Overview
I work in both pediatric primary care clinic and in the nursery, with a particular interest in newborn care and breastfeeding.
Current Duke Appointments & Affiliations
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
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2025 - Present
Pediatrics, General Pediatrics and Adolescent Health,
Pediatrics
Recent Scholarly Works
Increasing utilisation of a rebound hyperbilirubinaemia calculator in two newborn nurseries.
Journal article BMJ Open Qual · July 2023 Neonatal hyperbilirubinaemia requiring phototherapy treatment is a common problem impacting the length of hospital stay and rates of hospital readmission. Previous guidelines included guidance for initiating phototherapy treatment but not for discontinuing ... Full text Link to item CitePredicting Risk of Readmission in Newborns Treated with Phototherapy
Conference PEDIATRICS · February 2022 Link to item CiteImproving adherence to hepatitis B vaccine administration recommendations in two newborn nurseries.
Journal article BMJ Open Qual · October 2021 Administration of the birth dose of hepatitis B vaccine is an important step in reducing perinatally acquired hepatitis B infection, yet the USA is below the Healthy People 2020 goal for rate of administration.In response to updated Advisory Committee on I ... Full text Open Access Link to item CiteEducation
Harvard University ·
2004
M.D.