Christopher P. Bonafide, MD, MSCE
Associate Professor of Pediatrics (General Pediatrics) at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Attending Physician, Division of General Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Core Faculty, Clinical Futures, a Center of Emphasis within the CHOP Research Institute
(previously known as the Center for Pediatric Clinical Effectiveness)
Associate Member, Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics, University of Pennsylvania
Senior Fellow, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania
Core Faculty, Section of Clinical Informatics, Division of General Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Co-Director, Pediatric Hospital Epidemiology and Outcomes Research Training (PHEOT) T32 Program, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Core Faculty, Department of Biomedical and Health Informatics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Core Faculty, Center for Healthcare Improvement and Patient Safety (CHIPS), University of Pennsylvania
Senior Fellow, Institute for Biomedical Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Research Director, Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellowship Program, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Research Director, Section of Hospital Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Senior Fellow, Center for Injury Research and Prevention, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Director of Pediatric Implementation Research, Penn Implementation Science Center at the University of Pennsylvania Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics (PISCE@LDI)
Associate Chief for Research Integration and Implementation, Division of General Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Associate Director for Implementation Science, Clinical Futures, a Center of Emphasis within the CHOP Research Institute
Department: Pediatrics
Contact information
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
3500 Civic Center Blvd
Philadelphia, PA 19104
3500 Civic Center Blvd
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Publications
Education:
BA (Psychology)
Colby College, 2000.
MD
Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, 2004.
MSCE (Clinical Epidemiology)
University of Pennsylvania, 2011.
Permanent linkBA (Psychology)
Colby College, 2000.
MD
Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, 2004.
MSCE (Clinical Epidemiology)
University of Pennsylvania, 2011.
Description of Research Expertise
I am an implementation scientist focused on the pediatric hospital setting, with a particular interest in deimplementing overused and ineffective practices.Specific areas of focus include:
-Bronchiolitis and other lung diseases in children
-Patient Safety
-Clinical Communication
-Human Factors Engineering
-Physiologic Monitoring Systems
-Alarm and Alert Fatigue
Description of Clinical Expertise
Pediatric hospital medicineDescription of Other Expertise
Clinical informaticsSelected Publications
Murphy K, Weisman Q, Makeneni S, Faerber J, Bonafide CP, Kenyon CC: Characteristics of Pediatric Scurvy Hospitalizations: 2006-2021. Pediatrics Page: e2024065782, September 2024 Notes: doi: 10.1542/peds.2024-065782.Ruppel H, Bonafide CP, Beidas RS, Albanowski K, Parlar-Chun R, Rajbhandari P, Kern-Goldberger AS, Stoeck PA, Snow K, House SA, Lucey KE, Brady PW, Schondelmeyer AC, for the Pediatric Research in Inpatient Settings (PRIS) Network: Continuous pulse oximetry monitoring in children hospitalized with bronchiolitis: A qualitative analysis of clinicians' justifications. Journal of Hospital Medicine Page: Online ahead of print, August 2024.
Barboza AZ, Flannery DD, Shu D, Galloway M, Dhudasia MB, Bonafide CP, Benitz WE, Gerber JS, Mukhopadhyay S: Trends in C-Reactive Protein Use in Early-Onset Sepsis Evaluations and Associated Antibiotic Use. Journal of Pediatrics Page: Epub ahead of print, June 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. Journal of Hospital Medicine Online Ahead of Print, April 2024 Notes: DOI: 10.1002/jhm.13352.
Foglia EE, Shah BA, DeShea L, Lander K, Kamath-Rayne BD, Herrick HM, Zaichkin J, Lee S, Bonafide C, Song C, Hallford G, Lee HC, Kapadia V, Leone T, Josephsen J, Gupta A, Strand ML, Beasley WH, Szyld E: Laryngeal mask use during neonatal resuscitation at birth: A United States-based survey of neonatal resuscitation program providers and instructors. Resuscitation Plus 17: 100515, March 2024 Notes: doi: 10.1016/j.resplu.2023.100515.
Albanowski K, Brent C, Landrigan CP, Wolk CB, Schondelmeyer AC, Brady PW, Beidas RS, Schisterman EF, Bonafide CP, for the Pediatric Research in Inpatient Settings (PRIS) Network: Getting Started With Multi-site Research: Lessons From the Eliminating Monitor Overuse (EMO) Study. Hospital Pediatrics 14(3): e181-8, February 2024 Notes: https://doi.org/10.1542/hpeds.2023-007550.
Kern-Goldberger AS, Bracy D, Szymczak JE, Gonzalez D, Rothberg MB, Gerber JS, Bonafide CP: Drivers of Inpatient Subspecialty Consultation Among Pediatric Hospitalists: A Qualitative Study. Hospital Pediatrics In press 2024.
Pineles BL, Bonafide CP, Ashcraft L: Deimplementation of Ineffective and Harmful Medical Practices: A Data-Driven Commentary. American Journal of Epidemiology In press 2024.
Coon ER, Greene T, Fritz J, Desai AD, Ray KN, Hersh AL, Bardsley T, Bonafide CP, Brady PW, Wallace SS, Schroeder AR, on behalf of FAAN-C Trial Group: A Multicenter Randomized Trial to Compare Automatic vs. As-Needed Follow-up for Children Hospitalized with Common Infections: the FAAN-C Trial Protocol Journal of Hospital Medicine In press 2024.
Van Pelt AE, Bonafide CP, Rendle KA, Wolk C, Shea JA, Bettencourt A, Beidas RS, Lane-Fall MB: Evaluation of a brief virtual implementation science training program: the Penn Implementation Science Institute Implementation Science Communications 4(1): 131, Nov 6 2023.