Levon Utidjian, MD, MBI
Areas of expertise: Clinical Informatics, Clinical decision support
Locations: Main Building
About Levon Utidjian, MD, MBI
Titles
Inpatient Attending Physician, Division of General Pediatrics
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Certifications
Clinical Informatics – American Board of Pathology
Pediatric Hospital Medicine – American Board of Pediatrics
Pediatrics – American Board of Pediatrics
Awards and Honors
2016, NIH funded Fellowship for Big Data Coursework for Computational Medicine (BDC4CM)
2006, Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Education Grant
Leadership and Memberships
Memberships in Professional Organizations
2013-present, Academic Pediatric Association
2012-present, American Medical Informatics Association
- 2021-present, Fellow
2008-present, American Academy of Pediatrics
- 2011-present, Fellow
Editorial and Academic Positions
Editorial positions
Reviewer
2019-present, Ad-Hoc Reviewer, BMC Medical Informatics & Decision Making
2018-present, Ad-Hoc Reviewer, BMJ Open
2017-present, Ad-Hoc Reviewer, Applied Clinical Informatics
2016-present, Ad-Hoc Reviewer, Hospital Pediatrics
2016-present, Ad-Hoc Reviewer, Journal of Hospital Medicine
2016-present, Ad-Hoc Reviewer, Pediatric Emergency Care
Academic committees
2021-present, Clinical Co-Chair, Hospital Downtime Committee
2020-present, Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellowship Admissions Committee
2019-present, Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellowship Program, Interviewer
2016-present, Clinical Competency Committee, Mentor
2016-present, Clinician Lead for EHR Evaluation, CHOP EHR Program
2015-present, Clinical Informatics Fellowship Program, Interviewer
2015-present, Clinical Informatics Fellowship Program Evaluation Committee
2015-present, Asthma Population Health Project
2011-present, Clinical Informatics Council
2011-present, Clinical Decision Support Committee
2010-present,Pediatric Residency Intern Selection Committee, Interviewer
Research Interests
Clinical decision support
Secondary use of EHR data
Education & training
Graduate Degree
MBI - Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR
Medical Degree
MD - New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY
Internship
Pediatrics - The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Residency
Pediatrics - The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA (Chief Resident)
Fellowship
Clinical Informatics Fellow - The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Publications
Publications
2021
Lê-Scherban F, Moore J, Headen I, Utidjian L, Zhao Y, Forrest CB. Are there birth cohort effects in disparities in child obesity by maternal education? Int J Obes (Lond). 2021 Mar;45(3): 599–608.
Lourie EM, Utidjian LH, Ricci MR, Webster L, Young C, Grenfell SM. Reducing electronic health record-related burnout in providers through a personalized efficiency improvement program. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2021 Apr 23;28(5):931-937.
Thayer JG, Ferro DF, Miller JM, Karavite D, Grundmeier RW, Utidjian L, Zorc JJ. Human-centered development of an electronic health record-embedded, interactive information visualization in the emergency department using fast healthcare interoperability resources, J Am Med Inform Assoc, 2021 Jul 14;28(7):1401-1410.
Walsh KE, Razzaghi H, Hartley DM, Utidjian L, Alford S, Darwar RA, Shenkman E, Jonas S, Goodick M, Finkelstein J, Ozonoff A, Black LV, Shapiro M, Shaw K, McCafferty-Fernandez J, Marsolo K, Kelly A, Werk LN, Smallwood J, Bailey C. Testing the Use of Data Drawn from the Electronic Health Record to Compare Quality. Pediatr Qual Saf, 2021 Jul 28; 6(4):e432.
2020
Hartley DM, Jonas S, Grossoehme D, Kelly A, Dodds C, Alford SM,f Shenkman E, Simmons J, Bailey LC, Razzaghi H, Utidjian LH, McCafferty-Fernandez J, Cole FS, Smallwood J, Werk LN, Walsh KE. Use of EHR-Based Pediatric Quality Measures: Views of Health System Leaders and Parents. Am J Med Qual. 2020 Mar/Apr; 35(2):177-185.
Burrows EK, Razzaghi H, Utidjian L, Bailey LC. Standardizing Clinical Diagnoses: Evaluating Alternate Terminology Selection. AMIA Joint Summits on Translational Science Proceedings. 2020 May 30; 71–79.
2019
Hubbard RA, Huang J, Harton J, Oganisian A, Choi G, Utidjian L, Eneli I, Bailey LC, Chen Y. A Bayesian latent class approach for EHR-based phenotyping. Stat Med. 2019; 38(1):74-87.
Khare R, Utidjian LH, Razzaghi R, Soucek V, Burrows E, Eckrich D, Hoyt R, Weinstein H, Miller MW, Soler D, Tucker J, Bailey LC. Design and Refinement of a Data Quality Assessment Workflow for a Large Pediatric Research Network. eGEMs (The Journal for Electronic Health Data and Methods). 2019 Aug 1; 7(1):36.
2018
Orenstein EW, Rasooly IR, Mai MV, Dziorny AC, Phillips W, Utidjian L, Luberti A, Posner J, Tenney-Soeiro R, Bonafide CP. Influence of simulation on electronic health record use patterns among pediatric residents. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2018;25(11):1501-1506.
2017
Michel J, Utidjian LH, Karavite D, Hogan A, Ramos MJ, Miller J, Shiffman RN, Grundmeier RW. Rapid Adjustment of Clinical Decision Support in Response to Updated Recommendations for Palivizumab Eligibility. Appl Clin Inform. 2017;8(2):581-592.
Khare R, Utidjian L, Ruth BJ, Kahn MG, Burrows E, Marsolo K, Patibandla N, Razzaghi H, Colvin R, Ranade D, Kitzmiller M, Eckrich D, Bailey LC. A longitudinal analysis of data quality in a large pediatric data research network. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2017;24(6):1072-1079.
Utidjian LH, Fiks AG, Localio AR, Song L, Ramos MJ, Keren R, Bell LM, Grundmeier RW. Pediatric Asthma Hospitalizations Among Urban Minority Children and the Continuity of Primary Care. J Asthma. 2017;54(10):1051-1058.2
2016
Huser, V, DeFalco, FJ, Schuemie M, Ryan PB, Shang N, Velez M, Park RW, Boyce RD, Duke J, Khare R, Utidjian L, Bailey C. Multisite Evaluation of a Data Quality Tool for Patient-Level Clinical Datasets. eGEMs (Generating Evidence & Methods to improve patient outcomes). 2016;4(1):1-19.
2015
Utidjian LH, Hogan A, Michel J, Localio AR, Karavite D, Song L, Ramos MJ, Fiks AG, Lorch S, Grundmeier RW. Clinical Decision Support and Palivizumab: A Means to Protect from Respiratory Syncytial Virus. Appl Clin Inform. 2015;6(4):769-784.
2007
Singhaus CJ, Utidjian LH, Akins RE, Miller TL, Shaffer TH, Touch SM. Growth and development in a heliox incubator environment: a long-term safety study. Neonatology. 2007;91(1):28-35.
2004
Ramesh Babu PB, Chidekel A, Utidjian L, Shaffer TH. Regulation of apical surface fluid and protein secretion in human airway epithelial cell line Calu-3. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2004;319(4):1132-1137.
Editorials, Reviews, Chapters
2017
Utidjian L, Shelov E, Desai BR, Bonafide CP. Chapter 6: Electronic Health Records and Clinical Decision Support. In: Zaoutis LB, Chiang VW (eds.) Comprehensive Pediatric Hospital Medicine, 2nd edition, McGraw-Hill, December 2017.
2011
Utidjian LH, Kinsman SB. Chapter 85: Eating Disorders. Netter’s Pediatrics, Elsevier, 2011.