Irit Rachel Rasooly, MD, MSCE
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (General Pediatrics) at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Attending Physician, Section of Hospital Medicine, Division of General Pediatrics, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Faculty, Department of Biomedical & Health Informatics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Faculty, Clinical Futures: A Research Institute Center of Emphasis, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Faculty, PolicyLab, Research Institute, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Attending Physician , Neonatal Follow Up Program, Division of Neonatology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Research Director, Center for Diagnostic Excellence, Center for Healthcare Quality and Analytics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department: Pediatrics
Contact information
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Roberts Center for Pediatric Research
15th Floor
734 Schuylkill Ave
Philadelphia, PA 19146
Roberts Center for Pediatric Research
15th Floor
734 Schuylkill Ave
Philadelphia, PA 19146
Office: 2673032175
Publications
Education:
AB (Anthropology, summa cum laude)
Princeton University, 2007.
MD
The George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences, 2014.
MSCE (Clinical Epidemiology)
University of Pennsylvania, 2019.
Cert. (Center for Healthcare Improvement and Patient Safety)
University of Pennsylvania, 2022.
Permanent linkAB (Anthropology, summa cum laude)
Princeton University, 2007.
MD
The George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences, 2014.
MSCE (Clinical Epidemiology)
University of Pennsylvania, 2019.
Cert. (Center for Healthcare Improvement and Patient Safety)
University of Pennsylvania, 2022.
Selected Publications
Costello A, Rasooly I, Weiss P.: Rheum for improvement? delayed Diagnosis of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: a narrative review. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) March 2025.Ruppel H, Luo B, Rasooly IR, McNamara M, McLoone M, Kern-Goldberger A, Ferro DF, Albanowski K, Brent C, Cieplinski JA, Irizarry J, Rottenberg S, Hehir D, Stinson HR, Makeneni S, Hamershock RA, Won J, Bonafide CP.: A systems engineering approach to alarm management on pediatric medical-surgical units. J Hosp Med Jan 2025.
Congdon M, Rasooly IR, Toto RL, Capriola D, Costello A, Scarfone RJ, Weiss AK.: Diagnostic Safety: Needs Assessment and Informed Curriculum at an Academic Children's Hospital. Pediatr Qual Saf 9: e773, Oct 2024.
Rasooly IR, Marshall TL, Cifra CL, Catchpole K, Kuzma NC, Brady PW, Melton K, Khan A, Chien AT, Lipstein EA, Landrigan CP, Walsh KE.: Developing methods to identify resilience and improve communication about diagnosis in pediatric primary care. Front Med (Lausanne) 11: 1414892, Sep 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. J Hosp Med Apr 2024.
Ruppel H, Makeneni S, Rasooly IR, Ferro DF, Bonafide CP: Pediatric characteristics associated with higher rates of monitor alarms. Biomed Instrum Technol 57(4): 171-179, Jan 2024.
McLoone M, McNamara M, Jennings MA, Stinson HR, Luo BT, Ferro D, Albanowski K, Ruppel H, Won J, Bonafide CP, Rasooly IR: Observing sources of system resilience using in situ alarm simulations. J Hosp Med 18(11): 994-998, Nov 2023.
Congdon M, Rauch B, Carroll B, Costello A, Chua WD, Fairchild V, Fatemi Y, Greenfield ME, Herchline D, Howard A, Khan A, Lamberton CE, McAndrew L, Hart J, Shaw KN, Rasooly IR.: Opportunities for diagnostic improvement among pediatric hospital readmissions. Hosp Pediatr 13(7): 563-571, July 2023.
Mehta SD, Congdon M, Phillips CA, Galligan M, Hanna CM, Muthu N, Ruiz J, Stinson H, Shaw K, Sutton RM, Rasooly IR.: Opportunities to improve diagnosis in emergency transfers to the pediatric intensive care unit. J Hosp Med 18(6): 509-518, June 2023.
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): 18-25, April 2023.