Division of Emergency Medicine at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and a professor of pediatrics at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. She is director of the Quality Scholars Program in Health Care Transformation in the James M. Anderson Center for Health Systems Excellence where she leads training for health care faculty to innovate to improve care and rigorously apply quality improvement methods.

Dr. Alessandrini’s research defines outcomes of quality emergency care and develops interventions to improve delivery of emergency care to children. She served as the American Academy of Pediatrics representative to the National Quality Forum’s Steering Committee on Hospital-based Emergency Care and currently serves as the NACHRI representative to the National Quality Forum’s Steering Committee on Ambulatory Care.

MD: Jefferson Medical College, 1988.

BS: Marquette University (Biology, summa cum laude), 1984.

MSCE: Master of Science in Clinical Epidemiology, Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania, 1999.

Residency: Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, D.C., 1988 -1991.

Chief Residency: Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, D.C., 1991-1992.

Fellow: Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, 1992-1995.

Alessandrini EA, Varadarajan K, Alpern ER, Gorelick MH, Shaw KN, Ruddy RM, Chamberlain JM; Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network. Emergency department quality: an analysis of existing pediatric measures. Academ Emerg Medi. 2011 May;18(5):519-26.

Fiks AG, Alessandrini EA, Forrest CB, Khan S, Localio AR, Gerber A. Electronic medical record use in pediatric primary care. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2011 Jan 1;18(1):38-44.

Topjian AA, Localio AR, Berg RA, Alessandrini EA, Meaney PA, Pepe PE, Larkin GL, Peberdy MA, Becker LB, Nadkarni VM; American Heart Association National Registry of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Investigators. Women of child-bearing age have better inhospital cardiac arrest survival outcomes than do equal-aged men. Crit Care Med. 2010 May;38(5):1254-60.

Alessandrini EA, Alpern ER, Chamberlain JM, Shea JA, Gorelick MH. A New ICD-based Diagnosis Grouping System for Child ED Visits. Acedem Emerg Med. 2010 Feb;17(2):204-13.

Fiks AG, Hunter KF, Localio AR, Grundmeier RW, Bryant-Stephens T, Luberti AA, Bell LM, Alessandrini EA. Impact of Electronic Health Record-based Primary Care Clinical Alerts on Influenza Vaccination for Children and Adolescents with Asthma: A Cluster Randomized Trial. Pediatrics. 2009 Jul;124(1):159-169.

Hibbs AM, Walsh CM, Martin RJ, Truog WE, Lorch SA, Alessandrini EA, Cnaan A, Palermo L, Wadlinger SR, Coburn CE, Ballard PL, Ballard RA. One-Year Respiratory Outcomes of Preterm Infants Enrolled in the Nitric Oxide (to Prevent) Chronic Lung Disease Trial. J Pediatr. 2008 Jun;153 (4):525-529.

Fiks AG, Grundmeier RW, Biggs LM, Localio AR, Alessandrini EA. Impact of clinical alerts within an electronic health record on routine subsequent well child care. Pediatrics. 2008 May; 121:898-905..

Flores AI, Bilker WB, Alessandrini EA. The Effect of Continuity of Care in Infancy on Receipt of Lead, Anemia and Tuberculosis Screening. Pediatrics. 2008 Mar;121(3):e399-406.

Gorelick MH, Alessandrini EA, Cronan K, Shults J. Revised Pediatric Emergency Assessment Tool (RePEAT): A Severity Index for Pediatric Emergency Care. Academic Emergency Medicine. 2007 Apri 14(4):316-23.

Gorelick MH, Knight S, Alessandrini EA, Stanley RM, Chamberlain JM, Kuppermann N, Alpern ER. Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network. Lack of agreement in pediatric emergency department discharge diagnoses from clinical and administrative data sources. Academic Emergency Medicine. 2007;14(7):646-52.

Julia S. Anixt, MD Director, The Kelly O'Leary Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders

is a developmental-behavioral pediatrician conducting clinical research on attention deficit/ hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). In particular her work focuses on improving the quality of care for ADHD diagnosis and treatment for children in underserved communities and assessing the impact of parent and youth perceptions about ADHD on treatment decisions.

513-636-4611 julia.anixt@cchmc.org

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Julia S. Anixt, MD

Director, The Kelly O'Leary Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders

Pediatrician, Division of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics

Academic Affiliations

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone 513-636-4611

Fax 513-636-3800

Email julia.anixt@cchmc.org

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Clinical & Research Interests

Clinical

Autism spectrum disorders (ASD); attention deficit / hyperactivity disorder (ADHD); developmental outcomes in children with congenital heart disease (CHD); medication management of ADHD in children with CHD.

Research

Interventions to improve care and outcomes for children with ASD, including Shared Decision Making; developmental outcomes in children with CHD; use and safety of stimulant medication to treat ADHD in children with CHD.

Biography

Julia Anixt, MD, is a developmental-behavioral pediatrician whose research focuses on medication decision making for the treatment of behavioral conditions in children. Her goal is to optimize the quality of life and daily functioning of individuals with developmental and behavioral conditions, including autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and attention deficit / hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), by aligning the prescribing of behavioral medication treatments to best fit patient / family preferences, values and priorities through the use of shared decision making. She has expertise in the evaluation and treatment of children with developmental and behavioral conditions associated with complex congenital heart disease (CHD) and is engaged in research studies to better understand the developmental needs of this population and assess the risks and benefits of behavioral medication use.

Dr. Anixt has a unique combination of clinical expertise, research, and QI skills and serves as an advisor to two learning networks. She is an improvement advisor for the Autism Treatment Network (ATN) learning network. Additionally, she is leading a developmental screening initiative to detect delays and improve referrals to early intervention services for infants with complex CHD, at more than 55 centers through the National Pediatric Cardiology Quality Improvement Collaborative.

BS : Haverford College, Haverford, PA, 1996.

MD: University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 2001.

Residency: Pediatrics, Yale New-Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT, 2004.

Fellowship: Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 2006; Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, 2008.

Certification: General Pediatrics, American Board of Pediatrics, 2004; Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, American Board of Pediatrics, 2011.

Anixt JS, Vaughn AJ, Powe NR, Lipkin PH. Adolescent Perceptions of Outgrowing a Childhood Diagnosis of Attention-Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD): Relationship to ADHD Symptoms and Quality of Life. Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics. 2016 March 4 [Epub ahead of print].

Alsaied T, Marino BS, Esbensen AJ, Anixt JS, Epstein JN, Cnota JF. Does Congenital Heart Disease Affect Neurodevelopmental Outcomes in Children With Down Syndrome? Congenital Heart Disease. 2016; 11(1): 26-33.

Connolly N, Anixt J, Manning P, Lin DP, Marsolo KA, Bowers K. Maternal Metabolic Risk Factors for Autism Spectrum Disorder: An Analysis of Electronic Medical Records and Linked Birth Data. Autism Research. 2016 Jan 29 [Epub ahead of print].

Lipstein EA, Lindly OJ, Anixt JS, Britto MT, Zuckerman KE. Shared Decision Making in the Care of Children with Developmental Behavioral Disorders. Maternal and Child Health Journal. 2016; 20(3): 665-73.

Downes A, Anixt JS, Esbensen A, Wiley S, Meinzen-Derr J. Psychotropic Medication Use in Children and Adolescents with Down Syndrome. Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics. 2015; 36(8): 613-19.

Froehlich TE, Delgado SV, Anixt JS. Expanding Medication Options for Pediatric ADHD. Current Psychiatry. 2013 Dec;12(12): 20-9.

Anixt JS, Copeland-Linder N, Haynie D, Cheng TL. Burden of Unmet Mental Health Needs in Assault-Injured Youths Presenting to the Emergency Department. Acad Pediatr. 2012 Mar-Apr;12(2):125-30.

Froehlich TE, Anixt JS, Loe IM, Chirdkiatgumchai V, Kuan L, Gilman RC. Update on Environmental Risk Factors for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. Curr Psychiatry Rep. 2011 Oct;13(5):333-44.

Olaniyan O, dosReis S, Garriett V, Mychailyszyn MP, Anixt J, Rowe PC, Cheng TL. Community Perspectives of Childhood Behavioral Problems and ADHD among African-American Parents. Ambul Pediatr. 2007 May-Jun;7(3):226-31.

dosReis S, Butz A, Lipkin PH, Anixt JS, Weiner CL, Chernoff R. Attitudes About Stimulant Medication for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Among African American Families in an Inner City Community. J Behav Health Serv Res. 2006 Oct;33(4):423-30.

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

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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Clinical Interests

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.

Adam C. Carle, MA, PhD

is interested in structural equation modeling, measurement theory, generalized multilevel modeling, complex survey methods, propensity scores, and their application to understanding individual and contextual level influences on children’s health and health disparities, especially among children with special health care needs.

513-803-1650 adam.carle@cchmc.org

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Adam C. Carle, MA, PhD

Academic Affiliations

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone 513-803-1650

Fax 513-636-0171

Email adam.carle@cchmc.org

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Structural equation modeling; measurement theory; generalized multilevel modeling; complex survey methods; propensity scores; understanding individual and contextual level influences on children’s health and health disparities; children with special health care needs

Biography

Adam Carle, MA, PhD, is a clinically and quantitatively trained investigator who uses advanced statistical methods to study health disparities among adults and children, especially children with special health care needs.

Dr. Carle uses latent variable models like item response theory, confirmatory factor analysis, structural equation modeling, and multilevel models to examine health disparities across traditionally underserved and underrepresented groups (e.g., US minorities). He seeks to better understand individual and contextual variables in comparative effectiveness research, health disparities, and public policy for children at individual, local, state, and national levels.

Dr. Carle received his PhD in 2003 from Arizona State University. Following his doctoral degree, Dr. Carle completed a a two-year post-doctoral appointment at the US Census Bureau. He spent three years as an assistant professor of psychology at the University of North Florida before joining Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center.

PhD: Arizona State University; Quantitative Methods and Clinical Emphases, 2003.

Post Doctoral Training: US Census Bureau, 2003-2005.

Fairbrother GL, Carle AC, Cassedy A, Newacheck PW. The impact of parental job loss on children's health insurance coverage. Health Aff (Millwood). 2010 Jul;29(7):1343-9.

Carle AC. Mitigating systematic measurement error in comparative effectiveness research in heterogeneous populations. Med Care. 2010 Jun;48(6 Suppl):S68-74.

Carle AC, Simpson LA. Identifying child health priorities for comparative effectiveness research from the IOM's Report. Acad Pediatr. 2010 May-Jun;10(3):155-8.

Carle AC, Blumberg SJ, Poblenz C. Internal Psychometric Properties of the Children with Special Health Care Needs Screener. Acad Pediatr. 2010 Mar 13.

Bethell C, Simpson L, Stumbo S, Carle AC, Gombojav N. National, state, and local disparities in childhood obesity. Health Aff (Millwood). 2010 Mar-Apr;29(3):347-56.

Carle AC. Interpreting the Results of Studies Using Latent Variable Models to Assess Data Quality: An Empirical Example Using Confirmatory Factor Analysis. Quality & Quantity. 2010; 44(3):483-497.

Blumberg SJ, Carle AC. The Well-Being of the Health Care Environment for Children with Special Health Care Needs and Their Families: A Latent Variable Approach. Pediatrics. 2009 Dec;124 Suppl 4:S361-7.

Carle AC, Blumberg SJ, Poblenz C. Psychometric properties of the Children with Special Health Care Needs Screener in the collective population: Evidence for reliability as fielded in the National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs. Academic Pediatrics. 2009 Dec;124 Suppl 4:S375-83.

Kasehagen L, Kane D, Punyko J, Carle AC, Penziner A, Thorson S. What factors are associated with receipt of the services necessary to make transitions to all aspects of adult life relative to states’ ranking? Pediatrics. 2009 Dec;124 Suppl 4:S375-83.

Carle AC. Fitting multilevel models in complex survey data with design weights: Recommendations. BMC Medical Research Methodology 2009 Jul;9:49.

Nancy M. Daraiseh, PhD

is an industrial engineer specializing in occupational safety and health. Her research focuses on utilizing human factors and systems principles to examine work-related safety and health outcomes, patient safety and quality of care.

513-636-7236 nancy.daraiseh@cchmc.org

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Nancy M. Daraiseh, PhD

Academic Affiliations

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone 513-636-7236

Fax 513-636-9765

Email nancy.daraiseh@cchmc.org

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Occupational health and safety; human factors; patient safety; health outcomes; stress

Biography

Nancy M. Daraiseh, PhD, specializes in human factors and safety and health research. She has expertise measuring person-based (physical, emotional, cognitive) factors and environmental (physical, non-physical, organizational, technical) factors in healthcare and their relationship with safety, behaviors, and health. She is currently internally and externally funded to established innovative surveillance systems to improve patient and staff safety.

Dr. Daraiseh is a member of the Institute of Industrial Engineers, The Human Factors & Ergonomics Society and the Society for Health Systems. She is a reviewer for the International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, Human Factors & Ergonomic Society, The Institute of Industrial Engineers and serves on the Enliven Pediatrics and Neonatology editorial board.

PhD: University of Cincinnati, College of Engineering, Cincinnati, OH, 2004.

MS: University of Cincinnati, College of Engineering, Cincinnati, OH, 1999.

BSc: Jordan University of Science & Technology, College of Engineering, Irbed Jordan, 1992.

Jamerson PA, Graf E, Messmer PR, Fields HW, Barton S, Berger A, Daraiseh NM, Fix M, Huth M, Latta L, Smith AB, Lunbeck M. Inpatient falls in freestanding children’s hospitals. Pediatric Nursing. 2014;40(3):127-135.

Chen J, Daraiseh NM, Davis KG, Pan W. Sources of work-related acute fatigue in United States hospital nurses. Nursing & Health Sciences. 2014 Mar;16(1):19-25.

Prows CA, Zhang X, Huth MM, Zhang K, Saldana SN, Daraiseh NM, Sadhasivam S. Codeine related adverse drug reactions in children following tonsillectomy: A prospective study. Laryngoscope. 2014 May;124(5):1242-50.

Chen J, Davis KG, Daraiseh NM, Pan W, Davis LS. Fatigue and Recovery in 12-hour Day Shift Hospital Nurses. Journal of Nursing Management. 2014 Jul;22(5):593-603.

Schaffer P, Daraiseh N, Daum L, Mendez E, Lin L, Huth M. Pediatric inpatient falls and injuries: A descriptive analysis of risk factors. Journal for Specialists in Pediatric Nursing. 2012;17(1), 10-18.

Chen J, Davis LS, Davis K, Pan W, Daraiseh N. Physiological and Behavioral Response Patterns at Work among Hospital Nurses. Journal of Nursing Management. 2011; 19, 57-68.

Edward F. Donovan, MD Director, Child Policy Research Center

has research interests that include population health, health disparities and community-academic research partnerships.

513-636-0182 edward.donovan@cchmc.org

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Edward F. Donovan, MD

Director, Child Policy Research Center

Academic Affiliations

Emeritus, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone 513-636-0182

Fax 513-636-0171

Email edward.donovan@cchmc.org

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Population health; quality improvement research; perinatal epidemiology

MD: University of California at Los Angeles School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, 1967 to 1971.

Residency: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 1971 to 1973.

Fellowship: Newborn Physiology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, 1975 to 1977; Respiratory Muscle Physiology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, 1978 to 1979.

Certification: Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine.

Kaplan HC, Lannon C, Walsh MC, Donovan EF; Ohio Perinatal Quality Collaborative. Ohio statewide quality-improvement collaborative to reduce late-onset sepsis in preterm infants. Pediatrics. 2011 Mar;127(3):427-35.

Kaplan HC, Tabangin ME, McClendon D, Meinzen-Derr J, Margolis PA, Donovan EF. Understanding variation in vitamin A supplementation among NICUs. Pediatrics. 2010 Aug;126(2):e367-73.

Donovan EF, Besl J, Paulson J, Rose B, Iams J; Ohio Perinatal Quality Collaborative. Infant death among Ohio resident infants born at 32 to 41 weeks of gestation. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2010 Jul;203(1):58.e1-5.

SUPPORT Study Group of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver NICHD Neonatal Research Network, Finer NN, Carlo WA, Walsh MC, Rich W, Gantz MG, Laptook AR, Yoder BA, Faix RG, Das A, Poole WK, Donovan EF, Newman NS, Ambalavanan N, Frantz ID 3rd, Buchter S, Sánchez PJ, Kennedy KA, Laroia N, Poindexter BB, Cotten CM, Van Meurs KP, Duara S, Narendran V, Sood BG, O'Shea TM, Bell EF, Bhandari V, Watterberg KL, Higgins RD. Early CPAP versus surfactant in extremely preterm infants. N Engl J Med. 2010 May 27;362(21):1970-9.

Donovan EF, Lannon C, Bailit J, Rose B, Iams JD, Byczkowski T; Ohio Perinatal Quality Collaborative Writing Committee. A statewide initiative to reduce inappropriate scheduled births at 36.0 - 38.0 weeks' gestation. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2010 Mar;202(3):243.e1-8.

Morris BH, Oh W, Tyson JE, Stevenson DK, Phelps DL, O'Shea TM, McDavid GE, Perritt RL, Van Meurs KP, Vohr BR, Grisby C, Yao Q, Pedroza C, Das A, Poole WK, Carlo WA, Duara S, Laptook AR, Salhab WA, Shankaran S, Poindexter BB, Fanaroff AA, Walsh MC, Rasmussen MR, Stoll BJ, Cotten CM, Donovan EF, Ehrenkranz RA, Guillet R, Higgins RD; NICHD Neonatal Research Network. Aggressive vs. conservative phototherapy for infants with extremely low birth weight. N Engl J Med. 2008 Oct 30;359(18):1885-96.

Donovan EF, Ammerman RT, Besl J, Atherton H, Khoury JC, Altaye M, Putnam FW, Van Ginkel JB. Intensive home visiting is associated with decreased risk of infant death. Pediatrics. 2007 Jun;119(6):1145-51.

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

Fanaroff AA, Stoll BJ, Wright LL, Carlo WA, Ehrenkranz RA, Stark AR, Bauer CR, Donovan EF, Korones SB, Laptook AR, Lemons JA, Oh W, Papile LA, Shankaran S, Stevenson DK, Tyson JE, Poole WK; NICHD Neonatal Research Network. Trends in neonatal morbidity and mortality for very low birthweight infants. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2007 Feb;196(2):147.el-8.

Clark E, Donovan E, Schoettker P. From outdated to updated, keeping clinical guidelines valid. Int J Qual Health Care. 2006 Jun;18(3):165-6.

Gerry Fairbrother, PhD

is a health services researcher, whose research areas include measuring quality of care, impact of churning on quality of care, immunization delivery and health information technology.

513-636-0189 gerry.fairbrother@cchmc.org

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Gerry Fairbrother, PhD

Academic Affiliation

Adjunct Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone 513-636-0189

Fax 513-636-0171

Email gerry.fairbrother@cchmc.org

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Clinical Interests

Children’s coverage access; quality of care for vulnerable population; immunization delivery; health information technology (HIT)

Biography

Gerry Fairbrother, PhD, is a senior fellow at Academy Health and an adjunct professor of pediatrics at the University of Cincinnati. Dr. Fairbrother ‘s research areas include measuring quality of care, impact of churning in Medicaid and CHIP on measurement of quality. She is currently an evaluator for one of the CHIPRA demonstration projects (in Colorado and New Mexico) and as such is examining the impact of an improvement intervention on four core quality measures. She is also currently the evaluator on a Beacon Communities project, examining the impact of the health information technology on performance on selected asthma measures. She is currently on the technical assistance faculty for the National Association of State Health Policy. Dr. Fairbrother has led investigations on gaps and patterns of enrollment in child health insurance, barriers and cost to enroll in these programs, impact of Medicaid managed care on preventive screening for children, and impact of financial incentives on physician behavior.

PhD: The Johns Hopkins University, 1971.

BS: University of Maryland, 1965.

Fairbrother G, Simpson LA. Measuring and reporting quality of health care for children: CHIPRA and beyond. Acad Pediatr. 2011 May-Jun;11(3 Suppl):S77-84.

Fairbrother GL, Carle AC, Cassedy A, Newacheck PW. The impact of parental job loss on children's health insurance coverage. Health Aff (Millwood). 2010 Jul;29(7):1343-9.

Fairbrother G, Cassedy A, Ortega-Sanchez IR, Szilagyi PG, Edwards KM, Molinari NA, Donauer S, Henderson D, Ambrose S, Kent D, Poehling K, Weinberg GA, Griffin MR, Hall CB, Finelli L, Bridges C, Staat MA; New Vaccine Surveillance Network (NVSN). High costs of influenza: Direct medical costs of influenza disease in young children. Vaccine. 2010 Jul 12;28(31):4913-9.

Simpson L, Fairbrother G, Touschner J, Guyer J. How federal implementation choices can maximize the impact of CHIPRA on health care of children with developmental and behavioral needs. J Dev Behav Pediatr. 2010 Apr;31(3):238-43.

Payne DC, Szilagyi PG, Staat MA, Edwards KM, Gentsch JR, Weinberg GA, Hall CB, Curns AT, Clayton H, Griffin MR, Fairbrother G, Parashar UD. Secular variation in United States rotavirus disease rates and serotypes: implications for assessing the rotavirus vaccination program. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2009 Nov;28(11):948-53. Erratum in: Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2010 Mar;29(3):287-8.

Simpson LA, Fairbrother G. How health policy influences quality of care in pediatrics. Pediatr Clin North Am. 2009 Aug;56(4):1009-21.

Fairbrother G, Simpson LA. It is time! Accelerating the use of child health information systems to improve child health. Pediatrics. 2009 Jan;123 Suppl 2:S61-3.

Cassedy A, Fairbrother G, Newacheck PW. The impact of insurance instability on children's access, utilization, and satisfaction with health care. Ambul Pediatr. 2008 Sep-Oct;8(5):321-8.

Szilagyi PG, Fairbrother G, Griffin MR, Hornung RW, Donauer S, Morrow A, Altaye M, Zhu Y, Ambrose S, Edwards KM, Poehling KA, Lofthus G, Holloway M, Finelli L, Iwane M, Staat MA; New Vaccine Surveillance Network. Influenza vaccine effectiveness among children 6 to 59 months of age during 2 influenza seasons: a case-cohort study. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2008 Oct;162(10):943-51.

Fairbrother G, Broder K, Staat MA, Schwartz B, Heubi C, Hiratzka S, Walker FJ, Morrow AL. Pediatricians' adherence to pneumococcal conjugate vaccine shortage recommendations in 2 national shortages. Pediatrics. 2007 Aug;120(2):e401-9.

David M. Hartley, PhD, MPH

investigates the factors governing the emergence and transmission of infectious diseases by applying mathematical modeling and computer simulation methods. He is also interested in data analytic and information technology approaches for understanding and improving communications in healthcare settings and improving patient safety.

513-803-7278 david.hartley@cchmc.org

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David M. Hartley, PhD, MPH

Academic Affiliations

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone 513-803-7278

Email david.hartley@cchmc.org

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Infectious disease epidemiology; public health surveillance; mathematical and computer modeling

Biography

David M. Hartley, PhD, MPH, is associate professor of pediatrics at the James M. Anderson Center for Health Systems Excellence at Cincinnati Children's within the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. His work investigates the factors governing the emergence and transmission of infectious diseases by applying mathematical modeling, computer simulation, and data analytic approaches. Additionally, he is interested in applying information technology and mathematical methods to better understand and improve patient safety and communications in healthcare settings. He obtained his PhD degree in physics from the University of Maryland Baltimore County in 1996 and his MPH degree with an emphasis in epidemiology and biostatistics from the George Washington University in 2006. Dr. Hartley has served on numerous review, advisory, and expert panels, including a White House Blue Ribbon Panel charged with addressing the threat of bioterrorism directed against livestock (2003) and the DHS-NIH Research and Policy for Infectious Disease Dynamics (RAPIDD) working group (2008-2014). He has held faculty positions at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (2003-2007) and the Georgetown University School of Medicine (2007-2014).

PhD: University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, 1996.

MPH: George Washington University, Washington, DC, 2006.

Smith DL, Perkins TA, Reiner Jr RC, Barker CM, Niu T, Chaves LF, Ellis AM, George DB, Le Menach A, Pulliam J, Bisanzio D, Buckee C, Chiyaka C, Cummings DAT, Garcia AJ, Gatton ML, Gething PW, Hartley DM, Johnston G, Klein EY, Michael E, Lindsay SW, Lloyd AL, Pigott DM, Reisen WK, Ruktanonchai N, Singh B, Stoller J, Tatem AJ, Kitron U, Hay SI, Scott TW. Recasting the Theory of Mosquito-Borne Pathogen Transmission Dynamics and Control. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2014 Apr;108(4):185-87.

Hartley DM. Using social media and other Internet data for public health surveillance: The importance of talking. Milbank Q. 2014 Mar;92(1):34-9.

Barboza P, Vaillant L, Le Strat Y, Hartley DM, Nelson NP, Mawudeku A, Madoff LC, Linge JP, Collier N, Brownstein JS, Astagneau P. Factors influencing performance of Internet-based biosurveillance systems used in epidemic intelligence for early detection of infectious diseases outbreaks. PLoS One. 2014 Mar 5;9(3):e90536.

Hartley DM, Nelson NP, Arthur RR, Barboza P, Collier N, Lightfoot N, Linge JP, van der Goot E, Mawudeku A, Madoff LC, Vaillant L, Walters R, Yangarber R, Mantero J, Corley CD, Brownstein JS. An overview of Internet biosurveillance. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2013 Nov;19(11):1006-13.

Barker CM, Niu T, Reisen WK, Hartley DM. Data-driven modeling to assess receptivity for Rift Valley fever virus. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2013 Nov 14;7(11): e2515.

Nelson NP, Brownstein J, Hartley DM. Event-based biosurveillance of respiratory disease in Mexico, 2007-2009: Connection to influenza A(H1N1)v? Euro Surveill. 2010 Jul 29;15(30).

Nelson NP, Yang L, Reilly AR, Hardin JE, Hartley DM. Event-based Internet Biosurveillance: Relation to Epidemiological Observation. Emerg Themes Epidemiol. 2012 Jun 18;9(1):4.

Hartley DM, Barker CM, Le Menach A, Niu T, Gaff HD, Reisen WK. The effects of temperature on the emergence and seasonality of West Nile virus in California. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2012 May;86(5):884-94.

Hartley DM, Morris JG Jr, Smith DL. Epidemiological Implications of Hyperinfectivity: A critical element in the ability of V. Cholerae to cause epidemics? PloS Med. 2006 Jan;3(1):e7.

Niu T, Gaff HD, Papelis YE, Hartley DM. An epidemiological model of Rift Valley fever with spatial dynamics. Comput Math Methods Med. 2012;2012:138757.

Heather C. Kaplan, MD, MSCE Attending Neonatologist, Neonatology and Pulmonary Biology

focuses on understanding variations in evidence-based care practices across hospitals and identifying strategies for increasing the implementation of evidence and other innovations into practice. She recently began a line of investigation aimed at building the evidence base for quality improvement so that QI can be used more effectively as a strategy for improving quality and patient outcomes.

513-803-0478 heather.kaplan@cchmc.org

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Heather C. Kaplan, MD, MSCE

Attending Neonatologist, Neonatology and Pulmonary Biology

Academic Affiliations

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone 513-803-0478

Fax 513-636-0171

Email heather.kaplan@cchmc.org

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Understanding variations in evidence-based care practices across hospitals; examining strategies for increasing the implementation of evidence into practice in perinatal care; using a systems lens to understand and ultimately change behavior at the individual, group, organizational, and environmental levels of the health care system.

Biography

Heather C. Kaplan, MD, MSCE, is passionate about improving the quality and safety of perinatal care and has a solid foundation in epidemiology and research fundamentals. Through her role in the Ohio Perinatal Quality Collaborative, she gained practical experience in the use of quality improvement methods to reduce preterm births and improve outcomes of preterm newborns in Ohio and has formed collaborative relationships with obstetrical and neonatal care providers across the state.

Additionally she has an understanding care delivery in a complex system requires taking a multidisciplinary, multilevel approach. Her career includes didactic coursework in multidisciplinary theories and methods.

BA: Washington University, St. Louis, MO.

MD: Northwestern University, Chicago, IL.

Residency: Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC.

Fellowship: The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA.

MSCE: University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.

Kaplan HC, Lannon C, Walsh MC, Donovan EF; Ohio Perinatal Quality Collaborative. Ohio statewide quality-improvement collaborative to reduce late-onset sepsis in preterm infants. Pediatrics. 2011 Mar;127(3):427-35.

Kaplan HC, Lorch SA, Pinto-Martin J, Putt M, Silber JH. Assessment of surfactant use in preterm infants as a marker of neonatal intensive care unit quality. BMC Health Serv Res. 2011 Jan 31;11:22.

Kaplan HC, Brady PW, Dritz MC, Hooper DK, Linam WM, Froehle CM, Margolis P. The influence of context on quality improvement success in health care: a systematic review of the literature. Milbank Q. 2010 Dec;88(4):500-59.

Kaplan, HC, Tabangin ME, McClendon D, Meinzen-Derr J, Margolis PA, Donovan EF. Understanding Variation in Vitamin A Supplementation Among NICUs. Pediatrics. 2010 Aug;126(2):e367-73.

Uma R. Kotagal, MBBS, MSc Executive Leader, Population and Community Health

513-636-0178 uma.kotagal@cchmc.org

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Uma R. Kotagal, MBBS, MSc

Executive Leader, Population and Community Health

Senior Fellow, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

Academic Affiliations

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone 513-636-0178

Fax 513-636-0171

Email uma.kotagal@cchmc.org

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Outcomes research; outcomes and cost of early discharge of newborn care; cost effectiveness of neonatal intensive care; cost effectiveness of prenatal care

Biography

Uma Kotagal is executive leader, population and community health; and senior fellow, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center.

Dr. Kotagal was director of the neonatal intensive care units at the University Hospital and at Cincinnati Children’s for several years. While practicing, Dr. Kotagal recognized that care and outcomes improvement were a system property. She completed additional training, receiving her Master of Science in clinical epidemiology and clinical effectiveness from the Harvard School of Public Health, and refocused her clinical efforts on quality transformation at a systems level. She was also a visiting scholar at the Center for Risk Analysis at the Harvard School of Public Health and a visiting professor at the Tufts New England Medical Center, in the Division of Clinical Decision Making, completing further training in the field of decision and cost effectiveness analyses.

Dr. Kotagal has published extensively in the field of neonatal outcomes research, including studies on neonatal cost models, and early discharge of newborns. She published the first landmark paper on early discharge programs in the NICU setting.

Dr. Kotagal was born in Bombay, India, where she received her undergraduate and her MBBS from the University of Bombay. She did a rotating internship at the University of Bombay from 1970-1971 and another rotating internship at Detroit General Hospital from 1971-1972.

At Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Dr. Kotagal completed her pediatric residency from 1972-1974 and went on to do a fellowship in neonatology from 1974-1975. She completed a fellowship in neonatal physiology at the University of Cincinnati from 1975-1977.

Dr. Kotagal is a senior faculty member of the Institute for Healthcare. She also serves as chair of the quality steering team of the Ohio Children’s Hospital Association, as a member of the advisory committee of the Toronto Patient Safety Center, as an associate editor of BMJ Quality and Safety and as a member of the Institute of Medicine.

Dr. Kotagal is also a member of various local, regional and national committees in the area of child health.

MBBS: Grant Medical College, University of Bombay, Bombay, India, 1970.

MSc: Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, 1996.

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

Fellowship: Neonatology, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, MI; Neonatal Physiology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH.

Certification: Pediatrics, 1975; Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, 1977.

Ryckman FC, Yelton PA, Anneken AM, Kiessling PE, Schoettker PJ, Kotagal UR. Redesigning intensive care unit flow using variability management to improve access and safety. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2009 Nov;35(11):535-43.

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

Ryckman FC, Schoettker PJ, Hays KR, Connelly BL, Blacklidge RL, Bedinghaus CA, Sorter ML, Friend LC, Kotagal UR. Reducing surgical site infections at a pediatric academic medical center. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2009 Apr;35(4):192-8.

Yi MS, Britto MT, Sherman SN, Moyer MS, Cotton S, Kotagal UR, Canfield D, Putnam FW, Carlton-Ford S, Tsevat J. Health values in adolescents with or without inflammatory bowel disease. J Pediatr. 2009 Apr;154(4):527-34.

Britto MT, Byczkowski TL, Anneken AM, Hausfeld J, Schoettker PJ, Farrell MK, Kotagal UR. Improving access to pediatric subspecialty care: initial failures and lessons learned. Qual Manag Health Care. 2008 Oct-Dec;17(4):320-9.

Sparling KW, Ryckman FC, Schoettker PJ, Byczkowski TL, Helpling A, Mandel K, Panchanathan A, Kotagal UR. Financial impact of failing to prevent surgical site infections. Qual Manag Health Care. 2007 Jul-Sep;16(3):219-25.

Mandel KE, Kotagal UR. Pay for performance alone cannot drive quality. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2007 Jul;161(7):650-5.

Blacklidge M, Kotagal UR, Lazaron L, Schoettker PJ, Kennedy MR, Stultz M, Muething S. Challenges to performance-based assessment for community physicians. J Healthc Qual. 2005 Sep-Oct;27(5):20-7.

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

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

Carole Lannon, MD, MPH Director, Learning Networks Core, Anderson Center for Health Systems Excellence

helps to design and implement networks to measurably improve outcomes for children and families. Networks use data for research and improvement, build communities of patients, families, clinicians and scientists, and catalyze innovation.

513-803-8818 carole.lannon@cchmc.org

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Carole Lannon, MD, MPH

Director, Learning Networks Core, Anderson Center for Health Systems Excellence

Academic Affiliations

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone 513-803-8818

Fax 513-636-0171

Email carole.lannon@cchmc.org

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Quality improvement; pediatrics

Biography

Dr. Lannon learns firsthand about network science from the patients, families, clinicians and scientists that she works with as the collaborative science lead for the Ohio Perinatal Quality Collaborative, the National Pediatric Cardiology Quality Improvement Collaborative, the Autism Intervention Research Network.

Dr. Lannon is senior quality advisor for the American Board of Pediatrics and principal investigator of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality funded pediatric Center for Education and Research in Therapeutics.

MD: University of Minnesota Medical School, Duluth, MN, 1982.

Residency: Medicine-Pediatrics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC.

Fellowship: Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC.

MPH: University of North Carolina, Epidemiology, Chapel Hill, NC, 1993.

Certification: Internal Medicine, 1986; Pediatrics, 1988.

Kaplan HC, Sherman SN, Cleveland C, Goldenhar LM, Lannon CM, Bailit JL. Reliable implementation of Evidence: a Qualitative Study of Antenatal Corticosteroid Administration in Ohio Hospitals. BMJ Qual Saf. 2016 Mar;25(3):173-81.

Brown DW, Mangeot C, Anderson JB, Peterson LE, King EC, Lihn SL, Neish SR, Fleishman C, Phelps C, Hanke S, Beekman RH, Lannon CM; National Pediatric Cardiology Quality Improvement Collaborative. Digoxin Use is Associated With Reduced Interstage Mortality in Patients with No History of Arrhythmia After Stage I Palliation for Single Ventricle Heart Disease. J Am Heart Assoc. 2016 Jan 11;5(1).

Lihn SL, Kugler JD, Peterson LE, Lannon CM, Pickles D, Beekman RH 3rd. Transparency in a Pediatric Quality Improvement Collaborative: A Passionate Journey by NPC-QIC Clinicians and Parents. Congenit Heart Dis. 2015 Nov 12;10(6): 572-8.

Anderson JB, Beekman RH 3rd, Kugler JD, Rosenthal GL, Jenkins KJ, Kiltzner TS, Martin GR, Nelsh SR, Brown DW, Mangeot C, King E, Peterson LE, Provost L, Lannon CM. Improvement in Interstage Survival in a National Pediatric Cardiology Learning Network. National Pediatric Cardiology Quality Improvement Collaborative. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2015 July;8(4):428-36.

Lannon CM, Levy F, Moyer V. The Need to Build Capability and Capacity in Quality Improvement and Patient Safety. Pediatrics. 2015 June;135(6):1371-3.

Anderson JB, Beekman RH 3rd, Kugler JD, Rosenthal GL, Jenkins KJ, Klitzner TS, Martin GR, Neish SR, Darbie L, King E, Lannon C; National Pediatric Cardiology Quality Improvement Collaborative. Use of a learning network to improve variation in interstage weight gain after the norwood operation. Congenit Heart Dis. 2014 Nov;9(6):512-20.

Lannon C, Peterson L. Pediatric Collaborative Improvement Networks: Background and Overview. Pediatrics. 2013;131:S189.

Billett AL, Colletti RB, Mandel KE, Miller M, Muething SE, Shared PJ, Lannon CM. "Exemplar Pediatric Collaborative Improvement Networks: Achieving Results" in Pediatric Collaborative Improvement Networks: Bridging the Gap to Improve Child Health Outcomes. Special Supplement to Pediatrics based upon an invitational National Meeting on Collaborative Improvement Networks in Children’s Healthcare, Alexandria, VA, November 10-11, 2011. Pediatrics. 2013 June;131 Suppl 4:S196-203.

Lannon CM, Peterson L. "Pediatric Collaborative Improvement Networks: Background and Overview" in Pediatric Collaborative Improvement Networks: Bridging the Gap to Improve Child Health Outcomes. Special Supplement to Pediatrics based upon an invitational National Meeting on Collaborative Improvement Networks in Children’s Healthcare, Alexandria, VA, November 10-11, 2011. Pediatrics. 2013 June;131 Suppl 4:S196-203.

Grants

Center for Education, Research and Therapeutics: Pursuing Perfection in Pediatric Therapeutics, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Principal Investigator. Sep 2011-Sep 2016.

Kieran J. Phelan, MD, MSc

is a general pediatrician and epidemiologist with a focus in injury epidemiology and control and evidence-based practice. He also has extensive experience in clinical practice guidelines and development. His federally-funded research is focused on preventing the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in younger US children: unintentional injury in the home environment.

513-803-3688 kieran.phelan@cchmc.org

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Kieran J. Phelan, MD, MSc

Academic Affiliations

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone 513-803-3688

Fax 513-636-0171

Email kieran.phelan@cchmc.org

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General pediatrics; community-based preventative medicine; public health trials

Biography

Kieran Phelan, MD, MSc, is a board certified general pediatrician, an experienced injury epidemiologist and residential injury control researcher. He has been active in the fields of injury epidemiology and residential injury control for over eight years.

His experience and success in this field includes multiple grants and publications, as well as the New Investigator Award from the National Center for Injury Prevention, control at the CDC, and an RO1-funded project. He has also has experience with the Cincinnati Home Injury Prevention (CHIP) and literacy promotion program and the National Institute of Child Health and Development (NICHD), which focuses on preventing injury and promoting literacy in a population of low-income mothers and their infants who were enrolled in a regional home visitation program. Lastly, he has experience with Every Child Succeeds (ECS), which tries to reduce residential injury and promote literacy in children from birth through 36 months of age.

BS: The University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IL, 1986.

MD: Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL, 1991.

Residency: Children’s Memorial Hospital, Northwestern University Medical School, 1994.

MSc: Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, School of Environmental Health, 2001.

Certification: American Board of Pediatrics, 2008; Pediatric Advanced Life Support, 2009.

Phelan KJ, Khoury J, Xu Y, Liddy S, Hornung R, Lanphear BP. A randomized controlled trial of home injury hazard reduction: the HOME injury study. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2011 Apr;165(4):339-45.

Phelan KJ, Khoury J, Xu Y, Lanphear B. Validation of a HOME Injury Survey. Injury Prevention. 2009;15:300-306.

Phelan KJ, Khoury J, Atherton H, Kahn RS. Maternal depression, child behavior, and injury. Injury Prevention. 2007 Dec;13(6):403-408.

Phelan KJ, Khoury J, Kalkwarf HJ, Lanphear BP. Residential Hazards in US Children and Adolescents. Public Health Reports. 2005;(120):63-70.

Nagaraja J, Menkedick J, Phelan KJ, Lanphear BP, Zhang X, Ashley P. Deaths from Residential Injuries in United States Children and Adolescents, 1987-99. Pediatrics. 2005 Aug;116(2):454-61.

Sandel M, Phelan K, Wright R, Haynes P, Lanphear B. The Effects of Housing Interventions on Child Health. Pediatric Annals. 2004;33(7):475-481.

Strand M, Phelan KJ, Donovan EF. Promoting the uptake and use of evidence: an overview of the problem. Clin Perinatol. 2003 Jun;30(2):389-402.

AAP Sub-Committee on Bronchiolitis (member and co-author). Diagnosis and Management of Bronchiolitis. Pediatrics. 2006 Oct;118(4):1774-1793.

Samir S. Shah, MD, MSCE Director, Division of Hospital Medicine

focuses on improving the efficiency and quality of care of children hospitalized with common, serious infections such as pneumonia and meningitis. Ongoing projects include studies of comparative effectiveness of different antibiotics for childhood pneumonia and developing novel databases to conduct comparative effectiveness research. He receives research support from the National Institutes of Health, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, and the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute.

513-636-6222 samir.shah@cchmc.org

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Samir S. Shah, MD, MSCE

Director, Division of Hospital Medicine

Attending Physician, Division of Hospital Medicine

Academic Affiliations

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone 513-636-6222

Email samir.shah@cchmc.org

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Clinical Interests

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 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 an executive council member of the Pediatric Research in Inpatient Settings (PRIS) Network.

Dr. Shah is deputy editor of the Journal of Hospital Medicine, the official journal of the Society of Hospital Medicine. He also serves as 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 (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins), 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, and the Society of Hospital Medicine Teamwork in Quality Improvement 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.

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

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 & Research Interests

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.

Kathleen E. Walsh, MD, MSc Director of Patient Safety Research, James M. Anderson Center for Health Systems Excellence

is a general pediatrician and health services researcher with experience studying medication safety in children in a variety of settings. She has led several multisite studies describing adverse drug events and medication errors in hospitalized children, children with chronic conditions, and in-home care. Her secondary focus is on health information technology and patient safety.

513-803-4588 kathleen.walsh@cchmc.org

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Kathleen E. Walsh, MD, MSc

Director of Patient Safety Research, James M. Anderson Center for Health Systems Excellence

Academic Affiliations

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone 513-803-4588

Email kathleen.walsh@cchmc.org

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Clinical & Research Interests

Clinical

Pediatric hospital medicine

Research

Patient safety; medication use; adverse drug events; quality improvement; chronic disease care; home care

Biography

Dr. Walsh is director of patient safety research and associate professor of pediatrics at Cincinnati Children’s within the UC College of Medicine. She has extensive experience in the qualitative and quantitative measurement of medication errors and adverse drug events among children in the hospital, clinic, and home. She has performed several studies of medication use in the homes of children with chronic conditions. She has developed and evaluated health information technology interventions to support medication use. Dr. Walsh is a general pediatrician with clinical research fellowship training, including a master's degree in epidemiology.

With funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Dr. Walsh developed methods to measure mistakes in home medication use, using home visits. She visited the homes of children with sickle cell disease, cancer, and epilepsy in single site and multisite studies to quantify and describe errors. She also led failure modes and effects analyses with parents of children with cancer to identify failures in home medication use. In collaboration with parents of children with chronic conditions, she has participated in the development, implementation, and testing of information technology interventions to improve home medication use. Her research has been funded by the Food and Drug Administration, the National Institutes of Health, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

Undergraduate: Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 1992.

MD: Georgetown Medical School, Washington DC, 1998.

Residency: Pediatrics, Brown Medical School, 2001.

Chief Residency: Pediatrics, Brown Medical School, 2002.

Fellowship: General Academic Pediatrics, Boston University School of Medicine, 2005.

Master of Science: Epidemiology, Boston University School of Public Health, 2005.

Walsh KE, Cutrona SL, Foy S, Baker MA, Forrow S, Shoaibi A, Pawloski PA, Conroy M, Fine AM, Nigrovic LE, Selvam N, Selvan MS, Cooper WO, Andrade S. Validation of Anaphylaxis in the Food and Drug Administration’s Mini-Sentinel. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2013 Nov;22(11):1205-13.

Walsh KE, Roblin DW, Weingart SN, Houlahan SN, Degar B, Billett A, Keuker C, Biggins C, Li J, Wasilewski K, Mazor KM. Medication errors in the home: A multisite study of children with cancer. Pediatrics. 2013;131:e1405-e1413.

Bradley CK, Fischer MA, Walsh KE. Trends in Medical Error Education: Are We Failing Our Residents? Academic Pediatrics. 2012;13:59-64.

Walsh KE, Mazor KM, Roblin D, Biggins C, Wagner JL, Houlahan K, Li J, Keuker C, Wasilewski-Masker K, Donovan J, Kanaan A, Weingart SN. A Multisite Parent-Centered Risk Assessment to Reduce Pediatric Oral Chemotherapy Errors. Journal of Oncology Practice. 2013;9(1):e1-e7.

Walsh KE, Mazor KM, Stille CJ, Torres I, Wagner JL, Moretti J, Chysna K, Stine CD, Usmani GN, Gurwitz JH. Medication Errors in the Homes of Children with Chronic Conditions. Archives of Disease in Childhood. 2011;6:581-6.

Mazor KM, Goff SL, Dodd K, Venton S, Walsh KE. Parents Perceptions of Medication Errors. Journal of Patient Safety. 2010;6:102-107.

Walsh KE, Dodd KS, Seetharaman K, Roblin DW, Herrinton LJ, Von Worley A, Usmani GN, Baer D, Gurwitz JH. Medication Errors among Adults and Children with Cancer in the Outpatient Setting. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2009. 27: 891-6.

Walsh KE, Stille CJ, Mazor KM, Gurwitz JH. Using home visits to understand medication errors in children. In: Henriksen K., Battles JB, Keyes MA, Grady ML, eds. Advances in Patient Safety: New Directions and Alternative Approaches. Vol. 4: Technology and Medication Safety. AHRQ Pub. No. 08-0034-4. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2008.

Sard BE, Walsh KE, Doros G, Hannon M, Moschetti W, Bauchner H. A Retrospective Evaluation of a Computerized Physician Order Entry Adaptation to Prevent Prescribing Errors in a Pediatric Emergency Department. Pediatrics. 2008. 122 (4): 782-7.

Walsh KE, Landrigan CP, Adams WG, Vinci RJ, Chessare JB, Cooper MR, Hebert PH, Schainker EG, Bauchner H. Medication Errors Caused by Computer Order Entry. Pediatrics. 2008; 121(3): e4.

Denise L. White, PhD, MBA Efficiency/Productivity Consultant, Quality and Transformation Analytics, James M. Anderson Center for Health Systems Excellence

performs research in the area of capacity management, scheduling and patient flow. Her work originated in the area of outpatient operations management and has expanded to include inpatient and peri-op scheduling and flow.

513-636-7203 denisel.white@cchmc.org

Denise L. White, PhD, MBA

Efficiency/Productivity Consultant, Quality and Transformation Analytics, James M. Anderson Center for Health Systems Excellence

Academic Affiliations

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone 513-636-7203

Email denisel.white@cchmc.org

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Biography

Denise White, PhD, MBA, is an assistant professor for the UC Department of Pediatrics and an efficiency/productivity consultant in quality and transformation analytics in the James M. Anderson Center for Health Systems Excellence at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. Dr. White is a graduate from the University of Cincinnati’s College of Business where she received her PhD in operations management with a focus on healthcare operations. She holds a BS degree in mathematics and computer science and has secured her master’s in business administration (MBA) along with a certification as a project management professional (PMP). Dr. White’s research interests lie in the area of capacity management, hospital flow, and scheduling. She has participated in efforts to improve resource utilization across the organization and partners with the University of Cincinnati to deliver graduate and undergraduate courses in healthcare operations management.

BS: Computer Science and Mathematics, Wilmington College, Wilmington, OH, 1987.

MBA: Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, KY, 1995.

Master's Certification: Project Management, George Washington University, Steven's Institute of Technology, Washington, DC, 1997.

PhD: Business (Operations Management), College of Business, University of Cincinnati, 2010.