KatherineASpargerMDFAAP(She/Her)

Pediatrics • Boston, MA

Neonatology

Neonatologist, Massachusetts General Hospital Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

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Office
175 Cambridge Street
5th floor, room 590
Boston, MA 02114
Phone+1 617-726-8259
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Education & Training

Children's Hospital/Boston Medical CenterFellowship, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, 2010 - 2013
Children's Hospital/Boston Medical CenterChief Residency, Pediatrics, 2009 - 2010
Children's Hospital/Boston Medical CenterResidency, Pediatrics, 2007 - 2009
Children's Hospital/Boston Medical CenterInternship, Pediatrics, 2006 - 2007
University of Chicago Division of the Biological Sciences The Pritzker School of MedicineClass of 2006

Certifications & Licensure

MA State Medical License 2008 - 2025
ME State Medical License 2014 - 2025
NH State Medical License 2014 - 2024
American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics
American Board of Pediatrics Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Development and validity evidence for the resident-led large group teaching assessment instrument in the United States: a methodological study.
Ariel Shana Frey-Vogel, Kristina Dzara, Kimberly Anne Gifford, Yoon Soo Park, Justin Berk, Allison Heinly, Darcy Wolcott, Daniel Adam Hall, Shannon Elliott Scott-Verna...> ;Journal of Educational Evaluation for Health Professions. 2024 Jan 1
9 citations
Necrotizing Enterocolitis in Neonates With Hyperinsulinemic Hypoglycemia Treated With Diazoxide.
Madeline L. Keyes, Helen Healy, Katherine A. Sparger, Lucas E. Orth, Mayya Geha, Sergei Roumiantsev, Juan D. Matute> ;Pediatrics. 2021 Feb 1
Case 13-2021: A Newborn Girl with a Neck Mass.
Dorit Koren, Katherine A. Sparger, Randheer Shailam, Peter M. Sadow> ;The New England Journal of Medicine. 2021 Apr 28
Taking the Pulse on Pediatric Simulation: A National Survey of Pediatric Residency Programs' Simulation Practices and Challenges.
Ariel Frey-Vogel, Amanda Rogers, Katherine A. Sparger, Renuka Mehta, Dipti Mirchandani-Shah, Karen Mangold, Diana Mitchell, Amy Wood> ;Pediatric Emergency Care. 2020 Jan 21
3 citations
Case 4-2018: A Newborn with Thrombocytopenia, Cataracts, and Hepatosplenomegaly
Robert S. Baltimore, Katherine Nimkin, Katherine A. Sparger, Virginia M. Pierce, Stanley A. Plotkin> ;The New England Journal of Medicine. 2018 Feb 7
42 citations
Platelet Transfusion Practices Among Very-Low-Birth-Weight Infants
Katherine A. Sparger, Susan F. Assmann, Suzanne Granger, Abigail B. Winston, Robert D. Christensen, John A. Widness, Cassandra D. Josephson, Sean R. Stowell, Matthew A...> ;JAMA Pediatrics. 2016 Jul 1
14 citations
Developmental differences between newborn and adult mice in response to romiplostim
Katherine A. Sparger, Haley E. Ramsey, Viola Lorenz, Zhi-Jian Liu, Henry A. Feldman, Nan Li, Tahirih Laforest, Martha Sola-Visner> ;Platelets. 2018 May 19
19 citations
Platelet Transfusions in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
Katherine A. Sparger, Emoke Deschmann, Martha Sola-Visner> ;Clinics in Perinatology. 2015 Sep 1
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Professional Memberships

American Academy of Pediatrics - AAP
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Massachusetts Medical Society - MMS
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Hospital Affiliations

Boston Children's HospitalBoston, Massachusetts
Emerson HospitalConcord, Massachusetts
Martha's Vineyard HospitalOak Bluffs, Massachusetts
Massachusetts General HospitalBoston, Massachusetts
Newton-Wellesley HospitalNewton Lower Falls, Massachusetts
Mount Auburn HospitalCambridge, Massachusetts