Department: Pediatrics
Division: General Pediatrics
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Academic Appointments Clinical Associate Professor, Pediatrics - General Pediatrics
Clinical Focus- General Pediatrics
- Pediatrics, General
Research InterestMy interest is in the care and evaluation of newborns. In particular, I have been focusing on improving the educational experience for our residents and students in the nursery regarding the examination and management of term or near-term infants.
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Academic Appointments Clinical Instructor, Pediatrics - General Pediatrics
Clinical Focus- General Pediatrics
Research InterestFrom a very early stage in my career, I saw the influence social, economic, and environmental factors had on health. I also realized early on that these factors disproportionately affected lower income families resulting in poor health outcomes, and this was something I wanted to change. I'm particularly interested in informing policy to create and support healthy environments.
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Academic Appointments Professor (Teaching), Pediatrics - General Pediatrics
Professor (Teaching) (By courtesy), Graduate School of Education
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Academic Appointments Clinical Instructor, Pediatrics - General Pediatrics
Clinical Focus- General Pediatrics
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Academic Appointments Associate Professor - Med Center Line, Pediatrics - General Pediatrics
Member, Child Health Research Institute
Clinical Focus- Pediatrics, General
- Pediatrics
- Health Service Area
Research InterestMy research has involved the use of new technologies to create different types of patient-doctor transactions. I am also interested in how these new transactions impact clinical care processes. Current work includes the evaluation of a patient portal for children with cystic fibrosis, the use of telemedicine to bring asthma experts into the schools and the attitudes of teens and parents about the use of a secure patient portal for teens.
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Academic Appointments Clinical Assistant Professor, Pediatrics - General Pediatrics
Clinical Focus- Pediatric Hospital Medicine
- General Pediatrics
Research InterestI am interested in graduate medical education -- particularly in understanding how learners learn best and how to optimize graduate medical education given recent work hours changes, increasing patient safety standards which have led to increased supervision, and limited longitudinal exposure with faculty. My interests include: (1) National Nighttime Curriculum Study; (2) Coaching Initiative; (3) Scholarly Concentrations; (4) Handoffs; (5) Remediation; and (6) Residents as Teachers.
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Academic Appointments Clinical Instructor, Pediatrics - General Pediatrics
Clinical Focus- General Pediatrics
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Academic Appointments Clinical Instructor, Pediatrics - General Pediatrics
Academic Appointments Postdoctoral Medical fellow, Pediatrics, General Pediatrics
Clinical Focus- General Pediatrics
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Academic Appointments Assistant Professor - Med Center Line, Pediatrics - General Pediatrics
Clinical Focus- General Pediatrics
Research InterestChild Health disparities - Projects focus on elucidating the non-clinical factors that impact access to appropriate care for children with chronic illness. Health Policy - Projects explore the intersection of medicine as a profession and formation of child health policy.
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Academic Appointments Instructor, Pediatrics - Rheumatology
Instructor (Hourly), Pediatrics - General Pediatrics
Clinical Focus- Pediatric Rheumatology
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Academic Appointments Clinical Instructor, Pediatrics - General Pediatrics
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Academic Appointments Clinical Associate Professor, Pediatrics - General Pediatrics
Clinical Focus- General Pediatrics
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Academic Appointments Clinical Instructor, Pediatrics - General Pediatrics
Clinical Focus- General Pediatrics
- Hospital Medicine
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Academic Appointments Clinical Instructor, Pediatrics - General Pediatrics
Academic Appointments Postdoctoral Medical fellow, Pediatrics, General Pediatrics
Clinical Focus- General Pediatrics
Research InterestI am interested in understanding the role of limited English proficiency (LEP) as a social determinant of health, particularly the impact of LEP on health care outcomes and costs for children with special health care needs. One population of interest includes children with special needs due to premature birth.
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Academic Appointments Clinical Instructor, Pediatrics - General Pediatrics
Clinical Focus- General Pediatrics
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Academic Appointments Instructor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Instructor (By courtesy), Pediatrics - General Pediatrics
Clinical Focus- Psychiatry
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Academic Appointments Instructor, Pediatrics - General Pediatrics
Instructor, Pediatrics - Neonatal and Developmental Medicine
Clinical Focus- General Pediatrics
- Infant, Newborn
Research InterestImprove the safety and effectiveness of medicines used in children through the application of clinical pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and pharmocogenomics to quantitatively guide pediatric therapeutic decision-making.
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Academic Appointments Clinical Instructor, Pediatrics - General Pediatrics
Clinical Focus- General Pediatrics
- Pediatrics, General
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Academic Appointments Clinical Instructor, Pediatrics - General Pediatrics
Clinical Focus- General Pediatrics
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Academic Appointments Clinical Instructor, Pediatrics - General Pediatrics
Clinical Focus- General Pediatrics
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Academic Appointments Professor - Med Center Line, Pediatrics - General Pediatrics
Clinical Focus- Pediatrics, General
- General Pediatrics
Research InterestDr Hammer has had a longstanding interest in factors influencing the development of childhood obesity. In particular, his studies have focused on early determinants of eating behavior, physical activity, and parenting behavior in relation to early feeding decisions and parental influences on diet and eating. With the current epidemic of child obesity and it's comorbidities, he is currently involved in the development of protocols for adolescent bariatric surgery.
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Academic Appointments Clinical Instructor, Pediatrics - General Pediatrics
Clinical Focus- General Pediatrics
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Academic Appointments Clinical Instructor, Pediatrics - General Pediatrics
Clinical Focus- General Pediatrics
- Pediatric Hospital Medicine
Research InterestPatient experience; medical education; performance improvement; clinical pathway and orderset creation, implementation and use
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Academic Appointments Clinical Instructor, Pediatrics - General Pediatrics
Clinical Focus- General Pediatrics
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Academic Appointments Clinical Instructor, Pediatrics - General Pediatrics
Clinical Focus- General Pediatrics
Research InterestPediatric Hospital Medicine, Quality and Safety, Resident and Medical Student Education, Medical Humanities, International Child Health
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Academic Appointments Clinical Instructor, Pediatrics - General Pediatrics
Clinical Focus- Pediatrics
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Academic Appointments Clinical Assistant Professor, Pediatrics - General Pediatrics
Clinical Focus- Pediatrics, General
- General Pediatrics
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Academic Appointments Clinical Instructor, Pediatrics - Neonatal and Developmental Medicine
Clinical Instructor, Pediatrics - General Pediatrics
Clinical Focus- General Pediatrics
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Academic Appointments Clinical Instructor, Pediatrics - General Pediatrics
Clinical Focus- Pediatrics
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Academic Appointments Clinical Instructor, Pediatrics - General Pediatrics
Clinical Focus- General Pediatrics
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Academic Appointments Clinical Instructor, Pediatrics - General Pediatrics
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Academic Appointments Clinical Associate Professor, Pediatrics - Systems Medicine
Clinical Associate Professor, Pediatrics - General Pediatrics
Clinical Focus- General Pediatrics
- Pediatric Hospitalist
Research InterestMy research is focussed on rigorously evaluating the impact of health information technology on pediatric patient safety and quality of care.
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Academic Appointments Clinical Associate Professor, Pediatrics - General Pediatrics
Clinical Focus- Pediatrics, General
- Pediatrics
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Academic Appointments Clinical Professor, Pediatrics - General Pediatrics
Clinical Focus- General Pediatrics
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Academic Appointments Clinical Instructor, Pediatrics - General Pediatrics
Clinical Focus- Pediatrics, General
- General Pediatrics
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Academic Appointments Professor - Med Center Line, Pediatrics - General Pediatrics
Member, Child Health Research Institute
Clinical Focus- General Pediatrics
- Minority and Immigrant Child Health
- Health Disparities
Research InterestMy research focuses on immigrant and minority child health, with a primary focus on Latino children. My research has explored the health status of Latino children by examining their growth patterns, prevalence of chronic illness, perceptions of health, and their access to health care. Currently, my work is on childhood obesity in Mexican American and Mexican children, exploring bi-national approaches to this problem.
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Academic Appointments Clinical Instructor, Pediatrics - General Pediatrics
Clinical Focus- General Pediatrics
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Academic Appointments Clinical Instructor, Pediatrics - General Pediatrics
Clinical Focus- General Pediatrics
- Pediatric Hospitalist
- Emergency Medicine
Research InterestHospitalized pediatric patients, care of children with severe neurological deficit, emerging infectious diseases, nutrition
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Academic Appointments Clinical Instructor, Pediatrics - General Pediatrics
Clinical Focus- General Pediatrics
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Academic Appointments Clinical Instructor, Pediatrics - General Pediatrics
Clinical Focus- General Pediatrics
- Pediatric Hospital Medicine
Research InterestResident Wellness - Funded by a grant from the Arnold P. Gold Foundation
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Academic Appointments Clinical Instructor, Pediatrics - General Pediatrics
Clinical Focus- General Pediatrics
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Academic Appointments Clinical Instructor, Pediatrics - General Pediatrics
Clinical Focus- General Pediatrics
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Academic Appointments Clinical Instructor, Pediatrics - General Pediatrics
Clinical Focus- General Pediatrics
- Pediatirc Hospital Medicine
Research InterestResearch interest focuses on improving clinical processes using a "Lean" business strategy and engaging clinicains in systems based clinical improvement efforts.
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Academic Appointments Clinical Assistant Professor, Pediatrics - General Pediatrics
Clinical Focus- Hospital-based Pediatrics
- Children with Complex Medical Conditions
- General Pediatrics
Research Interest1) Medical education research looking at assessment of pediatric residents using a coaching program. 2) Medical education research in the area of design of a complex care curriculum. 2) LPCH Physician Lead for the Pediatric Hospital Medicine Discharge Communication Collaborative which seeks to improve communication between pediatric hospitalists and primary care providers at hospital discharge.
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Academic Appointments Clinical Instructor, Pediatrics - General Pediatrics
Clinical Focus- General Pediatrics
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Academic Appointments Professor, Pediatrics - General Pediatrics
Member, Child Health Research Institute
Member, Stanford Cancer Institute
Professor, Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research Center
Clinical Focus- General Pediatrics
- Pediatrics, General
Research InterestDr. Robinson focuses on "solution-oriented" research, developing and evaluating effective health promotion and disease prevention interventions for children and adolescents. His research is mostly experimental, conducting school-, family- and community-based randomized controlled trials to test theory-driven behavioral, social and environmental interventions to prevent obesity, improve nutrition, increase physical activity, reduce smoking, and study the effects of children's television use.
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Academic Appointments Associate Professor (Teaching), Pediatrics - General Pediatrics
Member, Child Health Research Institute
Research InterestCurrent program of teaching and research integrates: 1) health disparities and social epidemiology, within the broader area of public health, and 2) program evaluation, as a synthesis of theory and methods applied to the evaluation of health and social programs.
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Academic Appointments Clinical Instructor, Pediatrics - Stem Cell Transplantation
Clinical Instructor, Pediatrics - General Pediatrics
Clinical Focus- Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
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Academic Appointments Clinical Instructor, Pediatrics - General Pediatrics
Clinical Focus- General Pediatrics
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Academic Appointments Associate Professor - Med Center Line, Pediatrics - General Pediatrics
Clinical Focus- General Pediatrics
Research InterestI conduct interdisciplinary research to understand child and parent health literacy as potentially modifiable determinants of child health disparities. I am principal investigator on an multi-site, randomized controlled trial to assess the efficacy of a low-literacy, early-childhood intervention designed to prevent obesity in the first two years of life. The aim of my current scholarship is to apply the health-literacy model to attenuate disparities for children with chronic illness.
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Academic Appointments Clinical Instructor, Pediatrics - Stem Cell Transplantation
Clinical Instructor, Pediatrics - General Pediatrics
Clinical Focus- General Pediatrics
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Academic Appointments Associate Professor - Med Center Line, Pediatrics - General Pediatrics
Clinical Focus- General Pediatrics
- Pediatrics, General
Research InterestResearch interests centered on hospital based quality of care improvement, and in particular pediatric patient safety. Areas of recent interest include developing practical tools to more accurately identify adverse medical events and to establish national rates of these adverse events. Additional areas of interest focus on developing the processes and systems to decrease the frequency of adverse drug events and adverse medical events at Children's hospitals in North America
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Academic Appointments Clinical Associate Professor, Pediatrics - General Pediatrics
Clinical Focus- General Pediatrics
- Pediatric nutrition and obesity
- Pediatric environmental health
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Academic Appointments Clinical Instructor, Pediatrics - General Pediatrics
Clinical Focus- General Pediatrics
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Academic Appointments Clinical Instructor, Pediatrics - General Pediatrics
Clinical Focus- General Pediatrics
- Medical Informatics
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Academic Appointments Clinical Professor, Pediatrics - General Pediatrics
Clinical Focus- General Pediatrics
Research InterestMy primary professional interests include teaching and curriculum design around patient-centered and cross-cultural communication, clinical reasoning, and performance assessment. My clinical teaching emphasizes role modeling and reflection on doctor-patient interactions and clinical decision-making.
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Academic Appointments Clinical Instructor, Pediatrics - General Pediatrics
Clinical Focus- General Pediatrics
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Academic Appointments Clinical Assistant Professor, Pediatrics - General Pediatrics
Clinical Focus- General Pediatrics
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Academic Appointments Clinical Instructor, Pediatrics - General Pediatrics
Clinical Focus- General Pediatrics
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Academic Appointments Clinical Instructor, Pediatrics - General Pediatrics
Clinical Focus- General Pediatrics
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Academic Appointments Clinical Instructor, Pediatrics - General Pediatrics
Clinical Focus- General Pediatrics
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Academic Appointments Clinical Instructor, Pediatrics - General Pediatrics
Clinical Focus- Pediatrics
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Academic Appointments Associate Professor - Med Center Line, Pediatrics - General Pediatrics
Member, Child Health Research Institute
Clinical Focus- General Pediatrics
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Academic Appointments Clinical Assistant Professor, Pediatrics - General Pediatrics
Clinical Focus- General Pediatrics
Research InterestResearch interests include: 1) Childhood obesity, community-based interventions to increase physical activity 2) Impact of medical-legal collaboration on child and family health.
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Academic Appointments Clinical Instructor, Pediatrics - General Pediatrics
Clinical Focus- Cardiology (Heart), Pediatric
- General Pediatrics
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Academic Appointments Clinical Instructor, Pediatrics - Neonatal and Developmental Medicine
Clinical Instructor, Pediatrics - General Pediatrics
Clinical Focus- General Pediatrics
- Pediatrics, General
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