Sharon Ostfeld-Johns, MD, IBCLC
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Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Hospital Medicine)
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I am a Med-Peds hospitalist — I spend half my clinical time taking care of hospitalized adults and half taking care of hospitalized kids, including newborns during their birth hospitalization.
I am a medical educator, training medical students in their early clinical skills and working with medical students and residents in the hospital, including as one of the faculty leaders of the Race, Bias, and Advocacy in Medicine distinction pathway for Internal Medicine residents.
I have research and quality improvement interests in diagnostic reasoning, reducing medical errors, breastfeeding medicine, and in improving health disparities. I have been working in the area of prenatal substance exposure since 2020 and in that time have collaborated with local partners including my pediatric hospital medicine colleagues, child abuse specialists, addiction medicine specialists, obstetrician/gynecologists, social workers, a Yale Law School student clinic, the Connecticut Department of Children and Families, community partners and others locally and nationally committed to improving care for families affected by substance use and substance use disorders. This work seeks to reduce the criminalization of substance use during pregnancy through clinical care pathways that guide clinical indications for toxicology testing in newborns and policy work to engage families with appropriately matched resources, and thereby encourage treatment access resulting in healthy families that remain together after birth.
I went to Oberlin College for a BA in Politics, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry for my MD and came to Yale for Combined Internal Medicine-Pediatrics Residency which I completed in 2018. I am mother to Cliff and Pepper, and an avid gardener, bicycle commuter, and Jane Jacobs fan.
Appointments
Pediatric Hospital Medicine
Assistant ProfessorPrimary
Other Departments & Organizations
- Pediatric Hospital Medicine
- Pediatric Hospitalist Program
- Pediatrics
- Program in Hospital Medicine
- Yale Medicine
Education & Training
- Residency
- Yale New Haven Hospital (2018)
- MD
- University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry (2014)
- BA
- Oberlin College, Politics (2006)
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Yale Co-Authors
Publications Timeline
Lou Hart, MD
Pnina Weiss, MD, MHPE
Thilan Wijesekera, MD, MHS
Publications
Featured Publications
Improving Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Content in Pediatrics Grand Rounds
Ostfeld-Johns S, Leverette D, Dioneda B, Malcolm J, Crittenden F, Carr C, Taylor A, Amaya K, Weiss P, Grossman M, Berkwitt A. Improving Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Content in Pediatrics Grand Rounds. Academic Pediatrics 2023, 23: 1502-1504. PMID: 37321407, DOI: 10.1016/j.acap.2023.06.003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsRemoving Race From Hyperbilirubinemia Guidelines Is Not Enough
Ostfeld-Johns S, Aragona E, Hart L. Removing Race From Hyperbilirubinemia Guidelines Is Not Enough. JAMA Pediatrics 2022, 176: 1163-1164. PMID: 36251301, DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2022.3865.Commentaries, Editorials and LettersCitationsAltmetricMeSH KeywordsIncreasing Awareness Is Needed Among Pediatric Hospitalists About Prenatal Substance Exposure: Policy, Advocacy, and Clinical Care.
Ostfeld-Johns S, Schiff D. Increasing Awareness Is Needed Among Pediatric Hospitalists About Prenatal Substance Exposure: Policy, Advocacy, and Clinical Care. Hospital Pediatrics 2022, 12: e374-e376. PMID: 36093626, DOI: 10.1542/hpeds.2022-006837.Commentaries, Editorials and LettersAltmetricMeSH Keywords and Concepts
2024
A Comparison of Two Statewide Datasets to Understand Population Prevalence of Substance Use in Pregnancy: Findings and Considerations for Policy & Research
Sieger M, Morin J, Budris L, Sienna M, Ostfeld-Johns S, Hart L, Morosky C. A Comparison of Two Statewide Datasets to Understand Population Prevalence of Substance Use in Pregnancy: Findings and Considerations for Policy & Research. Maternal And Child Health Journal 2024, 28: 1121-1131. PMID: 38539033, PMCID: PMC11060901, DOI: 10.1007/s10995-024-03914-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsSubstance use disordersSubstance useBlack mothersPregnancy-related deathsFederal Child Abuse PreventionMental health conditionsPublic health aimSelf-reported drug useMaternal self-reportDrug usePrevalence of substance useChild protective services involvementProtective services involvementMothers self-reportedChild abuse preventionSelf-reported dataStatistically similar ratesPrenatal substance exposureSelf-report ratingsHealth aimRate of whitesHispanic mothersHealth conditionsHospital personnelSelf-reportDiagnostic Errors in Hospitalized Adults Who Died or Were Transferred to Intensive Care
Auerbach A, Lee T, Hubbard C, Ranji S, Raffel K, Valdes G, Boscardin J, Dalal A, Harris A, Flynn E, Schnipper J, Feinbloom D, Roy B, Herzig S, Wazir M, Gershanik E, Goyal A, Chitneni P, Burney S, Galinsky J, Rastegar S, Moore D, Berdahl C, Seferian E, Suri K, Ramishvili T, Vedamurthy D, Hunt D, Mehta A, Katakam H, Field S, Karatasakis B, Beeler K, Himmel A, Eid S, Gandhi S, Pena I, Ranta Z, Lipten S, Lucier D, Walker-Corkery B, Kleinman Sween J, Kirchoff R, Rieck K, Kolar G, Parikh R, Burton C, Dugani C, Dapaah-Afriyie K, Finn A, Raju S, Surani A, Segon A, Bhandari S, Astik G, O’Leary K, Helminski A, Anstey J, Zhou M, Alday A, Halvorson S, Esmaili A, Barish P, Fenton C, Kantor M, Choi K, Schram A, Ruhnke G, Patel H, Virapongse A, Burden M, Ngov L, Keniston A, Talari P, Romond J, Vick S, Williams M, Marr R, Gupta A, Rohde J, Mao F, Fang M, Greysen S, Shah P, Kim C, Narayanan M, Wolpaw B, Ellingson S, Kaiksow F, Kenik J, Sterken D, Lewis M, Manwani B, Ledford R, Webber C, Vasilevskis E, Buckley R, Kripalani S, Sankey C, Ostfeld-Johns S, Gielissen K, Wijesekera T, Jordan E, Karwa A, Churnet B, Chia D, Brooks K. Diagnostic Errors in Hospitalized Adults Who Died or Were Transferred to Intensive Care. JAMA Internal Medicine 2024, 184: 164-173. PMID: 38190122, PMCID: PMC10775080, DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2023.7347.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsPatient harmIntensive care unitHospitalized adultsDiagnostic errorsAssociated with patient harmCohort studyMultivariate modelRandom sample of adultsAcademic medical centerSample of adultsDiagnostic error reductionTemporary harmGeneral medical conditionsAttributable fractionRetrospective cohort studyMain OutcomesMedical inpatientsTest orderingPermanent harmTrained cliniciansImprovement effortsMedical conditionsClinician assessmentMedical CenterPatient records
2023
Race and the 2022 American Academy of Pediatrics Hyperbilirubinemia Guideline—Reply
Ostfeld-Johns S, Aragona E, Hart L. Race and the 2022 American Academy of Pediatrics Hyperbilirubinemia Guideline—Reply. JAMA Pediatrics 2023, 177: 437-437. PMID: 36780144, DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2022.5910.Commentaries, Editorials and LettersCitationsAltmetricMedical aid in dying deserves support
Ostfeld-Johns, Sharon. Opinion: Medical aid in dying deserves support. Connecticut Post [Bridgeport, CT], April 13, 2023.Publications for non-academic audiences
2021
With the first dose, I need to be at peace with the vaccine. and let my body do the work
Ostfeld-Johns, S. (2021, February 16). With the first dose, I need to be at peace with the vaccine. and let my body do the work. STAT. Retrieved November 21, 2022, from https://www.statnews.com/2021/02/16/first-dose-be-at-peace-with-the-vaccine-let-my-body-do-the-work/Publications for non-academic audiences
2020
Web Exclusive. Annals Graphic Medicine - Eewy Body Dementia.
Ostfeld-Johns S. Web Exclusive. Annals Graphic Medicine - Eewy Body Dementia. Annals Of Internal Medicine 2020, 172: w39-w47. PMID: 31931528, DOI: 10.7326/g19-0015.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricMultisystem inflammatory syndrome in children related to Covid-19 isn’t the mystery it’s made out to be
Ostfeld-Johns, S. (2022, August 29). Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children related to covid-19 isn't the mystery it's made out to be. STAT. Retrieved November 21, 2022, from https://www.statnews.com/2020/07/16/multisystem-inflammatory-syndrome-in-children-removing-mystery/Publications for non-academic audiences
Academic Achievements & Community Involvement
activity Annals of Internal Medicine
Journal ServiceReviewerDetailsGuest Reviewer for Humanities submissions11/16/2018 - Presentactivity Hospital Pediatrics
Journal ServiceReviewerDetails09/01/2022 - Present
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- June 10, 2024
2023-24 Department of Pediatrics Faculty Awards
- May 14, 2024
Celebrating Health Profession Students' Poetry, Prose, and Visual Arts
- April 11, 2024Source: CNN
Some hospitals are changing their response when babies are born exposed to drugs By Mira Cheng, CNN
- February 12, 2024
Yale Internal Medicine Residency Writers’ Workshop Celebrates 20th Year with Annual Reading Event
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