Faculty
Jochen Profit, M.D., M.P.H.
Academic Appointments
- Assistant Professor of Pediatrics—Neonatology
- Department of Medicine, Section of Health Services Research
Clinical Titles
- Attending Neonatologist, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center & Texas Children’s Hospital
Board Certifications
- Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Professional History
- M.D., Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, 1997
- Pediatric Resident, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston MA, 1999–2002
- Clinical Fellow in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston MA, 2002–2005
- Fellow in Pediatric Health Services Research, Children’s Hospital, Boston MA, 2003–2005
- Master of Public Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, 2005
- Certificate, Intermountain Advanced Training Program in Health Care Delivery Improvement, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2008
Academic Interests
- Facilitating quality improvement in neonatal intensive care through comparative measurement of quality within and between institutions
- Evaluating health policy tools to facilitate quality improvement
- The role of safety culture and improving healthcare quality
Recent Publications
- Kowalkowski M, Gould JB, Bose C, Petersen LA, Profit J. Do practicing clinicians agree with expert ratings of neonatal intensive care unit quality measures? J Perinatol. 2012 Jan 12. doi: 10.1038/jp.2011.199. [Epub ahead of print]
- Petersen LA, Urech T, Simpson K, Pietz K, Hysong SJ, Profit J, Conrad D, Dudley RA, Lutschg MZ, Petzel R, Woodard LD. Design, rationale, and baseline characteristics of a cluster randomized controlled trial of pay for performance for hypertension treatment: study protocol. Implement Sci. 2011 Oct 3;6:114.
- Profit J, Cambric-Hargrove AJ, Tittle KO, Pietz K, Stark AR. Delayed pediatric office follow-up of newborns after birth hospitalization. Pediatrics. 2009 Aug;124(2):548-54. Epub 2009 Jul 27.
- Profit J, Etchegaray J, Petersen LA, Sexton JB, Hysong SJ, Mei M, Thomas EJ. Neonatal intensive care unit safety culture varies widely. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. 2011 Sep 19. [Epub ahead of print]
- Profit J, Etchegaray J, Petersen LA, Sexton JB, Hysong SJ, Mei M, Thomas EJ. The Safety Attitudes Questionnaire as a tool for benchmarking safety culture in the NICU. Arch Dis Child. 2011 Sep 18. [Epub ahead of print]
