Danielle M. Fernandes

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Danielle

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Fernandes

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1295155216

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16233

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Pediatric

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Female

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<p>Dr. Danielle Fernandes is an assistant professor of pediatrics and pediatric hospitalist at the Children's Hospital at Montefiore. Prior to joining Einstein, she served as the Site Director for the pediatrics clerkship at New York Medical College/Maria Fareri Children's Hospital. She joined the Einstein faculty in 2019 and in 2022, she became Course Director for the Bioethics course for medical students. She also co-facilitates bioethics, humanism and professionalism sessions for the pediatric residents at CHAM. She is interested in curriculum development and keeping our curriculum up to date with the ethical issues around us. Dr. Fernandes is a graduate of Cornell University and received her medical degree from Columbia University. She completed her residency training at New York Presbyterian at Columbia. Dr. Fernandes is board certified in pediatrics and pediatric hospital medicine. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and member of the AAP Section on Bioethics subgroup.</p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 13pt;"><span lang="DE" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Chao, JY, Sugarman A, Kimura A,&nbsp;Flamer S, Jing TT,&nbsp;<strong>Fernandes DM</strong>, Khine H, Shinnar S, Lo Y, Cabana MD.&nbsp; &ldquo;Factors Associated with Hospitalization in Children and Adolescents with SARS-CoV-2 Infection.&ldquo;&nbsp;<em>Clinical Pediatrics</em>, in press.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><strong><span lang="DE" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Fernandes DM,&nbsp;</span></strong><span lang="DE" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Oliveira CR, Guerguis S et al. &ldquo;Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Clinical Syndromes and Predictors of Disease Severity in Hospitalized Children and Youth.&rdquo;&nbsp;<em>The Journal of Pediatrics</em>, 2020,&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpeds.2020.11.016"><span style="color: black;">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpeds.2020.11.016</span></a></span></p&gt;
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><strong><span lang="DE" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Fernandes DM</span></strong><span lang="DE" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, Hametz PA. 50 Years Ago in the Journal of Pediatrics: Efficiency in the Pediatric Hospital Setting.&nbsp;<em>The Journal of Pediatrics</em>. 2020;220:100.&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpeds.2019.11.001&quot; target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="color: black;">10.1016/j.jpeds.2019.11.001</span></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">LaRosa JM,&nbsp;<strong>Fernandes DM</strong>, Morris MC. The Impact of Parental Presence on Trainee Education During PICU Rounds: A Brief Report.&nbsp;<em>Hospital Pediatrics.</em>&nbsp;2019; 9(5):389-392.&nbsp;<a href="https://doi.org/10.1542/hpeds.2018-0216&quot; target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="color: black;">10.1542/hpeds.2018-0216</span></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><strong><span lang="DE" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Fernandes DM</span></strong><span lang="DE" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, Pantangi V, Azam M, Salomao M, Iuga AC, Lefkowitch JH, Gill J, Morotti R, Lavine JE, Mencin AA. </span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pediatric Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in New York City</span><span lang="DE" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">. </span><em><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Journal of Pediatrics. </span></em><span lang="DE" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2018; 200: 174-180. </span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpeds.2018.04.047&quot; target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="color: black;">10.1016/j.jpeds.2018.04.047</span></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><strong><span lang="DE" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Fernandes DM</span></strong><span lang="DE" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, Roland AR, Morris MC. </span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Parental Opinions Regarding Waiver of Consent for Prospective Observational Research. <em>Pragmatic and Observational Research</em></span><span lang="DE" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">. </span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2017; 8: 1-8. </span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.2147%2FPOR.S126509&quot; target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="color: black; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">10.2147/POR.S126509</span></a></span></p>

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Biography

<p>Danielle M. Fernandes, MD, is an Assistant Professor, Pediatrics at Montefiore Einstein. Dr. Fernandes is a pediatric hospitalist committed to providing patient-focused and family-centered care to children admitted to the pediatric hospital medicine service.</p><p>After obtaining her Bachelor of Science in human biology, health and society from Cornell University in 2010, Dr. Fernandes earned her Doctor of Medicine at Columbia University in 2014. Following this, she completed her pediatric residency at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital at Columbia University in 2017. Given her interest in bioethics, Dr. Fernandes later earned a certificate in bioethics at Montefiore Einstein in 2023.</p><p>Dr. Fernandes co-facilitates bioethics, humanism and professionalism sessions for the pediatric residents at The Children&rsquo;s Hospital at Montefiore. Her research is focused on curriculum development and medical education. She also teaches Bioethics to medical students at the medical school. Dr. Fernandes has served as Interim Associate Program Director for the Pediatric Residency program and has focused on efforts to improve social determinants of health screening in the inpatient hospital setting. Her work has been shared through numerous peer-reviewed publications, abstracts and presentations.</p><p>Dr. Fernandes is board certified in Pediatrics and Pediatric Hospital Medicine. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics and a member of the American Society of Bioethics and Humanities.</p>

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Gina N. Cassel

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Gina

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Cassel

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1790004653

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14140

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Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

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<p>Gina Cassel-Choudhury, DO, is Director, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Quality &amp; Safety Council, Assistant Medical Director, Patient Safety, and Assistant Professor, Pediatrics and Pediatric Critical Care Medicine at Children&rsquo;s Hospital at Montefiore (CHAM) and Montefiore Einstein. Her focus at CHAM is a multidisciplinary approach to the introduction and maintenance of quality improvement initiatives which promote patient safety.</p><p>After earning her Bachelor of Science in 2003, Dr. Cassel-Choudhury attended the New York College of Osteopathic Medicine, receiving her Doctor of Osteopathy in 2007. She began her postgraduate training with an internship and residency at North Shore-LIJ, Cohen Children&rsquo;s Hospital from 2007 to 2010. Following this, she came to CHAM for a three-year fellowship in pediatric critical care, which she completed in 2013.</p><p>Dr. Cassel-Choudhury&rsquo;s research focus revolves around the standardization, implementation and maintenance of guidelines to optimize patient safety. Such work has included a protocol for enteral feeding of patients on high-flow nasal cannula, a standardized algorithm to prevent iatrogenic drug withdrawal and protocol-driven management of convulsive status epilepticus. She has shared her work through peer-reviewed journals, abstracts and presentations.</p><p>Dr. Cassel-Choudhury is board-certified in general pediatrics and pediatric critical care medicine. She is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Society of Critical Care, Section on Pediatrics. She is also a member of the Solutions for Patient Safety (SPS) network.</p>

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Bianca N. Calderon

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Bianca

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Calderon

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1780003855

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15552

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<p><strong>Education</strong></p>
<p>Medical School: Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons</p>
<p>Residency: Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of New York Presbyterian, Columbia University Medical Center</p>
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<li>Group well child care</li>
<li>Implicit bias and microaggressions in healthcare</li>
<li>Medical education</li>
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Interested in community-based preventative medicine and population health. The emphasis is on helping patients achieve their health goals and optimizing their chronic diseases, and more importantly, discussing lifestyle modifications to prevent disease onset and progression, thereby improving and increasing life span.<quillbot-extension-portal></quillbot-extension-portal><quillbot-extension-portal></quillbot-extension-portal>

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Dr. Calderon studies solutions to systems-based inequities in the field of pediatrics.<quillbot-extension-portal></quillbot-extension-portal>

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<p><strong>Calderon-Brown, Bianca</strong>, and Randall Brown. <em>Minority Empowerment: How to Achieve Professional Success in America</em>. Floricanto Press, 2019.</p>
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<li><strong>Calderon, Bianca</strong>. &ldquo;Pediatrician's Back to School Checklist.&rdquo; <em>Bronx Voice</em>, 30 Aug. 2018, bronxvoice.com/pediatrician/.</li>
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<p>Bianca Calderon, MD, FAAP, is an attending physician and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Montefiore Einstein. Dr. Calderon is a school health physician with a special interest in adolescent reproductive healthcare.</p><p>In 2009, Dr. Calderon received her Bachelor of Arts from Harvard University. She went on to attend Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, earning her medical degree in 2014. She then pursued postgraduate training at Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center, completing her residency in pediatrics in 2017.</p><p>She is board certified in Pediatrics and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics.</p>

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Kathleen D. Asas

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Kathleen

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Asas

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1467623850

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12999

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<p>Health advocacy and assessing health knowledge.</p>
<p>Public health issues in microbial diseases and maternal and child health.</p>

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<p>Kathleen D. Asas, MD, MPH, is the Inpatient Clinical Informatics Lead at the Children&rsquo;s Hospital at Montefiore Einstein (CHAM) and Assistant Professor, Pediatrics at our Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She also serves as Medical Director for the CHAM 8 pediatric unit. Dr. Asas&rsquo;s clinical focus is on improving care and multidisciplinary communication for hospitalized children and effective care transitions.</p><p>In 2003, Dr. Asas received her Master of Public Health from Yale University School of Public Health with a special focus on microbial diseases. In 2007, she earned her Doctor of Medicine from St. George&rsquo;s University School of Medicine in Grenada, West Indies. Dr. Asas completed her pediatric internship at Stonybrook University in 2008, followed by her pediatric residency at Children&rsquo;s Healthcare of Atlanta in 2010.</p><p>Dr. Asas&rsquo;s research interests include clinical informatics and digital technology integration for pediatric care, education about electronic health records and data analytical tools and pediatric quality improvement and patient safety. Her work has been published in peer-reviewed publications.</p><p>Dr. Asas is board certified in Pediatrics and Pediatric Hospital Medicine. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), a member of the AAP Council on Clinical Information Technology (COCIT) and a member of the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA). Dr. Asas has received the Teaching Star Commendation from Montefiore Einstein for multiple years.</p>

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