Sarah Majcina, MD

Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics – Hospital Medicine

    About me

    Sarah Graham Majcina, M.D., is a Pediatric Hospitalist who cares for children admitted to the general and intermediate care inpatient units and the emergency department at HSHS St. John’s Children’s Hospital. She is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at SIU School of Medicine. She joined the faculty in August of 2014. Before joining SIU, Majcina worked as a Pediatric Hospitalist for Washington University at St. Louis Children’s Hospital from 2010-2014. There she cared for patients in the general inpatient ward, well baby and special care nurseries, and emergency department. She provided newborn resuscitation at high risk deliveries and participated in procedural sedation services.

    Dr. Sarah Majcina completed her residency in pediatrics at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Md., in 2010 after earning her medical degree at SIU School of Medicine in Springfield (2007). She received a bachelor’s degree from Washington University in St. Louis (2001). She worked as a Certified Child Life Specialist from 2001-2003 at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City.  She is a Board Certified pediatrician by the American Board of Pediatrics and a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics.

    Gender

    Female

    Education & training

    Positions
    Hospitalist
    Board Certifications
    Pediatrics
    Medical School
    Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, IL
    Undergraduate Degree
    Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
    Residency
    Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD - Pediatrics

    Publications

    Pingel C, Chiles J, Bhaskar J, Frey T, Herath R, Hwu H, Kushnir A, Majcina S, Mullick M, Shah P, Turmelle M. Transitional  Hospitalists: Where Do They Go?

    • Poster presentation at the Society of Hospital Medicine Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, April 1-4, 2012.
    • Poster presentation at Pediatric Academic Societies, Boston, MA, April 28-May 1, 2012.
    • Platform presentation at Pediatric Hospital Medicine Annual Meeting, Cincinnati, OH, July 19-23, 2012.

    Chiles J, Pingel C, Bhaskar S, Kushnir, A, Hwu, R, Majcina S, Frey T, Herath R, Turmelle M, Shah P. Factors Influencing Pediatric Hospitalist Career Satisfaction.

    • Poster presentation at the Society of Hospital Medicine Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, April 1-4, 2012.
    • Platform presentation at Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting in Boston, MA, April 28-May 1, 2012.
    • Poster presentation at Pediatric Hospital Medicine Annual Meeting, Cincinnati, OH, July 19-23,   2012.