Rebecca Same, MD
About Rebecca Same, MD
Titles
Attending Physician
Certifications
Pediatric Infectious Diseases – American Board of Pediatrics
Pediatrics – American Board of Pediatrics
Awards and Honors
2019, Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society Antimicrobial Stewardship Fellowship Award
2019, Society for Hospital Epidemiology of America Jonathan Freeman Scholarship
2014, Alpha Omega Alpha Society
2007, Phi Beta Kappa Society
2007, Magna cum laude, Georgetown University
Leadership and Memberships
Memberships in Professional Organizations
2021-present, Standardizing Care to Improve Outcomes in Pediatric End Stage Renal Disease (SCOPE) Collaborative
2017-present, Society of Hospital Epidemiology of America
2017-present, Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society
- 2022-present, Pediatric Committee on Antimicrobial Stewardship
2017-present, Infectious Diseases Society of America
2014-present, American Academy of Pediatrics
- 2020-present, Value in Inpatient Pediatrics Better Antibiotic Selection in Children (BASiC) project
Editorial and Academic Positions
Editorial Positions
2021, Infectious Diseases Clinics of North America special issue on Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Co-editor
2020-present, Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, peer reviewer
2020-present, Clinical Infectious Diseases, peer reviewer
2020-present, Hospital Pediatrics, peer reviewer
2020-present, Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, peer reviewer
2020-present, Journal of Pediatrics, peer reviewer
2020-present, The Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, peer reviewer
2020-present, Pediatrics in Review, peer reviewer
2018-present, New England Journal of Medicine, peer reviewer
Education & training
Medical Degree
MD - The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Residency
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Fellowship
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Publications
Publications
2021
Same RG, Hsu AJ, Cosgrove SE, Klein EY, Amoah J, Hersh AL, Kronman MP, Tamma PD. Antibiotic-Associated Adverse Events in Hospitalized Children. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2021. PMID:33452808 10. Same RG, Tamma PD. Antibiotic Stewardship. Pediatr Rev. 2021;42(4):218-220. PMID:33795471
2020
Same RG, Amoah J, Hsu AJ, Hersh AL, Sklansky DJ, Cosgrove SE, Tamma PD. The Association of Antibiotic Duration With Successful Treatment of Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Children. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2020. PMID:32525203
2019
Same RG, McAleese S, Agwu AL, Arav-Boger R. Acute HIV in an Adolescent Male With Fever and Rhabdomyolysis. J Adolesc Health. 2019;65(4):567- 569. PMCID:PMC7004276 PMID:31401024
Same RG, Hsu AJ, Tamma PD. Optimizing the Management of Uncomplicated Gram-Negative Bloodstream Infections in Children: Translating Evidence From Adults Into Pediatric Practice. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2019;8(5):485-488. PMCID:PMC6831935 PMID:31436812
Yin J, Kociolek LK, Same RG, Hsu AJ, Amoah J, Tamma PD. Oral Vancomycin May Be Associated With Earlier Symptom Resolution Than Metronidazole for Hospitalized Children With Nonsevere Clostridiodes difficile Infections. Open Forum Infect Dis.
2018
Same RG, Tamma PD. Campylobacter Infections in Children. Pediatr Rev. 2018;39(11):533- 541. PMCID:PMC6657695 PMID:30385582
2017
Fox MT, Melia MT, Same RG, Conley AT, Tamma PD. A Seven-Day Course of TMP-SMX May Be as Effective as a Seven-Day Course of Ciprofloxacin for the Treatment of Pyelonephritis. Am J Med. 2017;130(7):842-845. PMCID:PMC5632565 PMID:28216442
2016
Adjei AA, Winch P, Laar A, Sullivan DJ Jr, Sakyi KS, Stephens JK, Adjei GO, Boateng IA, Aubyn VN, Kubio C, Tuakli J, Vanotoo L, Bortei BB, Amo-Addae M, Sorvor F, Coleman N, Dalglish S, Owusu R, Gebreyesus T, Essuman E, Greene R, Ankomah E, Houston K, Bart-Plange C, Salamat S, Addison EA, Quakyi IA. Insights into the Affordable Medicines Facility-malaria in Ghana: the role of caregivers and licensed chemical sellers in four regions. Malar J. 2016;15(1):263. PMCID:PMC4862058 PMID:27160685
2009
Greene R, Stratton P, Cleary SD, Ballweg ML, Sinaii N. Diagnostic experience among 4,334 women reporting surgically diagnosed endometriosis. Fertil Steril. 2009;91(1):32- 9. PMID:18367178
Editorials, Reviews, Chapters
Same RG and Jaganath D. Microbiology and Infectious Diseases In: Helen Hughes, Lauren Kahl, eds. The Harriet Lane handbook: a manual for pediatric house officers 21 ed. Philadelphia
Same RG and Hunstad DA. Bacterial Infections of the Urinary Tract. In: Remington and Klein's Infectious Diseases of the Fetus and Newborn Infant, 9e. (In production)