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Kathleen D. Asas, MD, MPH

Pediatrics
Languages
English
Gender
Female
Primary Location
The Children's Hospital at Montefiore
3415 Bainbridge Avenue
Bronx, New York 10467-2403
Directions
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Phone
(718) 741-2549

About

Kathleen D. Asas, MD, MPH, is the Inpatient Clinical Informatics Lead at the Children’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’s clinical focus is on improving care and multidisciplinary communication for hospitalized children and effective care transitions.

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’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’s Healthcare of Atlanta in 2010.

Dr. Asas’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.

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.

Credentials

Education & Training

Medical Education
St. Georges University School of Medicine
Residency
Emory University Hospital

Expertise

Specialties

  • Pediatrics
  • Clinical Informatics

Accepted Insurance

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  • 1199SEIU Benefit Funds
  • Aetna
  • Affinity by Molina Healthcare
  • Amidacare
  • Anthem BCBS
  • Anthem BCBS Healthplus
  • ArchCare
  • CDPHP

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