Jennifer O'Toole

Jennifer K. O'Toole , MD

Associate Dean

Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education and Designated Institutional Official (DIO) UC Health

University of Cincinnati Medical Center
3188 Bellevue Avenue
PO Box 670796, Administrative Suite 1320
Cincinnati, Ohio 45219-0796
Email otoolejr@ucmail.uc.edu

Professional Summary

Dr. Jennifer O’Toole is the Designated Institutional Official (DIO) and Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education at UC Health and the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine (UCCOM). Clinically she is an adult and pediatric hospitalist at University of Cincinnati Medical Center and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center (CCHMC), and a Professor of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics at UCCOM. She holds a Master of Education degree in curriculum and instruction from the University of Cincinnati College of Education. From 2017-2024 she has served as Program Director of Cincinnati’s Internal Medicine and Pediatrics Residency Program, after having served as associate program director for nine years. In addition, she serves as Vice Chair of Faculty Affairs for the Department of Internal Medicine at UCCOM. In July 2023 Dr. O’Toole began her four-year term as President for the Medicine-Pediatrics Program Directors Association and in 2024 began a 6-year term as a member of the Pediatrics Residency Review Committee (RRC) for the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. Dr. O’Toole has also served as a member of the APA’s Hospital Medicine Special Interest Group (2015-2018), Co-Chair of the 2018 Pediatric Hospital Medicine Conference, and inaugural member of the Pediatric Hospital Medicine Sub-board of the American Board Pediatrics (2017-2021). Since 2010 she has held the role of site principal investigator at Cincinnati Children's for the I-PASS Study Group. She also serves as Chair of the ADVANCE PHM steering committee, and organization committed to achieving gender equity for women in pediatric hospital medicine. Dr. O'Toole has received the Parker J. Palmer Courage to Teach Award from the ACGME (2024), Emerging Leadership Award for an Individual from the AAMC's Group on Women in Medicine and Science (2021), the Society of Hospital Medicine's (SHM) Award for Teaching Excellence (2018), the inaugural Med-Peds Program Director's Brendan P. Kelly Award (2017), and the Cincinnati Children's Faculty Education Achievement Award (2013). She is a Senior Fellow in Hospital Medicine and an elected member of the prestigious American Pediatric Society. Her clinical and research interests include residency education, curriculum development and innovation, handoff communication, patient/family centered care, and achieving gender equity for women in medicine.

Education

Bachelors in Science: Xavier University Cincinnati, Ohio, 05-1999 (Biology University Scholar (Cum Laude))

Medical Degree: University of Buffalo School of Medicine Buffalo, New Your, 06-2003 (Cum Laude)

Residency: University of Cincinnati Department of Internal Medicine and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center Cincinnati, OH , 2007 (Combined Internal Medicine and Pediatrics )

Chief Resident in Internal Medicine: University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH, 2008 (Internal Medicine)

Master's Degree: University of Cincinnati College of Education Cincinnati, OH, 2012 (Curriculum and Instruction)

Certifications

American Board of Pediatrics (Certification Date: 10-16-2007 ) - (Recertification Date: to 01-01-2015 )

American Board of Internal Medicine (Certification Date: 08-12-2008 ) - (Recertification Date: to 02-16-2024 )

Specialities

Internal Medicine

Pediatrics

Research and Practice Interests

Clinical: Adult and pediatric hospital medicine 
Research: Handoffs; medical education; patient and family centered care

Positions and Work Experience

06-01-2024 - Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine,

06-01-2024 - Designated Institutional Official (DIO), UC Health (University of Cincinnati Medical Center & West Chester Hospital),

Research Support

Grant: #CDR-1306-03556 Investigators:PI - Dr. Christopher Landrigan (Boston Children's HOspital) 01-01-2014 -12-31-2016 Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute Bringing I-PASS to the Bedside: A Communication Bundle to Improve Patient Safety and Experience. Role:Site PI Active Type:Grant

Publications

Peer Reviewed Publications

Warm, Eric J; Held, Justin D; Hellmann, Michael; Kelleher, Matthew; Kinnear, Benjamin; Lee, Caroline; O'Toole, Jennifer K; Mathis, Bradley; Mueller, Caroline; Sall, Dana; Tolentino, Jonathan; Schauer, Daniel P (2016. ) Entrusting Observable Practice Activities and Milestones Over the 36 Months of an Internal Medicine Residency.Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges, , More Information

O’Toole JK, McLinden D, Sucharew H, Dewitt T, Klein MD A Pilot Study of the Creation and Implementation of a Teaching Development Assessment Tool .Journal of Graduate Medical Education, , 7 (4 ) ,638-42

Kinnear B, O’Toole JK (2015. ) The Care of Adults in Children’s Hospitals: Acknowledging the Aging Elephant in the Room .JAMA Pediatrics, , 169 (12 ) ,1081-1082

Auger K, Jerardi K, Simmons J, Davis M, O’Toole JK, Sucharew H (2015. ) It's Complicated: Overcoming Statistical Challenges of Group Learning in Medical Education Research .Journal of Graduate Medical Education, , 7 (3 ) ,326-330

O'Toole, Jennifer K; Friedland, Allen R; Gonzaga, Alda Maria R; Hartig, Jason R; Holliday, Scott; Lukela, Michael; Moutsios, Sandra A; Kolarik, Russ (2015. ) The practice patterns of recently graduated internal medicine-pediatric hospitalists.Hospital pediatrics, , 5 (6 ) ,309-14 More Information

Starmer, Amy J; Spector, Nancy D; Srivastava, Rajendu; West, Daniel C; Rosenbluth, Glenn; Allen, April D; Noble, Elizabeth L; Tse, Lisa L; Dalal, Anuj K; Keohane, Carol A; Lipsitz, Stuart R; Rothschild, Jeffrey M; Wien, Matthew F; Yoon, Catherine S; Zigmont, Katherine R; Wilson, Karen M; O'Toole, Jennifer K; Solan, Lauren G; Aylor, Megan; Bismilla, Zia; Coffey, Maitreya; Mahant, Sanjay; Blankenburg, Rebecca L; Destino, Lauren A; Everhart, Jennifer L; Patel, Shilpa J; Bale, James F; Spackman, Jaime B; Stevenson, Adam T; Calaman, Sharon; Cole, F Sessions; Balmer, Dorene F; Hepps, Jennifer H; Lopreiato, Joseph O; Yu, Clifton E; Sectish, Theodore C; Landrigan, Christopher P (2014. ) Changes in medical errors after implementation of a handoff program.The New England journal of medicine, , 371 (19 ) ,1803-12 More Information

Solan, Lauren G; Yau, Connie; Sucharew, Heidi; O'Toole, Jennifer K (2014. ) Multidisciplinary handoffs improve perceptions of communication.Hospital pediatrics, , 4 (5 ) ,311-5 More Information

Starmer, Amy J; O'Toole, Jennifer K; Rosenbluth, Glenn; Calaman, Sharon; Balmer, Dorene; West, Daniel C; Bale, James F; Yu, Clifton E; Noble, Elizabeth L; Tse, Lisa L; Srivastava, Rajendu; Landrigan, Christopher P; Sectish, Theodore C; Spector, Nancy D (2014. ) Development, implementation, and dissemination of the I-PASS handoff curriculum: A multisite educational intervention to improve patient handoffs.Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges, , 89 (6 ) ,876-84 More Information

O'Toole, Jennifer K; West, Daniel C; Starmer, Amy J; Yu, Clifton E; Calaman, Sharon; Rosenbluth, Glenn; Hepps, Jennifer H; Lopreiato, Joseph O; Landrigan, Christopher P; Sectish, Theodore C; Spector, Nancy D Placing faculty development front and center in a multisite educational initiative: lessons from the I-PASS Handoff study.Academic pediatrics, , 14 (3 ) ,221-4 More Information

Klein, Melissa D; Alcamo, Alicia M; Beck, Andrew F; O'Toole, Jennifer K; McLinden, Daniel; Henize, Adrienne; Kahn, Robert S Can a video curriculum on the social determinants of health affect residents' practice and families' perceptions of care?.Academic pediatrics, , 14 (2 ) ,159-66 More Information

Jerardi, Karen; Solan, Lauren; Deblasio, Dominick; O'Toole, Jennifer; White, Christine; Yau, Connie; Sucharew, Heidi; Klein, Melissa D (2013. ) Evaluating the impact of interactive and entertaining educational conferences.Perspectives on medical education, , 2 (5-6 ) ,349-55 More Information

O'Toole, Jennifer K; Stevenson, Adam T; Good, Brian P; Guiot, Amy B; Solan, Lauren G; Tse, Lisa L; Landrigan, Christopher P; Sectish, Theodore C; Srivastava, Rajendu; Starmer, Amy J; Spector, Nancy D (2013. ) Closing the gap: a needs assessment of medical students and handoff training.The Journal of pediatrics, , 162 (5 ) ,887-8.e1 More Information

O'Toole, Jennifer K; Solan, Lauren G; Yau, Connie; Weiser, Jason; Sucharew, Heidi; Simmons, Jeffrey M (2013. ) Pediatric hospitalist perceptions of the impact of duty hour changes on education and patient care. Hospital pediatrics, , 3 (2 ) ,162-6

Klein, Melissa; O'Toole, Jennifer K; McLinden, Daniel; DeWitt, Thomas G (2013. ) Training tomorrow's medical education leaders: creating a general pediatric master educator fellowship.The Journal of pediatrics, , 162 (3 ) ,440-441.e1 More Information

O'Toole, Jennifer K; Burkhardt, Mary Carol; Solan, Lauren G; Vaughn, Lisa; Klein, Melissa D (2012. ) Resident confidence addressing social history: is it influenced by availability of social and legal resources?.Clinical pediatrics, , 51 (7 ) ,625-31 More Information

Guiot, Amy B; Kirkendall, Eric S; Gosdin, Craig H; Shah, Samir S; DeBlasio, Dominick J; Meier, Katie A; O'Toole, Jennifer K (2017. ) Educational Added Value Unit: Development and Testing of a Measure for Educational Activities.Hospital pediatrics, , 7 (11 ) ,675-681 More Information

Kinnear, Benjamin; Bensman, Rachel; Held, Justin; O'Toole, Jennifer; Schauer, Daniel; Warm, Eric (2017. ) Critical Deficiency Ratings in Milestone Assessment: A Review and Case Study.Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges, , 92 (6 ) ,820-826 More Information

Coffey, Maitreya; Thomson, Kelly; Li, Shelly-Anne; Bismilla, Zia; Starmer, Amy J; O'Toole, Jennifer K; Blankenburg, Rebecca L; Rosenbluth, Glenn; Cole, F Sessions; Yu, Clifton E; Hepps, Jennifer H; Sectish, Theodore C; Spector, Nancy D; Srivastava, Rajendu; Allen, April D; Mahant, Sanjay; Landrigan, Christopher P (2017. ) Resident Experiences With Implementation of the I-PASS Handoff Bundle.Journal of graduate medical education, , 9 (3 ) ,313-320 More Information

Khan, Alisa; Coffey, Maitreya; Litterer, Katherine P; Baird, Jennifer D; Furtak, Stephannie L; Garcia, Briana M; Ashland, Michele A; Calaman, Sharon; Kuzma, Nicholas C; O'Toole, Jennifer K; Patel, Aarti; Rosenbluth, Glenn; Destino, Lauren A; Everhart, Jennifer L; Good, Brian P; Hepps, Jennifer H; Dalal, Anuj K; Lipsitz, Stuart R; Yoon, Catherine S; Zigmont, Katherine R; Srivastava, Rajendu; Starmer, Amy J; Sectish, Theodore C; Spector, Nancy D; West, Daniel C; Landrigan, Christopher P ; Allair, Brenda K; Alminde, Claire; Alvarado-Little, Wilma; Atsatt, Marisa; Aylor, Megan E; Bale, James F; Balmer, Dorene; Barton, Kevin T; Beck, Carolyn; Bismilla, Zia; Blankenburg, Rebecca L; Chandler, Debra; Choudhary, Amanda; Christensen, Eileen; Coghlan-McDonald, Sally; Cole, F Sessions; Corless, Elizabeth; Cray, Sharon; Da Silva, Roxi; Dahale, Devesh; Dreyer, Benard; Growdon, Amanda S; Gubler, LeAnn; Guiot, Amy; Harris, Roben; Haskell, Helen; Kocolas, Irene; Kruvand, Elizabeth; Lane, Michele Marie; Langrish, Kathleen; Ledford, Christy J W; Lewis, Kheyandra; Lopreiato, Joseph O; Maloney, Christopher G; Mangan, Amanda; Markle, Peggy; Mendoza, Fernando; Micalizzi, Dale Ann; Mittal, Vineeta; Obermeyer, Maria; O'Donnell, Katherine A; Ottolini, Mary; Patel, Shilpa J; Pickler, Rita; Rogers, Jayne Elizabeth; Sanders, Lee M; Sauder, Kimberly; Shah, Samir S; Sharma, Meesha; Simpkin, Arabella; Subramony, Anupama; Thompson, E Douglas; Trueman, Laura; Trujillo, Tanner; Turmelle, Michael P; Warnick, Cindy; Welch, Chelsea; White, Andrew J; Wien, Matthew F; Winn, Ariel S; Wintch, Stephanie; Wolf, Michael; Yin, H Shonna; Yu, Clifton E (2017. ) Families as Partners in Hospital Error and Adverse Event Surveillance.JAMA pediatrics, , 171 (4 ) ,372-381 More Information

Conway-Habes, Erin E; Herbst, Brian F; Herbst, Lori A; Kinnear, Benjamin; Timmons, Kristen; Horewitz, Deborah; Falgout, Rachel; O'Toole, Jennifer K; Vossmeyer, Michael (2017. ) Using Quality Improvement to Introduce and Standardize the National Early Warning Score (NEWS) for Adult Inpatients at a Children's Hospital.Hospital pediatrics, , 7 (3 ) ,156-163 More Information

Warm, Eric J; Held, Justin D; Hellmann, Michael; Kelleher, Matthew; Kinnear, Benjamin; Lee, Caroline; O'Toole, Jennifer K; Mathis, Bradley; Mueller, Caroline; Sall, Dana; Tolentino, Jonathan; Schauer, Daniel P (2016. ) Entrusting Observable Practice Activities and Milestones Over the 36 Months of an Internal Medicine Residency.Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges, , 91 (10 ) ,1398-1405 More Information

O'Toole, Jennifer K; Klein, Melissa D; McLinden, Daniel; Sucharew, Heidi; DeWitt, Thomas G (2015. ) A Pilot Study of the Creation and Implementation of a Teaching Development Assessment Tool.Journal of graduate medical education, , 7 (4 ) ,638-42 More Information

Kinnear, Benjamin; O'Toole, Jennifer K (2015. ) Care of Adults in Children's Hospitals: Acknowledging the Aging Elephant in the Room.JAMA pediatrics, , 169 (12 ) ,1081-2 More Information

Auger, Katherine A; Jerardi, Karen E; Simmons, Jeffrey M; Davis, Matthew M; O'Toole, Jennifer; Sucharew, Heidi J (2015. ) It's Complicated: Overcoming Statistical Challenges of Group Learning in Medical Education Research.Journal of graduate medical education, , 7 (3 ) ,326-30 More Information

O'Toole, Jennifer K; Solan, Lauren G; Burkhardt, Mary Carol; Klein, Melissa D (2013. ) Watch and learn: an innovative video trigger curriculum to increase resident screening for social determinants of health.Clinical pediatrics, , 52 (4 ) ,344-50 More Information

Mueller S.;Patel R.;O'Toole J.;Schnipper J. (10-01-2016. ) Best Practices in Inpatient Handoffs of Care.Hospital Medicine Clinics, , 5 (4 ) ,518-528 More Information

Allen A.; Aylor M.; Bale J.; Balmer D.; Berchelmann K.; Bismilla Z.; Blaschke G.; Calaman S.; Carlson B.; Coffey M.; Destino L.; Everhart J.; Feraco A.; Ferrell C.; Gonzalez Del Rey J.; Hepps J.; Hoffman B.; Hrach C.; Kahana M.; Keohane C.; Landrigan C.; Lipsitz S.; Lopreiato J.; Mahant S.; Matlow A.; McDonald M.; McGregor R.; Nilforoshan V.; O'Toole J.; Patel S.; Rosenbluth G.; Rothschild J.; Schulz K.; Schwartz A.; Sectish T.; Sessions Cole F.; Solan L.; Spector N.; Srivastava R.; Starmer A.; Stevenson A.; Stevenson W.; Turmelle M.; Wagner T.; West D.; White A.; Yu C. (02-01-2012. ) I-PASS, a mnemonic to standardize verbal handoffs.Pediatrics, , 129 (2 ) ,201-204 More Information

Ali A.; Allair B.; Allen A.; Almaddah N.; Alminde C.; Alvarado-Little W.; Anson E.; Ashland M.; Atsatt M.; Aylor M.; Baird J.; Bale J.; Balmer D.; Barber A.; Barton K.; Bates K.; Beck C.; Berchelmann K.; Bhan R.; Bismilla Z.; Blankenburg R.; Boa-Hocbo A.; Bordin-Wosk T.; Brooks M.; Calaman S.; Campe J.; Campos M.; Chandler D.; Cheung Y.; Choudhary A.; Christensen E.; Clark K.; Coffey M.; Coghlan-McDonald S.; Cohen E.; Cole F.; Corless E.; Landrigan C.; Menon A.; Sectish T.; Spector N.; Srivastava R.; Starmer A.; West D. (07-01-2017. ) Integrating Research, Quality Improvement, and Medical Education for Better Handoffs and Safer Care:.Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety, , 43 (7 ) ,319-329 More Information

Weber, Danielle E; Held, Justin D; Jandarov, Roman A; Kelleher, Matthew; Kinnear, Ben; Sall, Dana; O'Toole, Jennifer K (2020. ) Development and Establishment of Initial Validity Evidence for a Novel Tool for Assessing Trainee Admission Notes.Journal of general internal medicine, , 35 (4 ) ,1078-1083 More Information

Kelleher, Matthew; Kinnear, Benjamin; Wong, Sue E Poynter; O'Toole, Jennifer; Warm, Eric Linking Workplace-Based Assessment to ACGME Milestones: A Comparison of Mapping Strategies in Two Specialties.Teaching and learning in medicine, , 32 (2 ) ,194-203 More Information

Moss, Stephanie R; Jenkins, Ashley M; Caldwell, Alicia K; Herbst, Brian F; Kelleher, Matthew E; Kinnear, Benjamin; Ambroggio, Lilliam; Herbst, Lori A; Chima, Ranjit S; O'Toole, Jennifer K (2020. ) Risk Factors for the Development of Hospital-Associated Venous Thromboembolism in Adult Patients Admitted to a Children's Hospital.Hospital pediatrics, , 10 (2 ) ,166-172 More Information

Sall, Dana; Wigger, Gregory W; Kinnear, Benjamin; Kelleher, Matthew; Warm, Eric; O'Toole, Jennifer K (2018. ) Paracentesis Simulation: A Comprehensive Approach to Procedural Education.MedEdPORTAL : the journal of teaching and learning resources, , 14 ,10747 More Information

Jones, Yemisi; Durand, Vanessa; Morton, Kayce; Ottolini, Mary; Shaughnessy, Erin; Spector, Nancy D; O'Toole, Jennifer (2020. ) Collateral Damage: How COVID-19 Is Adversely Impacting Women Physicians.Journal of hospital medicine, , 15 (8 ) ,507-509 More Information

Mittal, Vineeta; Shah, Neha; Dwyer, Andrew C; O'Toole, Jennifer K; Percelay, Jack; Carlson, Douglas; Woods, Suzanne; Lee, Vivian; Russo, Christopher; Black, Nichole; Rauch, Daniel; Chase, Lindsay; Quinonez, Ricardo; Fisher, Erin S (2020. ) Developing Content for Pediatric Hospital Medicine Certification Examination Using Practice Analysis.Pediatrics, , 146 (2 ) , More Information

O'Toole, Jennifer K; Hepps, Jennifer; Starmer, Amy J; Patel, Shilpa J; Rosenbluth, Glenn; Calaman, Sharon; Campos, Maria-Lucia; Lopreiato, Joseph O; Schnipper, Jeffrey L; Sectish, Theodore C; Srivastava, Rajendu; West, Daniel C; Landrigan, Christopher P; Spector, Nancy D; Yu, Clifton E (2020. ) I-PASS Mentored Implementation Handoff Curriculum: Frontline Provider Training Materials.MedEdPORTAL : the journal of teaching and learning resources, , 16 ,10912 More Information

Jones, Yemisi; Durand, Vanessa; Morton, Kayce; Ottolini, Mary; Shaughnessy, Erin; Spector, Nancy D; O'Toole, Jennifer (2020. ) Collateral Damage: How COVID-19 Is Adversely Impacting Women Physicians.Journal of hospital medicine, , 15 (8 ) ,507-509 More Information

O'Toole, Jennifer K; Hepps, Jennifer; Starmer, Amy J; Patel, Shilpa J; Rosenbluth, Glenn; Calaman, Sharon; Campos, Maria-Lucia; Lopreiato, Joseph O; Schnipper, Jeffrey L; Sectish, Theodore C; Srivastava, Rajendu; West, Daniel C; Landrigan, Christopher P; Spector, Nancy D; Yu, Clifton E (2020. ) I-PASS Mentored Implementation Handoff Curriculum: Frontline Provider Training Materials.MedEdPORTAL : the journal of teaching and learning resources, , 16 ,10912 More Information

O'Toole, Jennifer K; Hepps, Jennifer; Starmer, Amy J; Patel, Shilpa J; Rosenbluth, Glenn; Calaman, Sharon; Campos, Maria-Lucia; Lopreiato, Joseph O; Schnipper, Jeffrey L; Sectish, Theodore C; Srivastava, Rajendu; West, Daniel C; Landrigan, Christopher P; Spector, Nancy D; Yu, Clifton E (2020. ) I-PASS Mentored Implementation Handoff Curriculum: Frontline Provider Training Materials.MedEdPORTAL : the journal of teaching and learning resources, , 16 ,10912 More Information

Jones, Yemisi O; Hubbell, Brittany B; Thomson, Joanna; O'Toole, Jennifer K (2019. ) Things We Do for No Reason: Systemic Corticosteroids for Wheezing in Preschool-Aged Children.Journal of hospital medicine, , 14 (12 ) ,774-776 More Information

O'Toole, Jennifer K; Alvarado-Little, Wilma; Ledford, Christy J W (2019. ) Communication with Diverse Patients: Addressing Culture and Language.Pediatric clinics of North America, , 66 (4 ) ,791-804 More Information

Hughes, Helen K; Serwint, Janet R; O'Toole, Jennifer K; Spector, Nancy D; Ngo, Thuy L (2019. ) I-PASS Adherence and Implications for Future Handoff Training.Journal of graduate medical education, , 11 (3 ) ,301-306 More Information

O'Toole, Jennifer K; Starmer, Amy J; Calaman, Sharon; Campos, Maria-Lucia; Hepps, Jennifer; Lopreiato, Joseph O; Patel, Shilpa J; Rosenbluth, Glenn; Schnipper, Jeffrey L; Sectish, Theodore C; Srivastava, Rajendu; West, Daniel C; Yu, Clifton E; Landrigan, Christopher P; Spector, Nancy D (2019. ) I-PASS Mentored Implementation Handoff Curriculum: Champion Training Materials.MedEdPORTAL : the journal of teaching and learning resources, , 15 ,10794 More Information

Khan, Alisa; Spector, Nancy D; Baird, Jennifer D; Ashland, Michele; Starmer, Amy J; Rosenbluth, Glenn; Garcia, Briana M; Litterer, Katherine P; Rogers, Jayne E; Dalal, Anuj K; Lipsitz, Stuart; Yoon, Catherine S; Zigmont, Katherine R; Guiot, Amy; O'Toole, Jennifer K; Patel, Aarti; Bismilla, Zia; Coffey, Maitreya; Langrish, Kate; Blankenburg, Rebecca L; Destino, Lauren A; Everhart, Jennifer L; Good, Brian P; Kocolas, Irene; Srivastava, Rajendu; Calaman, Sharon; Cray, Sharon; Kuzma, Nicholas; Lewis, Kheyandra; Thompson, E Douglas; Hepps, Jennifer H; Lopreiato, Joseph O; Yu, Clifton E; Haskell, Helen; Kruvand, Elizabeth; Micalizzi, Dale A; Alvarado-Little, Wilma; Dreyer, Benard P; Yin, H Shonna; Subramony, Anupama; Patel, Shilpa J; Sectish, Theodore C; West, Daniel C; Landrigan, Christopher P (2018. ) Patient safety after implementation of a coproduced family centered communication programme: multicenter before and after intervention study.BMJ (Clinical research ed.), , 363 ,k4764 More Information

O'Toole, Jennifer K; Starmer, Amy J; Calaman, Sharon; Campos, Maria-Lucia; Goldstein, Jenna; Hepps, Jennifer; Maynard, Gregory A; Owolabi, Mobola; Patel, Shilpa J; Rosenbluth, Glenn; Schnipper, Jeffrey L; Sectish, Theodore C; Srivastava, Rajendu; West, Daniel C; Yu, Clifton E; Landrigan, Christopher P; Spector, Nancy D (2018. ) I-PASS Mentored Implementation Handoff Curriculum: Implementation Guide and Resources.MedEdPORTAL : the journal of teaching and learning resources, , 14 ,10736 More Information

Starmer A.J.;Spector N.D.;West D.C.;Srivastava R.;Sectish T.C.;Landrigan C.P.;Landrigan C.P.;Spector N.D.;Starmer A.J.;Sectish T.C.;Srivastava R.;West D.C.;Menon A.A.;Ali A.;Allair B.K.;Allen A.D.;Almaddah N.;Alminde C.;Alvarado-Little W.;Anson E.;Ashland M.;Atsatt M.;Aylor M.;Baird J.D.;Bale J.F.;Balmer D.;Barber A.;Barton K.;Bates K.;Beck C.;Berchelmann K.;Bhan R.;Bismilla Z.;Blankenburg R.L.;Boa-Hocbo A.;Bordin-Wosk T.;Brooks M.;Calaman S.;Campe J.;Campos M.L.;Chandler D.;Cheung Y.;Choudhary A.;Christensen E.;Clark K.;Coffey M.;Coghlan-McDonald S.;Cohen E.;Cole F.S.;Corless E.;Cray S.;Da Silva R.;Dahale D.;Dalal A.K.;Destino L.A.;Doroshow J.;Dreyer B.;duPont K.;Eagle S.;Edgar-Zarate C.;Etzenhouser A.;Everhart J.L.;Feraco A.M.;Ferrer A.;Galardy P.;Garcia B.M.;Gaspar-Oishi M.;Goldstein J.;Good B.P.;Graham D.A.;Growdon A.S.;Gubler L.A.;Guiot A.;Hanlon C.;Hanna-Attisha M.;Harris R.;Haskell H.;Hecht M.;Hehn R.S.;Held J.;Hepps J.H.;Hillier D.;Hiraoka M.;Howell E.;Hrach C.;Hughes H.;Huskins C.;Kaatz S.;Kanala V.;Kantrowitz M.;Kaplan P.;Kashiwagi D.;Kaul R.;Keohane C.A.;Kern J.;Khan A.;Khan N.N.S.;Kitch B.;Kocolas I.;Kothari L. (07-01-2017. ) Integrating Research, Quality Improvement, and Medical Education for Better Handoffs and Safer Care:.Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety, , 43 (7 ) ,319-329 More Information

Rosenbluth G.;Bale J.F.;Starmer A.J.;Spector N.D.;Srivastava R.;West D.C.;Sectish T.C.;Landrigan C.P.;Noble E.L.;Tse L.L.;O'Toole J.K.;Coffey M.;Destino L.A.;Everhart J.L.;Patel S.J.;Hepps J.H.;Lopreiato J.O.;Yu C.E.;Sessions Cole F.;Calaman S.;Kahana M.D.;McGregor R.S.;Webster J.S.;Allen A.D.;Feraco A.M.;Dalal A.K.;Keohane C.A.;Lipsitz S.;Rothschild J.M.;Wien M.F.;Yoon C.S.;Zigmont K.R.;Gonzalez del Rey J.;Solan L.G.;Aylor M.E.;Wagner T.;Bismilla Z.;Mahant S.;Blankenburg R.L.;Kahana M.;Spackman J.B.;Stevenson A.;Barton K.;Berchelmann K.;Sessions Cole F.;Hrach C.;Schultz K.S.;Turmelle M.P.;White A.J.;Carlson B.D.;Nilforoshan V.;Balmer D.;Carraccio C.L.;McDonald D.;Schwartz A.;Wilson K.M. (08-01-2015. ) Variation in printed handoff documents: Results and recommendations from a multicenter needs assessm.Journal of Hospital Medicine, , 10 (8 ) ,517-524 More Information

Starmer A.J.;Spector N.D.;Srivastava R.;Allen A.D.;Landrigan C.P.;Sectish T.C.;Feraco A.;Keohane C.;Lipsitz S.;Rothschild J.;Gonzalez Del Rey J.;O'Toole J.;Solan L.;Aylor M.;Blaschke G.;Ferrell C.L.;Hoffman B.D.;Stevenson W.;Wagner T.;Bismilla Z.;Coffey M.;Mahant S.;Matlow A.;Destino L.;Everhart J.;Kahana M.;Patel S.J.;Hepps J.;Lopreiato J.O.;Yu C.E.;Bale J.F.;Stevenson A.;Berchelmann K.;Sessions Cole F.;Hrach C.;Schulz K.S.;Turmelle M.;White A.;Calaman S.;Carlson B.D.;McDonald M.B.;McGregor R.S.;Nilforoshan V.;Rosenbluth G.;West D.C.;Balmer D.;Schwartz A. (02-01-2012. ) I-PASS, a mnemonic to standardize verbal handoffs.Pediatrics, , 129 (2 ) ,201-204 More Information

Sall, Dana; Warm, Eric J; Kinnear, Benjamin; Kelleher, Matthew; Jandarov, Roman; O'Toole, Jennifer (2020. ) See One, Do One, Forget One: Early Skill Decay After Paracentesis Training.Journal of general internal medicine, , More Information

Boggs, Elizabeth; Luttrell, Harrison; Basco, William; Brittan, Mark; Jerardi, Karen; Kessenich, Jeri; Kondos, Valien; O'Toole, Jennifer; Solomon, Jeffrey; Tarchichi, Tony; Jenkins, Ashley (2021. ) Identifying and Supporting the Needs of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics Residents Interested in Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellowship.Journal of hospital medicine, , More Information

Vara, Tiffany; Anderson, Michele; Baird, Jennifer D; Calaman, Sharon; O'Toole, Jennifer K (2021. ) We Are All Learning, Together: An Imperative for Patient- and Family-Centered Rounds From the Patient and Family Perspective.Hospital pediatrics, , 11 (7 ) ,e117-e119 More Information

Sall, Dana; Warm, Eric J; Kinnear, Benjamin; Kelleher, Matthew; Jandarov, Roman; O'Toole, Jennifer (2021. ) In Reply to Wayne et al.Journal of general internal medicine, , 36 (6 ) ,1795-1796 More Information

Hackworth, Jamilah M; Meinzen-Derr, Jareen; DePalma, Mallory; Hostetter, Margaret; Klein, Melissa; O'Toole, Jennifer K; Kahn, Jessica (2021. ) The Impact of Primary Mentors and Career Development Committees on Junior Faculty Productivity in a Pediatric Academic Health Center.The Journal of pediatrics, , 232 ,4-8.e1 More Information

O'Toole, Jennifer K; Damari, Nicole D (2024. ) It's Time to Break the Cycle: Gender Inequity in Pediatric Hospital Medicine.Hospital pediatrics, , More Information

Harrison, Wade N; Mittal, Vineeta S; O'Toole, Jennifer K; Quinonez, Ricardo A; Mink, Richard; Leyenaar, JoAnna K (2024. ) Child Health Needs and the Pediatric Hospital Medicine Workforce: 2020-2040.Pediatrics, , 153 (Suppl 2 ) , More Information

O'Connor, Teresia M; Guaman, Milenka Cuevas; Randell, Kimberly A; Keenan, Heather T; Snowden, Jessica; Mack, Jennifer W; Camp, Elizabeth A; Perez, Oriana; Chang, Michael L; Myers, Angela L; Nigrovic, Lise E; O'Toole, Jennifer; Reed, Jennifer L; Reese, Jennifer; Rosenberg, Abby R; Slater, Anne C; Wootton, Susan H; Ziniel, Sonja I; Yost, H Joseph; Murray, Kristy O; Shekerdemian, Lara; Chumpitazi, Corrie E (2024. ) Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on pediatric faculty: a report from nine academic institutions.Pediatric research, , 95 (3 ) ,775-784 More Information

Khan, Alisa; Patel, Shilpa J; Anderson, Michele; Baird, Jennifer D; Johnson, Tyler M; Liss, Isabella; Graham, Dionne A; Calaman, Sharon; Fegley, April E; Goldstein, Jenna; O'Toole, Jennifer K; Rosenbluth, Glenn; Alminde, Claire; Bass, Ellen J; Bismilla, Zia; Caruth, Monique; Coghlan-McDonald, Sally; Cray, Sharon; Destino, Lauren A; Dreyer, Benard P; Everhart, Jennifer L; Good, Brian P; Guiot, Amy B; Haskell, Helen; Hepps, Jennifer H; Knighton, Andrew J; Kocolas, Irene; Kuzma, Nicholas C; Lewis, Kheyandra; Litterer, Katherine P; Kruvand, Elizabeth; Markle, Peggy; Micalizzi, Dale A; Patel, Aarti; Rogers, Jayne E; Subramony, Anupama; Vara, Tiffany; Yin, H Shonna; Sectish, Theodore C; Srivastava, Rajendu; Starmer, Amy J; West, Daniel C; Spector, Nancy D; Landrigan, Christopher P (2024. ) Implementing a Family-Centered Rounds Intervention Using Novel Mentor-Trios.Pediatrics, , 153 (2 ) , More Information

Kinnear, Benjamin; O'Toole, Jennifer (2023. ) It's time to rethink time (management).Canadian medical education journal, , 14 (6 ) ,131-132 More Information

O'Toole, Jennifer K; Calaman, Sharon; Anderson, Michelle; Baird, Jennifer; Fegley, April; Goldstein, Jenna; Johnson, Tyler; Khan, Alisa; Patel, Shilpa J; Rosenbluth, Glenn; Sectish, Theodore C; West, Daniel C; Landrigan, Christopher P; Spector, Nancy D (2023. ) Utilizing co-production to improve patient-centeredness and engagement in healthcare delivery: Lessons from the Patient and Family-Centered I-PASS studies.Journal of hospital medicine, , 18 (9 ) ,848-852 More Information

Edje, Louito; Casillas, Carlos; O'Toole, Jennifer K (2023. ) Strategies to Counteract Impact of Harmful Bias in Selection of Medical Residents.Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges, , 98 (8S ) ,S75-S85 More Information

Starmer, Amy J; Spector, Nancy D; O'Toole, Jennifer K; Bismilla, Zia; Calaman, Sharon; Campos, Maria-Lucia; Coffey, Maitreya; Destino, Lauren A; Everhart, Jennifer L; Goldstein, Jenna; Graham, Dionne A; Hepps, Jennifer H; Howell, Eric E; Kuzma, Nicholas; Maynard, Greg; Melvin, Patrice; Patel, Shilpa J; Popa, Alina; Rosenbluth, Glenn; Schnipper, Jeffrey L; Sectish, Theodore C; Srivastava, Rajendu; West, Daniel C; Yu, Clifton E; Landrigan, Christopher P (2023. ) Implementation of the I-PASS handoff program in diverse clinical environments: A multicenter prospective effectiveness implementation study.Journal of hospital medicine, , 18 (1 ) ,5-14 More Information

Patel, Shilpa J; Khan, Alisa; Bass, Ellen J; Graham, Dionne; Baird, Jennifer; Anderson, Michele; Calaman, Sharon; Cray, Sharon; Destino, Lauren; Fegley, April; Goldstein, Jenna; Johnson, Tyler; Kocolas, Irene; Lewis, Kheyandra D; Liss, Isabella; Markle, Peggy; O'Toole, Jennifer K; Rosenbluth, Glenn; Srivastava, Raj; Vara, Tiffany; Landrigan, Christopher P; Spector, Nancy D; Knighton, Andrew J (2022. ) Family, nurse, and physician beliefs on family-centered rounds: A 21-site study.Journal of hospital medicine, , 17 (12 ) ,945-955 More Information

Lewis, Kheyandra D; Destino, Lauren; Everhart, Jennifer; Subramony, Anupama; Dreyer, Benard; Allair, Brenda; Anderson, Michele; Baird, Jennifer; Bismilla, Zia; Good, Brian; Hepps, Jennifer; Khan, Alisa; Kuzma, Nicholas; Landrigan, Christopher P; Litterer, Katherine; Sectish, Theodore C; Spector, Nancy D; Yin, H Shonna; Yu, Clifton E; Calaman, Sharon; O'Toole, Jennifer K (2022. ) Patient and Family-Centered I-PASS SCORE Program: Resident and Advanced Care Provider Training Materials.MedEdPORTAL : the journal of teaching and learning resources, , 18 ,11267 More Information

Khan, Alisa; Parente, Victoria; Baird, Jennifer D; Patel, Shilpa J; Cray, Sharon; Graham, Dionne A; Halley, Monique; Johnson, Tyler; Knoebel, Erin; Lewis, Kheyandra D; Liss, Isabella; Romano, Eileen M; Trivedi, Shrunjal; Spector, Nancy D; Landrigan, Christopher P ; Bass, Ellen J; Calaman, Sharon; Fegley, April E; Knighton, Andrew J; O'Toole, Jennifer K; Sectish, Theodore C; Srivastava, Rajendu; Starmer, Amy J; West, Daniel C (2022. ) Association of Patient and Family Reports of Hospital Safety Climate With Language Proficiency in the US.JAMA pediatrics, , 176 (8 ) ,776-786 More Information

Knighton, Andrew J; Bass, Ellen J; McLaurin, Elease J; Anderson, Michele; Baird, Jennifer D; Cray, Sharon; Destino, Lauren; Khan, Alisa; Liss, Isabella; Markle, Peggy; O'Toole, Jennifer K; Patel, Aarti; Srivastava, Rajendu; Landrigan, Christopher P; Spector, Nancy D; Patel, Shilpa J (2022. ) Intervention, individual, and contextual determinants to high adherence to structured family-centered rounds: a national multi-site mixed methods study.Implementation science communications, , 3 (1 ) ,74 More Information

Weber, Danielle E; Held, Justin D; Jandarov, Roman A; Kelleher, Matthew; Kinnear, Benjamin; Sall, Dana R; O'Toole, Jennifer K (2022. ) Improving trainee clinical documentation through a novel curriculum in internal medicine.Journal of hospital medicine, , 17 (1 ) ,28-35 More Information

Lewis, Kheyandra; Bismilla, Zia; Kuzma, Nicholas; O'Toole, Jennifer; Calaman, Sharon (2021. ) Twelve Tips for Teaching with Virtual Learning Platforms.MedEdPublish (2016), , 10 ,72 More Information

Jones, Yemisi; Durand, Vanessa; Morton, Kayce; Ottolini, Mary; Shaughnessy, Erin; Spector, Nancy D; O'Toole, Jennifer (2020. ) Collateral Damage: How COVID-19 Is Adversely Impacting Women Physicians.Journal of hospital medicine, , 15 (8 ) ,507-509 More Information

Mittal, Vineeta; Shah, Neha; Dwyer, Andrew C; O'Toole, Jennifer K; Percelay, Jack; Carlson, Douglas; Woods, Suzanne; Lee, Vivian; Russo, Christopher; Black, Nichole; Rauch, Daniel; Chase, Lindsay; Quinonez, Ricardo; Fisher, Erin S (2020. ) Developing Content for Pediatric Hospital Medicine Certification Examination Using Practice Analysis.Pediatrics, , 146 (2 ) , More Information

Honors and Awards

Alpha Omega Alpha, University of Buffalo School of Medicine

Dean's Letter of Commendation, University of Buffalo School of Medicine

Alpha Sigma Nu (International Honor Society of Jesuit Colleges and Universities), Xavier University

2013 Faculty Education Achievement Award (Junior category), Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH

2017 Brendan P. Kelly, MD Award (inaugural award winner), Med-Peds Program Director Association (Awarded to a Med-Peds Associate Program Director who models Dr. Kelly’s joy for medicine, teaching excellence, and collaborative leadership)

2018 Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM) Award for Teaching Excellence (SHM is an organization with over 16,000 hospitalists, and the first and only society dedicated to the field of hospital medicine)

Contact Information

Academic - University of Cincinnati Medical Center
3188 Bellevue Avenue
Cincinnati  Ohio, 45219-0796
otoolejr@ucmail.uc.edu