John M Neff, MD

Professional History

Medical/Professional School:

Harvard Medical School, Boston

Residency:

Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Pediatrics

Fellowship:

Harvard Medical School, Boston, Infectious Disease

Clinical Interests:

Children with Special Needs

General Pediatrics

Research Focus Area:

Chronic Conditions / Special Health Care Needs
Epidemiology
Health Promotion and Disease Prevention

Description of Research:

My research focuses on identifying and classifying children with chronic conditions in health plan data and hospital discharge data with the intent to analyze healthcare utilization according to chronic condition complexity and severity.

Key Publications:

Feudtner, C., Villareale, N., Morray, B., Sharp, V., Hays, R., and Neff, J.: Technology-dependency among patients discharged from a children?s hospital: a retrospective cohort study. BioMed Central Pediatrics 5:8, 2005

Poland GA, Grabenstein JD, Neff JM.: The US smallpox vaccination program: a review of a large modern era smallpox vaccination implementation program. Vaccine. 2005; 23 (17-18): 2078-81

Neff, J.M., Sharp, V.L., Popalisky, J., Fitzgibbon, T. Using Medical Billing Data to Evaluate Chronically Ill Children Over Time. J. Ambulatory Care Management. 2006;29:283-290

Nell, P., Kohl K.S., Graham P.L., LaRussa P.S., Marcy s.M., Fulginiti V.A,. Martin B., Trolin I., Norton S. A., Neff J.M., and The Brighton Collaboration Vaccinia Virus Vaccine Adverse Event Working Group for Eczema Vaccinatum.: Eczema vaccinatum as an adverse event following exposure to vaccinia virus: Case definition and guidelines of data collection, analysis, and presentation of immunization safety data. Vaccine 2007; 25 (31) 5725-34

Neff J, Modlin J, Birkhead GS, Poland G, Robertson RM, Sepkowitz K, Yancy C, Gardner P, Gray GC, Maurer T, Siegel J, Guerra FA, Berger T, Flanders WD, Shope R Monitoring the Safety of Smallpox Vaccination Program in the United States: Report of the joint Smallpox Vaccine Safety Working Group of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) and the Armed Forces Epidemiological Board (AFEB). Supplement 3, Posteradication against Smallpox , Clinical Infectious Diseases 2008; 46(Suppl 3): S258-270

Chapman LE, Iskander JK, Chen RT for CDC with the Smallpox Vaccine Safety Working Group ? Neff J, Birkhead G, Poland G, Gray GC, Siegel J, Sepkowitz K, Robertson RM, Yancy C, Guerra FA, Gardner P, Modlin JF, Mauer T, Berger T, Flanders WD, Shope R. The United States Smallpox Vaccine Safety Sentinel Review Process. Supplement 3, Posteradication against Smallpox. Clinical Infectious Disaeses;46 (Suppl 3): S271-293

Neff J.M. Li, Y., Hagan P., Strategic Planning for Children with Chronic Conditions, A New Taxonomy for Identifying and Classifying Patients at Children?s Hospitals by Underlying Conditions: A New Taxonomy. Children?s Hospital Today, Winter 2008; 16:22-25

Neff J. M., Paid Family Leave for Parents of Chronically Ill Children. JAMA 2008;300:1080-1081 (to be published Sept 3, 2008)

Honors & Awards:

Epidemic Intelligence Service Award, CDC

USPHS on Complications of Smallpox Vaccination in the US 1966

American Academy of Pediatrics, Special Achievements Award for "Efforts to improve the care and services for Children with Special Needs"

Children's Alliance- Voices for Children Award, 2007

A Super Hero for Washington Families 2008, ParentMap April