Professor Emeritus in Pediatrics
Pediatrics
Dr. Katherine K. Christoffel, MD
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Doctor Katherine K. Christoffel, MD works in the field of Pediatrics. She studied medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine. Tufts University School of Medicine is ranked 49/52 in Research/PrimaryCare. Katherine Christoffel is also published. She has 100 publications published. The lastest publication: "Firearm-related homicides among teenagers and young adults.'
Publications
- Do static and dynamic insulin resistance indices perform similarly in predicting pre-diabetes and type 2 diabetes?
- Engaging chicago hospitals in the baby-friendly hospital initiative.
- Early origins of child obesity: bridging disciplines and phases of development - september 30-october 1, 2010.
- Association of Adiposity Trajectories With Insulin Sensitivity and Glycemic Deterioration: A longitudinal study of rural Chinese twin adults.
- Effect of Neuromuscular Warm-up on Injuries in Female Soccer and Basketball Athletes in Urban Public High Schools: Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial.
- Short sleep duration is associated with insulin resistance independent of adiposity in Chinese adult twins.
- A Population-Based Twin Study on Sleep Duration and Body Composition.
- C-Reactive Protein in Adolescent Twins: Patterns and Relationship to Adiposity.
- Outcomes of the 5-4-3-2-1 go! Childhood obesity community trial.
- Adiposity is inversely related to insulin sensitivity in relatively lean Chinese adolescents: a population-based twin study.
- Social marketing as a childhood obesity prevention strategy.
- Association of plasma leptin concentrations with adiposity measurements in rural Chinese adolescents.
- Genetic and environmental contributions to phenotypic components of metabolic syndrome: a population-based twin study.
- Prevalence of obesity among children and/or grandchildren of adult bariatric surgery patients.
- Does obesity affect injury incidence and outcome?
- Reliability and validity of the injury prevention project home safety survey.
- Firearm injuries: epidemic then, endemic now.
- Pediatrician characteristics associated with child abuse identification and reporting: results from a national survey of pediatricians.
- Prevalence of overweight and risk of overweight among 3- to 5-year-old Chicago children, 2002-2003.
- Risk factors for overweight in five- to six-year-old Hispanic-American children: a pilot study.
- The contribution of prone sleeping position to the racial disparity in sudden infant death syndrome: the Chicago Infant Mortality Study.
- Gun injury prevention comes of age.
- Standardized outcomes measurements in emergency medical services for children research.
- Assessing for abuse: self-report versus nurse interview.
- Commentary: agenda proposal for a conference on ambulatory care quality review.
- Skateboarding injuries in children. A second wave.
- The child as proband. High prevalence of unrecognized and untreated hyperlipidemia in parents of hyperlipidemic children.
- A pediatric perspective on vegetarian nutrition.
- Supervision in childhood injury cases: a reliable taxonomy.
- Nonpowder firearm injuries: whose job is it to protect children?
- Severe primary malnutrition in US children.
- Evaluating computer capabilities in a primary care practice-based research network.
- Identification of contrastive and comparable school neighborhoods for childhood obesity and physical activity research.
- The 5-4-3-2-1 go! Intervention: social marketing strategies for nutrition.
- Clinicians'' description of factors influencing their reporting of suspected child abuse: report of the Child Abuse Reporting Experience Study Research Group.
- Association of surrogate and direct measures of adiposity with risk of metabolic syndrome in rural Chinese women.
- Prediabetes is not all about obesity: association between plasma leptin and prediabetes in lean rural Chinese adults.
- Forests and trees in firearm injury research.
- Commentary: When counseling parents on guns doesn't work: why don't they get it?
- Health care providers' experience reporting child abuse in the primary care setting. Pediatric Practice Research Group.
- Public health advocacy: process and product.
- Fighting fire with cease fire. Thoughts on guns and health care.
- Youth violence prevention: the physician's role.
- Prevalence of symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux during childhood: a pediatric practice-based survey. Pediatric Practice Research Group.
- Rational service planning in pediatric primary care: continuity and change in psychopathology among children enrolled in pediatric practices.
- Restructuring asthma care in a hospital setting to improve outcomes.
- Public health surveillance for firearm injuries.
- Sleep and behavior problems among preschoolers.
- Adapting the gang model: peer mentoring for violence prevention.
- Handguns as a pediatric problem. 1986.
- Alliance Against Childhood Violence--an update.
- Firearm-related homicides among teenagers and young adults.
- Psychiatric disorders with onset in the preschool years: II. Correlates and predictors of stable case status.
- Psychiatric disorders with onset in the preschool years: I. Stability of diagnoses.
- One-year follow-up of symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux during infancy. Pediatric Practice Research Group.
- Mental health service use among young children receiving pediatric primary care.
- Psychiatric and injury prevention approaches to youth suicide: questions, answers, and lethal means.
- Psychopathology and health care use among preschool children: a retrospective analysis.
- The epidemiology of overweight in children: relevance for clinical care.
- Evaluation of a systematic approach for identifying injury scenarios. Kids''n'' Cars Teams.
- Prevalence of symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux during infancy. A pediatric practice-based survey. Pediatric Practice Research Group.
- Children's exposure to violence in an urban setting.
- Bicycle-riding circumstances and injuries in school-aged children. A case-control study.
- Pediatricians' experience with and attitudes toward firearms. Results of a national survey.
- Patterns and correlates of supervision in child pedestrian injury. The Kids 'N' Cars Research Team.
- Children's bicycle helmet attitudes and use. Association with parental rules. The Pediatric Practice Research Group.
- Infant and toddler feeding patterns and problems: normative data and a new direction. Pediatric Practice Research Group.
- Firearm violence among youth: public health strategies for prevention.
- Prevalence rates and correlates of psychiatric disorders among preschool children.
- Growth of Chicago-area infants, 1985 through 1987. Not what the reference curves predict. Pediatric Practice Research Group.
- Gun storage patterns in US homes with children. A pediatric practice-based survey. Pediatric Practice Research Group.
- Psychosocial factors in childhood pedestrian injury: a matched case-control study. Kid's'n'Cars Team.
- The physician-doctor relationship.
- Behavioral and emotional problems among preschool children in pediatric primary care: prevalence and pediatricians' recognition. Pediatric Practice Research Group.
- Foreign body ingestions in children: risk of complication varies with site of initial health care contact. Pediatric Practice Research Group.
- Childhood injury prevention counseling in primary care settings: a critical review of the literature.
- Exposure corrected risk estimates for childhood product related injuries.
- Definition and classification of childhood injuries.
- In-office survey of children's hazard exposure in the Chicago area: age-specific exposure information and methodological lessons. Pediatric Practice Research Group.
- Obesity in preschool and school-age children. Early frequent treatment is best.
- Early frequent treatment in prevention of childhood obesity. How we do it.
- Child and adolescent injury in the United States: how occupational injuries fit in.
- Nasogastric or gastrostomy feedings in children with neurologic disabilities.
- Sampling issues in a regional pediatric practice-based network.
- Reducing violence--how do we proceed?
- Children's household exposure to guns: a pediatric practice-based survey.
- Obesity in preschool and school-age children. Treatment early and often may be best.
- Reducing violent injuries: priorities for pediatrician advocacy.
- Interrater reliability of the DSM-III-R with preschool children.
- Firearm injuries in children and adolescents: epidemiology and preventive approaches.
- The "guns" debate.
- Child pedestrian injury taxonomy based on visibility and action.
- Children's and women's ability to fire handguns. The Pediatric Practice Research Group.
- Epidemiology of fatal child abuse: international mortality data.
- Hypersensitivity vasculitis presenting as suspected child abuse: case report and literature review.
- Homicide in childhood. Distinguishable patterns of risk related to developmental levels of victims.
- Childhood injuries caused by nonpowder firearms.
- Homicide in childhood: a public health problem in need of attention.
- Homicide death rates in childhood in 23 developed countries: U.S. rates atypically high.
Schools
Tufts University
Columbus Chldns Hospital
Children39s Memorial Hospital
Doctors Specialties
- Pediatrics
Accepted Insurances
Education
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McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University -
Tufts University School of Medicine -
Nationwide Children's Hospital
Hospital
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Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago -
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
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