David Rubin, MD, MSCE

Professor of Pediatrics (General Pediatrics) at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Attending Physician, Division of General Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Associate Scholar, Center for Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Faculty Member, Graduate Program in Public Health Studies, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Senior Fellow, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania
Faculty Member, Center for Pediatric Clinical Effectiveness, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Director, PolicyLab: Center to Bridge Research, Practice, and Policy, Joseph R. Stokes Research Institute, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Executive Steering Committee, Safe Place: Center for Child Protection & Health, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Mary Ames Endowed Chair in Child Advocacy, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Faculty Mentor, Department of Pediatrics Career Advisor Program, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Steering Committee, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania
Director of Population Health Innovation, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department: Pediatrics
Contact information
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
34th Street and Civic Center Blvd
CHOP North Suite 1533
Philadelphia, PA 19104-4399
34th Street and Civic Center Blvd
CHOP North Suite 1533
Philadelphia, PA 19104-4399
Office: 215-590-3815
Fax: 215-590-0426
Fax: 215-590-0426
Email:
rubin@email.chop.edu
rubin@email.chop.edu
Education:
BS (Bio. Basis of Behavior)
University of Pennsylvania, 1992.
MD (Medicine)
University of California, San Francisco, 1996.
MSCE (Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics)
University of Pennsylvania, 2002.
Permanent linkBS (Bio. Basis of Behavior)
University of Pennsylvania, 1992.
MD (Medicine)
University of California, San Francisco, 1996.
MSCE (Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics)
University of Pennsylvania, 2002.
Selected Publications
Rubin DM, Pati S, Luan X, Alessandrini EA: A sampling bias in identifying children in foster care using Medicaid data. Ambulatory Pediatrics 5(3): 185-190, 2005.Rubin, DM, Alessandrini EA, Feudtner C, Mandell DS, Localio AR, Hadley T: Mental health costs and placement stability for children in foster care. Pediatrics 113(5): 1336-41, 2004.
Rubin, DM, Alessandrini EA, Feudtner C, Localio AR, Hadley T: Placement changes and emergency department visits in the first year of foster care Pediatrics 114(3): e354-e360, 2004.
Wood J, Rubin DM, Nance M, Christian CW: Distinguishing inflicted vs. accidental abdominal injuries in young children Journal of Trauma 59(5): 1203-1208, 2005.
Lane WG, Rubin DM, Monteith R, Christian CW: Racial differences in the evaluation of pediatric fractures for physical abuse. JAMA 288(13): 1609-09, 2002.
Rubin DM, Christian CW, Bilaniuk LT, Zazcycny KA, Durbin D: Occult head injury in high-risk abused children. Pediatrics 111(6): 1382-86, 2003.
Alessandrini, EA, Rubin DM, Bilker, WB : Emergency department reliance is a marker for underimmunization. Platform presentation, Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Academic Emergency Medicine 11(5): 438-439, May 2004.
Rubin DM, O'Reilly A, Luan X, Localio AR: The impact of placement stability on behavioral problems for children in foster care. Pediatrics 119(2): 336-344, 2007.
Rubin DM, Downes KJ, O'Reilly A, Mekonnen R, Luan X, Localio AR: The impact of kinship care on behavioral well-being for children in out-of-home care. Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine 162(6): 550-556, 2008.
Wood JN, Christian CW, Adams CM, Rubin DM: The contribution of skeletal surveys in the evaluation of infants with isolated skull fractures. Pediatrics 123: e247-e252, 2009.