Susan E. Coffin

Susan
 
E.
 
Coffin
, 
MD, MPH
Email: 
coffin@email.chop.edu
Address: 
Infection Prevention and Control Department The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia 3535 Market Street Room 1579
2155904492
Affiliations
Expertise
Appointments
Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (2007– present)
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine (1998 – 2004)
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (2004 – 2007)
Education
M.P.H., Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health (1991)
M.D., University of Vermont College of Medicine (1987)
B.A., History, Williams College (1983)
Selected Publications
Kersun, L.S., Reilly, A., Coffin, S.E., Boyer, J., Luning Prak, E.T. McDonald, K., Hou, X., Jawad, A.F., Sullivan, K.E.. A prospective study of chemotherapy immunologic effects and predictors of humoral influenza vaccine responses in a pediatric oncology cohort. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses. Vol in press. 2013.
Buser, G., Shea, J., Fisher, B.T., Coffin, S.E.. Parent willingness to remind healthcare workers to perform hand hygiene. Am J Infect Cont. 2013:in press.
Milstone, A.M., Elward, A., Song, X., Zerr, D.M., Orscheln, R., Speck, K., Obeng, D., Reich, N.G., Coffin, S.E., Perl, T.. Daily chlorhexidine bathing to reduce bacteremia in critically ill children: a multi center, cluster-randomized, two-period crossover trial. Lancet. 2013:1099-1106.
Gaur, A., Huskins, W.C., Rosenberg, C., Morrell, G.C., Coffin, S.E., Miller, M., Cuilan-Gao.. Evaluating Application of the National Healthcare Safety Network Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infection Surveillance Definition ? A survey of pediatric intensive care and hematology/oncology units. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 2013:in press.
Sammons, J.S., Localio, R., Xiao, R., Coffin, S.E., Zaoutis, T.. Clostridium difficile infection is associated with increased risk of death and prolonged hospitalization in children. Clin Infect Dis. 2013:in press.
Feemster, K., Leckerman, K.H., Middleton, M., Zerr, D.M., Elward, A.M., Newland, J.G., Asti, L., Guth, R.M., Selvarangan, R., Coffin, S.E.. Use of administrative data for the identification of laboratory-confirmed influenza infection: the validity of influenza-specific ICD-9 codes. J Pediatr Infect Dis. Vol 63-66. 2013.
Fiero, J.L., Prasad, P.A, Fisher, B.T., Gerber, J.S, Coffin, S.E., Walsh, T.J., Zaoutis, T.E.. Ocular manifestations of candidemia in children. Pediatr Infect Dis J. Vol 32. 2013:84-6.
Thu, T.A., Rahman, M., Coffin, S., Rashid, H.O., Sakamoto, J., Hung, N.V.. Antibiotic use among Vietnamese hospitals: a multicenter point-prevalence study. Am J Infect Cont. Vol 40. 2012:840-844.
Nolan, S.M., Prasad, P., Fiks, A.G., Zaoutis, T., TenHave, T.R., Coffin, S.E.. Effect of rotavirus vaccine on reducing acute gastroenteritis in a large outpatient pediatric network. Arch Pediatr Adol Med. Vol 166. 2012:232-239.
Kronman, M., Gerber, J., Coffin, S.E., Newland, J., Zerr, D., Bass, J., Alder, A., Prasad, P., Zaoutis, T.E.. Variation in antibiotic use for children hospitalized with inflammatory bowel disease exacerbation: a multi-center validation study. J Pediatr Infect Dis. Vol 1. 2012:306-313.
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