Polina Krass, MD, MSHP
Instructor A of Pediatrics
Associate Fellow, Leonard Davis Institute for Health Economics
Department: Pediatrics
Contact information
3401 Civic Center Blvd.
Philadelphia, PA 19146
Philadelphia, PA 19146
Education:
BA (Chemistry)
Harvard University, 2011.
MD (Medicine)
New York University School of Medicine, 2016.
MSHP (Health Policy)
University of Pennsylvania, 2022.
Permanent linkBA (Chemistry)
Harvard University, 2011.
MD (Medicine)
New York University School of Medicine, 2016.
MSHP (Health Policy)
University of Pennsylvania, 2022.
Selected Publications
Min J, Tam V, Mayne S, Krass P, Fein JA.: Neighborhood Firearm Violence, Psychosocial Risks, and Youth Firearm Perception. Am J Prev Med 69: 107741, Jun 2025.Priyanka Joshi, Joel Fein, William O Quarshie, Jungwon Min, Polina Krass, Leah Brogan, Stephanie Mayne, Sarah Wood: Follow-Up After ED Visits for Teens With Depression and Suicidality: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Pediatrics Open Science 1(4), 11 2025.
Ketabchi B, Krass P, Katz ER, Chapman L, Friedlaender E: Behavioral and Psychiatric Emergencies. Fleisher and Ludwig Textbook of Pediatric Emergency Medicine. Joshua Nagler, Jill Posner, Elizabeth Alpern, Paul Aronson, Andrea Cruz, Angela Ellison, Rebekah Mannix, David Schnadower, and Nadia Awad (eds.).(Ninth edition), 2025.
Ashley A Foster, Jennifer A Hoffmann, Newton Addo, Polina Krass, Cheryl King, Jacqueline Grupp-Phelan: Evaluating the Accuracy of Ask Suicide-Screening Questions and Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale in Detecting Suicide Risk Among Adolescents in the Emergency Department. AACAP 2025 Annual Meeting 2025.
Polina Krass and Pranav Kancherla: Best Practices for Suicide Prevention in the Emergency Department. Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Pulse 40(5): 74-77, 9 2025.
Cheyenne Smith, Joanne N Wood, Shelby Davies, Sarah Green, Cynthia Mollen, Cindy W Christian, Anish Raj, Polina Krass: Missed Opportunities to Screen for Sexual Exploitation Among Youth Who Have Experienced Sex Trafficking. Child Protection and Practice 100264, 11 2025 Notes: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chipro.2025.100264.
Smith C, Raj A, Wood J, Davies S, Green S, Krass P: Missed Opportunities for Identifying Pediatric Patients at Risk of Sex Trafficking. AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting. Baltimore, MD. July 2024.
Raj A, Krass P, Hackett K, Green S, Wood JN.: Integrating Social Care Into a Specialized Medical Home for Sex-Trafficked Youth. Pediatrics 153: e2023062394, Jan 2024.
Min J, Tam V, Fein JA, Vasan A, Griffis HM, Krass P, Doupnik SK.: Psychosocial Risks and Adolescent Mental Health: The Moderating Role of Objective Neighborhood Characteristics. J Adolesc Health 2024.
Krass P, Chaiyachati B, Brogan L, Quarshie WO, Dalton E, Fein JA: Chief Complaints of Youth Presenting to the Emergency Department Who Receive a Mental Health Diagnosis. Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting May 2023.