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Katie Plax, M.D.
plax_k@kids.wustl.edu
Ferring Family Chair
Division Chief, Adolescent Medicine
Professor of Pediatrics, Adolescent Medicine
Adolescent Medicine
Pediatrics
phone:
Education
BA,
Brown University
,
1989
MD,
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
,
1996
MD,
Boston Children's Hospital
,
1997
MD,
St. Louis Children's Hospital
,
1999
Licensure and Board Certification
1999
American Board of Pediatrics
1999
-
Pres
Missouri Medical License
2006
American Board of Pediatrics
2013
-
Pres
American Board of Pediatrics
Honors and Awards
Outstanding Resident Award, St Louis Children's Hospital, an award presented by the Missouri Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics
,
1999
Recognized by the women Legislators of Missouri in a salute to Women Doctors and Health Care Administrators
,
2000
The Ashley Award, Legal Services of Eastern Missouri, an award for children's advocacy
,
2002
The Community Advocate Award, The St. Louis Chapter of the Missouri Association of Social Welfare
,
2004
Excellence in Pediatrics Award, St Louis Pediatric Society
,
2005
Resident Teaching Award-Outstanding Teacher Award, General Pediatric Medicine
,
2006
Progressive Youth Connection Health Award 2007
,
2007
Best Doctors, St. Louis Magazine
,
2007
- 2017
WUSM Distinguished Faculty Award for Community Service
,
2008
Gerry and Bob Virgil Ethic of Service Award, Washington University
,
2010
Health Care Hero Award, St Louis Business Journal
,
2010
Lighting the Way Award, St Louis for Kids
,
2010
Pioneer Award, National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse - St. Louis
,
2010
AAP Promising Practices Award for Promoting Adolescents' Strengths
,
2011
Community Superhero Award, Voices for Children
,
2011
What's Right with the Region - Demonstrating Innovative Solutions
,
2013
Missouri Foundation for Health Corinne Walentik Award
,
2014
Society of Adolescent Health and Medicine, Midwest Chapter Award
,
2014
Missouri Foundation for Health Corinne Walentik MD Award
,
2014
Trouble Maker of the Best Kind Award- St. Louis Cultural Leadership
,
2018
Job Lewis Smith Award- American Academy of Pediatrics
,
2019
Best Doctors, St. Louis Magazine
,
2021
- 2022
Recent Publications
view all (28)
Publication Co-Authors
Fahd Ahmad, M.D., M.S.C.I.
Sarah Garwood, M.D.
Plax K.
Making a Difference With Mental Health During Adolescence in a Global Pandemic.
Pediatr Ann
.
2021;50
(12):
e494-e497.
PMID:
34889137
Harrison E, Garbutt J, Sterkel R, Dodd S, Wang R, Newland J, Plax K, ST LOUIS REGIONAL PEDIATRIC COVID-19 LEARNING COLLABORATIVE..
Collaborating to Advocate in Primary Care for Children During COVID-19.
Pediatrics
.
2021;148
(4).
PMID:
34233918
Kennedy AK, Kaushik G, Dubinsky EL, Huseynli A, Jonson-Reid M, Plax K.
Direct and Indirect Cost Savings from STI Testing, Treatment, and Counseling among Foster Youth.
Sex Transm Dis
.
2021.
PMID:
34264902
Comulada WS, Step M, Fletcher JB, Tanner AE, Dowshen NL, Arayasirikul S, Keglovitz Baker K, Zuniga J, Swendeman D, Medich M, Kao UH, Northrup A, Nieto O, Brooks RA, Special Projects Of National Significance Social Media Initiative Study Group..
Predictors of Internet Health Information-Seeking Behaviors Among Young Adults Living With HIV Across the United States: Longitudinal Observational Study.
J Med Internet Res
.
2020;22
(11):
e18309.
PMCID:
PMC7669436
PMID:
33136057
E G. Frank-Miller, S R. Fox-Dichter,D Gerke,S Slovacek,J Glotfelty,K Gilbert,K Plax .
Case managers, HIV-positive youth, and a text messaging intervention: “That care just didn’t happen before.”
Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research
.
2020.
doi:
https://doi.org/10.1086/712479
Gerke DR, Glotfelty J, Schlueter J, Freshman M, Plax K.
E-VOLUTION: A Text Messaging-Powered Intervention-Connection, Support, and HIV Eradication.
Health Promot Pract
.
2020;21
(5):
716-726.
PMID:
32757840
Medich M, Swendeman DT, Comulada WS, Kao UH, Myers JJ, Brooks RA, Special Projects of National Significance Social Media Initiative Study Group..
Authorship Correction: Promising Approaches for Engaging Youth and Young Adults Living with HIV in HIV Primary Care Using Social Media and Mobile Technology Interventions: Protocol for the SPNS Social Media Initiative.
JMIR Res Protoc
.
2019;8
(8):
e15660.
PMID:
31502543
Garbutt J, Sterkel R, Ruecker K, Dodd S, Smith E, Plax K.
Ready for the Challenge of Depression Care in the Medical Home.
Clin Pediatr (Phila)
.
2019;58
(7):
816-818.
PMID:
30866675
Medich M, Swendeman DT, Comulada WS, Kao UH, Myers JJ, Brooks RA, Special Projects Of National Significance Social Media Initiative Study Group..
Promising Approaches for Engaging Youth and Young Adults Living with HIV in HIV Primary Care Using Social Media and Mobile Technology Interventions: Protocol for the SPNS Social Media Initiative.
JMIR Res Protoc
.
2019;8
(1):
e10681.
PMCID:
PMC6374729
PMID:
30702434
Garbutt JM, Kulka K, Dodd S, Sterkel R, Plax K.
Opioids in Adolescents' Homes: Prevalence, Caregiver Attitudes and Risk Reduction Opportunities.
Acad Pediatr
.
2018.
PMID:
29981856
Johnson, S, Trejo, G, Beck, KL, Worsley, C, Tranberg, H, Plax, K, Linton, J.
"Building Community Support for Pregnant and Parenting Teenagers using Modified World Cafe' Method"
jpag
.
2018;18.
PMID:
29960076
Ahmad FA, Jeffe DB, Plax K, Schechtman KB, Doerhoff DE, Garbutt JM, Jaffe DM.
Characteristics of youth agreeing to electronic sexually transmitted infection risk assessment in the emergency department.
Emerg Med J
.
2018;35
(1):
46-51.
PMCID:
PMC5783299
PMID:
28801483
Ahmad FA, Jeffe DB, Plax K .
Characteristics of youth agreeing to electronic sexually transmitted infection risk assessment in the emergency department
Emerg Med J Published Online First
.
2017.
doi:
10.1136/emermed-2016-206199
Gerke D, Budd EL, Plax K.
Measurement Noninvariance of Safer Sex Self-Efficacy Between Heterosexual and Sexual Minority Black Youth.
J Soc Social Work Res
.
2016;7
(3):
569-584.
PMCID:
PMC5014365
PMID:
27617061
Gerassi,L, Jonson-Reid, M, Plax, K, Kaushik, G..
"Trading Sex for Money or Compensation: Prevalence and Associated Characteristics from a STI clinic sample."
Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma
.
2016;25
(9):
909-920.
doi:
10.1080/10926771.2016.1223245
S Mermelstein,K Plax.
"Contraception"
Curr Treat Options Peds
.
2016;2:171-183.
doi:
10.1007/s40746-016-0053-9
Mermelstein, S & Plax, K.
"Sexually Transmitted Infections"
Curr Treat Options Peds
.
2016;2:156.
doi:
10.1007/s40746-016-0058-4
Hoffman BD, Barnes M, Ferrell C, Gellin C, Lichtenstein C, Donnelly J, Kaczorowski J, CHAMP Study Group..
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.
Acad Pediatr
.
2016;16
(4):
309-13.
PMID:
27002213
Plax K, Donnelly J, Federico SG, Brock L, Kaczorowski JM.
An Essential Role for Pediatricians: Becoming Child Poverty Change Agents for a Lifetime.
Acad Pediatr
.
2016;16
(3 Suppl):
S147-54.
PMID:
27044693
Gerassi LB, Jonson-Reid M, Plax K, Kaushik G.
Trading Sex for Money or Compensation: Prevalence and Associated Characteristics from a Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) Clinic Sample.
J Aggress Maltreat Trauma
.
2016;25
(9):
909-920.
PMCID:
PMC5302119
PMID:
28190952
Plax K.
Plax Responds.
Am J Public Health
.
2015;105
(11):
e5-6.
PMCID:
PMC4605174
PMID:
26378835
Garwood SK, Gerassi L, Jonson-Reid M, Plax K, Drake B.
More Than Poverty: The Effect of Child Abuse and Neglect on Teen Pregnancy Risk.
J Adolesc Health
.
2015;57
(2):
164-8.
PMCID:
PMC4653097
PMID:
26206437
Plax K, Garbutt J, Kaushik GN.
HIV and Sexually Transmitted Infection Testing Among High-Risk Youths: Supporting Positive Opportunities With Teens (SPOT) Youth Center.
Am J Public Health
.
2015;105
(7):
1394-8.
PMCID:
PMC4463384
PMID:
25973833
Baker LM, Paul RH, Heaps JM, Westerhaus E, Chang JY, Williams S, Brier MR, Plax K, Ances BM.
Impact of human immunodeficiency virus on neurocognition and risky behaviors in young adults.
J Neurovirol
.
2014;20
(5):
466-73.
PMCID:
PMC4305333
PMID:
24970235
Ahmad FA, Jeffe DB, Plax K, Collins KK, Schechtman KB, Doerhoff DE, Garbutt J, Jaffe DM.
Computerized self-interviews improve Chlamydia and gonorrhea testing among youth in the emergency department.
Ann Emerg Med
.
2014;64
(4):
376-84.
PMCID:
PMC4156563
PMID:
24612901
Kaushik G, Plax KL, Constantino JN, Lewis L, Mamah D.
Mental health care utilization at a free drop-in youth center in St. Louis, Missouri.
Mo Med
.
2012;109
(6):
475-81.
PMID:
23362652
Plax K, Seifert RW.
Medical debt, health care access, and professional responsibility.
Virtual Mentor
.
2006;8
(3):
166-9.
doi:
10.1001/virtualmentor.2006.8.3.msoc1-0603
PMID:
23232350
Sanders LM, Robinson TN, Forster LQ, Plax K, Brosco JP, Brito A.
Evidence-based community pediatrics: building a bridge from bedside to neighborhood.
Pediatrics
.
2005;115
(4 Suppl):
1142-7.
PMID:
15821298
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