Josette Bianchi-Hayes, MD

Dr. Josette Bianchi-Hayes is a board-certified pediatrician and a board-certified pediatric hospitalist.  She worked as a community pediatrician in Nashville, TN, before joining Stony Brook in 2012 as a pediatric hospitalist.  Dr. Bianchi-Hayes provides care to newborns on our mother-baby unit and children of all ages on our pediatric inpatient unit who are hospitalized with a wide variety of conditions, ranging from severe complications of common diseases to rare and chronic medical conditions.  Dr. Bianchi-Hayes' research pursuits include the use of technology to support childhood health, the effect of increased weight status on childhood asthma, and healthcare utilization.  She has a professional interest in physician wellbeing, as well as mentoring medical trainees and students. 

Healthcare utilization by obese and overweight children. Bianchi-Hayes J, Calixte R, Huang J, Cataldo R, Wong A, Pati S; The Journal of pediatrics, 2015 Mar

Effects of overweight and obesity on motor and mental development in infants and toddlers. Cataldo R, Huang J, Calixte R, Wong AT, Bianchi-Hayes J, Pati S; Pediatric obesity, 2015 Oct 21