Ben Sanders, M.D., M.S.P.H., M.S. (he/him)

  • Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Division of General Pediatrics, School of Medicine

Biography

Ben Sanders graduated from the UNC Chapel Hill School of Medicine in 2004 and from the School of Public Health master’s program the same year. He completed his Pediatric residency in Rochester, New York. In 2010 he joined St. Christophers Hospital for Children in Philadelphia. He taught primary care there and cared for Children with Special Healthcare Needs. He played an important role in outpatient EHR implementation and became their main outpatient informaticist. In 2018, he joined DMICE as a National Library of Medicine Post-Doctoral Research Fellow and began caring for children and teaching residents in the Department of Pediatrics. In 2021, he joined the Division of General Pediatrics as Assistant Professor. His goal is to improve pediatric primary care using informatics, especially screening, referral, evaluation, and treatment of developmental disabilities including Autism.

Education and training

  • Degrees

    • B.A., 1998, Oberlin College
    • M.S.P.H., 2004, UNC Chapel Hill School of Public Health, Dept Maternal & Child Health
    • M.D., 2004, UNC Chapel Hill School of Medicine
    • M.S., 2020, Oregon Health & Science University, Dept Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology

  • Residency

    • Pediatric Residency, Golisano Children's Hospital at University of Rochester Medical Center, 2008

  • Certifications

    • Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics
    • Board Certified Pediatrician, American Board of Pediatrics
    • Board Certified Clinical Informatics, American Board of Preventive Medicine

Memberships and associations:

  • American Medical Informatics Association
  • American Academy of Pediatrics
  • Council on Children and Information Technology, American Academy of Pediatrics
  • Academic Pediatric Association
  • Society for Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics

Areas of interest

  • Developmental Screening, Pediatric Primary Care, Resident Education, Early Intervention and Early Childhood Special Education, Early Childhood Data Integration

Additional information

Publications

Elsevier pure profile

Selected publications

  • Kopstick AJ, Sanders BW, Felmet K, Yarris LM, Kelly SP. “It’s kind of a rite of passage”: an exploration into residents’ experience of learning in a critical care setting. J Grad Med Educ. 2024;16(6):701-712. doi: 10.4300/JGME-D-24-00415.1.
  • Zuckerman KE, Morales Santos Y, Rivas Vazquez LA, Fuchu P, Broder-Fingert S, Dolata JK, Bedrick S, Fernandez J, Fombonne E, Sanders BW. Provider Perspectives on Equity in Use of Mobile Health Autism Screening and Assessment Tools. Autism. 2024 Aug;28(8):1947-1958. doi: 10.1177/13623613231215399.
  • Sanders BW, Bedrick S, Broder-Fingert S, Brown SA, Dolata JK, Fombonne E, et al. Mobile and online consumer tools to screen for autism do not promote equity. Autism. 2023 Apr;27(3):714-722. doi: 10.1177/13623613221114280.
  • Sanders BW, Zuckerman KE, Ash JS, Kopstick AJ, Rivas Vazquez L, Gorman PN. Early Intervention Referral Information, Transmission, and Sources—A Survey of State Part C Coordinators and Analysis of Referral Forms. Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics. 2022 Apr;43(3):e153-e161. doi: 10.1097/dbp.0000000000001004.
  • Kopstick AJ, Sanders BW, Yarris LM, Kelly SP. Preparing for the PICU: A Qualitative Study of Residents as They Prepare for Their First Pediatric Critical Care Rotation. J Pediatr Intensive Care. 2021 Jul;12(3);210-218. doi: 10.1055/s-0041-1731431.
  • Hoekstra CJ, Ash JS, Steckler NA, Becton JR, Sanders BW, Mishra M, Gorman PN. Priorities of hybrid clinician-managers: A qualitative study of how managers balance clinical quality among competing responsibilities. Phys Ther 2021 Feb 4;pzab048. doi: 10.1093/ptj/pzab048.
  • Stroup K, Sanders BW, Bernstein B, Scherzer L, Pachter LM. A New EHR Training Curriculum and Assessment for Pediatric Residents. Appl Clin Inform 2017 8 4: 994-1002. doi: 10.4338/ACI-2017-06-RA-0091.
  • White Specks in the Hair. BW Sanders and HB Kersten. In: Visual Diagnosis and Treatment in Pediatrics, 3rd Ed. EK Chung, Editor. Wolters Kluwer Health, 2015.