Pediatric Research

Katie Plax, M.D. plax_k@kids.wustl.edu

Professor of Pediatrics, Adolescent Medicine

Adolescent Medicine Pediatrics

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Education

BA, Brown University, 1989
MD, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, 1996
MD, Boston Children's Hospital, 1997
MD, St. Louis Children's Hospital, 1999

Licensure and Board Certification

1999American Board of Pediatrics
1999Missouri Medical License
2006American Board of Pediatrics
2013American Board of Pediatrics

Honors

Outstanding Resident Award, St Louis Children's Hospital, an award presented by the Missouri Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, 1999
Recognized by the women Legislators of Missouri in a salute to Women Doctors and Health Care Administrators, 2000
The Ashley Award, Legal Services of Eastern Missouri, an award for children's advocacy, 2002
The Community Advocate Award, The St. Louis Chapter of the Missouri Association of Social Welfare, 2004
Excellence in Pediatrics Award, St Louis Pediatric Society, 2005
Resident Teaching Award-Outstanding Teacher Award, General Pediatric Medicine, 2006
Best Doctors, St. Louis Magazine, 2007 - Pres
Progressive Youth Connection Health Award 2007, 2007
WUSM Distinguished Faculty Award for Community Service, 2008
Gerry and Bob Virgil Ethic of Service Award, Washington University, 2010
Health Care Hero Award, St Louis Business Journal, 2010
Lighting the Way Award, St Louis for Kids, 2010
Pioneer Award, National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse - St. Louis, 2010
AAP Promising Practices Award for Promoting Adolescents' Strengths, 2011
Community Superhero Award, Voices for Children, 2011
What's Right with the Region - Demonstrating Innovative Solutions, 2013
Missouri Foundation for Health Corinne Walentik Award, 2014
Society of Adolescent Health and Medicine, Midwest Chapter Award, 2014
Missouri Foundation for Health Corinne Walentik MD Award, 2014

Selected Publications view all (15)

Publication Co-Authors

Mayte Figueroa, MD, FACC

Charles Canter, M.D.

Aimée Baumann-Dudenhoeffer, M.D.

Gordon R. Bloomberg, M.D.

Todd N. Wylie

Leonard B. Bacharier, M.D.

S. Celeste Morley, M.D., Ph.D.

1.	K Plax, J Garbutt, G Kaushik. HIV and Sexually Transmitted Infection Testing Among High-Risk Youths: Supporting Positive Opportunities with Teens (SPOT) Youth Center 2015;e1(-):e5.
2.	S Garwood, K Plax, L Gerasi, M Jonson-Reid. More than Poverty: The Effect of Child Abuse and Neglect on Teen Pregnancy Risk. 2015.
3.	F Ahmad, K Plax, K Collins, D Jeffe, K Schechtman, J Garbutt, D Doerhoff, D Jaffe. Computerized Self-Interviews Improve Chlamydia & Gonorrhea Testing Among Youth in the Emergency Department 2014.
4.	L Baker, R Paul, J Heaps, E Westerhaus, J Chang, S Williams, M Brier, K Plax, B Ances. Impact of Human Immunodeficiency Virus on Neurocognition and Risky Behaviors in Young Adults Journal of Neurovirology. 2014.
5.	Kaushik G, Plax KL, Constantino JN, Lewis L, Mamah D. Mental health care utilization at a free drop-in youth center in St. Louis, Missouri. Mo Med. 2012;109(6):475-81. PMID:23362652
6.	Plax K, Seifert RW. Medical debt, health care access, and professional responsibility. Virtual Mentor. 2006;8(3):166-9. doi:10.1001/virtualmentor.2006.8.3.msoc1-0603 PMID:23232350
7.	L. Sanders, T. Robinson, L. Forster, K. Plax, J. Brosco, A Brito. From Bedside to Neighborhood: A Pediatrician's Tool Box for Evidence-based Community Projects. Pediatrics. 2005;115:1142-7.

1.	Garbutt JM, Kulka K, Dodd S, Sterkel R, Plax K. Opioids in Adolescents' Homes: Prevalence, Caregiver Attitudes and Risk Reduction Opportunities. Acad Pediatr. 2018. PMID:29981856
2.	Johnson, S, Trejo, G, Beck, KL, Worsley, C, Tranberg, H, Plax, K, Linton, J. "Building Community Support for Pregnant and Parenting Teenagers using Modified World Cafe' Method" jpag. 2018;18. PMID:29960076
3.	Ahmad FA, Jeffe DB, Plax K . Characteristics of youth agreeing to electronic sexually transmitted infection risk assessment in the emergency department Emerg Med J Published Online First. 2017. doi:10.1136/emermed-2016-206199
4.	Gerke D, Budd EL, Plax K. Measurement Noninvariance of Safer Sex Self-Efficacy Between Heterosexual and Sexual Minority Black Youth. J Soc Social Work Res. 2016;7(3):569-584. PMCID:PMC5014365 PMID:27617061
5.	Gerassi,L, Jonson-Reid, M, Plax, K, Kaushik, G.. "Trading Sex for Money or Compensation: Prevalence and Associated Characteristics from a STI clinic sample." Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma. 2016;25(9):909-920. doi:10.1080/10926771.2016.1223245
6.	S Mermelstein,K Plax. "Contraception" Curr Treat Options Peds. 2016;2:171-183. doi:10.1007/s40746-016-0053-9
7.	Mermelstein, S & Plax, K. "Sexually Transmitted Infections" Curr Treat Options Peds. 2016;2:156. doi:10.1007/s40746-016-0058-4
8.	Plax K, Donnelly J, Federico SG, Brock L, Kaczorowski JM. An Essential Role for Pediatricians: Becoming Child Poverty Change Agents for a Lifetime. Acad Pediatr. 2016;16(3 Suppl):S147-54. PMID:27044693
9.	K Plax, J Garbutt, G Kaushik. HIV and Sexually Transmitted Infection Testing Among High-Risk Youths: Supporting Positive Opportunities with Teens (SPOT) Youth Center 2015;e1(-):e5.
10.	S Garwood, K Plax, L Gerasi, M Jonson-Reid. More than Poverty: The Effect of Child Abuse and Neglect on Teen Pregnancy Risk. 2015.
11.	F Ahmad, K Plax, K Collins, D Jeffe, K Schechtman, J Garbutt, D Doerhoff, D Jaffe. Computerized Self-Interviews Improve Chlamydia & Gonorrhea Testing Among Youth in the Emergency Department 2014.
12.	L Baker, R Paul, J Heaps, E Westerhaus, J Chang, S Williams, M Brier, K Plax, B Ances. Impact of Human Immunodeficiency Virus on Neurocognition and Risky Behaviors in Young Adults Journal of Neurovirology. 2014.
13.	Kaushik G, Plax KL, Constantino JN, Lewis L, Mamah D. Mental health care utilization at a free drop-in youth center in St. Louis, Missouri. Mo Med. 2012;109(6):475-81. PMID:23362652
14.	Plax K, Seifert RW. Medical debt, health care access, and professional responsibility. Virtual Mentor. 2006;8(3):166-9. doi:10.1001/virtualmentor.2006.8.3.msoc1-0603 PMID:23232350
15.	L. Sanders, T. Robinson, L. Forster, K. Plax, J. Brosco, A Brito. From Bedside to Neighborhood: A Pediatrician's Tool Box for Evidence-based Community Projects. Pediatrics. 2005;115:1142-7.