Lyubina Yankova, MD
she/her/hers
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Hospital Medicine)About
Titles
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Hospital Medicine)
Biography
Dr. Yankova is a pediatric hospitalist in the Department of Pediatrics Section of Hospital Medicine and an associate program director for the Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellowship. Her clinical and research interests are in safely providing high-value and family-centered care to children, limiting overuse, and learning how organizational structure plays into medical decision making. Her other interests are in mentorship, medical education, and incorporating point of care ultrasound (POCUS) into inpatient pediatrics.
Last Updated on August 07, 2025.
Appointments
Pediatric Hospital Medicine
Assistant ProfessorPrimary
Other Departments & Organizations
- Pediatric Hospital Medicine
- Pediatric Hospitalist Program
- Pediatrics
- Yale Medicine
Education & Training
- Clinical Fellow
- Yale New Haven Children's Hospital (2025)
- Chief Resident
- Yale New Haven Children's Hospital (2023)
- Resident
- Yale New Haven Children's Hospital (2022)
- MD
- University of Connecticut School of Medicine (2019)
- BS
- University of Connecticut, Molecular and Cell Biology
Board Certifications
Pediatrics
- Certification Organization
- AB of Pediatrics
- Original Certification Date
- 2022
Research
Publications
2025
An Organizational Psychology Approach to Understanding Overuse in Pediatric Hospital Medicine.
Yankova L, Sachdev M, Butala N, Allotta A, Osborn R, Berg D, Loyal J. An Organizational Psychology Approach to Understanding Overuse in Pediatric Hospital Medicine. Hospital Pediatrics 2025, 15: 676-685. PMID: 40602792, DOI: 10.1542/hpeds.2025-008340.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPediatric hospitalistsPediatric hospital medicineErrors of omissionHigh-value careLevels of analysis frameworkOrganizational psychologistsIntergroup levelComplex group dynamicsGrounded-theory methodologyPsychological frameworkPsychological approachThematic saturationHospital medicineQualitative studyMedication overuseStudy participantsInterpersonal levelGroup levelSystemic factorsOveruseEmotional harmHospitalistsThemesGroup dynamicsIndividual levelInflammatory Markers and Invasive Bacterial Infection in Febrile Infants With Positive Urinalyses.
Ruiz B, Yankova L, McDaniel C, Kerns E, Aronson P. Inflammatory Markers and Invasive Bacterial Infection in Febrile Infants With Positive Urinalyses. 2025, 155 PMID: 40341581, PMCID: PMC12404336, DOI: 10.1542/peds.2025-071109.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchThe Effect of a Brief Medical Huddle on Patient and Family Experience During Rounds.
Osborn R, Boolchandani H, Bennett A, Beagan R, Yankova L, Butala N, Collette H. The Effect of a Brief Medical Huddle on Patient and Family Experience During Rounds. Hospital Pediatrics 2025, 15: 318-324. PMID: 40068809, DOI: 10.1542/hpeds.2024-007998.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPatient- and family-centered roundsPre-intervention periodPostintervention periodFamily experiencesFamily satisfactionFamily-centered rounds encounterFamily-centered roundsGeneral inpatient settingQuasi-experimental designPrimary outcome measureRounding encountersLikert scale surveyInpatient settingPostinterventionRound timeMean scoreOutcome measuresPrimary outcomeTeam membersParental interestHuddlingScale surveyHospitalized childrenDoctorsSatisfaction
2024
Comparisons of management approaches in neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome: The eat, sleep, console approach vs. the Finnegan approach
Johnson K, Berkwitt A, Yankova L, Osborn R. Comparisons of management approaches in neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome: The eat, sleep, console approach vs. the Finnegan approach. Seminars In Perinatology 2024, 49: 152021. PMID: 39736490, DOI: 10.1016/j.semperi.2024.152021.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDiagnostic Performance of AAP-Recommended Inflammatory Markers in Febrile Infants Aged 60 Days or Younger.
Yankova L, McDaniel C, Kerns E, Shine A, Ruiz B, Caruso H, Aronson P. Diagnostic Performance of AAP-Recommended Inflammatory Markers in Febrile Infants Aged 60 Days or Younger. 2024, 155 PMID: 39636262, PMCID: PMC12409484, DOI: 10.1542/peds.2024-068856.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLow-Value Care for Hospitalized Children With Dual Medical and Behavioral Complexity.
Yankova L, Berkwitt A, Loyal J. Low-Value Care for Hospitalized Children With Dual Medical and Behavioral Complexity. Hospital Pediatrics 2024, 14: e245-e248. PMID: 38651257, DOI: 10.1542/hpeds.2024-007766.Commentaries, Editorials and LettersInfants With Hypothermia: Are They Just Like Febrile Infants?
Yankova L, Aronson P. Infants With Hypothermia: Are They Just Like Febrile Infants? Hospital Pediatrics 2024, 14: e161-e163. PMID: 38312018, DOI: 10.1542/hpeds.2023-007641.Commentaries, Editorials and Letters
2020
Febrile Infants ≤60 Days Old With Positive Urinalysis Results and Invasive Bacterial Infections
Yankova LC, Neuman MI, Wang ME, Woll C, DePorre AG, Desai S, Sartori LF, Nigrovic LE, Pruitt CM, Marble RD, Leazer RC, Rooholamini SN, Balamuth F, Aronson PL. Febrile Infants ≤60 Days Old With Positive Urinalysis Results and Invasive Bacterial Infections. Hospital Pediatrics 2020, 10: 1120-1125. PMID: 33239319, PMCID: PMC7684554, DOI: 10.1542/hpeds.2020-000638.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInvasive bacterial infectionsAbnormal WBC countPositive urinalysis resultsFebrile infantsUrinalysis resultsWBC countIll appearanceBacterial meningitisAbnormal white blood cell countBacterial infectionsWhite blood cell countConcomitant bacterial meningitisCerebrospinal fluid pleocytosisRetrospective cohort studyUrinary tract infectionPlanned secondary analysisBlood cell countCohort studyLaboratory characteristicsTract infectionsEmergency departmentMost infantsMedical historyLower riskMeningitis
Clinical Care
Board Certifications
Pediatrics
- Certification Organization
- AB of Pediatrics
- Original Certification Date
- 2022