Alisa Khan, MD, MPH

Director, Program for Language Equity, Department of Pediatrics; Pediatric Hospitalist, Hospital Medicine
Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School
Alisa Khan, MD, MPH
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Alisa Khan, MD, MPH

Director, Program for Language Equity, Department of Pediatrics; Pediatric Hospitalist, Hospital Medicine
Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School

Medical Services

Programs & Services
Language Equity
Pediatric Hospital Medicine
General Pediatrics
Pediatrics
Languages
English
Education
Undergraduate School
Harvard College
2005
Cambridge
MA
Medical School
University of Michigan Medical School
2009
Ann Arbor
MI
Internship
Johns Hopkins Children's Center
2010
Baltimore
MD
Residency
Johns Hopkins Children's Center
2012
Baltimore
MD
Fellowship
Academic Pediatric Division of General Pediatrics and Pediatric Health Services Research
Boston Children's Hospital
2014
Boston
MA
Graduate School
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
2014
Boston
MA
Certifications
American Board of Pediatrics (General)
American Board of Pediatrics (Pediatric Hospital Medicine)
Professional History

Dr. Khan is a pediatric hospitalist and health services researcher who studies interventions to improve family engagement in hospital communication and safety as well as language equity. Dr. Khan has led studies to improve family-centered rounds, family safety reporting, and patient safety. These include the AHRQ-funded I-SHARE (Patients and Families Improving Safety in Hospitals by Actively Reporting Experiences) Study (R01HS028930) and the PCORI-funded Patient and Family Centered I-PASS LISTEN (Language, Inclusion, Safety, and Teamwork for Equity Now) Study (AD-2021C3-24848). In February 2024, she was named the inaugural Director of the Program for Language Equity in the Division of General Pediatrics at Boston Children's Hospital. Her research has been published in the BMJ, JAMA Pediatrics, Pediatrics, and Academic Pediatrics.

Approach to Care
Regardless of the language they speak, patients and families, nurses, and physicians are equal partners in care who can work together to make care safer, better, and more equitable for all.

Publications

Engaging Families as True Partners During Hospitalization. View Abstract
Parent-Provider Miscommunications in Hospitalized Children. View Abstract
Families as Partners in Hospital Error and Adverse Event Surveillance. View Abstract
Parent and Provider Experience and Shared Understanding After a Family-Centered Nighttime Communication Intervention. View Abstract
Communication and Shared Understanding Between Parents and Resident-Physicians at Night. View Abstract
Parent-Reported Errors and Adverse Events in Hospitalized Children. View Abstract
Physician and Nurse Nighttime Communication and Parents' Hospital Experience. View Abstract
Same-Hospital Readmission Rates as a Measure of Pediatric Quality of Care. View Abstract
Weight loss and melena in an adolescent female. View Abstract
Pyridoxine supplementation for the treatment of levetiracetam-induced behavior side effects in children: preliminary results. View Abstract
Treatments and perceptions of epilepsy in Kashmir and the United States: a cross-cultural analysis. View Abstract
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