Kristan Scott, MD

Neonatologist at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (@childrensphila). Health equity advocate. @NCSP_Penn, @thebcrp,@harvardmed alumn.

[Kristan Scott, MD @KristanScottMD]

“Optimizing maternal health is crucial if the US wishes to demonstrate, not simply voice, that our country truly cares about families.”

https://t.co/EiPVRYmfQV

[Children's Hospital @ChildrensPhila]

Pediatricians recommend a shot of vitamin K for babies right after they are born. When parents learn that some countries in Europe offer oral vitamin K, they wonder why we don’t recommend it. Watch this week's #PediatricHealthChat for more info. More: https://t.co/7XTKHHsFl4.

[Kristan Scott, MD @KristanScottMD]

More parents are declining the vitamin K shot for newborns, CHOP study finds https://t.co/zwgbfIZRNR via @phillyinquirer

[Children's Hospital @ChildrensPhila]

Watch this week's #PediatricHealthChat to learn why the vitamin K shot for babies is safe and how it can prevent life-threatening bleeding and strokes.

Learn more about why this shot is vital: https://t.co/jPlFJ5Bqkw.

[Clinical Futures @ CHOP @ClinFuturesCHOP]

Dr. Kristan Scott, an expert at #ClinicalFutures and a primary care pediatrician at @ChildrensPhila, offers valuable insights about why it is important that babies get a #vitaminK shot. Learn more in this episode of the #PediatricHealthChat.

[Kristan Scott, MD @KristanScottMD]

More parents are refusing vitamin K shots for newborns, doctors say. Here's why that could be dangerous https://t.co/tdcwf6OdvM

[Kristan Scott, MD @KristanScottMD]

More Parents Are Rejecting a Lifesaving Vitamin Shot for Newborns https://t.co/KA6BErRTK9

[Kristan Scott, MD @KristanScottMD]

The Boxed Warning for Vitamin K https://t.co/XnflBRo53t via @YouTube

[JAMA @JAMA_current]

Between 2017 and 2024, the percentage of newborns not receiving intramuscular vitamin K for prophylaxis nearly doubled, with refusal rates highest outside hospital births and among certain racial and ethnic groups. #HotTopicsNeo2025 https://t.co/ZZaZdtmDdq

[Kristan Scott, MD @KristanScottMD]

Trends in Vitamin K Administration Among Infants https://t.co/JKBAPcqFJu

[NCSP at Penn @NCSP_Penn]

Here's a cute pic of us at our NCSP board meeting last week as a reminder to VOTE today 🗳️ We are casting our votes for democracy and health equity, and we hope you are too. #BattlegroundState #AdvocacyinAction #PoliticalDeterminantsofHealth

[Kristan Scott, MD @KristanScottMD]

A multifaceted approach will be critical to increasing URiM representation in NPM and ultimately improving health outcomes for neonates. @JPerinatology New pub: https://t.co/B6jl6e4d3y

[EAPS Congress @EAPSCongress]

🔬 Join us at the ESPR Early Career Investigator Prize Session now at #EAPS2024!

Kicking off with Kristan Scott presenting “Postpartum Care Receipt Among Parents of Preterm Infants Admitted to the NICU” 👶🏥

🕘 09:00 - 10:15
📍 Hall F & online

#Paediatrics #NeonatalCare #NICU

[EAPS Congress @EAPSCongress]

Welcome Kristian Scott on the stage of #EAPS

[NCSP at Penn @NCSP_Penn]

Congrats to current scholar Kristan who received the Society for Pediatric Research Exchange Award at the 2024 @PASMeeting conference! He gave an excellent presentation at the @EAPSCongress highlighting disparities in postpartum care for parents of hospitalized preterm infants.

[PennSurgery @pennsurgery]

Penn Surgery at the Pathways to Excellence Med Immersion Day. The event is one of a series hosted by @AMP_UPHSCHOP to help provide local underrepresented in medicine (URiM) medical students tools to succeed in academic medicine. The program is funded by a grant from @IBX.

[JAMA Pediatrics @JAMAPediatrics]

Study found significant prevalence of 3 forms of stigmatizing language in resident nightly verbal handoff & associations with patient demographic characteristics, such as negative stereotype with Black race & blame with obesity. https://t.co/YEI7UZLwIh @ParenteVicky #WordsMatter

[AMP UPHS CHOP @AMP_UPHSCHOP]

Meet Dr. @KristanScottMD, a neonatology fellow at CHOP! https://t.co/ZFOeVNFlLA

[Penn Medicine CSO @PennMedCSO]

In a @JAMA_current Viewpoint, @KristanScottMD, Emily Gregory & @hhburris (@ChildrensPhila/ @PennMedicine) write that pediatricians’ contact with families postpartum presents an opportunity to address the US maternal mortality crisis & its inequities https://t.co/GbtjOPsPhB

[AMP UPHS CHOP @AMP_UPHSCHOP]

Our AMP Family with Dr. Kevin Churchwell for our Visiting Professor Lecture! ✨✨

https://t.co/2tb7cBNj9x

[Jeffrey Edwards, MD MPH @Djeffreedom]

Just a few Black docs welcoming in the babies of Boston! 👶🏽 #RepresentationMatters @The_BMC @TheBCRP