Heather Hsu, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
Biography
Heather Hsu, MD, MPH is a pediatric hospitalist at Boston Medical Center and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine. She has an undergraduate degree in Gender Studies from Brown University, an MD from Harvard Medical School, and an MPH from the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health. Dr. Hsu’s research interests center around the impact of value-based care environments on health equity and the financial well-being of the healthcare safety-net, particularly in the areas of infectious diseases and substance use. She also serves as the Scientific Director of Boston Medical Center’s Clinical Data Warehouse for Research (https://www.bmc.org/research/clinical-data-warehouse-cdw).
Within the Department of Pediatrics and Boston Combined Residency Program, Dr. Hsu is a founder and lead faculty mentor for Health Equity Rounds, a solutions-oriented, resident-led, case-based conference series focused on illuminating and eliminating the impact of racism, bias, and other intersectional forms of systemic oppression on health and healthcare (https://www.bmc.org/health-equity-rounds).
Education
- Harvard Medical School, MD
- University of Pittsburgh, MPH
- Brown University, AB
Publications
- Published on 3/19/2025
Lodi S, Yan S, Bovell-Ammon B, Christine PJ, Hsu HE, Bernson D, Novo P, Lee JD, Rotrosen J, Liebschutz JM, Walley AY, Larochelle MR. Comparative effectiveness of extended-release naltrexone versus buprenorphine-naloxone on treatment interruption: Comparing findings from a reanalysis of the X:BOT RCT and harmonized target trial emulation using population-based observational data. Addiction. 2025 Mar 19. PMID: 40104887.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 1/1/2025
Wang R, Anand NS, Hsu HE. Infant Feeding Disparities Amid the Formula Shortage: Where Do We Go From Here? Pediatrics. 2025 Jan 01; 155(1). PMID: 39729398.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 11/9/2024
Nash KA, Perdomo J, Hsu HE. Health Equity Rounds - Root-Cause and Solutions-Oriented Discussions of Medical Racism. N Engl J Med. 2024 Nov 14; 391(19):1763-1765. PMID: 39530418.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 11/1/2024
Hsu HE, Cohen RT, Galbraith AA. Accounting for Children in Accountable Care Organizations. JAMA Pediatr. 2024 Nov 01; 178(11):1099-1101. PMID: 39348137.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 8/8/2024
Hao B, Hu Y, Adams WG, Assoumou SA, Hsu HE, Bhadelia N, Paschalidis IC. A GPT-based EHR modeling system for unsupervised novel disease detection. J Biomed Inform. 2024 Sep; 157:104706. PMID: 39121932.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 7/1/2024
Khazanchi R, Wachman EM, Schiff DM, Modest A, Saia KA, Hsu HE. Mandatory Child Protective Services Reporting for Substance-Exposed Newborns and Peripartum Outcomes: A Difference-in-Differences Analysis. JAMA Pediatr. 2024 Jul 01; 178(7):719-722. PMID: 38709513.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 4/5/2024
Andriola C, Ellis RP, Siracuse JJ, Hoagland A, Kuo TC, Hsu HE, Walkey A, Lasser KE, Ash AS. A Novel Machine Learning Algorithm for Creating Risk-Adjusted Payment Formulas. JAMA Health Forum. 2024 Apr 05; 5(4):e240625. PMID: 38639980.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 3/27/2024
Xie W, Hsu HE, Shafer PR, Podolsky MI, Stokes AC. Metabolic Disease and The Risk of Post-COVID Conditions: A Retrospective Cohort Study. medRxiv. 2024 Mar 27. PMID: 38585713.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 3/22/2024
Christine PJ, Lodi S, Hsu HE, Bovell-Ammon B, Yan S, Bernson D, Novo P, Lee JD, Rotrosen J, Liebschutz J, Walley AY, Larochelle MR. Target trial emulation for comparative effectiveness research with observational data: Promise and challenges for studying medications for opioid use disorder. Addiction. 2024 Jul; 119(7):1313-1321. PMID: 38519819.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 1/1/2024
Wang RY, Anand NS, Douglas KE, Gregory JC, Lu N, Pottorff AE, Hsu HE. Formula for a Crisis: Systemic Inequities Highlighted by the US Infant Formula Shortage. Pediatrics. 2024 Jan 01; 153(2). PMID: 38196392.
Read at: PubMed
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