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Nathaniel D. Bayer, M.D.

Nathaniel D. Bayer, M.D.

Pediatrics, Pediatric Hospital Medicine

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Dr. Nathaniel Bayer is committed to delivering comprehensive, high-quality care to hospitalized children and their families. He is also a dedicated researcher, working to improve family-centered care and caregiver health by enhancing caregiver peer and emotional support. One of his primary passions...
Dr. Nathaniel Bayer is committed to delivering comprehensive, high-quality care to hospitalized children and their families. He is also a dedicated researcher, working to improve family-centered care and caregiver health by enhancing caregiver peer and emotional support. One of his primary passions is taking care of children with complex medical problems who require extensive family support, coordination, and partnership across multiple sub-specialties and care systems.

Faculty Appointments

Assistant Professor - Department of Pediatrics, Pediatric Hospitalist (SMD)

Credentials

Residency & Fellowship

Residency, Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. 2016 - 2018

Internship, Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. 2015 - 2016

Education

MD | University of Rochester School of Medicine/Dentistry. 2015

Awards

KL2 Career Development Award. 2022 - 2025

University Research Award. 2022 - 2024

Young Investigator Award. 2022

Outstanding Faculty Teaching Award. 2019 - 2020

Outstanding Team, Annual Institute for Innovative Education Team-Based Care Symposium. 2019 - 2020

ICARE Bronze Star. 2019 - 2021

Back to Bedside Initiative Awardee Grant Awardee. 2017 - 2019

The Robert J. Haggerty Prize in Pediatrics. 2015

Alpha Omega Alpha. 2015

Medical Humanities Grant Awardee. 2011 - 2014

Research

Dr. Nathaniel Bayer's research goal is to enhance caregiver adaptation to improve the health of caregivers and children with medical complexity. He seeks to understand the health of children with complex medical problems, including children with intellectual and developmental disabilities, from a fa...
Dr. Nathaniel Bayer's research goal is to enhance caregiver adaptation to improve the health of caregivers and children with medical complexity. He seeks to understand the health of children with complex medical problems, including children with intellectual and developmental disabilities, from a family context. He is studying the family, community, and health system factors that support caregiver and children’s quality of life and wellbeing. He is committed to incorporating humanistic and biopsychosocial principles into his research efforts. He is currently developing and testing a caregiver peer and emotional support intervention to improve caregiver well-being.

Clinical Trials

Enhancing Adaptation for Caregivers of Infants with Medical Complexity: A Caregiver Peer Support Intervention

Lead Researcher: Nathaniel Bayer

We are starting peer and emotional support group sessions for caregivers of infants with medical complexity. We are looking for interested parents and caregivers to participate in our research and share their experience and perspective. A child with ...

Publications

Journal Articles

Coping Factors for Caregivers of Children With Medical Complexity During Hospitalization.

Krieg KD, Nooraie RY, Favella M, Iadarola S, Kuo DZ, O'Connor TG, Petrenko CLM, Bayer ND

Hospital pediatrics.. 2023 November 16 Epub 11/16/2023.

Putting the Mix in Mixed Methods Research.

Jenkins AM, Bayer ND, Yousefi Nooraie R, Fiscella K

Hospital pediatrics.. 2023 November 9 Epub 11/09/2023.

A National Profile of Families and Caregivers of Children with Disabilities and/or Medical Complexity.

Yu JA, Bayer ND, Beach SR, Kuo DZ, Houtrow AJ

Academic pediatrics.. 2022 August 21 Epub 08/21/2022.

Trends in Health Care Use and Spending for Young Children With Neurologic Impairment.

Bayer ND, Hall M, Li Y, Feinstein JA, Thomson J, Berry JG

Pediatrics.. 2021 December 3 Epub 12/03/2021.

Improving the Timing of Laboratory Studies in Hospitalized Children: A Quality Improvement Study.

Ramazani SN, Gottfried JA, Kaissi M, Lynn J, Leonard MS, Schriefer J, Bayer ND,

Hospital pediatrics.. 2021 June 22 Epub 06/22/2021.

A National Mental Health Profile of Parents of Children With Medical Complexity.

Bayer ND, Wang H, Yu JA, Kuo DZ, Halterman JS, Li Y

Pediatrics.. 2021 June 21 Epub 06/21/2021.

Pediatric Surgery Rounding Checklists: A Narrative Review Through a Quality Improvement Lens

Bawany, F; Bayer, ND; Foito, T; Gleason, CL; Michels, JA; Philip, SS; Pulhamus, M; Wakeman, DS; Schriefer, J.

Journal of Pediatric Surgical Nursing. 2021; .

Enhancing Residents' Warmth in Greeting Caregivers: An Inpatient Intervention to Improve Family-Centered Communication.

Bayer ND, Taylor A, Atabek Z, Santolaya JL, Bamat TW, Washington N

Journal for healthcare quality : official publication of the National Association for Healthcare Quality.. 2021 43 (3):183-193. Epub 1900 01 01.

The Value of Family Advisors as Coleaders in Pediatric Quality Improvement Efforts: A Qualitative Theme Analysis.

Ramazani S, Bayer ND, Gottfried JA, Wagner J, Leonard MS, Lynn J, Schriefer J

Journal of patient experience.. 2020 December 7 (6):1708-1714. Epub 07/10/2020.

Pediatric Residents' Sense of Meaning in their Work: Is This Value Related to Higher Specialty Satisfaction and Reduced Burnout?

Bayer ND, Taylor A, Fallon A, Wang H, Santolaya JL, Bamat TW, Washington N

Academic pediatrics.. 2020 October 27 Epub 10/27/2020.

Should We Call You Mom and Dad? Caregiver Preferences and Pediatric Physician and Nurse Manner in Greetings.

Bayer ND, Taylor A, Atabek Z, Santolaya J, Bamat TW, Washington N

Hospital pediatrics.. 2019 November 12 Epub 11/12/2019.

Small Steps to Address Medical Resident Burnout.

Bayer ND, Capucilli PS

JAMA pediatrics.. 2018 February 1172 (2):113-114. Epub 1900 01 01.

Association of metabolic syndrome with development of new-onset diabetes after transplantation.

Bayer ND, Cochetti PT, Anil Kumar MS, Teal V, Huan Y, Doria C, Bloom RD, Rosas SE

Transplantation.. 2010 October 2790 (8):861-6. Epub 1900 01 01.

Books

Talk, Think, Feel: Perspectives of Doctors, Children with Cancer, and Their Families (2015)

Authors: Bayer, Nathaniel

Publisher: Self-published via CreateSpace, Amazon.com, https://www.amazon.com/dp/1514193795/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_RAd3Db184SG18 2015