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Despina Contopoulos-Ioannidis, MD, Pediatric Infectious Disease, Palo Alto, CA, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford

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Pediatric Infectious Disease • Palo Alto, CA

Pediatric Infectious Diseases Consultant at Sutter Health, Palo Alto; Affiliate of METRICS (Meta Research Innovation Center at Stanford), Stanford; Pediatric Infectious Diseases Consultant at Acumen, LLC, Burlingame

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Summary

  • Pediatric Infectious Diseases specialist with expertise in the diagnosis, management and prevention of infectious diseases both in the immunocompetent and the immunocompromised host. Senior Clinical Research with ~100 peer-reviewed publications and more than 9000 citations in Google Scholar) and expertise in clinical research, evidence-based medicine (systematic reviews, meta-analysis, meta-research), evidence appraisal, evidence synthesis, guideline development, outcomes research, clinical epidemiology and clinical validation of novel diagnostics for infectious diseases. I have strong quantitative/and statistical analytical skills, and expertise in methodological study design, and use of Big Data. I have expertise in supervising and guiding medical students, young physicians, other health-care providers in clinical activities and clinical research scholarship projects. I have leadership role as principal investigator in several clinical research projects and leadership experience in guideline development and evidence dissemination. I have taught graduate courses at Stanford University on Evidence Based Medicine (EBM) and Infectious Diseases (ID) related topics; and clinical fellows, residents and medical students. I have been the leading consultant for the development of national guidelines on infectious diseases related topics. I am the leading author on several infectious diseases chapters for major Pediatric and Infectious Diseases textbooks and journal editor for peer reviewed journals. I am passionate about decreasing healthcare system inequalities through clinical practice, research and education.

Education & Training

  • University of Athens
    University of AthensClass of 1990

Certifications & Licensure

  • CA State Medical License
    CA State Medical License 2010 - 2026
  • DC State Medical License
    DC State Medical License 1996 - 2000
  • PA State Medical License
    PA State Medical License 1992 - 1993
  • American Board of Pediatrics Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Press Mentions

  • Child Health Research Institute Awards 26 Grants for 2017
    Child Health Research Institute Awards 26 Grants for 2017January 26th, 2017

Hospital Affiliations

Dr. Despina Contopoulos-Ioannidis, Dr. Despina Contopoulos-Ioannidis, MD, Dr. D Contopoulos-Ioannidis, Dr. Despina G Contopoulos-Ioannidis