Results for Patient Outcomes

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Dr. Handley is a health services researcher focused on evaluating the impact of the perinatal health care system on outcomes. Perinatal factors in her research include regionalization (i.e. levels of care), organizational culture (i.e. patient-centered care), and neonatal care processes.

E-mail:

handleys [at] chop.edu

Allison Barz Leahy, MD, MSCE

Dr. Leahy studies the use of patient-reported outcomes (PROs) for symptom monitoring in pediatric oncology and how they can improve clinical outcomes. She is also interested in how PROs can be leveraged to inform predictive models for novel therapeutics, such as CAR T-cell therapy.

E-mail:

barza [at] chop.edu

Michael L. O'Byrne, MD, MSCE

Dr. O'Byrne is a pediatric cardiologist with research interests in cardiac disease outcomes, perioperative outcomes, and children with pulmonary hypertension. He combines the use of large observational datasets to study outcomes, practice variation, cost, and the determinants of health-related quality of life in this population.

E-mail:

obyrnem [at] chop.edu

Jeffrey H. Silber, MD, PhD

Dr. Silber is the director of the Center for Outcomes Research at CHOP, and is an internationally known authority on outcomes measurement and severity adjustment for both adult and pediatric applications.

E-mail:

silber [at] chop.edu

Pamela F. Weiss, MD, MSCE

Dr. Pamela Weiss is an experienced academic pediatric rheumatologist with advanced training in clinical epidemiology and a focus on early diagnosis, accurate phenotyping, and targeted treatment of children with juvenile arthritis. Her research consists of a mixture of prospective interventional, prospective observational and retrospective large database-driven work.

E-mail:

weisspa [at] chop.edu

Rajeev S. Iyer, MBBS, MD, MS, FASA

Dr. Iyer is an anesthesiologist with the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine and the Associate Division Chief for Quality and Safety in General Anesthesiology. His research focuses on quality improvement and patient safety, as well as improving outcomes and safety.

E-mail:

iyerrs [at] chop.edu

Susan L. Furth, MD, PhD

Dr. Furth's research focuses on defining risk factors for kidney disease progression in children; characterizing the effect of kidney function decline on neurodevelopment, cognitive abilities and behavior; identifying the prevalence and evolution of cardiovascular disease risk factors, and examining the effects of declining glomerular filtration rate on children’s growth.

E-mail:

furths [at] chop.edu

Alexander G. Fiks, MD, MSCE

Dr. Fiks’ research is aimed at improving outcomes for ambulatory pediatric patients through primary care, practice-based scholarship with a focus on improving health and healthcare decision-making through health information technology.

E-mail:

fiks [at] chop.edu

Evan S. Fieldston, MD, MBA, MSHP

Dr. Fieldston focuses on evidence-based management aimed at delivering high-value care and the impact of operational issues on patient outcomes. His academic work included investigating associations between patient flow, care models, workload and occupancy levels, and resource utilization on the quality of healthcare delivered to children, particularly those in the hospital, as well as healthcare value and value education.

E-mail:

fieldston [at] chop.edu

Daniel C. West, MD

Dr. West works to develop educational innovations to advance the skills of health professionals in ways that improve clinical effectiveness and patient safety. He has a particular interest in linking competency-based education outcomes to outcomes that patients and health systems value.

E-mail:

westd2 [at] chop.edu