Julia Shaklee Sammons, MD, MSCE , MSCE
Areas of expertise: Prevention of healthcare-associated infections, Epidemiology of pediatric C. difficile infection, Change management and implementation of quality improvement initiatives
About Julia Shaklee Sammons, MD, MSCE
Titles
Attending Physician
Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Certifications
Pediatric Infectious Diseases – American Board of Pediatrics
Pediatrics – American Board of Pediatrics
Awards and Honors
2018, Physician Partnering Award for Outstanding Accomplishments as a Nursing Partner, CHOP
2018, Accelerated Leadership Experience Selectee, CHOP
2015, Patient Safety Executive Development Program, Institute for Healthcare Improvement
2014 Healthcare Leadership Program, CHOP Leadership Institute
2013 Change Management Practitioner Certification
2012 Trainee Award, IDWeek 2012, Combined Meeting: Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)/ Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA)
2012 Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) Jonathan Freeman Scholarship Recipient
2009 Senior Resident Teaching Award, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
2006 Amos Christie Award in Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
2006 Award for Excellence in Infectious Diseases, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
2006 Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) Honor Medical Society
2006 Janet M. Glasgow Memorial Achievement Citation, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
2004 Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) Kass Award
2003 Amos Christie Pediatric Society Scholar
2000 Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society
Leadership and Memberships
Memberships in Professional Organizations
2018-present, Solutions for Patient Safety Collaborative, Atlantic Region
- 2018-present, Steering Committee
2016-present, Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology
2009-present, Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA)
- 2016-present, Pediatric Leadership Council
2009-present, Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (PIDS)
- 2019-present, Awards and Nominations Committee Elected Member
- 2018-present, Communications Committee
2009-present, Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)
2006-Present American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
Editorial and Academic Positions
Editorial Positions
2013-present, Reviewer, New England Journal of Medicine
2013-present, Reviewer, Clinical Infectious Diseases
2012-present, Reviewer, Pediatric Emergency Care
2012-present, Reviewer, Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society
Academic and Institutional Committees
2018-present, Physician Sponsor, Breakthrough Leadership Initiative
2018-present, Housestaff Quality and Safety Council
2017-present, Physician and Nurse Operational Leaders Meeting
2015-present, Chair, Bioresponse Steering Committee
2015-present, Program Leader, Harm Prevention Program
2014-present, Chair, Ebola Task Force
2014-present, Milk Bank Advisory Board
2014-present, Children's Hospital Solutions for Patient Safety (CHSPS) Steering Committee Meeting
2013-present, Chair, Preventing Health Care-Associated Infections Steering Committee
2013-present, Chair, Infection Prevention and Control Committee
Education & training
Graduate Degree
Master of Science in Clinical Epidemiology (MSCE) - University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Medical Degree
MD - Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Internship
Pediatrics - The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Residency
Pediatrics - The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Fellowship
Pediatric Infectious Diseases - The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Publications
Publications
2019
Roberts AL, Sammons JS, Thomas NJ, Yehya N: Specific Viral Etiologies are Associated with Outcomes in Pediatric Acute Respiratory Syndrome. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2019 Jun 19. doi: 10.1097/PCC.0000000000002008. [Epub ahead of print]
Sammons JS, Graf EH, Townsend S, Hoegg CL, Smathers SA, Coffin SE, Williams K, Mitchell SL, Nawab U, Munson D, Quinn G, Binenbaum G: Outbreak of adenovirus in a neonatal intensive care unit: critical importance of equipment cleaning during inpatient ophthalmologic examinations Ophthalmology 126(1): 137-143, Jan 2019.
Karandikar MV, Coffin SE, Priebe GP, Sandora TJ, Logan LK, Larsen GY, Toltzis P, Gray JE, Klompas M, Sammons JS, Harper MB, Horan K, Lakoma M, Cocoros NM and Lee GM: Variability in antimicrobial use in pediatric ventilator-associated events. Infect Contr Hosp Epidemiol 40: 32-39, January 2019.
2018
Hei H, Bezpalko O, Smathers SA, Coffin SE, Sammons JS: Development of a Novel Prevention Bundle for Pediatric Healthcare-associated Viral Infections Infect Contr Hosp Epidemiol 39(9): 1086-1092, September 2018.
2017
Vaughan A, Ross R, Gilman M, Satchell L, Ditaranto S, Reilly A, Kersun L, Shanahan A, Coffin S, Sammons JS: Mucosal Barrier Injury Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infections: what is the impact of standard prevention bundles? Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology 38(11): 1385-1387, November 2017.
Cocoros NM, Priebe G, Gray JE, Toltzis P, Larsen GY, Logan L, Coffin S, Sammons JS, Deakins K, Horan K, Lakoma M, Young J, Burton M, Klompas M, Lee GM: Factors associated with pediatric ventilator-associated conditions in 6 U.S. hospitals: A nested case-control study. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 18(11): e536-e545, November 2017.
Noelle M. Cocoros, DSc, MPH, Gregory P. Priebe, MD, Latania K. Logan, MD, Susan Coffin, MD, MPH, Gitte Larsen, MD, MPH, Philip Toltzis, MD, Thomas J. Sandora, MD, MPH, Marvin Harper, MD , Julia S. Sammons, MD, MSCE, James E. Gray, MD, Don Goldmanng, Kelly Horan, MPH, Michael Burton, BS, Paul A. Checchia, MD, Matthew Lakoma, MPH, Shannon Sims, MD, PhD , Michael Klompas, MD, MPH, Grace M. Lee, MD, MPH, on behalf of the Pediatric VAC Study Team: A Pediatric Approach to Ventilator-Associated Events Surveillance. Infect Contr Hosp Epidemiol 38(3): 327-33, March 2017.
2016
Horton DB, Strom BL, Putt ME, Rose CD, Sherry DD, and Sammons JS: The epidemiology of Clostridium difficile infection-associated reactive arthritis (CDIAReA) in children. JAMA Pediatrics 5(170), Jul 2016.
Vendetti N, Gerber JS, Sammons JS, Fisher BT, Zaoutis TE, Coffin SE: Administration of Palivizumab in the NICU. Hosp Pediatr 6(6): 354-8, Jun 2016.
Nayar V, Kennedy A, Pappas J, Atchley KD, Field C, Smathers S, Teszner EE, Sammons JS, Coffin SE, Gerber JS, Spray TL, Steven JM, Bell LM, Forrer J, Gonzalez F, Nieczpiel WJ, Chi A, Gaynor JW: Improving Cardiac Surgical Site Infection Diagnosis, Adjudication and Reporting By Using Registry Data for Case Ascertainment. Annals of Thoracic Surgery 101(1): 190-9, January 2016.
Cocoros NM, Kleinman K, Priebe GP, Gray JE, Logan LK, Larsen G, Sammons J, Toltzis P, Miroshnik I, Horan K, Burton M, Sims S, Harper M, Coffin S, Sandora TJ, Hocevar SN, Checchia PA, Klompas M, Lee GM; Pediatric Ventilator-Associated Conditions Study Team.: Ventilator Associated Events in Neonates and Children - A New Paradigm. Critical Care Medicine 44(1): 14-22, January 2016.
2015
Szymczak J, Smathers SA, Hoegg CL, Klieger S, Sammons JS: Reasons Why Physicians and Advanced Practice Clinicians Work While Sick: A Mixed Methods Analysis. JAMA Pediatr 169(9): 815-21, 2015.
Klieger SB, Fitzgerald JC, Weiss SL, Balamuth F, Teszner E, Sammons JS, Coffin SE, for the CDC Prevention Epicenter Program: Pediatric Severe Sepsis/Septic Shock Associated with Healthcare-Associated Infections. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 16: 1-3, Dec 2015.
Farrell L, Gilman M, Teszner E, Coffin SE, Sammons JS: Present or Absent on Admission: Impact of Change in National Healthcare Safety Network Surveillance Definitions. Am J Infect Control 43(10): 1128-30, 2015.
Vendetti N, Zaoutis TE, Coffin, SE, Sammons JS: Risk Factors for In-Hospital Mortality among a Cohort of Children with Clostridium difficile Infection Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 36(10): 1183-1189, July 2015 Notes: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/ice.2015.152.
Bender JM, Virgalito M, Newland JG, Sammons JS, Thorell EA, Coffin SE, Pavia AT, Sandora TJ, Hersh AL: Infection Prevention and Control Practices in Children's Hospitals. Infect Control Hospital Epidemiol 36(5): 597-600, May 2015.
2014
Davis KF, Colebaugh AM, Eithun B, Klieger SB, Meredith DJ, Plachter N, Sammons JS, Thompson A, Coffin SE: Reducing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections: A Quality-Improvement Initiative. Pediatrics 134(3): e857-64, 2014.
Fisher BT*, Sammons JS*, Li Y, de Blank P, Seif AE,Huang Y, Kavcic M, Klieger S, Harris T, Torp K, Rheam D, Shah A, Aplenc R: Variation in Risk of Hospital-Onset Clostridium difficile Infection Across β-Lactam Antibiotics in Children With New-Onset Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society doi: 10.1093/jpids/piu008, February 2014.
2013
Sammons JS,Gerber JS, Tamma PD, Sandora TJ, Beekmann SE,Polgreen PM, Hersh AL : Diagnosis and Management of Clostridium difficile Infection by Pediatric Infectious Diseases Physicians. The Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society October 2013 Notes: doi:10.1093/jpids/pit065
Sammons JS, Localio AR, Xiao R, Coffin SE, Zaoutis TE: Clostridium difficile Infection is associated with Increased Risk of Death and Prolonged Hospitalization in Children. Clinical Infectious Diseases 57(1): 1-8, March 2013.
Books
Chapters
2019
Huskins CW, Sammons JS, Coffin SE: Healthcare-associated Infections. Feigin and Cherry Textbook of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, 8th Edition Cherry JD, Harrison GJ, Kaplan SL, Steinbach WJ, Hotez PJ (eds.). Elsevier, Page: 2514-2542, 2019.
2018
Julia S. Sammons, Jeffrey S. Gerber: Clinical Syndromes of Device-Associated Infections. Principles and Practice of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, 5th edition. Sarah S Long, Charles G Prober, and Marc Fischer (eds.). Elsevier, Page: 600-612, 2018.
2015
Sammons JS, Coffin SE: Health Care-Associated Infections in the Nursery. Remington and Klein's Infectious Diseases of the Fetus and Newborn Infant, Eighth Edition. Christopher B. Wilson, Victor Nizet, Yvonne A. Maldonado, Jack S. Remington, and Jerome O. Klein (eds.). Elsevier Saunders, Page: 1111-1131, 2015.
Sammons JS: Parvovirus B19 (Erythema Infectiosum, Fifth Disease), Yersinia enterocolitica. The 5-minute Pediatric Consult, 7th Edition Cabana MD (eds.). Wolters Kluwer Page: 662-663; 1008-1009, 2015.
2014
Sammons JS: Ready or Not: Responding to Measles in the Postelimination Era. Annals of Internal Medicine 161(2): 145-6, 2014.
Huskins, CW; Sammons, JS; Coffin SE: Healthcare-Associated Infections. Feigin & Cherry Textbook of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, 7th Edition. Cherry JD, Harrison GJ, Kaplan SL, Steinbach WJ, Hotez PJ (eds.). Elsevier Saunders, 2: 3377-3419, 2014.
2013
Huskins, CW; Sammons, JS; Coffin SE: Healthcare-Associated Infections. Feigin & Cherry Textbook of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, 7th Edition. Elsevier, 2013.
Julia S. Sammons and Susan E. Coffin: Infection Control for Pediatric Hospitalists. Comprehensive Pediatric Hospital Medicine, Second Edition. Zaoutis L, Chiang V (eds.). McGraw-Hill, 2013.
Sammons JS, Coffin SE: Health Care-Associated Infections in the Nursery. Remington and Klein's Infectious Diseases of the Fetus and Newborn Infant, Eighth Edition. Christopher B. Wilson, Victor Nizet, Yvonne A. Maldonado, Jack S. Remington, and Jerome O. Klein (eds.). Elsevier, Philadelphia PA, 2013.
Sammons JS, Zaoutis TE: Clostridium difficile Colitis. Clinical Decision Support: Pediatrics McMillan JM, Barrett DJ, Boney CM, Jones MD (eds.). Decision Support in Medicine, LLC. Wilmington, DE, 2013.
2012
Shaklee JF: Parvovirus B19 (Erythema Infectiosum, Fifth Disease), Yersinia enterocolitica. The Five Minute Pediatric Consult, Sixth Edition. Schwartz, M.W (eds.). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. Philadelphia, PA, 2012.