Dr. Katherine Kaufer Christoffel MD
Pediatrician
2300 N Childrens Plz #157 Chicago IL, 60614About
Dr. Katherine Christoffel is a pediatrician practicing in Chicago, IL. Dr. Christoffel is a doctor who specializes in the health care of children. As a pedicatrician, Dr. Christoffel diagnoses and treats infections, injuries, diseases and other disorders in children. Pediatricians typically work with infants, children, teenagers and young adults up to age 21. They practice medical care as well as preventative health care. Dr. Christoffel can oversee and manage the physical, mental and emotional health of their patients.
Education and Training
Tufts University School of Medicine 1973
Board Certification
PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Alliance Against Childhood Violence--an update.
- Handguns as a pediatric problem. 1986.
- Adapting the gang model: peer mentoring for violence prevention.
- Sleep and behavior problems among preschoolers.
- Public health surveillance for firearm injuries.
- Restructuring asthma care in a hospital setting to improve outcomes.
- Rational service planning in pediatric primary care: continuity and change in psychopathology among children enrolled in pediatric practices.
- Prevalence of symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux during childhood: a pediatric practice-based survey. Pediatric Practice Research Group.
- Youth violence prevention: the physician's role.
- Fighting fire with cease fire. Thoughts on guns and health care.
- Public health advocacy: process and product.
- Health care providers' experience reporting child abuse in the primary care setting. Pediatric Practice Research Group.
- Commentary: When counseling parents on guns doesn't work: why don't they get it?
- Forests and trees in firearm injury research.
- Fetal alcohol syndrome in dizygotic twins.
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