Sara Handley, MD, MSCE
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Neonatology & Newborn Services) at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Attending Physician, Division of Neonatology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Senior Fellow, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania
Department: Pediatrics
Contact information
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Division of Neonatology
2nd Floor Main Building
34th and Civic Center Blvd.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Division of Neonatology
2nd Floor Main Building
34th and Civic Center Blvd.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 267-455-5280
Education:
BA (Chemistry)
St. Olaf College, 2007.
MD
University of Minnesota Medical School, 2012.
MSCE (Clinical Epidemiology)
University of Pennsylvania, 2019.
Permanent linkBA (Chemistry)
St. Olaf College, 2007.
MD
University of Minnesota Medical School, 2012.
MSCE (Clinical Epidemiology)
University of Pennsylvania, 2019.
Description of Research Expertise
Sara Handley, MD, MSCE, is a health services researcher focused on evaluating the impact of the perinatal health care system, including institutional structure, organizational culture, and unit processes on perinatal outcomes and outcome variation. Perinatal health system factors in her research include perinatal regionalization (i.e. levels of care, risk-appropriate care delivery), organizational culture (i.e. maternal-, neonatal- and mother-infant-centered culture), and neonatal care processes (i.e. delivery room and in unit resuscitation, umbilical cord management at birth).Selected Publications
Scott KA, Ledyard RF, Darden N, Durnwald C, Handley SC, Nelin TD, Power M, Sinclair TR, Burris HH: Postpartum care receipt among parents of preterm infants admitted to the NICU. American Journal Obstetrics Gynecology MFM March 2025.Salazar EG, Handley SC, Lorch SA: Thinking More about Less: A Healthcare System for Lower Acuity Infants. Pediatrics February 2025.
Kozhimannil KB, Interrante JD, Carroll C, Sheffield EC, Fritz AH, McGregor AJ, Handley SC: Obstetric Care Access at Rural and Urban Hospitals in the United States. JAMA January 2025.
Bostwick A, Ades A, Rodriguez-Paras C, Dombroski M, Limb C, Ordoñez Paredes M, Heimall L, Soorikian L, Handley SC, Herrick HM: A survey of team culture and learning organization in the resuscitation of neonates with congenital anomalies: a single center experience. Resuscitation Plus January 2025.
Murosko DC, Radack J, Barreto A, Passarella M, Formanowski B, McGann C, Nelin T, Paul K, Pena MM, Salazar EG, Burris HH, Handley SC, Montoya-Williams D, Lorch SA: County-level structural vulnerabilities in maternal health and geographic variation in infant mortality. Journal of Pediatrics January 2025.
Corson CL, Nembhard IM, Bonafide CP, Foglia EE, Lee HC, Handley SC: Acceptance and Implementation of Evidence-Based Practices in Delivery Room Resuscitation: A Qualitative Study. SSM Qualitative Research in Health In press 2025.
Bourque SL, Hannan KE, Handley SC, Passarella M, Radack J, Lorch SA, Hwang SS: Rural – Urban Disparities in Mortality among US-born Preterm Infants. Hospital Pediatrics In press 2025.
Amuzie O, Radack J, Yang N, Barreto A, Murosko D, Handley SC, Lorch SA, Burris HH, Montoya-Williams D: National Variation in Black Immigrant Preterm Births and the Role of County Level Social Factors. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities October 2024.
Salazar EG, Passarella M, Formanwoski B, Phibbs CS, Lorch SA, Handley SC: The Impact of Volume and Neonatal Level of Care on Outcomes of Moderate and Late Preterm Infants. Journal of Perinatology October 2024.
Handley SC, Nembhard IM, Corson CL, Passarella M, Cecarelli C, Lee HC, Cohen J, Chuo J, Tioseco J, Bonafide CP, Foglia EE: Development and testing of a resuscitation-specific measure of organizational culture for resuscitation teams. Resuscitation Plus October 2024.