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Alison Volpe Holmes, MD, MS, MPH

Title(s)
Professor of Pediatrics
Professor of Health Policy and Clinical Practice

Department(s)
Pediatrics
Health Policy and Clinical Practice

Education
B.S., Biology, Haverford College, 1993
M.S., Genetics, University of Washington, 1995
M.D., Stanford Medical School, 2000
M.P.H., University of Rochester, 2006

Programs
Children's Hospital At Dartmouth

Curriculum Vitae
Holmes_A_CV_2024-12-12.pdf

Contact Information

One Medical Center Drive
Rubin 4
Lebanon NH 03756

Email: alison.v.holmes@dartmouth.edu


Professional Interests

Medical student education
High-value care in pediatrics
Clinical quality improvement scholarship
Neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome
Faculty and medical student wellbeing

Mentoring Information

Career advising for medical students
Newborn QI science

Biography

Dr. Alison Volpe Holmes is a professor of pediatrics at Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, where she has served as pediatric clerkship director, vice-chair for education, and associate dean for student affairs. Dr. Holmes attended Haverford College, medical school at Stanford, completed a pediatric residency at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and a fellowship in general academic pediatrics and an MPH at the University of Rochester. Her interests include mentoring and professional development for academic physicians, work-life integration, and medical student and resident education in clinical quality improvement and high-value healthcare. Her research interests focus on clinical quality improvement, particularly in the newborn nursery, in areas such as breastfeeding, jaundice, circumcision, and newborn opioid-dependence. Dr. Holmes is a past board member of the Academic Pediatric Association, the general pediatrics examination committee of the American Board of Pediatrics and the executive leadership team for the Association of American Medical Colleges Northeast Group on Student Affairs.


Selected Publications

 

Residency Program Signaling and Interview Scheduling: Time to Work Together for a Smoother UME-GME Transition.
Holmes AV, Perron A, Marzano D, Dent D, Suresh A, George K
J Grad Med Educ. 2025 Oct;17(5):555-558. doi: 10.4300/JGME-D-25-00018.1. Epub 2025 Oct 15.
PMID: 41104000

Clinical Supervisor Evaluations by Students: Improving Quality and Utility for Educators.
Holmes AV, Dick JF
Clin Teach. 2025 Oct;22(5):e70206. doi: 10.1111/tct.70206.
PMID: 40965081

Clinical Practice Guideline Revision: Management of Hyperbilirubinemia in the Newborn Infant 35 or More Weeks of Gestation.
Kemper AR, Newman TB, Slaughter JL, Maisels MJ, Watchko JF, Downs SM, Grout RW, Bundy DG, Stark AR, Bogen DL, Holmes AV, Feldman-Winter LB, Bhutani VK, Brown SR, Maradiaga Panayotti GM, Okechukwu K, Rappo PD, Russell TL
Pediatrics. 2022 Sep 1;150(3) pii: e2022058859. doi: 10.1542/peds.2022-058859.
PMID: 35927462

Reflections on Part-Time Residency Training, 15-25 Years Later: A Qualitative Study on Wellness and Career Impact.
Alexander SM, Byerley JS, Page CP, Holmes AV, Beck Dallaghan GL
Teach Learn Med. 2023 Jun-Jul;35(3):315-322. doi: 10.1080/10401334.2022.2050241. Epub 2022 Apr 17.
PMID: 35435100

Do We Really Need a Scholarly Quality Improvement Workforce?
Ralston SL, Holmes AV, Gautham KS, Hyman D, Brady P
Pediatrics. 2022 Mar 1;149(Suppl 3) pii: e2020045948F. doi: 10.1542/peds.2020-045948F.
PMID: 35230432

Choosing Wisely in Pediatric Hospital Medicine: 5 New Recommendations to Improve Value.
Tchou MJ, Schondelmeyer AC, Alvarez F, Holmes AV, Lee V, Lossius MN, O'Callaghan J, Rajbhandari P, Soung PJ, Quinonez R
Hosp Pediatr. 2021 Nov;11(11):1179-1190. doi: 10.1542/hpeds.2021-006037. Epub 2021 Oct 19.
PMID: 34667087

Reducing Outpatient Infant Blood Draws with Transcutaneous Measurement of Bilirubin.
Kilmartin KC, McCarty EJ, Shubkin CD, Holmes AV
Pediatr Qual Saf. 2020 Jul-Aug;5(4):e335. doi: 10.1097/pq9.0000000000000335. Epub 2020 Jul 7.
PMID: 32766506

Ethical and Public Health Implications of Targeted Screening for Congenital Cytomegalovirus.
Gievers LL, Holmes AV, Loyal J, Larson IA, Oliveira CR, Waldman EH, Khaki S
Pediatrics. 2020 Jul;146(1) doi: 10.1542/peds.2020-0617.
PMID: 32591436

Models of care for neonatal abstinence syndrome: What works?
Whalen BL, Holmes AV, Blythe S
Semin Fetal Neonatal Med. 2019 Apr;24(2):121-132. doi: 10.1016/j.siny.2019.01.004. Epub 2019 Jan 29.
PMID: 30926259

Gomco Versus Mogen? No Effect on Circumcision Revision Rates.
Chan PS, Penna FJ, Holmes AV
Hosp Pediatr. 2018 Oct;8(10):611-614. doi: 10.1542/hpeds.2018-0053.
PMID: 30262593

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