Alisa Khan | Medical Services
Programs & Services
Languages
- English
Alisa Khan | Education
Undergraduate School
Harvard College
2005, Cambridge, MA
Medical School
University of Michigan Medical School
2009, Ann Arbor, MI
Internship
Johns Hopkins Children's Center
2010, Baltimore, MD
Residency
Johns Hopkins Children's Center
2012, Baltimore, MD
Fellowship
Academic Pediatric Division of General Pediatrics and Pediatric Health Services Research
Boston Children's Hospital
2014, Boston, MA
Graduate School
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
2014, Boston, MA
Alisa Khan | Certifications
- American Board of Pediatrics (General)
- American Board of Pediatrics (Pediatric Hospital Medicine)
Alisa Khan | Professional History
Dr. Khan is a pediatric hospitalist and health services researcher who studies interventions to improve family engagement in hospital communication and safety as well as language equity. Dr. Khan has led studies to improve family-centered rounds, family safety reporting, and patient safety. These include the AHRQ-funded I-SHARE (Patients and Families Improving Safety in Hospitals by Actively Reporting Experiences) Study (R01HS028930) and the PCORI-funded Patient and Family Centered I-PASS LISTEN (Language, Inclusion, Safety, and Teamwork for Equity Now) Study (AD-2021C3-24848). In February 2024, she was named the inaugural Director of the Program for Language Equity in the Division of General Pediatrics at Boston Children's Hospital. Her research has been published in the BMJ, JAMA Pediatrics, Pediatrics, and Academic Pediatrics.
Alisa Khan | Publications
Engaging Families as True Partners During Hospitalization. J Hosp Med. 2018 05 01; 13(5):358-360. View Engaging Families as True Partners During Hospitalization. Abstract
Parent-Provider Miscommunications in Hospitalized Children. Hosp Pediatr. 2017 09; 7(9):505-515. View Parent-Provider Miscommunications in Hospitalized Children. Abstract
Families as Partners in Hospital Error and Adverse Event Surveillance. JAMA Pediatr. 2017 04 01; 171(4):372-381. View Families as Partners in Hospital Error and Adverse Event Surveillance. Abstract
Parent and Provider Experience and Shared Understanding After a Family-Centered Nighttime Communication Intervention. Acad Pediatr. 2017 May - Jun; 17(4):389-402. View Parent and Provider Experience and Shared Understanding After a Family-Centered Nighttime Communication Intervention. Abstract
Communication and Shared Understanding Between Parents and Resident-Physicians at Night. Hosp Pediatr. 2016 Jun; 6(6):319-29. View Communication and Shared Understanding Between Parents and Resident-Physicians at Night. Abstract
Parent-Reported Errors and Adverse Events in Hospitalized Children. JAMA Pediatr. 2016 Apr; 170(4):e154608. View Parent-Reported Errors and Adverse Events in Hospitalized Children. Abstract
Physician and Nurse Nighttime Communication and Parents' Hospital Experience. Pediatrics. 2015 Nov; 136(5):e1249-58. View Physician and Nurse Nighttime Communication and Parents' Hospital Experience. Abstract
Same-Hospital Readmission Rates as a Measure of Pediatric Quality of Care. JAMA Pediatr. 2015 Oct; 169(10):905-12. View Same-Hospital Readmission Rates as a Measure of Pediatric Quality of Care. Abstract
Weight loss and melena in an adolescent female. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2012 Feb; 51(2):197-9. View Weight loss and melena in an adolescent female. Abstract
Pyridoxine supplementation for the treatment of levetiracetam-induced behavior side effects in children: preliminary results. Epilepsy Behav. 2008 Oct; 13(3):557-9. View Pyridoxine supplementation for the treatment of levetiracetam-induced behavior side effects in children: preliminary results. Abstract
Treatments and perceptions of epilepsy in Kashmir and the United States: a cross-cultural analysis. Epilepsy Behav. 2004 Aug; 5(4):580-6. View Treatments and perceptions of epilepsy in Kashmir and the United States: a cross-cultural analysis. Abstract