Donna M. D'Alessandro, MD
Research Profile


Donna M. D'Alessandro, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Director of Evaluation Virtual Pediatric Hospital and Virtual Naval Hospital

Contact Information:
Dr. D'Alessandro is unable to answer your personal medical questions. Other inquiries may email Dr. D'Alessandro at: donna-dalessandro@uiowa.edu

Donna M. D'Alessandro, MD

Education:

Medical/Graduate School:
Wayne State University, School of Medicine

Residency:
Children's Memorial Hospital, Northwestern University

Fellowship:
Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School in General Academic Pediatrics

Board Certification:
American Board of Pediatrics

Research Interests:

Medical Informatics: the use of computers in aiding medical practice, research, and education, or the science that addresses how to best use information to improve health care.

Our Laboratory

Research Facilities:

Department of Pediatrics
American Academy of Pediatrics
Ambulatory Pediatric Association
Midwest Society for Pediatric Reserach
Society for Pediatric Research
General Clinical Research Center, Associate Director for Neonatal Nurse Activities

Recent Publications (past 3 years):

  1. D'Alessandro DM, Dosa NP. Empowering Children and Families With Information Technology. Arch Ped Adol Med. 2001;155:1131-1136.
  2. D'Alessandro DM, Kingsley P. Creating a Pediatric Digital Library for Pediatric Health Care Providers and Families: Using Literature and Data to Define Common Pediatric Problems JAMIA 2002;9(2):161-170.
  3. Benjamin JT, Cimino SA, Hafler JP, Bright Futures Health Promotion Workgroup, Bernstein HH. The Pediatric Office Visit: Managing Time for Health Promotion. Contemporary Pediatrics. 2002: 19;90-107.
  4. D'Alessandro DM, Ellsbury DL. Kreiter DC, Starner T. Pediatric Jeopardy May Increase Residents' Medical Reading. Amb Peds 2002;2(1):1-3.
  5. Graber M, D'Alessandro DM, Johnson-West J. The Reading Level of Privacy Policies on Internet Health Web Sites. J Fam Pract 2002;51;642-645.
  6. D'Alessandro DM, Kreiter C, Peterson MW. An Evaluation of information-Seeking Behaviors of General Pediatricians. Pediatrics. 2004:113:64-69.
  7. D'Alessandro DM, Kreiter CD, Peterson MW, Kingsley P. Johnson-West J. An Analysis of Patient Care Question of Asked by Pediatricians at an Academic Medical Center. Amb Pediatrics. 2004:4;18-23.
  8. Harper DC, D'Alessandro DM. The Childs Voice: Understanding the Contexts of Children and Families Today. Pediatr Dent. 2004;26:114-120.
  9. D'Alessandro DM, Lewis TE, D'Alessandro MP. A Pediatric Digital Storytelling System for Third Year Medical Students: The Virtual Pediatric Patients. BMC Medical Education, 2004:4;10.
  10. D'Alessandro DM, Kreiter CD, Kinzer SL, Peterson, MW. A Randomized Controlled Trial of an Information Prescription for Pediatric Patient Education Information on the Internet. Arch Peds. 2004;158:857-862.
  11. D'Alessandro MP, D'Alessandro DM, Bakalar RS, Ashley DE, Hendrix MJC. The Virtual Naval Hospital: The Digital Library as Knowledge Management Tool for Nomadic Patrons. Journal of the Medical Library Association 2005; 93(1): 16-20, January 2005.
  12. D'Alessandro DM, D'Alessandro MP. Initial Experiences in Developing a Chronologically Organized Digital Library for Continuing Education in Biodefense. [Online Journal] D-Lib Magazine, the Magazine of Digital Library Research - April 2005; 11 (4). Reston, Corporation for National Research Initiatives, April 2005. [rev. 15 April 2005, cited 15 April 2005].
  13. Stoloff PH, D'Alessandro MP, D'Alessandro DM, Bakalar RS. Promoting Health and Improving Health Care In a Cost Effective Manner Through a Military Digital Library. Military Medicine (In Press)

This document is modified from EducationalInformatics.org and is used here with permission of the copyright holders: © 2004-2006 Donna M. D'Alessandro, MD and Michael P. D'Alessandro, MD All rights reserved.


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