Sara Handley, MD, MSCE
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Neonatology & Newborn Services) at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Attending Physician, Division of Neonatology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Senior Fellow, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania
Department: Pediatrics
Contact information
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Division of Neonatology
2nd Floor Main Building
34th and Civic Center Blvd.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Division of Neonatology
2nd Floor Main Building
34th and Civic Center Blvd.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 267-455-5280
Education:
BA (Chemistry)
St. Olaf College, 2007.
MD
University of Minnesota Medical School, 2012.
MSCE (Clinical Epidemiology)
University of Pennsylvania, 2019.
Permanent linkBA (Chemistry)
St. Olaf College, 2007.
MD
University of Minnesota Medical School, 2012.
MSCE (Clinical Epidemiology)
University of Pennsylvania, 2019.
Description of Research Expertise
Sara Handley, MD, MSCE, is a health services researcher focused on evaluating the impact of the perinatal health care system, including institutional structure, organizational culture, and unit processes on perinatal outcomes and outcome variation. Perinatal health system factors in her research include perinatal regionalization (i.e. levels of care, risk-appropriate care delivery), organizational culture (i.e. maternal-, neonatal- and mother-infant-centered culture), and neonatal care processes (i.e. delivery room and in unit resuscitation, umbilical cord management at birth).Selected Publications
Interrante JD, Fritz AH, Handley SC, Kozhimannil KB: Rural/Urban Differences in Health, Health Care Use, and Barriers to Care for Postpartum and Birthing People. National Rural Health Association Conference, New Orleans, LA - Platform May 2024.Handley SC, Schmatz M, Miller E, Burris HH, Lo JY, Knake L, Son M, McKenney K, Culhane J, Greenspan J, Dysart K.: Discharge Timing Among a Contemporary Cohort of Infant Born 22-34 Weeks of Gestation. Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada – Poster May 2024.
Knake L, Miller E, Rysavy M, Handley SC, Burris HH, Greenspan J, Bell E, Dysart K: Survival and Medication Use in <27 weeks Gestational Age infants in a National Cohort of Neonatal Intensive Care Units using the Epic Cosmos Database. Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada – Platform May 2024.
Lang EA, Cecarelli C, Nembhard IM, Foglia EE, Handley SC: Organizational Culture of Clinical Research in the NICU. Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada - Poster May 2024.
Bostwick A, Herrick HM, Handley SC, Ades A: A Survey of Learning Organization in Neonatal Resuscitation. Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada – Poster May 2024.
Salazar E, Passarella M, Handley SC, Edwards E, Rogowski J, Phibbs C, Lorch SA: Hospital Financial Health and Provision of Obstetric and NICU Services in the US. Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada – Platform May 2024.
Sharp MB, Passarella M, Thorsen M, Interrante JD, Lorch SA, Kozhimannil KB, Handley SC: Risk-Appropriate Care Receipt Among Higher-Risk Rural Birthing People. National Rural Health Association Conference, New Orleans, LA - Platform May 2024.
1. Son M, Lundsberg L, Partridge C, Dysart K, Burris HH, Handley SC, Ledyard R, Berhane L, Baisden K, Lee C, Culhane J: Maternal and obstetric factors associated with different levels of clinical management of postpartum hemorrhage. Society for Reproductive Investigation, Vancouver, Canada - Poster March 2024.
Bostwick A, Herrick HM, Handley SC, Ades A: A Survey of Learning Organization in Neonatal Resuscitation. Eastern Society of Pediatric Research, Philadelphia, PA - Platform March 2024.
Barreto A, Formanowski B, Peña MM, Salazar EG, Handley SC, Burris HH, Ortiz R, Lorch SA, Montoya-Williams D: Preterm Birth Risk and Maternal Nativity, Ethnicity, and Race. JAMA Network Open 7(3), March 2024.