Improving Vitamin D testing and supplementation in children with
newly-diagnosed cancer: A Quality Improvement Initiative at Rady
Children’s Hospital San Diego
Ksenya Shliakhtsitsava MD MAS1-2, Erin Stucky Fisher
MD3, Erin M. Trovillion MD1,4, Kelly
Bush MD1,5, Dennis John Kuo MD MS1,
Ron S. Newfield MD6, Courtney D. Thornburg MD
MS1,3, William Roberts MD1,5, Paula
Aristizabal MD MAS1,5,7
1 Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric
Hematology/Oncology, University of California, San Diego/Rady Children’s
Hospital San Diego, San Diego, CA
2Now with Department of Pediatrics, Division of
Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas,
TX
3 Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric
Hospital Medicine, University of California, San Diego/Rady Children’s
Hospital San Diego, San Diego, CA
4Now with Department of Pediatrics, Division of
Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Atrium Health, Levine Children’s Cancer
and Blood Disorders, Charlotte, NC
5 Quality Improvement Committee, Division of Pediatric
Hematology/Oncology, Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego, San Diego, CA
6 Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric
Endocrinology, University of California San Diego/Rady Children’s
Hospital San Diego, San Diego, CA
7 Population Sciences, Disparities and Community
Engagement, University of California San Diego Moores Cancer Center, La
Jolla, CA