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Jeffrey M. Kaczorowski, M.D.

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About Me

Dr. Kaczorowski currently focuses on strengthening the education of young physicians and health professionals involved in the care of children, here in Rochester and throughout the United States, including training in community health and advocacy and leading efforts to improve the health of children in our Greater Rochester community and NY State through equity - focused community health, public policy and systems-level advocacy work.

Faculty Appointments

Professor - Department of Pediatrics, General Pediatrics (SMD)

Professor - Department of Psychiatry, Child & Adoles Serv (SMD) - Joint

Credentials

Post-doctoral Training & Residency

General Academic Pediatrics Fellowship, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY 1995 - 1998

Chief Resident in Pediatrics, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY 1994 - 1995

Residency in Pediatrics, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY 1991 - 1994

Education

MD | University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry. Medicine. 1991

BA | Colgate University. Arts & Sciences. 1987

Awards

William T. Grant Foundation Distinguished Fellow. 2013

Community Champion Award. 2011

Inducted Member. 2011

Distinguished Alumni Award. 2006

National Dyson Child Advocacy Award for Coping Power. 2006

Nominated for National Family Medicine Teaching Award for PLC Program. 2005

Organization of Resident Representatives: Community Service Recognition Award to CARE resident Bridgette Wiefling, MD. 2004

Soros Advocacy Fellowship for Physicians. 2004

Finalist, Robert Wood Johnson Community Health Leadership Award. 2003

Best Doctors in America. 2003 - 2014

Professional Education Award for the Pediatric Links with the Community Program. 2001

Outstanding Teaching Award for the Pediatric Links with the Community Program. 2000

Outstanding Teaching Award. 1999

Outstanding Fellow Award. 1998

Excellence in Pediatric Resident Education Award. 1998

Outstanding Achievement Award for the Development of the Pediatric Links with the Community Program. 1997

Robert J. Haggerty Research Scholarship. 1996

Excellence in Emergency Medicine Award as a Pediatric Resident. 1994

Robert J. Haggerty Prize for Excellence in Pediatrics as a Medical Student. 1991

William Hawkins Prize for Excellence in Scholarship as a Medical Student. 1991

819 Award for the Outstanding Senior. 1987

Research

Dr. Kaczorowski is National Director of the American Academy of Pediatrics Community Pediatrics Training Initiative (CPTI). CPTI has worked with over 80 Departments of Pediatrics/Children's Hospitals throughout the United States to provide faculty development and residency training in community health and advocacy.
He also is the founding Director of the Hoekelman Center for training leaders in community health and advocacy at Golisano Children's Hospital at the University of Rochester Medical Center.
Dr. Kaczorowski is President of The Children's Agenda, a local advocacy organization in Rochester that improves the health, education and success of our community's children and youth, especially the most vulnerable, through advocacy for evidence-based solutions and policy change at the local, state and federal levels.
He is a recent recipient of the WT Grant Distinguished Fellowship and works with the Children's Institute to promote effective violence prevention strategies for children and youth in the Rochester City School District.

Publications

Journal Articles

Academic Careers in Advocacy: Aligning Institutional Values Through Use of an Advocacy Portfolio.

Bode SM, Hoffman BD, Chapman SH, Kaczorowski JM, Best DL, Shah AN, Nerlinger AL, Barnard JA, Loud KJ, Brophy P, Reed AM, Braner D

Pediatrics.. 2022 July 1150 (1)Epub 1900 01 01.

An Essential Role for Pediatricians: Becoming Child Poverty Change Agents for a Lifetime.

Plax K, Donnelly J, Federico SG, Brock L, Kaczorowski JM

Academic pediatrics.. 2016 April 16 (3 Suppl):S147-54. Epub 1900 01 01.

"The Community Health and Advocacy Milestones Profile: A Novel Tool Linking Community Pediatrics and Advocacy Training to Assessment of Milestones-Based Competence in Pediatric Residency Training."

Hoffman BD; Barnes M; Ferrell C; Gellin C; Lichtenstein C; Donnelly J; Kaczorowski J.

Academic pediatrics. 2016; 16(4): 309-13.

You get what you pay for: resources for training and practice in community pediatrics matter

Chamberlain LJ; Kaczorowski JM.

Pediatrics. 2014; 134(1): 173-5.

Physicians can help unhealthy communities.

Kaczorowski J, Hoffman B

Health affairs.. 2012 September 31 (9):2153. Epub 1900 01 01.

Pediatrics in the community: integrating community pediatrics into residency training.

Rezet B, Hoffman BD, Kaczorowski J

Pediatrics in review. 2010 April 31 (4):159-60. Epub 1900 01 01.

Pediatrics in the year 2020 and beyond: preparing for all plausible futures

Vision of Pediatrics 2020 Task Force (Kaczorowski, Vice Chair).

Pediatrics. 2010; 126(5): 971-981.

Peering into the future: preparing, envisioning, engaging, and revisioning pediatrics in a changing world

Vision of Pediatrics 2020 Task Force (Kaczorowski, Vice Chair).

Pediatrics. 2010; 126(5): 982-88.

A barrier to exclusive breastfeeding for WIC enrollees: limited use of exclusive breastfeeding food package for mothers.

Holmes AV, Chin NP, Kaczorowski J, Howard CR

Breastfeeding medicine : the official journal of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine.. 2009 March 4 (1):25-30. Epub 1900 01 01.

The future of pediatric residency education: prescription for more flexibility.

Jones MD, McGuinness GA,

The Journal of pediatrics.. 2009 February 154 (2):157-8. Epub 1900 01 01.

Linking process to outcome: are we training pediatricians to meet evolving health care needs?

Jones MD, McGuinness GA, First LR, Leslie LK,

Pediatrics.. 2009 January 123 Suppl 1 :S1-7. Epub 1900 01 01.

Pediatrics in the community: community pediatrics training initiative (CPTI).

Kaczorowski J

Pediatrics in review. 2008 January 29 (1):31-2. Epub 1900 01 01.

The expanding role of the pediatrician in improving child health in the 21st century.

Satcher D, Kaczorowski J, Topa D

Pediatrics.. 2005 April 115 (4 Suppl):1124-8. Epub 1900 01 01.

The essential role of research in community pediatrics.

Duggan A, Jarvis J, Derauf DC, Aligne CA, Kaczorowski J

Pediatrics.. 2005 April 115 (4 Suppl):1195-201. Epub 1900 01 01.

Afterword: The Future of Community Pediatrics

Aligne CA, Kaczorowski J.

Pediatrics. 2005; 115: 1212.

Education for Community Pediatrics

Nader PR, Kaczorowski J, Benioff S, Tonniges T, Schwarz D, Palfrey J.

Clin Pediatr. 2004; 43((6)): 505-521.

A block rotation in community health and child advocacy: improved competency of pediatric residency graduates.

Kaczorowski J, Aligne CA, Halterman JS, Allan MJ, Aten MJ, Shipley LJ

Ambulatory pediatrics : the official journal of the Ambulatory Pediatric Association.. 2004 4 (4):283-8. Epub 1900 01 01.

Elevated blood pressure and decreased cognitive function among school-age children and adolescents in the United States.

Lande MB, Kaczorowski JM, Auinger P, Schwartz GJ, Weitzman M

The Journal of pediatrics.. 2003 December 143 (6):720-4. Epub 1900 01 01.

Evaluation of a community-based pediatrics residency rotation using narrative analysis.

Chin NP, Aligne CA, Stronczek A, Shipley LJ, Kaczorowski J

Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges.. 2003 December 78 (12):1266-70. Epub 1900 01 01.

A potential pitfall in provider assessments of the quality of asthma control.

Halterman JS, McConnochie KM, Conn KM, Yoos HL, Kaczorowski JM, Holzhauer RJ, Allan M, Szilagyi PG

Ambulatory pediatrics : the official journal of the Ambulatory Pediatric Association.. 2003 3 (2):102-5. Epub 1900 01 01.

Providers underestimate symptom severity among urban children with asthma.

Halterman JS, Yoos HL, Kaczorowski JM, McConnochie K, Holzhauer RJ, Conn KM, Lauver S, Szilagyi PG

Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine.. 2002 February 156 (2):141-6. Epub 1900 01 01.

Iron deficiency and cognitive achievement among school-aged children and adolescents in the United States.

Halterman JS, Kaczorowski JM, Aligne CA, Auinger P, Szilagyi PG

Pediatrics.. 2001 June 107 (6):1381-6. Epub 1900 01 01.

Pathology teach and tell: congenital hepatic fibrosis and autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease.

Kaczorowski JM, Halterman JS, Spitalnik P, Mannick E, Fong CT, Seaman JM

Pediatric pathology & molecular medicine. 2001 20 (3):245-8. Epub 1900 01 01.

School readiness among urban children with asthma.

Halterman JS, Montes G, Aligne CA, Kaczorowski JM, Hightower AD, Szilagyi PG

Ambulatory pediatrics : the official journal of the Ambulatory Pediatric Association.. 2001 1 (4):201-5. Epub 1900 01 01.

Russell Silver syndrome: case report

Kaczorowski JM, Halterman JS, Fong CT, Hoeger WA.

Peds in Review. 2000; 21: 315-316.

Pediatrics in the community

Kaczorowski JM, Shipley LJ, Jones MS, Hettler J, Visick M.

Peds in Review. 1998; 18: 322-323.

Five days of whole-bowel irrigation in a case of pediatric iron ingestion.

Kaczorowski JM, Wax PM

Annals of emergency medicine.. 1996 February 27 (2):258-63. Epub 1900 01 01.

Books

AAP Textbook of Pediatric Care (2008)

Chapter: Community-wide approaches to promoting child health

Authors: C. Andrew Aligne, MD, MPH; Laura J. Shipley, MD; Jeffrey M. Kaczorowski, MD

Publisher: American Academy of Pediatrics 2008