Irit Rachel Rasooly, MD, MSCE
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (General Pediatrics) at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Attending Physician, Section of Hospital Medicine, Division of General Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Faculty, Department of Biomedical & Health Informatics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Faculty, Clinical Futures: A Research Institute Center of Emphasis, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Faculty, PolicyLab, Research Institute, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Attending Physician , Neonatal Follow Up Program, Division of Neonatology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Research Director, Center for Diagnostic Excellence, Center for Healthcare Quality and Analytics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Director of Quality and Safety, Division of General Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department: Pediatrics
Contact information
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Roberts Center for Pediatric Research, 15th Floor
734 Schuylkill Ave
Philadelphia, PA 19146
Roberts Center for Pediatric Research, 15th Floor
734 Schuylkill Ave
Philadelphia, PA 19146
Office: 2673032175
Publications
Education:
AB (Anthropology)
Princeton University, 2007.
MD
George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences, 2014.
MSCE (Clinical Epidemiology)
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 2019.
Permanent linkAB (Anthropology)
Princeton University, 2007.
MD
George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences, 2014.
MSCE (Clinical Epidemiology)
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 2019.
Selected Publications
Fidel A, Mcgoldrick V, Nguyen J, Melton K, Cifra CL, Walsh KE, Catchpole KR, Rasooly IR, Won J, Gold JA, Grundmeier RW: Efficient build of EHR simulation for research: a template to collect clinician cognitive data. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Page: In press, Oct 2025.Aisenberg L, Rasooly IR, Weiss PF, Burnham J, Costello A.: Telehealth triage in pediatric rheumatology: a diagnostically accurate tool to improve access to care. Diagnosis (Berl) Page: doi: 10.1515, Sep 2025 Notes: epub ahead of print.
Congdon M, Rasooly IR, Toto RL, Capriola D, Costello A, Scarfone RJ, Weiss AK.: Diagnostic Safety: Needs Assessment and Informed Curriculum at an Academic Children's Hospital. Pediatr Qual Saf 9(1): e773, Oct 2024.
Halley Ruppel PhD, RN, Brooke Luo MD, Irit R. Rasooly MD, MSCE, Meghan McNamara MBA, BSN, RN, CPN, CPHQ, Melissa McLoone BSN, RN, Andrew Kern-Goldberger MD, MSCE, Daria F. Ferro MD, Kimberly Albanowski MHS-MA, Canita Brent MPH, Jean A. Cieplinski MS, RN, Jamie Irizarry MS, RN, BSN, Sarah Rottenberg MA, David Hehir MD, MS, Hannah R. Stinson MD, Spandana Makeneni PhD, Rose A. Hamershock MA, James Won PhD, Christopher P. Bonafide MD, MCSE: A systems engineering approach to alarm management on pediatric medical–surgical units. Journal of Hospital Medicine 20(1): 98-103, Oct 2024.
Rasooly IR, Marshall TL, Cifra CL, Catchpole K, Kuzma NC, Brady PW, Melton K, Khan A, Chien AT, Lipstein EA, Landrigan CP, Walsh KE.: Developing methods to identify resilience and improve communication about diagnosis in pediatric primary care. Front Med (Lausanne) 11(1): 1414892, Sep 2024.
Bonafide CP, Maletsky KD, Kenyon C, Doupnik SK, Vasan A, Rasooly IR, Goldstein L, Galligan M, Hart J, Ruppel H, Feudtner C, Tenney-Soeiro R.: Development and evaluation of a writing retreat program to build community and promote productivity in academic hospital medicine. J Hosp Med 19(7): 559-564, Apr 2024.
Ruppel H, Makeneni S, Rasooly IR, Ferro DF, Bonafide CP: Pediatric characteristics associated with higher rates of monitor alarms. Biomed Instrum Technol 57(4): 171-179, Jan 2024.
McLoone M, McNamara M, Jennings MA, Stinson HR, Luo BT, Ferro D, Albanowski K, Ruppel H, Won J, Bonafide CP, Rasooly IR: Observing sources of system resilience using in situ alarm simulations. J Hosp Med 18(11): 994-998, Nov 2023.
Congdon M, Rauch B, Carroll B, Costello A, Chua WD, Fairchild V, Fatemi Y, Greenfield ME, Herchline D, Howard A, Khan A, Lamberton CE, McAndrew L, Hart J, Shaw KN, Rasooly IR.: Opportunities for diagnostic improvement among pediatric hospital readmissions. Hosp Pediatr 13(7): 563-571, July 2023.
Mehta SD, Congdon M, Phillips CA, Galligan M, Hanna CM, Muthu N, Ruiz J, Stinson H, Shaw K, Sutton RM, Rasooly IR.: Opportunities to improve diagnosis in emergency transfers to the pediatric intensive care unit. J Hosp Med 18(6): 509-518, June 2023.