Michelle Marie Gontasz, M.D.

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  • Associate Medical Director, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
  • Instructor of Pediatrics
Female

Languages: English, Spanish

Expertise

Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, Patient Safety and Risk Management, Pediatrics, Quality Care ...read more

Research Interests

Quality Improvement and Safety; Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine ...read more

Locations

Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center

4940 Eastern Avenue
AA building
Baltimore, MD 21224 map
Phone: 410-550-4224 | Fax: 410-550-0439

Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center

4940 Eastern Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21224 map
Phone: 410-550-8296 | Fax: 410-550-4153

Background

Titles

  • Associate Medical Director, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
  • Instructor of Pediatrics

Departments / Divisions

Education

Degrees

  • MD; Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine (2013)

Residencies

  • Pediatrics; Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (2016)

Fellowships

  • Neonatal Perinatal Medicine; Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (2019)

Board Certifications

  • American Board of Pediatrics (Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine) (2020)
  • American Board of Pediatrics (Pediatrics) (2016)

Research & Publications

Research Summary

Michelle Gontasz’s academic interests involve quality improvement and safety. She has completed the Patient Safety Certificate Program through the Johns Hopkins Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality. She is collaborating with NICU pharmacists on a quality improvement project to improve the on-time rates of the initial hepatitis B vaccination for patients in the NICU in an effort to improve routine vaccination for NICU patients. Dr. Gontasz is also the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center site PI for a multisite safety study titled, “A Randomized Controlled Trial Evaluating the Effectiveness of Displaying Patient Pictographs in an Electronic Health Record to Prevent Wrong-Patient Electronic Orders.” Dr. Gontasz was appointed associate medical director of the Johns Hopkins Bayview NICU in February 2020, where she also serves as chair of the NICU Clinical Practice Committee, collaborates to write and revise clinical guidelines, organizes the NICU weekly educational conference series and serves on hospitalwide committees (Laboratory Advisory Committee and Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee). Dr. Gontasz also collaborates with May Chen to learn and teach point-of-care ultrasound skills with the goal to develop a curriculum for trainees. 

Patient Ratings & Comments

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