Daria F Ferro, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (General Pediatrics)
Hospitalist, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania
Director, Patient Reported Outcomes Program, Center for Healthcare Quality and Analytics, CHOP
Faculty, Department of Biomedical and Health Informatics (DBHI), CHOP
Lecturer, Leading Improvement Curriculum, Center for Healthcare Quality & Analytics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Co-Director Innovation Ecosystem, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Associate Director of Quality Division of General Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Clinical Informatics Medical Director of Health IT Measurement and Outcomes, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department: Pediatrics
Contact information
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
3401 Civic Center Blvd.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
3401 Civic Center Blvd.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Education:
BA (Neuroscience and Behavior)
Barnard College, Columbia University, 2005.
MD
SUNY Downstate Medical Center, College of Medicine, 2012.
NA (Healthcare Data Analytics Certificate)
Office of National Coordinator/ Oregon Health & Sciences University, 2017.
NA (Implementation Science Institute )
University of Pennsylvancia, 2018.
Cert. (Clinical Research Certificate)
Center for Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania, 2018.
Cert. (Biomedical Informatics Graduate Certificate)
Oregon Health & Sciences University, 2018.
NA (Mack Technology Fellow; Innovation Management Curriculum)
UPenn - Wharton, 2018.
NA (Physician Leadership Program)
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 2022.
NA (Division of General Pediatrics' Leadership Coaching Program (LARGO))
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 2023.
Permanent linkBA (Neuroscience and Behavior)
Barnard College, Columbia University, 2005.
MD
SUNY Downstate Medical Center, College of Medicine, 2012.
NA (Healthcare Data Analytics Certificate)
Office of National Coordinator/ Oregon Health & Sciences University, 2017.
NA (Implementation Science Institute )
University of Pennsylvancia, 2018.
Cert. (Clinical Research Certificate)
Center for Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania, 2018.
Cert. (Biomedical Informatics Graduate Certificate)
Oregon Health & Sciences University, 2018.
NA (Mack Technology Fellow; Innovation Management Curriculum)
UPenn - Wharton, 2018.
NA (Physician Leadership Program)
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 2022.
NA (Division of General Pediatrics' Leadership Coaching Program (LARGO))
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 2023.
Selected Publications
Salinero LK, Villavisanis DF, Cheung L, Ferro DF, Folsom N, Cho DY, Low DW, Jackson O, Bartlett SP, Swanson JW : Integration of the Cleft-Q Patient Reported Outcome Tool into a Multidisciplinary Cleft and Craniofacial Clinic: A Proof of Concept. Plast Reconstr Surg June 2023 Notes: doi: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000010859.Carr LH, Christ L, Ferro DF: The Electronic Health Record as a Quality Improvement Tool: Exceptional Potential with Special Considerations. Clin Perinatol 50(2), June 2023 Notes: doi: 10.1016/j.clp.2023.01.008.
Ferro DF: Lessons learned from large scale implementation of patient reported outcome measures. Poster / Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) Meeting May 2023 Notes: Washington, DC.
Ferro DF, Houng K, Burlingame C, Hamida C, Yi K, McNeely L: Clinical Informatics Powers Pediatric Patient-Reported Outcome Measures Program at Large Children’s Hospital. Poster/ AMIA Clinical Informatics Conference May 2023 Notes: Chicago, IL.
Ruppel H, Pohl E, Rodriguez-Paras C, Froh E, Perry K, McNamara M, Muthu N, Ferro D, Rasooly I, Bonafide CP: Clinician Perspectives on Specifications for Metrics to Inform Pediatric Alarm Management. Biomed Instrum Technol 57(1), April 2023 Notes: doi: 10.2345/0899-8205-57.1.18.
Larsen EP, Silvestro E, Ferro DF, Chinwalla A, Oppenheimer N, Rogers S, Sze RW, Winston FK: Using human factors principles to redesign a 3D lab workflow during the COVID-19 pandemic 3D Print Med 8(1), Nov 2022 Notes: doi: 10.1186/s41205-022-00161-9.
Cheung L, Folsom N, Ferro DF, Villavisanis DF, Blum JD, Cho DY, Low DW, Bartlett SP, Jackson, O, Taylor JA, Swanson JW: Changed Surgeon Decision-making with use of CLEFT-Q: How Patient Reported Outcomes Change Patient Management. Poster/ International Cleft Congress July 2022 Notes: Scotland, UK.
Cheung L, McKenna R, Folsom N, Ferro DF, Romeo D, Villavisanis DF, Blum JD, Cho DY, Carlson A, Low DW, Bartlett SP, Taylor JA, Swanson JW: Electronic Clinical Integration of Cleft-Q, a Patient Reported Outcome Instrument, in our Multidisciplinary Cleft Care Workflow. Poster/ American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association (ACPA) April 2022 Notes: 79th Annual Meeting, Fort Worth, Texas
Ferro DF, Bonafide CP, Fregene N, Ruppel H, Nelson MN, Eriksen W, DeMauro SB: Parental Insights into Improving Home Pulse Oximetry Monitoring in Infants. Pediatric Quality & Safety Mar 2022 Notes: doi: 10.1097/pq9.0000000000000538.
Fierro J, Herrick H, Fregene N, Khan A, Ferro DF, Nelson MN, Brent CR, Bonafide CP, DeMauro SB: Home pulse oximetry after discharge from a quaternary-care children's hospital: Prescriber patterns and perspectives. Pediatric Pulmonology Jan 2022 Notes: doi: 10.1002/ppul.25722.