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Faculty

Jochen Profit, M.D.

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, Texas Children’s Hospital

Board Certifications

  • Pediatrics
  • 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

Recent Publications

  1. Profit J, Cambric-Hargrove A, Tittle K, Pietz K, Stark AR. Delayed pediatric office follow-up of newborns following birth hospitalization. Pediatrics Aug 2009; 124(2):548-54.
  2. Profit J, Petersen LA. Pay-for-performance is growing up. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 2007; 161:713–714.
  3. Profit J, Zupancic JA, Gould JB, Petersen LA. Implementing Pay-For-Performance in the NICU. Pediatrics 2007; 119:975–82.
  4. Profit J, McCormick MC, Escobar GJ, Richardson DK, Zheng Z, Coleman-Phox K, Roberts R, Zupancic JAF, et al. Neonatal intensive care unit census influences discharge of moderately preterm infants. Pediatrics 2007; 119(2): 314–319.
  5. Profit J, Zupancic JAF, Mccormick MC, Richardson DK, Escobar GJ, Tucker J, et al. A comparison of postmenstrual age at discharge of moderately premature infants in the Kaiser Permanente medical care program in California, Massachusetts and the United Kingdom. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 2006; 91(4):F245–F250.