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Cynthia M. Rand, M.D., M.P.H.

(Pronouns: she/her/hers)

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Appointment: (585) 275-2821

Office: (585) 275-9316

URMFGA member of the University of Rochester Medical Faculty Group

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assignmentNot Accepting New Patients

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Pediatrics

Biography

Dr. Rand is a general pediatrician and health services researcher who focuses on providing preventive care to pediatric patients in Rochester. Her interests include adolescent preventive care and immunization delivery, as well as quality improvement.

Professional Background

Dr. Rand is a health services researcher who focuses on improving preventive services and delivery of immunization for urban adolescents. Dr. Rand assists with implementation of the Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) initiative in the Strong Pediatric Practice and also teaches resident training in QI at URMC, giving workshops and assisting residents with QI projects.

Dr. Rand also serves as a teacher and mentor to residents in the pediatric continuity clinic, and is Co-Director of the General Academic Pediatrics Fellowship at the University of Rochester.

Research

Dr. Rand is a general academic pediatrician and health services researcher at the University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry, where she co-directs of the Academic General Pediatrics Fellowship. Her research experience combines expertise in adolescent immunization and preventive services delivery, quality improvement, and health informatics. She has been funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine (SAHM), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and NIH to improve immunization rates for adolescents. She was recently Co-PI of a multi-center project, funded by the CDC, to improve HPV vaccination rates using QI methods in residency clinics and private practices nationwide. Over 250 practices participated in the project and made significant improvements in HPV immunization rates. In addition, she supervises residents and sees her own patients in a busy pediatric continuity clinic which provides the context for her translational research.

Dr. Rand is involved nationally in the American Cancer Society HPV Vaccine Roundtable, and recently served as co-chair of the New York State HPV Vaccine Coalition.

Credentials

Specialties

    Education

    1999
    MD | SUNY Health Science Center-Stony Brook (USA)

    Post-doctoral Training & Residency

    07/01/2000 - 06/30/2002
    Residency in Pediatrics at Penn State Milton S Hershey Medical Center

    07/01/1999 - 06/30/2000
    Internship in Pediatrics at Penn State Milton S Hershey Medical Center

    Awards

    2003 - 2004
    William L. Bradford Fellowship Award
    Sponsor: Strong Children's Research Center

    1994
    Hewlett Packard Research Award
    Sponsor: WPI

    1993
    Robert H. Goddard Fellowship
    Sponsor: WPI

    1993
    H. Samuel Slater Award for Romance Languages
    Sponsor: Hamilton College

    1991
    Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude, Honors in Mathematics
    Sponsor: Hamilton College

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    Publications

    Journal Articles

    4/2023
    Rand CM, Olson-Chen C. "Maternal Vaccination and Vaccine Hesitancy." Pediatric clinics of North America.. 2023 Apr; 70(2):259-269.

    10/31/2022
    Humiston SG, Szilagyi PG, Bender RG, Breck A, Albertin CS, Clark D, Rand CM. "Perspectives on Maternal Vaccination from Obstetrical Clinicians: A Qualitative Multi-site Study." Maternal and child health journal.. 2022 Oct 31; Epub 2022 Oct 31.

    10/7/2022
    Fiks AG, Hannan C, Localio R, Kelly MK, Stephens-Shields AJ, Grundmeier RW, Shone LP, Steffes J, Breck A, Wright M, Rand CM, Albertin C, Humiston SG, McFarland G, Abney DE, Szilagyi PG. "HPV Vaccinations at Acute Visits and Subsequent Adolescent Preventive Visits." Pediatrics.. 2022 Oct 7; Epub 2022 Oct 07.

    Books & Chapters

    2016
    Chapter Title: Immunizations
    Book Title: Textbook of Pediatrics
    Author List: Humiston SG, Atkinson WL, Rand CM, Szilagyi PG
    Edited By: TK, Adam HM, Campbell DE, DeWitt, TG, Meschan Foy, J, Kamat DM, Kelleher KJ
    Published By: American Academy of Pediatrics 2016

    2010
    Chapter Title: Anticipatory Guidance
    Book Title: AAP Textbook of Adolescent Health
    Author List: Pakpreo, P, and Rand, CM
    Edited By: Martin Fisher, Elizabeth Alderman, Richard Kreipe, Walter Rosenfeld
    Published By: American Academy of Pediatrics 2010

    2009
    Chapter Title: Immunizations
    Book Title: Textbook of Pediatrics
    Author List: Humiston SG, Atkinson WL, Rand CM, Szilagyi PG
    Edited By: McInerny TK, Adam HM, Campbell DE, Kamat DM, Kelleher KJ
    Published By: American Academy of Pediatrics 2009

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