Pediatric Residency Program Director
Division / Specialty: Pediatric Hospitalist
Birthplace: Lansing, Michigan
Medical School: Midwestern University
Internship/Residency: SUNY Stony Brook University
Hobbies: Reading, running, cooking, listening to and playing music
Clinical Interest: Medical education at all levels, including assisting struggling learners, helping pediatric residents prepare for their board examinations and faculty development.
Community Involvement: Dr. Di Rocco has been the Program Director for the UH Pediatric Residency Program since July 2022. She has served locally as a co-chair of the UH Graduate Medical Education (GME) Curriculum, Evaluations and Milestones Subcommittee and in this role has helped develop and direct assessment tools, faculty development and curricula that reaches across all of the GME training programs at JABSOM. She also has held national roles in the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education Pediatric Milestones 2.0 and the Pediatric Hospital Medicine (PHM) Milestones Committees, helping to author competency-based milestones for all pediatric residents and PHM fellows across the country.
Publications/Scholarly:
Eisenberg DM, Cole A, Maile EJ, Salt, M, Armstrong, E, Leib, EB, Findley, T, Massa, J, Albin, J,Alston, M, Barkoukis, H, Buckhold, F, Danoff, R, Delichatsios, H, Devries, S, Dewar, S, Di Rocco, J, Duggan, C, Essel, K, Frates, B, Hansen, P, Haramati, A, Harlan, T, Hauser, M, Leopold, D, Lewis, J., Locke, A, Mann, JR, McClure, A, McWhorter, JW, Misra, S, Murano, T, Oxentenko, A, Pierce-Talsma, S, Potts, S, Reilly, JM, Ring, M, Sampang, S, Shafto, K, Shiue, L, Slusser, W, Stone, T, Studer, K, Thomas, O, Trilk, J, Edgar, L. Proposed Nutrition Competencies for Medical Students and Physician Trainees: A Consensus Statement. JAMA Netw Open. 2024;7(9):e2435425. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.35425
Fujiwara, A., Di Rocco, J., Hong, T., Kimata, C., Len, K. Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Inpatient Pediatric Medical Student Education in Hawaiʻi. Hawaii Journal of Health and Social Welfare. 01 Jul 2024, 83(7):192-199. PMID: 38974805
Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education Pediatric Hospital Medicine Milestones Workgroup (Brower, L., Burke, A., Clary, C., Denniston, S., Di Rocco, J., McCarthy, M.E., Edgar, L., Koehn, K., Liang, D., May, B., Molas-Torreblanca, K., O’Toole, J., Scott, T., Thorenson, L.). Pediatric Hospital Medicine Milestones. Second Revision, April 2023. Milestones and Supplemental Guide available online at: pediatrichospitalmedicinemilestones2.0.pdf (acgme.org) and pediatrichospitalmedicinesupplementalguide.pdf (acgme.org)
Di Rocco J.R., Kimata C., Barat M., Kodama S. Paediatric resident workflow observations in a community based hospital. British Medical Journal of Open Quality. 2022 Mar;11(1):e001607. doi:10.1136/bmjoq2021-001607
Liu, J., Di Rocco, J., Kosut, J. Recurrent abdominal pain in a 7-year-old boy. Clinical Pediatrics, April 2022. https://doi.org/10.1177/00099228221083262
Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education Pediatrics Milestones Workgroup (Anderson, M., Brantley, C., Buchanan, A., Burke, A., Carraccio, C., Chen, J., Dandekar, A., Dewar, S., Di Rocco, J., Eady, M., Edgar, L., Frohna, J., Gorden, B., Hazinski, M.F., Heyman, M., Kas-Osoka, O., Koehn, K., Machogu, E., May, B., Oparaji, J.A., Rooney, K., Scheurer, J., Schumacher, D., Shaw, J., Turner, D., Warwick, A., Wolf, K.). Pediatrics Milestones. Second Revision, March 2021. Milestones and Supplemental Guide available online at: https://www.acgme.org/portals/0/pdfs/milestones/pediatricsmilestones.pdf and https://www.acgme.org/Portals/0/PDFs/Milestones/PediatricsSupplementalGuide.pdf?ver=2021-03-23-121722-353
Di Rocco, J., Okado, C., Kimata C., Patel, S. Patient Safety Initiative Using Peer Observations and Feedback Inspire Collegial Workplace Culture. Hawaii Journal of Health and Social Welfare, 2020 May 1;79(5 Suppl 1):112-117. PMID: 32490397; PMCID: PMC7260866.
Rogers, A.J., Weisgerber, M., Di Rocco, J., Lauck, S. Surfboards Program: An Innovative Mixed Methods Comprehensive Pediatric Resident Boards Review Curriculum (Descriptive Abstract). Academic Pediatrics, 2017; 17(5): e10.
Rogers A., Di Rocco J., Soung P. Simulated Pediatric Respiratory Workshop. MedEdPORTAL; 2014. Available from: https://doi.org/10.15766/mep_2374-8265.9693.
Rogers A.J., Norton L., Di Rocco J., Giuliani L., Miranda M.B. Resident use of whiteboards and a collaborative admission process improves patient/family communication and knowledge [abstract]. Academic Pediatrics, 2013;13(4):e9.
Schloemer, N.J.; Lincoln, A.H.; Mikhailov, T.A.; Collins, C.L.; Di Rocco, J.R.; Kehl, S.C.; Chusid, M.J. Fatal Disseminated Pythium insidiosum Infection in a Child with Diamond-Blackfan Anemia. Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice, July 2013; 21(4): p e24-e26. doi: 10.1097/IPC.0b013e318278f3b5.
Di Rocco, J., During A., Morelli, P., Hayden, M., Biancaniello, T. Atrial Fibrillation in Healthy Adolescents after Highly Caffeinated Beverage Consumption: Two Case Reports. Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2011 Jan 19;5(1):18. doi: 10.1186/1752-1947-5-18. PMID: 21247417; PMCID: PMC3038953.
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