Department of Pediatrics

Education

• BA, Saint Louis University, 1998
• MD, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, 2002

Training

• Resident, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, 2002 - 2005

Licensure and Board Certification

• Basic Life Support
• Neonatal Resuscitation Program
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support
• 2005 - PresMO, Physician License
• 2005 - PresAmerican Board of Pediatrics
• 2012 - PresAmerican Board of Pediatrics Maintenance of Certification
• 2019 - PresAmerican Board of Pediatrics certified in Pediatric Hospital Medicine

Honors and Awards

• Outstanding Teacher Award General Pediatric Medicine, 2008 - 2009
• Attended the AAMC Early Career Women Faculty Professional Development Seminar, 2013 - 2013
• Outstanding Teacher Award General Pediatric Medicine, 2014 - 2015
• Society of Hospital Medicine St. Louis Chapter - Outstanding Chapter of the Year Award, 2015
• Society of Hospital Medicine St. Louis Chapter - Platinum Status Chapter Excellence Award - awarded yearly at the Society of Hospital Medicine Annual Conference, 2015 - 2018
• Senior Fellow in Hospital Medicine designation, 2016 - Pres
• Attended the AAMC 2017 Mid-Career Women Faculty Professional Development Seminar, 2017 - 2017
• Outstanding Teacher Award General Pediatrics 2018 - 2019, 2019
• Outstanding Teacher Award General Pediatrics, 2020 - 2021
• Award for Clinical Excellence by Washington University School of Medicine Department of Pediatrics, 2020
• Academy of Educators Honor Roll Award, 2021

Recent Publications view all (7)

Publication Co-Authors

Andrew J. White, M.D.

Michael P. Turmelle, M.D.

Kevin T. Barton, M.D.

Francis Sessions Cole, III, M.D.

Washington University has a long tradition of collaboration amongst colleagues.The faculty above have co-authored publications with Christine M. Hrach, M.D.

1. Nicholas R. Zessis, Amanda R. Dube, Arhanti Sadanand, Jordan J. Cole, Christine M. Hrach & Yasmeen N. Daud . Teaching scripts via smartphone app facilitate resident-led teaching of medical students BMC Medical Education. 2021;21. 
2. Rafena Khateeb, Angela Keniston, Amber Moor, Christine Hrach, Kimberly Indovina, Patrick Kneeland, Mark Rudolph, Marisha Burden. Perspectives on Patient Experience: A National Survey of Hospitalists Journal of Patient Experience . 2020. 
3. Christopher Bonafide et alGroup - PRIS additional authors. Prevalence of Continuous Pulse Oximetry Monitoring in Hospitalized Children with Bronchiolitis Not Requiring Supplemental Oxygen JAMA. 2020;323(15):1467-1477. doi:10.1001/jama.2020.2998  
4. Starmer AJ, Spector ND, West DC, Srivastava R, Sectish TC, Landrigan CP, I-PASS Study Group.. Integrating Research, Quality Improvement, and Medical Education for Better Handoffs and Safer Care: Disseminating, Adapting, and Implementing the I-PASS Program. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2017;43(7):319-329. PMID:28648217 
5. Paciorkowski, N, Pruitt, C, Lashly, D, Hrach, C, Harrison, E, Srinivasan, M, Turmelle, M, Carlson, D. Development of Performance Tracking for a Pediatric Hospitalist Division Hospital Pediatrics. 2013;3(2):118-128. 
6. Hrach CM, Smith CA, Shah PP, Guth RM, Lashly D, Carlson DW. Successful implementation of a referral-based academic pediatric hospitalist service. Hosp Pediatr. 2013;3(1):52-8. PMID:24319836 
7. Starmer AJ, Spector ND, Srivastava R, Allen AD, Landrigan CP, Sectish TC, I-PASS Study Group. I-pass, a mnemonic to standardize verbal handoffs. Pediatrics. 2012;129(2):201-4. doi:10.1542/peds.2011-2966  PMID:22232313