Andy Sirotnak, MD
Professor, Pediatrics-Child Abuse and Neglect/Kempe

Professional Titles

• Attending Pediatrician, Kempe Child Protection Team
• Vice Chair for Faculty Affairs, Department of Pediatrics

Recognition & Awards

• Unsung Hero Award, American Academy of Pediatrics (2020)
  Honored for dedication to service to the Council on Child Abuse and Neglect
• Top Doctor in Denver, 5280 Magazine (2019)
  Voted a 5280 best doctor by my peers- every year from 2009-2019 - in response to the question, "Which physician would you trust to treat you and your family?"
• Award For Outstanding Service In Educational Excellence, American Academy of Pediatrics (2016)
  Awarded by leadership at the Annual Leadership Forum to SOCAN Executive Committee and Chair
• Kempe Professional Award, Kempe Foundation (2012)
  
• President of Medical Staff, Children's Hospital Colorado (2010)
  President Medical Staff, Children's Hospital Colorado for 2010-2012
• Champions In Healthcare, Denver Business Journal (2007)
  
• Professional Contribution Award , Platte Valley Children's Alliance (2006)
  Platte Valley Children's Alliance
• University Service, Department of Pediatrics (2006)
  Outstanding Dedication and Service to the Residency Recruitment and Selection Committee

Research Interests

Teaching

Publications

• Thackeray J, Livingston N, Ragavan MI, Schaechter J, Sigel E. Intimate Partner Violence: Role of the Pediatrician. Pediatrics. 2023 Jul 1;152(1). PubMed PMID: 37337842 Published Peer Reviewed Policy Statements and Clinical Reports: Editorial Responsibility
• Greenbaum J, Kaplan D, Young J. Exploitation, Labor and Sex Trafficking of Children and Adolescents: Health Care Needs of Patients. Pediatrics. 2023 Jan 1;151(1). PubMed PMID: 36827522 Published Peer Reviewed Policy Statements and Clinical Reports: Editorial Responsibility
• Pediatric DOWNLOAD: Child Abuse Prevention. Pediatric Download is a monthly virtual presentation and discussion of trending child health topics with expert pediatric specialists from Children’s Colorado and other leading pediatric care providers. This session reached 73 attendees over seven states.
• Mink RB, Carraccio CL, Herman BE, Weiss P, Turner DA, Stafford DEJ, McGann KA, Kesselheim J, Hsu DC, High PC, Fussell JJ, Curran ML, Chess PR, Sauer C, Pitts S, Myers AL, Mahan JD, Dammann CEL, Aye T, Schwartz A. Relationship between epa level of supervision with their associated subcompetency milestone levels in pediatric fellow assessment. BMC Med Educ. 2023 Oct 3;23(1):720. PubMed PMID: 37789289
• Svendsen SS, Lewis T, Chiesa AE , Sirotnak AP , Lindberg DM. The role of fellowship experience in decreasing burnout for child abuse pediatricians. Child Abuse & Neglect. Volume 147; 2024. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2023.106532
• Chiesa AC, Ford CRF, and Sirotnak AP. Child Abuse and Neglect. In Hay W, Levin M, Bunik M, and Abzug MJ. eds: Current Pediatric Diagnosis and Treatment 26th Edition. McGrawHill Education. New York, NY. 2022
• Anderst J, Carpenter SL, Abshire TC, Killough E, Mendonca EA, Downs SM, Wetmore C, Allen C, Dickens D, Harper J, Rogers ZR, Jain J, Warwick A, Yates A, Hord J, Lipton J, Wilson H, Kirkwood S, Haney SB, Asnes AG, Gavril AR, Girardet RG, Heavilin N, Gilmartin ABH, Laskey A, Messner SA, Mohr BA, Nienow SM, Rosado N, Idzerda SM, Legano LA, Raj A, Sirotnak AP, Forkey HC, Keeshin B, Matjasko J, Edward H, Chavdar M, Di Paola J, Leavey P, Graham D, Hastings C, Hijiya N, Hord J, Matthews D, Pace B, Velez MC, Wechsler D, Billett A, Stork L, Hooker R. Evaluation for Bleeding Disorders in Suspected Child Abuse. Pediatrics. 2022 Oct 1;150(4). PubMed PMID: 36180615
• Chiesa AC, Ford CRF, and Sirotnak AP. Child Abuse and Neglect. In Hay W, Levin M, Bunik M, and Abzug MJ. eds: Current Pediatric Diagnosis and Treatment 26th Edition. McGrawHill Education. New York, NY. 2022
• Chumpitazi CE, Perez, O, Elizabeth A. Camp EA, et.al. State of Academic Pediatric Faculty During the Covid19 Pandemic. Poster presentation at Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting, April 12, 2022; Denver, CO.
• Legano LA, Desch LW, Messner SA, Idzerda S, Flaherty EG. Maltreatment of Children With Disabilities. Pediatrics. 2021 May;147(5). PubMed PMID: 33875536
• Promotion 201. A video course designed to give an overview of the promotion process and a starting point to prepare a promotion dossier, this course goal is to help early career faculty members make a plan for meeting promotion standards as they build careers on the faculty at CU Anschutz; Course Developer and Director with Libby A, Austin G., Rumack C, Subramanian, P. and Kent Vorhees, K. Accessible at: https://medschool.cuanschutz.edu/emergency-medicine/major-programs/faculty-development.
• Hymel KP, Lee G, Boos S, Karst WA, Sirotnak A, Haney SB, Laskey A, Wang M. Estimating the Relevance of Historical Red Flags in the Diagnosis of Abusive Head Trauma. J Pediatr. 2020 Mar;218:178-183.e2. PubMed PMID: 31928799
• Narang SK, Fingarson A, Lukefahr J. Abusive Head Trauma in Infants and Children. Pediatrics. 2020 Apr;145(4). PubMed PMID: 32205464
• Keeshin B, Forkey HC, Fouras G, MacMillan HL. Children Exposed to Maltreatment: Assessment and the Role of Psychotropic Medication. Pediatrics. 2020 Feb;145(2). PubMed PMID: 31964760
• A Framework for Supporting Patients and Families. Access at: https://www.aappublications.org/news/2020/02/27/child-abuse-neglect-pediatrics-in-review-2-27-20.
• Hymel KP, Sirotnak AP. “Estimating the probability of Historical ‘Red Flags’ in the Diagnosis of Abusive Head Trauma.
• Chiesa AC and Sirotnak AP. Child Abuse and Neglect. In Hay W, Levin M, , Bunik M, and Abzug MJ. eds: Current Pediatric Diagnosis and Treatment 25th Edition. McGrawHill Education. New York, NY. 2020
• Palusci VJ, Kay AJ, Batra E, Moon RY, Corey TS, Andrew T, Graham M. Identifying Child Abuse Fatalities During Infancy. Pediatrics. 2019 Sep;144(3). PubMed PMID: 31451610
• Flaherty E, Legano L, Idzerda S. Ongoing Pediatric Health Care for the Child Who Has Been Maltreated. Pediatrics. 2019 Apr;143(4). PubMed PMID: 30886109
• Hymel KP, Wang M, Chinchilli VM, Karst WA, Willson DF, Dias MS, Herman BE, Carroll CL, Haney SB, Isaac R. Estimating the probability of abusive head trauma after abuse evaluation. Child Abuse Negl. 2019 Feb;88:266-274. PubMed PMID: 30551063
• Pediatric Collections: Child Abuse: Overview and Evaluation; invited editorial introduction. American Academy of Pediatrics, Il; Feb, 2019
• Sirotnak AP. CHILD ABUSE, NEGLECT AND MALTREATMENT: A JOURNEY OF RECOVERY; American Academy of Pediatrics VOICES Blog. April 16, 2019. https://www.aap.org/en-us/aap-voices/Pages/Child-Abuse,-Neglect-and-Maltreatment.aspx
• Promising Practices for Understanding and Addressing Faculty Salary Equity at US Medical Schools. Invited stakeholder participation with Association of American Medical Colleges. Published and accessed April 15, 2019 at https://store.aamc.org/promising-practices-for-understanding-and-addressing-faculty-salary-equity-at-u-s-medical-schools.html
• Child Sexual Abuse: Caring for the Child in Primary Care Setting. Podcast for Charting Pediatrics™ . Brent A, Brumbaugh D, and Nicklas D, producers. CHCO podcast program launched in 2017 as the first of its kind in the United States is a weekly pediatric podcast for providers that examines the latest treatments for the most common complaints in pediatric medicine.
• Estimating the Relevance of Historical Red Flags in the Diagnosis of Abusive Head Trauma, J. Pediatrics Kent P. Hymel, MD; Gloria Lee, MD; Stephen Boos, MD; Wouter A. Karst, MD; Andrew Sirotnak, MD; Suzanne B. Haney, MD; Antoinette Laskey, MD, MPH; and Ming Wang, PhD; for the Pediatric Brain Injury Research Network (PediBIRN) Investigators
• Laskey A. and Sirotnak A. (Co-Editors) Child Abuse: Medical Diagnosis and Management. 4th edition. American Academy of Pediatrics, Illinois. Oct. 2019
• Chiesa AC and Sirotnak AP. Child Abuse and Neglect. In Hay W, Levin M, , Deterding R. Abzuz MJ. eds: Current Pediatric Diagnosis and Treatment 24th Edition. McGrawHill Education. New York, NY. 2018
• Colorado Child Fatality Review Team and the Colorado Welfare Training System: A Mandatory Response: Improving Child Abuse and Neglect Recognition: Webinar for Colorado Hospital Association; 2018
• Child Sexual Abuse: Caring for the Child in Primary Care Setting. Podcast for Charting Pediatrics™ / Brent A, Brumbaugh D, and Nicklas D, producers.
• Mink RB, Schwartz A, Herman BE, Turner DA, Curran ML, Myers A, Hsu DC, Kesselheim JC, Carraccio CL. Validity of Level of Supervision Scales for Assessing Pediatric Fellows on the Common Pediatric Subspecialty Entrustable Professional Activities. Acad Med. 2018 Feb;93(2):283-291. PubMed PMID: 28700462
• Mink RB, Schwartz A, Carraccio C ,High P, Dammann, et. al. and the Steering Committee of the Subspecialty Pediatrics Investigator Network Creating the Subspecialty Pediatrics Investigator Network. The Journal of Pediatrics. Volume 192, January 2018, Pages 3–4.e2
• Sleep Tight, The Children Are All Right. Colorado Child Welfare Training System: Competency-based training program for child welfare professionals and para-professionals; design and pilot delivery of new module of didactic curricula. Program description at: http://www.coloradocwts.com/
• Hymel KP, Laskey AL, Crowell KR, Wang M, Armijo-Garcia V, Frazier TN, Tieves KS, Foster R, Weeks K. Racial and Ethnic Disparities and Bias in the Evaluation and Reporting of Abusive Head Trauma. J Pediatr. 2018 Jul;198:137-143.e1. PubMed PMID: 29606408
• Christian CW, Levin AV. The Eye Examination in the Evaluation of Child Abuse. Pediatrics. 2018 Aug;142(2). PubMed PMID: 30037976
• Mink RB, Schwartz A, Herman BE, Turner DA, Curran ML, Myers A, Hsu DC, Kesselheim JC, Carraccio CL and the Steering Committee of the Subspecialty Pediatrics Investigator Network (SPIN). Validity of Level of Supervision Scales for Assessing Pediatric Fellows on the Common Pediatric Subspecialty Entrustable Professional Activities. Acad Med. 2017 Jul 11. doi:10.1097/ACM.0000000000001820
• Sirotnak AP. Child Sexual Abuse: Talking Points in the Office. Blog for Pediatrics in Review; American Academy of Pediatrics. http://www.aappublications.org/news/2017/03/22/Child-Sexual-Abuse-Talking-Points-In-The-Office-Pediatrics-In-Review-3-22-17.
• Sirotnak AP. Child abuse in children and youth with special health care needs http://www.aappublications.org/news/2017/10/26/Special-Needs-Higher-Abuse-Risks-Pediatrics-In-Review-10-26-17
• Sasha S. Svendsen MD, Terri Lewis PhD, Antonia E. Chiesa MD, Andrew P. Sirotnak MD, Daniel M. Lindberg MD. “The Role of Fellowship Experience in Decreasing Burnout for Child Abuse Pediatricians” American Academy of Pediatrics, Council on Child Abuse and Neglect, National Conference and Exhibitions, Chicago, IL. September 17, 2017.
• Child Abuse and Neglect. In Hay W, Levin M, , Deterding R. Abzuz MJ. eds: Current Pediatric Diagnosis and Treatment 23rd Edition. McGrawHill Education. New York, NY. 2016
• Creation of a Pediatric Subspecialty Educational Research Network Mink, Richard B.Carraccio, Carol L.Schwartz, AlanDammann, Christiane E.High, Pamela C.McGann, Kathleen A.Herman, Bruce E. et al. Academic Pediatrics , Volume 16 , Issue 6 , e55
• Do Fellowship Program Directors (FPD) and Clinical Competency Committees (CCC) Agree in Fellow Entrustment Decisions? Mink, Richard B.Carraccio, Carol L.Herman, Bruce E.Aye, TandyBaffa, Jeanne M.Chess, Patricia R.Fussell, Jill J.Sauer, Cary G.Stafford, Diane E.Weiss, PninaSchwartz, Alan et al. Academic Pediatrics , Volume 16 , Issue 6 , e14 - e15
• Subspecialty Pediatrics Investigator Network (SPIN) study: “Assessing the Association between EPAs, Competencies and Milestones in the Pediatric Subspecialties” Multi site collaboration and as program director collaborators, we were given a 'collaboration credit' by senior authors. This was evaluating the effectiveness of a research network creation; and clinical competency commitees in assigning milestones levels to the ACGME EPAs for pediatric subspecialties.
• Miracles We Have Seen: America's Leading Physicians Share Stories They Can't Forget; Harley Rotbart, editor. Health Connections, Inc. ( Florida )
• Mehra M, Chiesa AE, Sirotnak AP. Two cases of sublingual hematoma as a manifestation of child abuse. Ear Nose Throat J. 2015 Dec;94(12):494-6. PubMed PMID: 26670756
• Hymel KP, Herman BE, Narang SK, Graf JM, Frazier TN, Stoiko M, Christie LM, Harper NS, Carroll CL, Boos SC, Dias M, Pullin DA, Wang M. Potential Impact of a Validated Screening Tool for Pediatric Abusive Head Trauma. J Pediatr. 2015 Dec;167(6):1375-1381.e1. PubMed PMID: 26477871
• Acker SN, Roach JP, Partrick DA, Karrer FM, Bensard DD, Sirotnak AP. Beyond morbidity and mortality: the social and legal outcomes of non-accidental trauma. J Pediatr Surg. 2015 Apr;50(4):604-7. PubMed PMID: 25840071
• Amy K. Connery, Psy.D., Andrew Sirotnak, Jacqueline Murray, R.N., Antonia Chiesa, M.D., Michael Dichiaro, M.D., Ellen Guess, OT-R, Charle Jacobs, PT; A Novel Multidisciplinary Model of Care for Non-Accidental Brain Injury – Preliminary Data". International Conference on Paediatric Acquired Brain Injury; Liverpool, England. September 16- 18, 2015
• Roach JP, Acker SN, Bensard DD, Sirotnak AP, Karrer FM, Partrick DA. Head injury pattern in children can help differentiate accidental from non-accidental trauma. Pediatr Surg Int. 2014 Nov;30(11):1103-6. PubMed PMID: 25252922
• Hymel KP, Armijo-Garcia V, Foster R, Frazier TN, Stoiko M, Christie LM, Harper NS, Weeks K, Carroll CL, Hyden P, Sirotnak A, Truemper E, Ornstein AE, Wang M, Pediatric Brain Injury Research Network (PediBIRN) Investigators. Validation of a clinical prediction rule for pediatric abusive head trauma. Pediatrics. 2014 Dec;134(6):e1537-44. PubMed PMID: 25404722
• Sirotnak AP. Sexually Transmitted Diseases in Abused Children. Chadwick DL, Giardino AP Alexader R. Child Maltreatment: A Clinical Guide, Two Volume Set ,4th Edition. STM Learning, Publishing, Inc. St. Louis, 2014.
• Goldson E, and Sirotnak AP. Neglect. In Chadwick DL, Giardino AP Alexader R, ed. Child Maltreatment: Child Maltreatment: A Clinical Guide, Two Volume Set ,4th Edition. STM Learning, Publishing, Inc. St. Louis, 2014
• Amy K. Connery, Psy.D., Andrew Sirotnak, Jacqueline Murray, R.N., Antonia Chiesa, M.D., Michael Dichiaro, M.D., Ellen Guess, OT-R, Charle Jacobs, PT, Ashley Niederhauser, L.C.S.W, Colet Scott, Jeanne Dise-Lewis, Ph.D. Development of a Non-Accidental Brain Injury Follow-Up Clinic: Preliminary Data. 14th National Conference on Shaken Baby Syndrome / Abusive Head Trauma ; Denver, CO, September 22 – 24.
• Mandated Reporting Video for Colorado’s Child Welfare Training System (CWTS) Contributed medical expert content; available at: http://www.coloradocwts.com/mandated-reporter-training
• Ford C. Rashaan, Chiesa Antonia , Sirotnak Andrew. Pearls and Pitfalls for the Pediatric Emergency Medical Provider in the Evaluation of Abusive Head Trauma Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine, 2012; (13) Issue 3: 178-186
• Sirotnak AP. Sexually Transmitted Diseases in Abused Children. Chadwick DL, Giardino AP Alexader R. Child Maltreatment: A Clinical Guide, Two Volume Set ,4th Edition. STM Learning, Publishing, Inc. St. Louis, 2012. In press.
• Goldson E, and Sirotnak AP. Neglect. In Chadwick DL, Giardino AP Alexader R, ed. Child Maltreatment: Child Maltreatment: A Clinical Guide, Two Volume Set ,4th Edition. STM Learning, Publishing, Inc. St. Louis, 2012. In press.
• Chiesa AE, Sirotnak A, Noffsinger J. Modifying a Child Abuse Curriculum to Improve Third Year Medical Students’ Ability to Identify Child Abuse Risk Factors ; University of Colorado School of Medicine, Educational Research and Innovation Day, November 12, 2012
• Mehra M, Chiesa AC, Sirotnak AS. Cases of Sublingual Hematoma as a Manifestation of Child Abuse; Ear, Nose & Throat Journal

Professional Memberships

• American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), Member, Section on Child Abuse and Neglect
• Ambulatory Pediatric Association (APA), Member
• International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (ISPCAN), Member
• American Pediatric Society, Elected Member, 2014
• Ray E Helfer Society, Member
• AAMC, Group on Faculty Affairs