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Joanne N. Wood, MD, MSHP

Joanne N. Wood, MD, MSHP

Joanne N. Wood, MD, MSHP

Joanne N. Wood, MD, MSHP, is an attending physician, research director and section chief of Safe Place: Center for Child Protection and Health at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

Areas of expertise: Improving occult injury screening practices in suspected physical abuse

Locations: Main Building


215-590-4923

About Joanne N. Wood, MD, MSHP

Titles

Attending Physician

Section Chief, Safe Place

Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Certifications

Child Abuse Pediatrics – American Board of Pediatrics

Pediatrics – American Board of Pediatrics

Pediatric Hospital Medicine – American Board of Pediatrics

Leadership and Memberships

CHOP Clinical Trials Research Affinity Group, Advisory committee member
Co-Director Penn National Clinician Scholars Program

Editorial and Academic Positions

Editorial positions

Reviewer

2007-present, Pediatric Emergency Care
2007-present, Child Abuse and Neglect 
2017-present, Academic Pediatrics

Academic committees

2009-present, Trauma Committee, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Research Interests

Joanne N. Wood, MD, MSHP, is an attending physician, research director and section chief of Safe Place: Center for Child Protection and Health at CHOP. Dr. Wood is committed to improving quality of care and outcomes for vulnerable children, especially abused and neglected children. Her current work includes supporting families and decreasing risk of maltreatment through positive parenting interventions. Dr. Wood is also interested in strategies to improve the timely and accurate diagnosis of abuse in young children. She one of the principal investigators on a Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development funded project to establish CAPNET, a multi-center child abuse research network.

Education & training

Graduate Degree

MSHP - Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Program, University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of

Medical Degree

MD - University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Internship

Pediatrics - The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

Residency

Pediatrics - The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Chief Resident in Pediatrics, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

Fellowship

Child Abuse and Neglect - The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

Additional Training

Clinical Scholar, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Program, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Team affiliations

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Publications

Publications

2024

Raj A, Hackett K, Green S, Wood JN: Integrating Social Care into a Specialized Medical Home for Sex-Trafficked Youth  Pediatrics 153(1): e2023062394, Jan 2024 Notes: doi: 10.1542/peds.2023-062394

Zamalin D, Hamlin I, Shults J, Henry MK, Campbell KA, Anderst JD, Bachim AN, Berger RP, Frasier LD, Harper NS, Letson MM, Melville JD, Lindberg DM, Wood JN, and for the CAPNET Investigators : Predictors of Making a Referral to Child Protective Services Prior to Expert Consultation. Acad Pediatr 24(1): 78-86, Jan-Feb 2024 Notes: Epub 2023 May 11

Schilling S, Dougherty S, Wood JN: Child Adult Relationship Enhancement in Primary Care (PriCARE) theory of change: A promising intervention to reduce child maltreatment. Current problems in pediatric and adolescent health care 54(3): 101555, March 2024.

2023

Raffa BJ, Wood JN, Rezabek R, Powell BJ, Schilling SS: A Feasibility Study on the Virtual Adaptation of Child-Adult Relationship Enhancement in Primary Care Journal of Technology in Behavioral Science Page: doi:10.1007/s41347-024-00393-y, Dec 2023

Henry MK, Egbe TI, White AM, Servaes S, Andronikou S, Scribano PV, Wood JN: Yield of Post-Mortem Skeletal Surveys in Infants Presenting to Emergency Care with Sudden and Unexpected Death. Pediatr Emerg Care 39(9): 646-650, September 2023.

Gaw CE, Curry AE, Osterhoudt KC, Wood JN, Corwin DJ: Characteristics of Fatal Poisonings Among Infants and Young Children in the United States. Pediatrics 151(4): e2022059016, April 2023

Wood JN, Campbell KA, Anderst JD, Bachim AN, Berger RP, Hymel KP, Harper NS, Letson MM, Melville JD, Okunowo O, Lindberg DM : Child Abuse Pediatrics Research Network: The CAPNET Core Data Project. Academic Pediatrics 23(2): 402-409, Mar 2023

Rasooly IR, Khan A, Aldana Sierra MC, Shankar M, Dang K, Cao L, Wood JN: Validating use of ICD-10 diagnosis codes in identifying physical abuse among young children. Acad Pediatr 23(2): 396-401, March 2023.

Schilling S, Powell BJ, Stewart PW, Wood JN: Child Adult Relationship Enhancement in Primary Care (PriCARE): study design/protocol for a randomized trial of a primary care-based group parenting intervention to prevent child maltreatment. Trials 24(1): 138, Feb 2023

2022

Raj A, Molnar J, Surya S, DiGirolamo S, Christian CW, Lavelle J, Wood JN: Characterizing Multiple Perpetrator Sexual Assaults in the Adolescent Female Population. J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol 35(6): 659-661, December 2022 Notes: Published online June 24, 2022

Kratchman DK, Vaughn P, Batista Silverman L, Campbell KA, Lindberg DM, Anderst JD, Bachim AN, Berger RP, Hymel KP, Letson M, Melville JD, Wood JN: The CAPNET Multi-Center Data Set for Child Physical Abuse: Rationale, Methods and Scope. Child Abuse Negl 131: 105653, Sep 2022 Notes: Epub 2022 Jun 27

Chaiyachati BH, Wood JN, Carter C, Lindberg DM, Chun TH, Cook LJ,  ER, Alpern, on behalf of the PECARN Registry Study Group and PECARN Child Abuse Special Interest Group: Emergency Department Child Abuse Evaluations during COVID-19: A Multicenter Study. Pediatrics 150(1): e2022056284, July 2022

Rasooly IR, Dang K, Nawab U, Shaw KN, Wood JN : Applying a diagnostic excellence framework to assess opportunities to improve recognition of child physical abuse. Diagnosis 9(3): 352-358, April  2022

Henry MK, Wood JN, Bennett CE, Chaiyachati BH, Egbe T, Otero HJ: Child Abuse Imaging and Findings in the Time of COVID-19. Pediatric Emergency Care 38(2): 65-69, Feb 2022.

Henry MK, Schilling S, Shults J, Feudtner C, Katcoff H, Egbe TI, Johnson MA, Andronikou S, Wood JN.: Practice Variation in Use of Neuroimaging Among Infants With Concern for Abuse Treated in Children's Hospitals. JAMA Netw Open 5(4): e225005, Apr 2022.

2021

Brennan B, Henry MK, Altaffer A, Wood JN: Prevalence of Abuse and Additional Injury in Young Children with Rib Fractures as Their Presenting Injury. Pediatric Emergency Care 37(12): e1451-e1456, Dec 2021

Ortiz R, Kishton R, Sinko L, Fingerman M, Moreland D, Wood J, Venkataramani A: Answering the call: Assessing Trends of Child Abuse Hotline Inquiries in the Wake of COVID-19. JAMA Pediatrics175(8): 859-861, Aug 2021

Bennett C.D, Venkataramani A, Henretig FM, Faeber J, Song L, Wood JN: Recent Trends in Marijuana-Related Hospital Encounters in Young Children. Academic Pediatrics 22(4): 592-597, July 2021

Wood JN, Kratchman D, Scribano PV, Berkowitz S, Schilling S: Improving child behaviors and parental stress: A randomized trial of Child Adult Relationship Enhancement in Primary Care. Academic Pediatrics 21(4): 629-637, May-Jun 2021

Editorials, Reviews, Chapters

2010

Wood J, Ludwig S. Child abuse. In: Fleisher GR, Ludwig S, editors. The textbook of pediatric emergency medicine. 6th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2010.

2008

Wood JN. Smallpox. In: Schwartz MW, Bell LM, Bingham PM, Chung EK, Friedman DF, Tanel RE, Mamula P, Loomes KM, Mascarenhas M, editors. The 5-minute pediatric consult. 5th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2008.

Wood JN. Tetanus. In: In: Schwartz MW, Bell LM, Bingham PM, Chung EK, Friedman DF, Tanel RE, Mamula P, Loomes KM, Mascarenhas M, editors. The 5-minute pediatric consult. 5th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2008.

2005

Frank G, Shah SS, Catallozzi MC, Zaoutis LB, editors. The Philadelphia guide: inpatient pediatrics. Malden: Blackwell Publishing; 2005.

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