SusanECoffinMD

Infectious Diseases

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Office
3401 Civic Center Blvd
Childrens Hospital of Phila Infectious Diseases
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone+1 215-590-2017

Fax+1 215-590-2025

Susan Coffin, MD, is a pediatric infectious disease specialist based in Philadelphia, PA. She completed her residency in pediatrics and a masters of public health at Johns Hopkins University and graduated from the University of Vermont College of Medicine in 1987. She trained in infectious diseases at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and UPenn School of Medicine where she is a professor. Dr. Coffin's research focuses on the epidemiology and prevention of neonatal sepsis, vaccine-preventable infections, and healthcare-associated infections. The majority of her current research is focused on the mechanisms and prevention of neonatal sepsis in low-resource settings.

PubMed

Risk Factors for Health Care-Associated Bloodstream Infections in NICUs.
Julia Johnson, Sudhir Malwade, Sharad Agarkhedkar, Bharat Randive, Uday C Rajput
JAMA Network Open. 2025-03-03
Healthcare-Associated Gastroenteritis: Outbreak Report and Systematic Review of the Literature.
Nathan L'Etoile, Morgan Zalot, Salma Sadaf, Nicole Wittmeyer, Anna Davis
Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society. 2025-02-26
Immunogenicity and Reactogenicity of High- or Standard-Dose Influenza Vaccine in a Second Consecutive Influenza Season.
Hannah Bahakel, Andrew J Spieker, Haya Hayek, Jennifer E Schuster, Lubna Hamdan
The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2025-02-04

Journal Articles

Variability in Antimicrobial Use in Pediatric Ventilator-Associated Events
Susan E Coffin, Julia S Sammons, Marvin B Harper, Thomas J Sandora, Latania K Logan, Gitte Y Larsen, Michael Klompas, Philip Toltzis, Grace M Lee, James E Gray, Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
User Testing an Information Foraging Tool for Ambulatory Surgical Site Infection Surveillance
Jeffrey S Gerber, Robert W Grundmeier, Naveen Muthu, Susan E Coffin, Applied Clinical Informatics
Identifying Surgical Site Infections in Electronic Health Data Using Predictive Models
Jeremy J Michel, Jeffrey S Gerber, Susan E Coffin, Robert W Grundmeier, Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

HMN 2024: Rotavirus Vaccine Is Safe for Use in NICU Babies, Study SuggestsDecember 10th, 2024
CHOP Study Shows Safety of Rotavirus Vaccine in Neonatal Intensive Care UnitDecember 8th, 2024
Why Omicron Is Putting More Kids in the HospitalJanuary 25th, 2022
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Electronic Surveillance For Wound Infections After Ambulatory Pediatric SurgeryAgency For Healthcare Research And Quality2011
Impact Of Oseltamivir On Outcomes And Costs Of Pediatric InfluenzaEunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute Of Child Health &Human Development2007–2008
Induction Of Mucosal Immunity By Parenteral InoculationNational Institute Of Allergy And Infectious Diseases1996–2000