Leah H Carr, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics (Neonatology & Newborn Services)
Attending Neonatologist, Division of Neonatology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Attending Neonatologist, Department of Pediatrics, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Faculty Member, Focused Ultrasound Education (FUSED) Program, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Clinical Informaticist, Delivery Room Intervention and Evaluation (DRIVE) Network Data Coordinating Center, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Clinical Champion, Informatics Consultant, Research/Quality Improvement/Operational efforts, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia & University of Pennsylvania Health System
Co-Chair, Clinical Decision Support Commitee, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Director of Clinical Informatics, Newborn Care Network, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Core Faculty Member, Department of Biomedical and Health Informatics (DBHi), Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
ACGME Site Lead, Clinical Informatics Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania
Co-Program Director, Clinical Informatics Fellowship, Children's Hospital of Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Health System
Department: Pediatrics
Contact information
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Division of Neonatology
3401 Civic Center Blvd
2NW59 Main
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Division of Neonatology
3401 Civic Center Blvd
2NW59 Main
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Education:
BS (Neuroscience)
Bates College, 2010.
MD (Medicine)
University of Vermont, Larner College of Medicine, 2014.
Permanent linkBS (Neuroscience)
Bates College, 2010.
MD (Medicine)
University of Vermont, Larner College of Medicine, 2014.
Description of Clinical Expertise
Neonatal-perinatal medicinePoint-of-care ultrasound (POCUS)
Description of Other Expertise
Epic electronic health record buildData analytics
Description of Research Expertise
Clinical informaticsQuality improvement
Selected Publications
Ruan A, Mercado O, Heimall L, O’Brien A, Cockerham J, Coyle M, Krajewski S, Carr L: SEIPS 101: EHR integration of a NICU emergency code sheet is associated with improved usability and safety. Accepted - Platform Presentation, Annual American Medical Informatics Association Clinical Informatics Conference, Denver, CO May 2026.Mercado O, Khan A, Krajewski S, Carr L, Luo B: Standardizing Beyfortus eligibility across inpatient and outpatient care: A cross-disciplinary EHR workflow transformation at a quaternary children’s hospital. Accepted - Platform Presentation, Annual American Medical Informatics Association Clinical Informatics Conference, Denver, CO May 2026.
Ruan A, Mercado O, Welsh D, Carr L: Design and implementation of a novel, multicenter neonatal quality improvement/patient safety rounding tool. Accepted - Platform Presentation, Epic XGM, Verona, WI Apr 2026.
Ruan A, Mercado O, Heimall L, O’Brien A, Cockerham J, Coyle M, Krajewski S, Carr L: EHR integration of a NICU emergency code sheet is associated with improved usability and safety. Accepted - Poster Presentation, Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting, Boston, MA Apr 2026.
Mercado O, Knake L, Khan A, Carr L, Luo B: Rapid multi-Institution CDS development: Two distinct Epic solutions for RSV immunization. Accepted - Platform Presentation, Epic XGM, Verona, Wisconsin Apr 2026.
Ruan A, Mercado O, Welsh D, Devine M, Oluwalade B, Drinker L, Habib T, Giorgi M, Garber S, Postiglione H, Coyle M, Christ L, Carr L: Implementation of a multicenter EHR rounding checklist tool supporting neonatal quality improvement and safety. Accepted - Poster Presentation, Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting, Boston, MA Apr 2026.
Ruan A, Mercado O, Welsh D, Devine M, Oluwalade B, Drinker L, Habib T, Giorgi M, Garber S, Postiglione H, Coyle M, Christ L, Carr L: Implementation of a multicenter EHR rounding checklist tool supporting neonatal quality improvement and safety. Accepted - Platform Presentation, Annual Eastern Society for Pediatric Research Meeting, Philadelphia, PA Mar 2026.
Ruan A, Mercado O, Heimall L, O’Brien A, Cockerham J, Coyle M, Krajewski S, Carr L: EHR integration of a NICU emergency code sheet is associated with improved usability and safety. Accepted - Poster Presentation, Annual Eastern Society for Pediatric Research Meeting, Philadelphia, PA Mar 2026.
Ferro DF, Tobias M, Carr LH, Wentz P, Rodriguez M, Pitts C, Kane E, Shelov E: Special issue on CDS failures: Leveraging ten days of alert malfunction to improve mature organizational clinical decision support processes. Applied Clinical Informatics 17(1): 46-51, Jan 2026.
Ruan A, Mercado O, Welsh D, Carr L: Creation of a novel, multicenter neonatal clinical decision support rounding tool. Poster Presentation, American Medical Informatics Association Clinical Informatics Conference, Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA May 2025.