Overview
I am a pediatric hospitalist and health services researcher with a faculty appointment in the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Hospital Medicine. The aim of my research is to reduce health inequities in the pediatric hospital setting. Currently, my main projects are around improving racial and ethnic differences in medical team communication and caregiver (parent/guardian) empowerment on family-centered rounds. Additional projects include addressing inpatient caregiver food insecurity, minimizing biased language in patient handoffs, and improving language access for families that use a language other than English in healthcare settings.
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
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2021 - Present
Pediatrics, Hospital Medicine,
Pediatrics
Recent Publications
Decreasing differences in first-line therapy for respiratory infections in urgent cares, results of a multi-institutional quality improvement collaborative.
Journal Article Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol · October 16, 2025 OBJECTIVE: We aimed to decrease the difference in first-line therapy (ΔFLT) for common acute respiratory infections (ARI) in pediatric urgent care clinics (PUCs) in relation to race, ethnicity, language, and insurance using quality improvement (QI) methodo ... Full text Link to item CiteQualitative study of Black and Latino (a/e) caregiver participation on family-centered rounds.
Journal Article Patient Educ Couns · October 2025 BACKGROUND: Family-centered rounds (FCR), multi-disciplinary rounds at bedside that involve the patient and family, has become the standard of care in pediatric hospitalizations. Caregiver participation on FCR improves shared-decision making and communicat ... Full text Link to item CiteChildren With Severe Neurologic Impairment and Their Families in the PICU: A Secondary Qualitative Analysis to Assess Clinician-Family Collaboration and Mutuality.
Journal Article Pediatr Crit Care Med · September 1, 2025 OBJECTIVES: In children with severe neurologic impairment (SNI) admitted to the PICU, a trauma-informed approach to care may mitigate the effect of traumatic events on both parents and the child. We aimed to characterize the themes that impacted the trauma ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
iPediHeart: Interdisciplinary Research Training Program for Pediatric Heart Disease
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2025 - 2030Connect and Empower: Reducing Acute Care Utilization for Black Children with Medical Complexity
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health · 2025 - 2027Equity-Focused Communication Intervention for Family-Centered Rounds
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities · 2024 - 2027View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
Stony Brook University, Renaissance School of Medicine ·
2012
M.D.
Stony Brook University ·
2012
M.P.H.