Erika Fitzpatrick Dennis, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Neonatology & Newborn Services)
Clinical Associate in Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Developmental Follow-Up Clinician, CHOP Newborn Care at Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
Penn Medicine Clinician, CHOP Newborn Care at Pennsylvania Hospital, The University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
Department: Pediatrics
Contact information
CHOP Newborn Care at Pennsylvania Hospital
800 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107
800 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Office: 215-829-3301
Fax: 215-829-7211
Fax: 215-829-7211
Email:
dennise@email.chop.edu
dennise@email.chop.edu
Education:
BA/BS (Molecular Biology )
Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 1996.
MD/MPH
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and Mailman School of Public Health, New York NY, 2001.
Permanent linkBA/BS (Molecular Biology )
Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 1996.
MD/MPH
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and Mailman School of Public Health, New York NY, 2001.
Description of Research Expertise
Health disparities are a significant problem in almost every field of medicine, and have become an enigma in Obstetrics and Perinatal medicine in recent decades. As a neonatologist with interests in public health and epidemiologic issues, the disparity in preterm birth rates and perinatal outcomes for African American women and their infants are important to me. Hence my areas of research interest have included:1) Measures of Socioeconomic Status in Mothers of Low Income Status
2) The Impact of Common Maternal Illnesses on the Disparity in Preterm Birth Rates
3) The Impact of Individual Hospital Effects on the Disparity in Preterm Birth Rates
4) Racial Differences in Immunoprophylaxis rates against RSV of former Preterm Infants