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Cynthia M. Rand, M.D., M.P.H.

Cynthia M. Rand, M.D., M.P.H.

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Pediatrics , General Pediatrics

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Appointment (585) 275-2821

About Me

Dr. Rand is a general pediatrician and health services researcher who focuses on providing preventive care to pediatric patients in Rochester. Her interests include adolescent preventive care and immunization delivery, as well as quality improvement.
Dr. Rand is a general pediatrician and health services researcher who focuses on providing preventive care to pediatric patients in Rochester. Her interests include adolescent preventive care and immunization delivery, as well as quality improvement.

Certified Specialties

Pediatrics - American Board of Pediatrics

Faculty Appointments

Professor - Department of Pediatrics, General Pediatrics (SMD)

Credentials

Residency & Fellowship

Residency, Pediatrics, Penn State Milton S Hershey Medical Center. 2000 - 2002

Internship, Pediatrics, Penn State Milton S Hershey Medical Center. 1999 - 2000

Education

MD | SUNY Health Science Center-Stony Brook (USA). 1999

Awards

William L. Bradford Fellowship Award. 2003 - 2004

Hewlett Packard Research Award. 1994

Robert H. Goddard Fellowship. 1993

H. Samuel Slater Award for Romance Languages. 1993

Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude, Honors in Mathematics. 1991

Research

Dr. Rand is a general academic pediatrician and health services researcher at the University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry, where she co-directs of the Academic General Pediatrics Fellowship. Her research experience combines expertise in adolescent immunization and preventive services ...
Dr. Rand is a general academic pediatrician and health services researcher at the University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry, where she co-directs of the Academic General Pediatrics Fellowship. Her research experience combines expertise in adolescent immunization and preventive services delivery, quality improvement, and health informatics. She has been funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine (SAHM), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and NIH to improve immunization rates for adolescents. She was recently Co-PI of a multi-center project, funded by the CDC, to improve HPV vaccination rates using QI methods in residency clinics and private practices nationwide. Over 250 practices participated in the project and made significant improvements in HPV immunization rates. In addition, she supervises residents and sees her own patients in a busy pediatric continuity clinic which provides the context for her translational research.

Dr. Rand is involved nationally in the American Cancer Society HPV Vaccine Roundtable, and recently served as co-chair of the New York State HPV Vaccine Coalition.

Research Lab

Immunization Lab

Publications

Journal Articles

Rand CM, Stephens-Shields AJ, Kelly MK, Localio R, Hannan C, Grundmeier RW, Shone LP, Steffes J, Davis K, Albertin C, Humiston SG, McFarland G, Abney DE, Szilagyi PG, Fiks AG

Academic pediatrics.. 2024 24 (4):579-586. Epub 11/02/2023.

Gibson A, Rand C, Olson-Chen C

Maternal and child health journal.. 2023 October 27 (10):1855-1863. Epub 07/24/2023.

Kelly MK, Stephens-Shields AJ, Hannan C, Rand CM, Localio R, Shone LP, Steffes J, Davis K, Grundmeier RW, Humiston SG, Albertin C, McFarland G, Abney DE, Szilagyi PG, Fiks AG

The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine.. 2023 September 73 (3):595-598. Epub 06/29/2023.

Rand CM, Olson-Chen C

Pediatric clinics of North America.. 2023 April 70 (2):259-269. Epub 1900 01 01.

Fiks AG, Stephens-Shields AJ, Kelly MK, Localio R, Hannan C, Grundmeier RW, Shone LP, Steffes J, Wright M, Breck A, Rand CM, Albertin C, Humiston SG, McFarland G, Abney DE, Szilagyi PG

Academic pediatrics.. 2023 23 (1):47-56. Epub 07/16/2022.

Humiston SG, Szilagyi PG, Bender RG, Breck A, Albertin CS, Clark D, Rand CM

Maternal and child health journal.. 2022 December 26 (12):2506-2516. Epub 10/31/2022.

Fiks AG, Hannan C, Localio R, Kelly MK, Stephens-Shields AJ, Grundmeier RW, Shone LP, Steffes J, Breck A, Wright M, Rand CM, Albertin C, Humiston SG, McFarland G, Abney DE, Szilagyi PG

Pediatrics.. 2022 November 1150 (5)Epub 1900 01 01.

Rand CM, Bender R, Humiston SG, Albertin C, Olson-Chen C, Chen J, Hsu YJ, Vangala S, Szilagyi PG

Journal of women's health.. 2022 September 31 (9):1246-1254. Epub 07/28/2022.

Milne Wenderlich A, Rand C, Halterman J

JAMA pediatrics.. 2022 January 1176 (1):16-17. Epub 1900 01 01.

Gurfinkel D, Kempe A, Albertin C, Breck A, Zhou X, Vangala S, Beaty B, Rice J, Tseng CH, Campbell JD, Valderrama R, Rand C, Humiston SG, Roth H, Arora S, Szilagyi P

The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine.. 2021 October 69 (4):579-587. Epub 04/10/2021.

Szilagyi PG, Humiston SG, Stephens-Shields AJ, Localio R, Breck A, Kelly MK, Wright M, Grundmeier RW, Albertin C, Shone LP, Steffes J, Rand CM, Hannan C, Abney DE, McFarland G, Kominski GF, Seixas BV, Fiks AG

JAMA pediatrics.. 2021 September 1175 (9):901-910. Epub 1900 01 01.

Wenderlich AM, Li R, Baldwin CD, Contento N, Herendeen N, Rand CM

Academic pediatrics.. 2021 21 (7):1253-1261. Epub 04/20/2021.

Rand CM, Humiston SG

Academic pediatrics.. 2021 21 (4S):S34-S39. Epub 1900 01 01.

Rand CM, Concannon C, Wallace-Brodeur R, Davis W, Albertin CS, Humiston SG, Szilagyi PG

Clinical pediatrics.. 2020 October 59 (12):1058-1068. Epub 06/29/2020.

Wallace-Brodeur R, Li R, Davis W, Humiston S, Albertin C, Szilagyi PG, Rand CM

Preventive medicine.. 2020 October 139 :106235. Epub 08/12/2020.

Szilagyi PG, Albertin CS, Gurfinkel D, Saville AW, Vangala S, Rice JD, Helmkamp L, Zimet GD, Valderrama R, Breck A, Rand CM, Humiston SG, Kempe A

Vaccine.. 2020 August 2738 (38):6027-6037. Epub 08/02/2020.

Kelly MK, Grundmeier RW, Stephens-Shields AJ, Localio R, Shone LP, Wright M, Steffes J, Humiston SG, Rand C, Albertin C, Breck A, Abney DE, McFarland G, Szilagyi PG, Fiks AG

Vaccine.. 2020 July 1438 (33):5105-5108. Epub 06/12/2020.

Szilagyi PG, Albertin C, Casillas A, Valderrama R, Duru OK, Ong MK, Vangala S, Tseng CH, Rand CM, Humiston SG, Evans S, Sloyan M, Lerner C

JAMA internal medicine.. 2020 July 1180 (7):962-970. Epub 1900 01 01.

Szilagyi PG, Albertin CS, Saville AW, Valderrama R, Breck A, Helmkamp L, Zhou X, Vangala S, Dickinson LM, Tseng CH, Campbell JD, Whittington MD, Roth H, Rand CM, Humiston SG, Hoefer D, Kempe A

The Journal of pediatrics.. 2020 June 221 :123-131.e4. Epub 1900 01 01.

Szilagyi P, Albertin C, Gurfinkel D, Beaty B, Zhou X, Vangala S, Rice J, Campbell JD, Whittington MD, Valderrama R, Breck A, Roth H, Meldrum M, Tseng CH, Rand C, Humiston SG, Schaffer S, Kempe A

Pediatrics.. 2020 May 145 (5)Epub 04/06/2020.

Szilagyi PG, Schaffer S, Rand CM, Goldstein NP, Hightower AD, Younge M, Albertin CS, DiBitetto K, Yoo BK, Humiston SG

The Journal of school health.. 2019 December 89 (12):1004-1012. Epub 10/14/2019.

Yoo BK, Schaffer SJ, Humiston SG, Rand CM, Goldstein NPN, Albertin CS, Concannon C, Szilagyi PG

BMC health services research.. 2019 June 2419 (1):407. Epub 06/24/2019.

Schaffer SJ, Rand CM, Humiston SG, Concannon C, Hightower AD, Albertin C, Szilagyi PG

Vaccine.. 2019 April 1037 (16):2171-2173. Epub 03/13/2019.

Szilagyi PG, Schaffer S, Rand CM, Goldstein NPN, Younge M, Mendoza M, Albertin CS, Concannon C, Graupman E, Hightower AD, Yoo BK, Humiston SG

Clinical pediatrics.. 2019 April 58 (4):428-436. Epub 01/02/2019.

Szilagyi PG, Schaffer S, Rand CM, Goldstein NPN, Hightower AD, Younge M, Eagan A, Blumkin A, Albertin CS, DiBitetto K, Concannon C, Vincelli P, Yoo BK, Humiston SG

Vaccine.. 2018 May 1136 (20):2861-2869. Epub 04/17/2018.

Rand CM, Schaffer SJ, Dhepyasuwan N, Blumkin A, Albertin C, Serwint JR, Darden PM, Humiston SG, Mann KJ, Stratbucker W, Szilagyi PG

Pediatrics.. 2018 April 141 (4)Epub 03/14/2018.

Rand CM, Tyrrell H, Wallace-Brodeur R, Goldstein NPN, Darden PM, Humiston SG, Albertin CS, Stratbucker W, Schaffer SJ, Davis W, Szilagyi PG

Academic pediatrics.. 2018 March 18 (2S):S46-S52. Epub 1900 01 01.

Rand CM, Goldstein NPN

Academic pediatrics.. 2018 March 18 (2S):S72-S78. Epub 1900 01 01.

Szilagyi PG, Schaffer S, Rand CM, Goldstein NPN, Vincelli P, Hightower AD, Younge M, Eagan A, Blumkin A, Albertin CS, DiBitetto K, Yoo BK, Humiston SG

The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine.. 2018 February 62 (2):157-163. Epub 12/13/2017.

Rand CM, Vincelli P, Goldstein NP, Blumkin A, Szilagyi PG

The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine.. 2017 January 60 (1):113-119. Epub 11/08/2016.

Szilagyi PG, Schaffer S, Rand CM, Vincelli P, Eagan A, Goldstein NP, Hightower AD, Younge M, Blumkin A, Albertin CS, Yoo BK, Humiston SG

Pediatrics.. 2016 November 138 (5)Epub 1900 01 01.

Rand CM, Blumkin A, Vincelli P, Katsetos V, Szilagyi PG

The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine.. 2015 September 57 (3):299-304. Epub 1900 01 01.

Rand CM, Brill H, Albertin C, Humiston SG, Schaffer S, Shone LP, Blumkin AK, Szilagyi PG

The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine.. 2015 May 56 (5 Suppl):S17-20. Epub 1900 01 01.

Szilagyi PG, Serwint JR, Humiston SG, Rand CM, Schaffer S, Vincelli P, Dhepyasuwan N, Blumkin A, Albertin C, Curtis CR

Academic pediatrics.. 2015 15 (2):149-57. Epub 1900 01 01.

Rand CM, Blumkin A, Szilagyi PG

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA.. 2014 February 21 (e1):e152-6. Epub 09/06/2013.

Humiston SG, Serwint JR, Szilagyi PG, Vincelli PA, Dhepyasuwan N, Rand CM, Schaffer SJ, Blumkin AK, Curtis CR

Clinical pediatrics.. 2013 August 52 (8):710-20. Epub 04/10/2013.

Szilagyi PG, Albertin C, Humiston SG, Rand CM, Schaffer S, Brill H, Stankaitis J, Yo BK, Blumkin A, Stokley S

Academic pediatrics.. 2013 13 (3):204-13. Epub 01/09/2013.

Rand CM, Humiston SG

Academic pediatrics.. 2012 12 (1):13-4. Epub 1900 01 01.

Rand CM, Humiston SG, Schaffer SJ, Albertin CS, Shone LP, Blumkin AK, Stokley S, Szilagyi PG

Vaccine.. 2011 October 1329 (44):7651-8. Epub 08/12/2011.

Rand CM, Schaffer SJ, Humiston SG, Albertin CS, Shone LP, Heintz EV, Blumkin AK, Stokley S, Szilagyi PG

Clinical pediatrics.. 2011 February 50 (2):106-13. Epub 09/13/2010.

Yoo BK, Szilagyi PG, Schaffer SJ, Humiston SG, Rand CM, Albertin CS, Vincelli P, Blumkin AK, Shone LP, Coleman MS

Pediatrics.. 2009 December 124 Suppl 5 (Suppl 5):S499-506. Epub 1900 01 01.

Humiston SG, Albertin C, Schaffer S, Rand C, Shone LP, Stokley S, Szilagyi PG

Patient education and counseling.. 2009 April 75 (1):121-7. Epub 01/20/2009.

Szilagyi PG, Rand CM, McLaurin J, Tan L, Britto M, Francis A, Dunne E, Rickert D,

Pediatrics.. 2008 January 121 Suppl 1 :S15-24. Epub 1900 01 01.

Additional visit burden for universal influenza vaccination of US school-aged children and adolescents.

Rand, CM, Szilagyi, PG, YOO, Byung-Kwang, Auinger, P, Albertin, C, Coleman, MS.

Arch Peds Adolesc Med. 2008; 11(162): 1048-54.

Rand CM, Szilagyi PG, Albertin C, Auinger P

Pediatrics.. 2007 September 120 (3):461-6. Epub 1900 01 01.

National healthcare visits patterns of adolescents: implications for delivery of new adolescent vaccines

Rand CM, Shone LP, Albertin C, Auinger P, Klein JD, Szilagyi P.

Arch Peds Adolesc Med. 2007; 161((3)): 252-259.

Preventive counseling at adolescent ambulatory visits

Rand CM, Auinger P, Klein JD, Weitzman M.

J Adol Health. 2005; 37((2)): 87-93.

Rand CM, Conn KM, Crittenden CN, Halterman JS

Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine.. 2004 July 158 (7):625-7. Epub 1900 01 01.

Books

Textbook of Pediatrics (2016)

Chapter: Immunizations

Authors: Humiston SG, Atkinson WL, Rand CM, Szilagyi PG

Publisher: American Academy of Pediatrics 2016

AAP Textbook of Adolescent Health (2010)

Chapter: Anticipatory Guidance

Authors: Pakpreo, P, and Rand, CM

Publisher: American Academy of Pediatrics 2010

Textbook of Pediatrics (2009)

Chapter: Immunizations

Authors: Humiston SG, Atkinson WL, Rand CM, Szilagyi PG

Publisher: American Academy of Pediatrics 2009

Guide to Genital HPV Infection: Diseases and Prevention (2009)

Chapter: Benefits, Obstacles, and Strategies to Implement HPV Vaccination

Authors: Rand, CM

Publisher: Informa Healthcare, London 2009

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