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Amanda Kosack, MD, FAAP

Assistant Clinical Professor

Dr. Amanda Kosack is an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA (DGSOM). She received her undergraduate degree in Biology and Psychology at Barnard College of Columbia University. She completed her medical training at David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, and her general pediatrics residency at UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital. She is currently a pediatric hospitalist at UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital and Santa Monica Medical Center. 

She is currently an Educator for Excellence and serves as faculty for the Foundations of Practice course. She is the pediatric clerkship site director at UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital and the pediatric hospitalist subI director. She serves as Chair of the Santa Monica Patient Family Centered Care Committee and the co-chair of the UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital Patient Family Centered Care Committee and. She serves as the faculty advisor for the UCLA Undergraduate Premedical Undergraduate Learning Through Shadowing Experience (PULSE) Program.

Her interests include educating and advising medical student, resident, and premed undergraduate education. During her time as a pediatric hospitalist attending she has dedicated her research to patient and family centered care. She has optimized family-centered bedside rounds for a multidisciplinary team in the hospital. Her other interests including improving communication with Spanish speaking families and quality improvement in the pediatric inpatient setting. 

Though she is from New York, she moved to Los Angeles for medical school and has stayed here since that time. As an alumna of DGSOM, she enjoys working with the current students and continuing to improve the curriculum and clinical experiences. She also is dedicated to her work with the premed undergraduate UCLA students to create opportunities to learn about multiple aspects of the healthcare system.


Education & Training

  • Undergraduate – Barnard College of Columbia University
  • Medical – DGSOM
  • Pediatrics Residency – UCLA

Positions

  • Educator for Excellence
  • Pediatrics Clerkship Site Director at UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital
  • Pediatrics Hospitalist Sub-I Director at UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital and Santa Monica Medical Center
  • Assessment for Internship Committee Member, Pediatric Course Co-Chair
  • UCLA Santa Monica Pediatrics Patient Family Centered Care Committee Chair
  • UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital Patient Family Centered Care Committee Co-Chair
  • UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital Parent Advisory Council Member
  • Faculty Chair of Premedical Undergraduate Learning Through Shadowing Experience

Teaching

  • Attending Physician UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital and Santa Monica Medical Center teaching with residents, medical students
  • Faculty Instructor for Premedical Undergraduate Learning Through Shadowing Experience Program

Current Research & Scholarly Interest

  • Promoting Health Equity Through Use of Simultaneous Interpretation on Pediatric Family-Centered Bedside Rounds for Spanish-Speaking Patients and Their Families 
  • Perspectives of Spanish Interpreters that perform Simultaneous Interpretation during Pediatric Family-Centered Rounds 
  • Improving Access to Pediatric Family-Centered Rounds during COVID-19 and beyond for Spanish Speaking Families
  • Safe Sleep on Inpatient Pediatrics 
  • Creation of Longitudinal Curriculum for Fourth Year Pediatric Medical Students 
  • Implementation of Pediatric Passport for Patients with Complex Chronic Conditions

Publications

  • Kosack A, Riedel E, Kieh TE, Small TN, Wexler LH, Dunkel IJ. Vancomycin-resistant enterococcus in pediatric oncology patients: An analysis of potential consequences of colonization and infection. Pediatric Blood and Cancer. 2009 Feb;52(2):300-2.
  • Crummey A, Kulkarni D, Kosack A, Heath J. An Educational Intervention to Improve Inpatient Documentation of High-Risk Diagnoses by Pediatric Residents. Brief Report. Hospital Pediatrics. Jul 2018, 8(7) 430-435.
  • Williams B, Marbin J, Huang M, Kosack A, Garrell C, Gribben V, Ross J, Shaikh U, Tebb K. “A Comparison of Attitudes and Practice between Pediatric Nurses and Respiratory Therapists in Addressing Tobacco Smoke Exposure during an Inpatient Pediatric Hospital Stay." Pediatrics Section on Tobacco Control, Volume 144/Issue 2
  • Marbin J, Tebb K, Garell C, Kenyon R, Williams B, Shaikh U, Kosack A, Nelson-Purdy C. “Assessing the impact of the Clinical Effort Against Secondhand Smoke Exposure (CEASE) Training among University of California Pediatric Residents.” Pediatrics Section on Tobacco Control, Volume 144/Issue 2
  • Kosack A, Lloyd J, Carson S, Lerner C, Bravo Montenegro E. Lost in Translation. (2019) Vizient Supplement to the American Journal of Medical Quality (AJMQ).
  • Williams BS, Smith SS, Marbin JN, Huang MZ, Garell CL, Kosack A, Shaikh U, Tebb KP, Fiore MC. Addressing Environmental Smoke Exposure During Pediatric Hospitalization: Attitudes and Practices of Pediatric Nurses Versus Respiratory Therapists. Respir Care. 2021 Feb;66(2):275-280. doi: 10.4187/respcare.08038. Epub 2020 Sep 22. PMID: 32962999.

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