Peter G. Szilagyi, M.D., M.P.H.

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Dr. Szilagyi is a health services researcher and studies methods to improve the quality of care and health outcomes for children and adolescents. He directs a large research operation in the Robert J Haggerty Health Services Research Laboratory. His major areas of research are: (1) improving immunization coverage for children (2) evaluating the effect of health insurance or lack of insurance on pediatric health care and (3) improving the quality of care and outcomes for high risk children including impoverished children, and those with chronic medical or psychosocial problems.

Dr. Szilagyi's directs one of the leading childhood immunization research centers in the nation. Studies include measuring the burden of vaccine-preventable diseases, studying new vaccines and their impact on health, adolescent immunization delivery, influenza vaccination, and strategies to improve immunization rates for impoverished children, adolescents, and adults. His studies of the uninsured and the impact of health insurance on children helped lead to the national implementation of the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), and his recent evaluations of SCHIP have contributed to major health policy improvements for children. Multidisciplinary studies led by Dr. Szilagyi and colleagues have involved improving the care of urban children with asthma in both primary care and community settings, enhancing the detection and management of post-partum depression in primary care, improving the quality of care and health outcomes of children in foster care, and studies of the natural history, detection and management of childhood obesity. He is one of the medical center's leaders of the Clinical Translational Science Institute (CTSI) funded by an NIH CTSA grant, serving as co-leader of the practice-based research network program, a leader within the Community Engagement component, and a member of the Mentoring Committee.

Dr. Szilagyi is the author of more than 150 peer-reviewed manuscripts, numerous chapters and invited papers, and is the pediatric editor of several textbooks- the Bates Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking, the Merck Manual, the Merck Home Edition, and the Merck Manual of Children's Health. He spends substantial time each week mentoring faculty and fellows, directs the General Academic Pediatric Fellowship Program, and is the 2006 recipient of the University of Rochester's School of Medicine faculty mentoring award.

Specialty

General Pediatrics

Current Appointments

• Professor - Department of Pediatrics (SMD)
• Professor - Department of Community and Preventive Medicine (SMD)

Education
MPH Public Health	University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry	1987
MD Medicine	University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry	1981
BA Psychology	Dartmouth College	1977

Post-Doctoral Training & Residency
Senior Chief Resident in Pediatrics, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, NY	1984 - 1984
Residency in Pediatrics, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, NY	1981 - 1984

Fellowship Awards
General Pediatrics Academic Fellowship, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation	1985 - 1987

Board Certifications
American Board of Pediatrics	1987 - Present

Recent Journal Articles
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Yu H.; Dick A.; Szilagyi PG. "Public Insurance: Better Financial Protection or Different Level of Service Utilization?: Financial Protection and Level of Service Utilization". Medical Care 47(2) (2009): 268.
Lande MB; Adams H; Falkner B; Waldstein SR; Schwartz GJ; Szilagyi PG; Wang H; Palumbo D. "Parental assessments of internalizing and externalizing behavior and executive function in children with primary hypertension." The Journal of pediatrics. 2009; 154(2):207-12. Epub 2008 Sep 27.
Miller EK; Edwards KM; Weinberg GA; Iwane MK; Griffin MR; Hall CB; Zhu Y; Szilagyi PG; Morin LL; Heil LH; Lu X; Williams JV; . "A novel group of rhinoviruses is associated with asthma hospitalizations." The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology. 2009; 123(1):98-104.e1. Epub 2008 Nov 22.
Weinberg GA; Hall CB; Iwane MK; Poehling KA; Edwards KM; Griffin MR; Staat MA; Curns AT; Erdman DD; Szilagyi PG; . "Parainfluenza Virus Infection of Young Children: Estimates of the Population-Based Burden of Hospitalization." The Journal of pediatrics. 2009; Epub 2009 Jan 19.
Hall CB; Weinberg GA; Iwane MK; Blumkin AK; Edwards KM; Staat MA; Auinger P; Griffin MR; Poehling KA; Erdman D; Grijalva CG; Zhu Y; Szilagyi P. "The burden of respiratory syncytial virus infection in young children." The New England journal of medicine. 2009; 360(6):588-98.