Karen Wilson, MD, MPH/MSPH

Associate Adjoint Professor, Pediatrics-Pediatric Hospital Medicine

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Medical School
  • MD, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry (2004)
Graduate School
  • MPH, University of Rochester Medical Center (1995)
Undergraduate School
  • BS, Saint Lawrence University (NY) (1990)
Internship
  • University of Rochester Program (2005)
Residency
  • University of Rochester Program, Pediatrics (2007)
Fellowships
  • University of Rochester Program, Pediatrics (2009)
Languages
English
Department
Pediatrics-Pediatric Hospital Medicine

Professional Titles

  • Section Head

Publications

  • Wilson KM, Pier JC, Wesgate SC, Cohen JM, Blumkin AK. Secondhand tobacco smoke exposure and severity of influenza in hospitalized children. J Pediatr. 2013 Jan;162(1):16-21. PubMed PMID: 22863259
  • Wilson KM, Wesgate SC, Pier J, Weis E, Love T, Evans K, Chhibber A. Secondhand smoke exposure and serum cytokine levels in healthy children. Cytokine. 2012 Oct;60(1):34-7. PubMed PMID: 22805115
  • Tanski SE, Wilson KM. Children and secondhand smoke: clear evidence for action. Pediatrics. 2012 Jan;129(1):170-1. PubMed PMID: 22201147
  • Keren, R, Luan X, Localio R, Hall M, McLeod L, Dai D, Srivastava R; The Pediatric Research in Inpatient Settings (PRIS) Network. Prioritization of comparative effectiveness research topics in hospital pediatrics. Arch. Pediatr. Adolesc. Med. 2012. October 1:1-10. Epub ahead of print.
  • Teufel RJ, Bekmezian A, Wilson KM. Pediatric Hospitalist Research Productivity - Predictors of Success at Presenting Abstracts and Publishing Peer-reviewed Manuscripts among Pediatric Hospitalists. Hospital Pediatrics.2012. 2 (3) 149-160.
  • Wilson KM, Gates SC, Best D, Blumkin AK, Klein JD. Admission screening for secondhand tobacco smoke exposure. Hospital Pediatrics. 2012. 2 (1) 26-33.
  • Wilson KM, Shah SS, Simon TD, Srivastava R, Tieder JS. The challenge of pediatric hospital medicine research. Hospital Pediatrics 2012. 2 (1): 8.
  • Starmer AJ, Spector ND, Srivastava R, Allen AD, Landrigan CP, Sectish TC; the I-PASS Study Group*. I- PASS, a Mnemonic to Standardize Verbal Handoffs. Pediatrics 2012; 129(2): pp. ***. (Epub ahead of print) (*member of the investigative team cited in the acknowledgements section of the manuscript, provided input into study design and implementation, and review of manuscript).
  • Alverson BK, Wilson KM, Shah SS. A randomized trial of facilitated family-centered rounds. Hosp Pediatr. 2013 Apr;3(2):156-61. PubMed PMID: 24340417
  • Simon TD, Starmer AJ, Conway PH, Landrigan CP, Shah SS, Shen MW, Sectish TC, Spector ND, Tieder JS, Srivastava R, Willis LE, Wilson KM. Quality improvement research in pediatric hospital medicine and the role of the Pediatric Research in Inpatient Settings (PRIS) network. Acad Pediatr. 2013 Nov-Dec;13(6 Suppl):S54-60. PubMed PMID: 24268086
  • Tieder JS, McLeod L, Keren R, Luan X, Localio R, Mahant S, Malik F, Shah SS, Wilson KM, Srivastava R, Pediatric Research in Inpatient Settings Network. Variation in resource use and readmission for diabetic ketoacidosis in children's hospitals. Pediatrics. 2013 Aug;132(2):229-36. PubMed PMID: 23878044
  • Wilson KM, Pier JC, Wesgate SC, Cohen JM, Blumkin AK. Secondhand tobacco smoke exposure and severity of influenza in hospitalized children. J Pediatr. 2013 Jan;162(1):16-21. PubMed PMID: 22863259
  • Biondi E, MacDuff S, Capucilli P, Tsuboyama M, Wu S, Beck C, Lynn J, van der Jagt E, Wilson K. Using patient characteristics to predict usefulness of abdominal computed tomography in children. Hospital Pediatrics. 2013. 3(3):226-232.
  • 43. Wilson KM, Pier J, Wesgate SC, Weis E, Chhibber A, Love T, Evans K. Secondhand Smoke Exposure and Serum Cytokine Levels in Healthy Children. Platform presentation at the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco Annual Meeting, March 2012. Platform presentation at the Pediatric Academic Societies’ Annual Meeting, April 2012.
  • Starmer AJ, Spector ND, Srivastava R, West DC, Rosenbluth G, Allen AD, Noble EL, Tse LL, Dalal AK, Keohane CA, Lipsitz SR, Rothschild JM, Wien MF, Yoon CS, Zigmont KR, Wilson KM, O'Toole JK, Solan LG, Aylor M, Bismilla Z, Coffey M, Mahant S, Blankenburg RL, Destino LA, Everhart JL, Patel SJ, Bale JF Jr, Spackman JB, Stevenson AT, Calaman S, Cole FS, Balmer DF, Hepps JH, Lopreiato JO, Yu CE, Sectish TC, Landrigan CP, I-PASS Study Group. Changes in medical errors after implementation of a handoff program. N Engl J Med. 2014 Nov 6;371(19):1803-12. PubMed PMID: 25372088
  • Wilson KM. Tobacco in the 21st century. Pediatr Rev. 2014 Sep;35(9):382-8; quiz 389. PubMed PMID: 25183773
  • Parikh K, Hall M, Mittal V, Montalbano A, Mussman GM, Morse RB, Hain P, Wilson KM, Shah SS. Establishing benchmarks for the hospitalized care of children with asthma, bronchiolitis, and pneumonia. Pediatrics. 2014 Sep;134(3):555-62. PubMed PMID: 25136044
  • Mittal V, Hall M, Morse R, Wilson KM, Mussman G, Hain P, Montalbano A, Parikh K, Mahant S, Shah SS. Impact of inpatient bronchiolitis clinical practice guideline implementation on testing and treatment. J Pediatr. 2014 Sep;165(3):570-6.e3. PubMed PMID: 24961787
  • Wilson KM, Torok M, McMillen R, Tanski S, Klein JD, Winickoff JP. Tobacco smoke incursions in multiunit housing. Am J Public Health. 2014 Aug;104(8):1445-53. PubMed PMID: 24922124
  • Wilson KM, McMillen R, Tanski S, Klein JD, Winickoff JP. Tobacco smoke incursions in multi-unit housing (MUH). Platform presentation at the Pediatric Academic Societies’ Annual Meeting, April 2012.
  • Mahant S, Keren R, Localio R, Luan X, Song L, Shah SS, Tieder JS, Wilson KM, Elden L, Srivastava R, Pediatric Research in Inpatient Settings (PRIS) Network. Dexamethasone and risk of bleeding in children undergoing tonsillectomy. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2014 May;150(5):872-9. PubMed PMID: 24493786
  • Mahant S, Keren R, Localio R, Luan X, Song L, Shah SS, Tieder JS, Wilson KM, Elden L, Srivastava R, Pediatric Research in Inpatient Settings (PRIS) Network. Variation in quality of tonsillectomy perioperative care and revisit rates in children's hospitals. Pediatrics. 2014 Feb;133(2):280-8. PubMed PMID: 24446446
  • Wall S, Scudamore D, Chin J, Rannie M, Tong S, Reese J, Wilson K. The evolving role of the pediatric nurse practitioner in hospital medicine. J. Hosp. Med. 2014. 9(4):261-5. Doi:10.1002/jhm.2162.
  • Bakel LA, Wilson KM, Tyler A, Tham E, Reese J, Bothner J, Kaplan DW. A quality improvement study to improve inpatient problem list use. Hospital Pediatrics. 2014. 4(4).
  • Wilson KM, Conway PH, Keren R, Landrigan CP, Mahant S, Shah SS, Simon TD, Tieder JS, Blank J, Srivastava R. Characteristics and capacity of member sites in the restructured Pediatric Research in Inpatient Settings (PRIS) Network. Poster presentation at the Pediatric Academic Societies’ Annual Meeting, April 2012.
  • Wilson KM. Tobacco Exposure and Children: A Changing Landscape. Acad Pediatr. 2015 Nov-Dec;15(6):571-2. PubMed PMID: 26547542
  • Rao S, Elkon B, Flett KB, Moss AF, Bernard TJ, Stroud B, Wilson KM. Long-Term Outcomes and Risk Factors Associated With Acute Encephalitis in Children. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2015 Nov 9. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 26553786
  • Parikh K, Hall M, Mittal V, Montalbano A, Gold J, Mahant S, Wilson KM, Shah SS. Comparative Effectiveness of Dexamethasone versus Prednisone in Children Hospitalized with Asthma. J Pediatr. 2015 Sep;167(3):639-44.e1. PubMed PMID: 26319919
  • Wilson KM, Torok MR, Localio R, McLeod L, Srivastava R, Luan X, Mohamad Z, Shah SS. Hospitalization for Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Children: Effect of an Asthma Codiagnosis. Hosp Pediatr. 2015 Aug;5(8):415-22. PubMed PMID: 26231631
  • Mahant S, Hall M, Ishman SL, Morse R, Mittal V, Mussman GM, Gold J, Montalbano A, Srivastava R, Wilson KM, Shah SS. Association of National Guidelines With Tonsillectomy Perioperative Care and Outcomes. Pediatrics. 2015 Jul;136(1):53-60. PubMed PMID: 26101361
  • Andrews AL, Shirley N, Ojukwu E, Robinson M, Torok M, Wilson KM. Is secondhand smoke exposure associated with increased exacerbation severity among children hospitalized for asthma?. Hosp Pediatr. 2015 May;5(5):249-55. PubMed PMID: 25934808
  • McMillen RC, Winickoff JP, Wilson K, Tanski S, Klein JD. A dual-frame sampling methodology to address landline replacement in tobacco control research. Tob Control. 2015 Jan;24(1):7-10. PubMed PMID: 23596199
  • Winickoff JP, McMillen R, Tanski S, Wilson K, Gottlieb M, Crane R. Public support for raising the age of sale for tobacco to 21 in the United States. Tob Control. 2015 Feb 20. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 25701856

Professional Memberships

  • American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), Fellow
  • Academic Pediatric Association, Member

Practice Locations

Children's Hospital Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
13123 East 16th Ave
Aurora, CO 80045
720-777-1234

Hospital Affiliation
  • Children's Hospital Colorado

Specialty Information

Specialties
  • Pediatrics, Board Certification (2007)

School of Medicine

CU Anschutz
Fitzsimons Building

13001 East 17th Place

Aurora, CO 80045

303.724.5375

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