Dr. Jay Berry is assistant professor of pediatrics at Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. As a general pediatrician and hospitalist, he coordinates care for children with complicated medical problems and needs. Dr. Berry's quality improvement initiatives and research have focused on optimizing health outcomes and reducing unnecessary resource utilization for children with medical complexity through proactive care planning and integrated health information management.His work has been published in JAMA, BMJ, and PLoS Medicine; endorsed by the National Quality Forum; and covered in U.S News, the Wall Street Journal, and Massachusetts Public Radio. Dr. Berry has won several awards, including the Young Clinician Research Award given by the Center for Integration of Medicine and Innovative Technology, and the Outstanding Achievement for Scientific Contribution Award given by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
Dr. Berry is currently directing a body of work funded by the National Institute for Child Health and Human Development to develop a novel, web-based care plan application (i.e., app) for children with medical complexity. He is also leading a series of projects funded by the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health to improve the quality of hospital discharge planning for children. In addition, Dr. Berry is collaborating with the Children’s Hospital Association and the Intelligent Health Lab to derive models that predict future inpatient and emergency department utilization in children.
Dr. Berry completed his undergraduate education from the University of Alabama, his M.D. from the University of Alabama School of Medicine, and his pediatrics training at Primary Children’s Medical Center at the University of Utah Health Sciences Center. He received his M.P.H. in clinical effectiveness from the Harvard School of Public Health. He was a Harvard Pediatric Health Services Research Fellow from 2004-2006.