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Jeffrey Paul Yaeger, M.D., M.P.H.

Jeffrey Paul Yaeger, M.D., M.P.H.

Pediatrics , Pediatric Hospital Medicine

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Office (585) 276-4113
Fax (585) 276-1128

About Me

Dr. Jeffrey Yaeger is committed to providing high quality care to all hospitalized children, with a special interest in conditions such as pneumonia, osteomyelitis, sepsis and infants with fever. He is particularly interested in providing care for children from disadvantaged backgrounds, identifying...
Dr. Jeffrey Yaeger is committed to providing high quality care to all hospitalized children, with a special interest in conditions such as pneumonia, osteomyelitis, sepsis and infants with fever. He is particularly interested in providing care for children from disadvantaged backgrounds, identifying barriers to optimal health and leveraging resources to overcome those challenges.

Certified Specialties

Pediatrics - American Board of Pediatrics

Faculty Appointments

Associate Professor - Department of Pediatrics, Pediatric Hospitalist (SMD)

Associate Professor - Department of Public Health Sciences (SMD) - Joint

Credentials

Residency & Fellowship

Fellowship, Research, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics. 2011 - 2013

Residency, Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics. 2008 - 2011

Internship, Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics. 2007 - 2008

Education

MPH | University of Wisconsin School of Medicine & Public Health (USA). 2013

MD | State University of New York at Buffalo. 2007

Awards

Richard Sarkin/Gold Humanism Honor Society. 2007

Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society. 2003

Research

Dr. Jeffrey Yaeger's research interests are to integrate social determinants of health with clinical decision-making to more optimally assess disease risk, improve outcomes, mitigate health and health care disparities, and utilize medical resources more judiciously. He is particularly interested in ...
Dr. Jeffrey Yaeger's research interests are to integrate social determinants of health with clinical decision-making to more optimally assess disease risk, improve outcomes, mitigate health and health care disparities, and utilize medical resources more judiciously. He is particularly interested in utilizing data mining techniques to better harness the vast clinical data available in electronic medical records to develop and evaluate predictive models which can be incorporated into clinical tools to be used at the point-of-care.

Publications

Journal Articles

Performance of AAP CPG for Ineligible Well-Appearing Febrile Infants Aged 8-60 Days.

Knudson MJ, Yaeger JP

Hospital pediatrics.. 2024 November 22 Epub 11/22/2024.

Variability in invasive bacterial infection proportions among febrile infants aged 8-90 days using administrative data.

Yaeger JP, Fiscella KA

Academic pediatrics.. 2024 November 20 :102608. Epub 11/20/2024.

Persistent challenges in adjusting for race in analyses and a path forward.

Yaeger JP, Fiscella KA, Ertefaie A, Alio AP

Journal of hospital medicine.. 2024 March 19 (3):239-242. Epub 11/28/2023.

Performance of AAP Clinical Practice Guideline for Febrile Infants at One Pediatric Hospital.

Yaeger JP, Richfield C, Schiller E, Oh Y, Pereira BMC, Shabangu T, Fiscella KA

Hospital pediatrics.. 2023 March 113 (3):e47-e50. Epub 1900 01 01.

Derivation of a clinical-based model to detect invasive bacterial infections in febrile infants.

Yaeger JP, Jones J, Ertefaie A, Caserta MT, Fiscella KA

Journal of hospital medicine.. 2022 November 17 (11):893-900. Epub 08/29/2022.

Refinement and Validation of a Clinical-Based Approach to Evaluate Young Febrile Infants.

Yaeger JP, Jones J, Ertefaie A, Caserta MT, van Wijngaarden E, Fiscella K

Hospital pediatrics.. 2022 April 112 (4):399-407. Epub 1900 01 01.

Addressing Child Health Equity Through Clinical Decision-Making.

Yaeger JP, Alio AP, Fiscella K

Pediatrics.. 2022 February 1149 (2)Epub 1900 01 01.

Derivation of a natural language processing algorithm to identify febrile infants.

Yaeger JP, Lu J, Jones J, Ertefaie A, Fiscella K, Gildea D

Journal of hospital medicine.. 2022 January 17 (1):11-18. Epub 01/04/2022.

Using Clinical History Factors to Identify Bacterial Infections in Young Febrile Infants.

Yaeger JP, Jones J, Ertefaie A, Caserta MT, van Wijngaarden E, Fiscella K

The Journal of pediatrics.. 2021 May 232 :192-199.e2. Epub 01/07/2021.

Association of Cough Status With Bacterial Infections in Febrile Infants.

Klouda TM, Wang H, Yaeger JP

Hospital pediatrics.. 2020 February 10 (2):185-189. Epub 01/08/2020.

Associations of Neighborhood-Level Social Determinants of Health with Bacterial Infections in Young, Febrile Infants.

Yaeger JP, Moore KA, Melly SJ, Lovasi GS

The Journal of pediatrics.. 2018 December 203 :336-344.e1. Epub 09/21/2018.

The role of age and setting in adolescents' first drinking experience for predicting college problem drinking.

Yaeger JP, Moreno MA

Journal of American college health : J of ACH.. 2017 October 65 (7):506-512. Epub 06/16/2017.

Roles of Clinician, Patient, and Community Characteristics in the Management of Pediatric Upper Respiratory Tract Infections.

Yaeger JP, Temte JL, Hanrahan LP, Martinez-Donate P

Annals of family medicine.. 2015 November 13 (6):529-36. Epub 1900 01 01.

A survey of certification for cardiopulmonary resuscitation in high school athletic coaches.

Harer MW, Yaeger JP

WMJ : official publication of the State Medical Society of Wisconsin.. 2014 August 113 (4):144-8. Epub 1900 01 01.

Pediatric global health education: correlation of website information and curriculum.

Yaeger JP, Conway JH, Butteris SM, Howard CR, Moreno MA

The Journal of pediatrics.. 2013 December 163 (6):1764-8. Epub 08/20/2013.

Perceptions and Use of Social Networking in the United States and Ecuador: A Mixed-Methods Approach

Pumper MA, Yaeger JP, Moreno MA.

College Student Journal. 2013; 47(3): 478-484.

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