Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • M.D., University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine 2004
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  Leadership & Clinical Positions at Duke

  • Regional Medical Director-Pediatrics, Duke Primary Care, 2020 to present
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  Academic Positions Outside Duke

  • Faculty in Medicine and Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School. 2008 - 2020
• Recognition
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  Awards & Honors

  • John J.W. Fangman Mentoring Award. Brigham & Women's/Boston Children's Hospital Medicine-Pediatrics Residency. 2019
• Expertise
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  Subject Headings

  • Intellectual Disability
  • Internal Medicine
  • Medical education
  • Pediatrics
  • Population Health
  • Primary Care Transformation
  • Social Determinants of Health
  • Transition to Adult Care
  • Value Based Care
• Research
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  Fellowships, Supported Research, & Other Grants

  • Bridges Adult Transition Program awarded by Weitzman Family Foundation 2015 - 2018
  • Innovation Fellowship awarded by Harvard Medical School Center for Primary Care 2014 - 2016
  • Community Health Center Grant awarded by Neighborhood Health Plan 2013
  • Academic Innovations Collaborative awarded by Harvard Medical School Center for Primary Care 2012 - 2014
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Allende-Richter, S., M. Ramirez, Z. Khoury, F. Bourgeois, A. Epee-Bounya, and K. O’Hare. “Assessment of: Self-management skills towards transition readiness and patient portal use among Hispanic adolescent and young adult patients.” Bmj Paediatrics Open 4, no. 1 (April 26, 2020). https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjpo-2020-000658.
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    • Sharma, Niraj, Kitty O’Hare, Karen G. O’Connor, Umbereen Nehal, and Megumi J. Okumura. “Care Coordination and Comprehensive Electronic Health Records are Associated With Increased Transition Planning Activities.” Acad Pediatr 18, no. 1 (January 2018): 111–18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acap.2017.04.005.
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    • Fazio, Sara B., Monica Demasi, Erin Farren, Susan Frankl, Barbara Gottlieb, Jessica Hoy, Amanda Johnson, et al. “Blueprint for an Undergraduate Primary Care Curriculum.” Acad Med 91, no. 12 (December 2016): 1628–37. https://doi.org/10.1097/ACM.0000000000001302.
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    • Fair, Cynthia, Jessica Cuttance, Niraj Sharma, Gary Maslow, Lori Wiener, Cecily Betz, Jerlym Porter, et al. “International and Interdisciplinary Identification of Health Care Transition Outcomes.” Jama Pediatr 170, no. 3 (March 2016): 205–11. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapediatrics.2015.3168.
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    • Sharma, Niraj, Kitty O’Hare, Richard C. Antonelli, and Gregory S. Sawicki. “Transition care: future directions in education, health policy, and outcomes research.” Acad Pediatr 14, no. 2 (March 2014): 120–27. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acap.2013.11.007.
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    • Lemly, Diana C., Elissa R. Weitzman, and Kitty O’Hare. “Advancing healthcare transitions in the medical home: tools for providers, families and adolescents with special healthcare needs.” Curr Opin Pediatr 25, no. 4 (August 2013): 439–46. https://doi.org/10.1097/MOP.0b013e3283623d2f.
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    • Patel, Manisha S., and Kitty O’Hare. “Residency training in transition of youth with childhood-onset chronic disease.” Pediatrics 126 Suppl 3 (December 2010): S190–93. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2010-1466P.
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    • Mohler, Emile R., Kitty O’Hare, Eduardo S. Darze, Raymond R. Townsend, Charles R. Bridges, and Martin G. Keane. “Cardiovascular function in normotensive offspring of persons with essential hypertension and black race.” J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich) 9, no. 7 (July 2007): 506–12. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1524-6175.2007.06635.x.
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    • Allende-Richter, Sophie, Patricia Glidden, Mariam Maloyan, Zana Khoury, Melanie Ramirez, and Kitty O’Hare. “A Patient Navigator Intervention Supporting Timely Transfer Care of Adolescent and Young Adults of Hispanic Descents Attending an Urban Primary Care Pediatrics Clinic.” Pediatric Quality & Safety 6, no. 2 (n.d.): e391–e391. https://doi.org/10.1097/pq9.0000000000000391.
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  • Book Sections

    • O’Hare, Frances, and Jonathan Hausmann. “Improving the transition from pediatric to adult care for adolescents and young adults with autoinflammatory diseases.” In Auto-Inflammatory Syndromes Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Management. Springer, 2019.
    • O’Hare, Frances, and Claudio DeGusmao. “Transition to Adulthood.” In Children and Youth with Complex Cerebral Palsy Care and Management. Mac Keith Press, 2018.
    • Sharma, N., K. O’Hare, and A. Uluer. “Establishing a system for ensuring transfer completion.” In Health Care Transition: Building a Program for Adolescents and Young Adults with Chronic Illness and Disability, 163–69, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-72868-1_18.
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    • O’Hare, Frances, and Alice Kuo. “Education.” In Care of Adults with Chronic Childhood Conditions A Practical Guide. Springer, 2016.
    • O’Hare, Frances. “"She Can't Even Tell You What Hurts" - Challenges Unique to Cognitive Delay.” In Are Your Pediatric Patients Ready for Adult Health Care? What to Do and How to Do It, 2014.
• Scholarly, Clinical, & Service Activities
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  Academic & Administrative Activities

  • Regional Medical Director-Pediatrics, Duke Primary Care
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  Clinical Activities

  • Pediatric primary care

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