Shana E. Godfred-Cato
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Shana E. Godfred-Cato, DO

Languages spoken: English

Clinical Locations

Primary Location

University Pediatric Clinic

University Pediatric Clinic
50 N Medical Dr
Salt Lake City , UT 84132
801-581-2205
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  • Dr. Shana Godfred-Cato completed her medical degree at Des Moines University College of Osteopathic Medicine and her residency at Baylor Scott & White in Temple, TX. She is currently an Assistant Professor in the Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine at the University of Utah.

    Dr. Godfred-Cato’s interests include emerging threats and disaster preparedness for children and families. She is currently working with the Pediatric Pandemic Network to improve pediatric disaster preparedness and response in the region. Dr. Godfred-Cato serves on the executive committee for the American Academy of Pediatrics Council on Children and Disasters. She has worked for the CDC’s National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, focusing on emerging threats that affect mothers and infants. She has served on CDC’s Zika, e-cigarette or vaping product use-associated lung injury, COVID-19, and Monkeypox responses. She also serves in the Utah Air National Guard; through her military service, she is working on traumatic brain injury research. During her free time, she enjoys running, biking, skiing, and spending time with her family and labradoodle.

    Specialties

    Board Certification

    National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners
    American Board of Pediatrics (Pediatrics)

    Patient Rating

    4.6 /5
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    UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS

    La dr. Shana Elizabeth. Nos dejo con una pregunta que le hicimos no nos la contesto segn ella porque estaba ocupada.

    UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS

    Efficient and listened to me and mg daughter!

    UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS

    Exelente atenta una persona que trata con mucho amor y respeto a mi beb. Mil bendiciones dios la bendiga

    UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS

    I already stated I only wat my son to get one shot and we'd come back for the others but I felt as if her and the main Dr was being pushy about trying to change my mind. That I don't appreciate

  • Dr. Shana Godfred-Cato completed her medical degree at Des Moines University College of Osteopathic Medicine and her residency at Baylor Scott & White in Temple, TX. She is currently an Assistant Professor in the Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine at the University of Utah.

    Dr. Godfred-Cato’s interests include emerging threats and disaster preparedness for children and families. She is currently working with the Pediatric Pandemic Network to improve pediatric disaster preparedness and response in the region. Dr. Godfred-Cato serves on the executive committee for the American Academy of Pediatrics Council on Children and Disasters. She has worked for the CDC’s National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, focusing on emerging threats that affect mothers and infants. She has served on CDC’s Zika, e-cigarette or vaping product use-associated lung injury, COVID-19, and Monkeypox responses. She also serves in the Utah Air National Guard; through her military service, she is working on traumatic brain injury research. During her free time, she enjoys running, biking, skiing, and spending time with her family and labradoodle.

    Board Certification and Academic Information

    Academic Departments Pediatrics -Associate Professor (Clinical)
    Academic Divisions Emergency Medicine
    Board Certification
    National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners
    American Board of Pediatrics (Pediatrics)

    Education history

    Professional Medical Osteopathic Medicine - Des Moines University College of Osteopathic Medicine D.O.
    Residency Pediatrics - Baylor Scott & White McLane Children's Medical Center Resident

    Selected Publications

    Journal Article

    1. Melgar M, Haston J, DeCuir J, Cheng Q, Arnold KE, Meng L, Murphy DJ, Overton E, Hollberg J, Tobin-D'Angelo M, Patel P, Campbell AP, Godfred-Cato DO S, Belay ED (2022). Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in adults (MIS-A): case finding through systematic review of electronic medical records. Clin Infect Dis, 75(11), 1903-1911. (Read full publication)
    2. Roth NM, Woodworth KR, Godfred-Cato S, Delaney AM, Olson SM, Nahabedian JF 3rd, Reynolds MR, Jones AM, Neelam V, Valencia-Prado M, Delgado-López C, Lee EH, Ellis EM, Lake-Burger H, Tonzel JL, Higgins CA, Chan RL, Tong VT, Gilboa SM, Cragan JD, Honein MA, Moore CA (2022). Identifying possible inaccuracy in reported birth head circumference measurements among infants in the US Zika Pregnancy and Infant Registry. Birth Defects Res, 114(8), 314-318. (Read full publication)
    3. Abrams JY, Belay ED, Godfred-Cato S, Campbell AP, Zambrano LD, Kunkel A, Miller AD, Wu MJ, Meng L, Shah AB, Oster ME (2022). Trends in Treatments for Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C), United States, February 2020 ¿ July 2021. Clin Infect Dis, 75(7), 1201-1209. (Read full publication)
    4. Lapp SA, Abrams J, Lu AT, Hussaini L, Kao CM, Hunstad DA, Rosenberg RB, Zafferani MJ, Ede KC, Ballan W, Laham FR, Beltran Y, Hsiao HM, Sherry W, Jenkins E, Jones K, Horner A, Brooks A, Bryant B, Meng L, Hammett TA, Oster ME, Bamrah-Morris S, Godfred-Cato S, Belay E, Chahroudi A, Anderson EJ, Jaggi P, Rostad CA (2022). Serologic and Cytokine Signatures in Children With Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome and Coronavirus Disease 2019. Open Forum Infect Dis, 9(3), ofac070. (Read full publication)
    5. Tannenbaum R, Rekhtman S, Strunk A, Birabaharan M, Shaigany S, Burshtein J, Grbic N, Nazir Z, Norden A, Godfred-Cato S, Belay E, Patel P, Garg A (2022). Mucocutaneous manifestations among adults hospitalized with multisystem inflammatory syndrome following SARS-CoV-2 infection. JAAD Int, 6, 111-113. (Read full publication)
    6. Godfred-Cato S, Abrams JY, Balachandran N, Jaggi P, Jones K, Rostad CA, Lu AT, Fan L, Jabbar A, Anderson EJ, Kao CM, Hunstad DA, Rosenberg RB, Zafferani MJ, Ede KC, Ballan W, Laham FR, Beltran Y, Bryant B, Meng L, Hammett TA, Oster ME, Bamrah Morris S, Belay ED (2022). Distinguishing Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children From COVID-19, Kawasaki Disease and Toxic Shock Syndrome. Pediatr Infect Dis J, 41(4), 315-323. (Read full publication)
    7. Roth NM, Reynolds MR, Lewis EL, Woodworth KR, Godfred-Cato S, Delaney A, Akosa A, Valencia-Prado M, Lash M, Elmore A, Langlois P, Khuwaja S, Tufa A, Ellis EM, Nestoridi E, Lyu C, Longcore ND, Piccardi M, Lind L, Starr S, Johnson L, Browne SE, Gosciminski M, Velasco PE, Johnson-Clarke F, Locklear A, Chan M, Fornoff J, Toews KE, Tonzel J, Marzec NS, Hale S, Nance AE, Willabus T, Contreras D, Adibhatla SN, Iguchi L, Potts E, Schiffman E, Lolley K, Stricklin B, Ludwig E, Garstang H, Marx M, Ferrell E, Moreno-Gorrin C, Signs K, Romitti P, Leedom V, Martin B, Castrodale L, Cook A, Fredette C, Denson L, Cronquist L, Nahabedian JF 3rd, Shinde N, Polen K, Gilboa SM, Martin SW, Cragan JD, Meaney-Delman D, Honein MA, Tong VT, Moore CA (2022). Zika-Associated Birth Defects Reported in Pregnancies with Laboratory Evidence of Confirmed or Possible Zika Virus Infection - U.S. Zika Pregnancy and Infant Registry, December 1, 2015-March 31, 2018. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep, 71(3), 73-79. (Read full publication)
    8. DeCuir J, Baggs J, Melgar M, Patel P, Wong KK, Schwartz NG, Morris SB, Godfred-Cato S, Belay ED (2022). Identification and description of patients with multisystem inflammatory syndrome in adults associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection using the Premier Healthcare Database. Epidemiol Infect, 150, e26. (Read full publication)
    9. Miller AD, Zambrano LD, Yousaf AR, Abrams JY, Meng L, Wu MJ, Melgar M, Oster ME, Godfred Cato SE, Belay ED, Campbell AP, MIS-C Surveillance Authorship Group (2021). Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children-United States, February 2020-July 2021. Clinical infectious diseases, (Read full publication)
    10. Belay ED, Godfred Cato S, Rao AK, Abrams J, Wilson WW, Lim S, Newton-Cheh C, Melgar M, DeCuir J, Webb B, Marquez P, Su JR, Meng L, Grome HN, Schlaudecker E, Talaat K, Edwards K, Barnett E, Campbell AP, Broder KR, Bamrah Morris (2021). Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Adults after SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 vaccination. Clinical infectious diseases, (Read full publication)
    11. Godfred-Cato S, Newton S, Adams L, Valencia-Prado M, Lake-Burger H, Morrison A, Jones AM, Olson SM, Roth NM, Tong VT, Gilboa SM, Meaney Delman D, Honein MA, Staples JE, Moore C (2021). Clinical phenotype in infants with negative Zika virus immunoglobulin M testing born to mothers with confirmed Zika virus infection during pregnancy. Birth defects research, 113(17), 1267-1274. (Read full publication)
    12. Mercado-Reyes M, Gilboa SM, Valencia D, Daza M, Tong VT, Galang RR, Winfield CM, Godfred-Cato S, Benavides M, Villanueva JM, Thomas JD, Daniels J, Zaki S, Reagan-Steiner S, Bhatnagar J, Schiffer J, Steward-Clark E, Ricaldi JN, Osorio J, Sancken CL, Pardo L, Tinker SC, Anderson KN, Rico A, Burkel VK, Hojnacki J, Delahoy MJ, González M, Osorio MB, Moore CA, Honein MA, Ospina Martinez M (2021). Pregnancy, Birth, Infant, and Early Childhood Neurodevelopmental Outcomes among a Cohort of Women with Symptoms of Zika Virus Disease during Pregnancy in Three Surveillance Sites, Project Vigilancia de Embarazadas con Zika (VEZ), Colombia, 2016-2018. Tropical medicine and infectious disease, 6(4), (Read full publication)
    13. Patel P, DeCuir J, Abrams J, Campbell AP, Godfred-Cato S, Belay E (2021). Clinical Characteristics of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Adults: A Systematic Review. JAMA network open, 4(9), e2126456. (Read full publication)
    14. Bowen A, Miller AD, Zambrano LD, Wu MJ, Oster ME, Godfred-Cato S, Belay ED, Campbell A (2021). Demographic and Clinical Factors Associated With Death Among Persons <21 Years Old With Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children-United States, February 2020-March 2021. Open forum infectious diseases, 8(8), ofab388. (Read full publication)
    15. Stierman B, Abrams JY, Godfred-Cato SE, Oster ME, Meng L, Yip L, Patel P, Balachandran N, Prezzato E, Pierce T, Hsu KK, Burns M, Peterson Pompa X, Lauro P, Hartley A, Jones C, Gretsch S, Reid H, Lim S, Campbell AP, Belay E (2021). Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children in the United States, March 2020 to February 2021. The Pediatric infectious disease journal, 40(11), e400-e406. (Read full publication)
    16. Payne AB, Gilani Z, Godfred-Cato S, Belay ED, Feldstein LR, Patel MM, Randolph AG, Newhams M, Thomas D, Magleby R, Hsu K, Burns M, Dufort E, Maxted A, Pietrowski M, Longenberger A, Bidol S, Henderson J, Sosa L, Edmundson A, Tobin-D'Angelo M, Edison L, Heidemann S, Singh AR, Giuliano JS Jr, Kleinman LC, Tarquinio KM, Walsh RF, Fitzgerald JC, Clouser KN, Gertz SJ, Carroll RW, Carroll CL, Hoots BE, Reed C, Dahlgren FS, Oster ME, Pierce TJ, Curns AT, Langley GE, Campbell AP, MIS-C Incidence Authorship Group., Balachandran N, Murray TS, Burkholder C, Brancard T, Lifshitz J, Leach D, Charpie I, Tice C, Coffin SE, Perella D, Jones K, Marohn KL, Yager PH, Fernandes ND, Flori HR, Koncicki ML, Walker KS, Di Pentima MC, Li S, Horwitz SM, Gaur S, Coffey DC, Harwayne-Gidansky I, Hymes SR, Thomas NJ, Ackerman KG, Cholette J (2021). Incidence of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children Among US Persons Infected With SARS-CoV-2. JAMA network open, 4(6), e2116420. (Read full publication)
    17. Dolk H, Leke AZ, Whitfield P, Moore R, Karnell K, Bari'i¿ I, Barlow-Mosha L, Botto LD, Garne E, Guatibonza P, Godfred-Cato S, Halleux CM, Holmes LB, Moore CA, Orioli I, Raina N, Valencia (2021). Global birth defects app: An innovative tool for describing and coding congenital anomalies at birth in low resource settings. Birth defects research, 113(14), 1057-1073. (Read full publication)
    18. Prakalapakorn SG, Bonafede L, Lawrence L, Lattin D, Kim N, House RD, Hillman B, de Wilde L, Harrison C, Fehrenbach N, Godfred-Cato S, Reynolds MR, Ellis E (2021). Ocular Findings and Visual Function in Children Examined during the Zika Health Brigade in the US Virgin Islands, March 2018. Tropical medicine and infectious disease, 6(2), (Read full publication)
    19. Belay ED, Abrams J, Oster ME, Giovanni J, Pierce T, Meng L, Prezzato E, Balachandran N, Openshaw JJ, Rosen HE, Kim M, Richardson G, Hand J, Tobin-D'Angelo M, Wilson S, Hartley A, Jones C, Kolsin J, Mohamed H, Colles Z, Hammett T, Patel P, Stierman B, Campbell AP, Godfred-Cato (2021). Trends in Geographic and Temporal Distribution of US Children With Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome During the COVID-19 Pandemic. JAMA pediatrics, 175(8), 837-845. (Read full publication)
    20. Abrams JY, Oster ME, Godfred-Cato SE, Bryant B, Datta SD, Campbell AP, Leung JW, Tsang CA, Pierce TJ, Kennedy JL, Hammett TA, Belay E (2021). Factors linked to severe outcomes in multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) in the USA: a retrospective surveillance study. The Lancet. Child & adolescent health, 5(5), 323-331. (Read full publication)
    21. Leung J, Abrams JY, Maddox RA, Godfred-Cato S, Schonberger LB, Belay E (2021). Toxic Shock Syndrome in Patients Younger than 21 Years of Age, United States, 2006-2018. The Pediatric infectious disease journal, 40(3), e125-e128. (Read full publication)
    22. Benavides-Lara A, la Paz Barboza-Arguello M, González-Elizondo M, Hernández-deMezerville M, Brenes-Chacón H, Ramírez-Rojas M, Ramírez-Hernández C, Arjona-Ortegón N, Godfred-Cato S, Valencia D, Moore CA, Soriano-Fallas (2021). Zika Virus-Associated Birth Defects, Costa Rica, 2016-2018. Emerging infectious diseases, 27(2), (Read full publication)
    23. Godfred-Cato S, Fehrenbach SN, Reynolds MR, Galang RR, Schoelles D, Brown-Shuler L, Hillman B, DeWilde L, Prosper A, Hudson A, Moore CA, Ellis E (2020). 2018 Zika Health Brigade: Delivering Critical Health Screening in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Tropical medicine and infectious disease, 5(4), (Read full publication)
    24. Giovanni JE, Hrapcak S, Melgar M, Godfred-Cato (2021). Global Reports of Intussusception in Infants With SARS-CoV-2 Infection. The Pediatric infectious disease journal, 40(1), e35-e36. (Read full publication)
    25. Morris SB, Schwartz NG, Patel P, Abbo L, Beauchamps L, Balan S, Lee EH, Paneth-Pollak R, Geevarughese A, Lash MK, Dorsinville MS, Ballen V, Eiras DP, Newton-Cheh C, Smith E, Robinson S, Stogsdill P, Lim S, Fox SE, Richardson G, Hand J, Oliver NT, Kofman A, Bryant B, Ende Z, Datta D, Belay E, Godfred-Cato (2020). Case Series of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Adults Associated with SARS-CoV-2 Infection - United Kingdom and United States, March-August 2020. MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report, 69(40), 1450-1456. (Read full publication)
    26. Leeb RT, Price S, Sliwa S, Kimball A, Szucs L, Caruso E, Godfred-Cato S, Lozier (2020). COVID-19 Trends Among School-Aged Children - United States, March 1-September 19, 2020. MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report, 69(39), 1410-1415. (Read full publication)
    27. Leeb RT, Danielson ML, Bitsko RH, Cree RA, Godfred-Cato S, Hughes MM, Powell P, Firchow B, Hart LC, Lebrun-Harris L (2020). Support for Transition from Adolescent to Adult Health Care Among Adolescents With and Without Mental, Behavioral, and Developmental Disorders - United States, 2016-2017. MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report, 69(34), 1156-1160. (Read full publication)
    28. Abrams JY, Godfred-Cato SE, Oster ME, Chow EJ, Koumans EH, Bryant B, Leung JW, Belay E (2020). Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children Associated with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2: A Systematic Review. The Journal of pediatrics, 226, 45-54.e1. (Read full publication)
    29. Godfred-Cato S, Bryant B, Leung J, Oster ME, Conklin L, Abrams J, Roguski K, Wallace B, Prezzato E, Koumans EH, Lee EH, Geevarughese A, Lash MK, Reilly KH, Pulver WP, Thomas D, Feder KA, Hsu KK, Plipat N, Richardson G, Reid H, Lim S, Schmitz A, Pierce T, Hrapcak S, Datta D, Morris SB, Clarke K, Belay E, California MIS-C Response Team (2020). COVID-19-Associated Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children - United States, March-July 2020. MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report, 69(32), 1074-1080. (Read full publication)
    30. Pacheco O, Newton SM, Daza M, Cates JE, Reales JAM, Burkel VK, Mercado M, Godfred-Cato S, Gonzalez M, Anderson KN, Woodworth KR, Valencia D, Tong VT, Gilboa SM, Osorio MB, Rodríguez DYS, Prieto-Alvarado FE, Moore CA, Honein MA, Ospina Martínez M (2021). Neurodevelopmental findings in children 20-30 months of age with postnatal Zika infection at 1-12 months of age, Colombia, September-November 2017. Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology, 35(1), 92-97. (Read full publication)
    31. Godfred-Cato S, Cooley KM, Fleck-Derderian S, Becksted HA, Russell Z, Meaney-Delman D, Mead PS, Nelson C (2020). Treatment of Human Plague: A Systematic Review of Published Aggregate Data on Antimicrobial Efficacy, 1939-2019. Clinical infectious diseases, 70(70 Suppl 1), S11-S19. (Read full publication)
    32. Fleck-Derderian S, Nelson CA, Cooley KM, Russell Z, Godfred-Cato S, Oussayef NL, Oduyebo T, Rasmussen SA, Jamieson DJ, Meaney-Delman (2020). Plague During Pregnancy: A Systematic Review. Clinical infectious diseases, 70(70 Suppl 1), S30-S36. (Read full publication)
    33. Leeb RT, Cree RA, Aird L, DeBiasi RL, Driggers RW, Garbarczyk E, Mofenson LM, Needle S, Rodriguez J, Curry C, García F, Godfred-Cato S, Hawks D, Rosenblum E, Dziuban E, Hudak (2020). A Framework for Coordination between Obstetric and Pediatric Providers in Public Health Emergencies: Lessons Learned from the Zika Outbreak in the United States, 2015 to 2017. American journal of perinatology, 37(10), 982-990. (Read full publication)
    34. Smoots AN, Olson SM, Cragan J, Delaney A, Roth NM, Godfred-Cato S, Jones AM, Nahabedian JF 3rd, Fornoff J, Sandidge T, Yazdy MM, Higgins C, Olney RS, Eckert V, Forkner A, Fox DJ, Stolz A, Crawford K, Cho SJ, Knapp M, Ahmed MF, Lake-Burger H, Elmore AL, Langlois P, Breidenbach R, Nance A, Denson L, Caton L, Forestieri N, Bergman K, Humphries BK, Leedom VO, Tran T, Johnston J, Valencia-Prado M, Pérez-González S, Romitti PA, Fall C, Bryan JM, Barton J, Arias W, St John K, Mann S, Kimura J, Orantes L, Martin B, de Wilde L, Ellis EM, Song Z, Akosa A, Goodroe C, Ellington SR, Tong VT, Gilboa SM, Moore CA, Honein M (2020). Population-Based Surveillance for Birth Defects Potentially Related to Zika Virus Infection - 22 States and Territories, January 2016-June 2017. MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report, 69(3), 67-71. (Read full publication)
    35. Siegel DA, Jatlaoui TC, Koumans EH, Kiernan EA, Layer M, Cates JE, Kimball A, Weissman DN, Petersen EE, Reagan-Steiner S, Godfred-Cato S, Moulia D, Moritz E, Lehnert JD, Mitchko J, London J, Zaki SR, King BA, Jones CM, Patel A, Delman DM, Koppaka R, Lung Injury Response Clinical Working Group., Lung Injury Response Epidemiology/Surveillance Group (2019). Update: Interim Guidance for Health Care Providers Evaluating and Caring for Patients with Suspected E-cigarette, or Vaping, Product Use Associated Lung Injury - United States, October 2019. MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report, 68(41), 919-927. (Read full publication)
    36. Hillman B, Petersen DN, Galang RR, Godfred-Cato S, Mayers C, Thomas Y, Prosper A, Hawley J, Halbert M, Noe M, Reynolds M, Schoelles D, Brown-Shuler L, Fehrenbach N, Ellis E (2019). 2018 U.S. Virgin Islands Zika health brigade: Providing recommended pediatric health screenings for infants born to mothers with laboratory evidence of Zika virus exposure during pregnancy. Birth defects research, 111(7), 360-362. (Read full publication)
    37. Adebanjo T, Godfred-Cato S, Viens L, Fischer M, Staples JE, Kuhnert-Tallman W, Walke H, Oduyebo T, Polen K, Peacock G, Meaney-Delman D, Honein MA, Rasmussen SA, Moore CA, Contributors (2017). Update: Interim Guidance for the Diagnosis, Evaluation, and Management of Infants with Possible Congenital Zika Virus Infection - United States, October 2017. MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report, 66(41), 1089-1099. (Read full publication)
    38. Godfred-Cato S, Metts M, Kolbinger G, Finnerty EP, Carney (2014). An e-Learning Intervention to Enhance Medical Student&rsquo;s Competence in Oxygen Delivery Methods. Medical science educator, 23(3), 278-283.
    39. Hennessee I, Shelus V, McArdle CE, Wolf M, Schatzman S, Carpenter A, Minhaj FS, Petras JK, Cash-Goldwasser S, Maloney M, Sosa L, Jones SA, Mangla AT, Harold RE, Beverley J, Saunders KE, Adams JN, Stanek DR, Feldpausch A, Pavlick J, Cahill M, O'Dell V, Kim M, Alarcón J, Finn LE, Goss M, Duwell M, Crum DA, Williams TW, Hansen K, Heddy M, Mallory K, McDermott D, Cuadera MKQ, Adler E, Lee EH, Shinall A, Thomas C, Ricketts EK, Koonce T, Rynk DB, Cogswell K, McLafferty M, Perella D, Stockdale C, Dell B, Roskosky M, White SL, Davis KR, Milleron RS, Mackey S, Barringer LA, Bruce H, Barrett D, D'Angeli M, Kocharian A, Klos R, Dawson P, Ellington SR, Mayer O, Godfred-Cato S, Labuda SM, McCormick DW, McCollum AM, Rao AK, Salzer JS, Kimball A, Gold JAW, California Department of Public Health Monkeypox Pediatric Working Group, CDC Monkeypox Pediatric Working Grou (2022). Epidemiologic and Clinical Features of Children and Adolescents Aged <18 Years with Monkeypox - United States, May 17-September 24, 2022. MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report, 71(44), 1407-1411. (Read full publication)
    40. Hesse EM, Godfred-Cato S, Bower W (2022). Antitoxin Use in the Prevention and Treatment of Anthrax Disease: A Systematic Review. Clinical infectious diseases, 75(Suppl 3), S432-S440. (Read full publication)
    41. Minhaj FS, Petras JK, Brown JA, Mangla AT, Russo K, Willut C, Lee M, Beverley J, Harold R, Milroy L, Pope B, Gould E, Beeler C, Schneider J, Mostafa HH, Godfred-Cato S, Click ES, Borah BF, Galang RR, Cash-Goldwasser S, Wong JM, McCormick DW, Yu PA, Shelus V, Carpenter A, Schatzman S, Lowe D, Townsend MB, Davidson W, Wynn NT, Satheshkumar PS, O'Connor SM, O'Laughlin K, Rao AK, McCollum AM, Negrón ME, Hutson CL, Salzer JS, CDC Monkeypox Emergency Response Team, CDC Monkeypox Emergency Response Tea (2022). Orthopoxvirus Testing Challenges for Persons in Populations at Low Risk or Without Known Epidemiologic Link to Monkeypox - United States, 2022. MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report, 71(36), 1155-1158. (Read full publication)
    42. Melgar M, Haston J, DeCuir J, Cheng Q, Arnold KE, Meng L, Murphy DJ, Overton E, Hollberg J, Tobin-D'Angelo M, Patel P, Campbell AP, Godfred-Cato S, Belay E (2022). Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Adults: Case Finding Through Systematic Review of Electronic Medical Records. Clinical infectious diseases, 75(11), 1903-1911. (Read full publication)
    43. Bower WA, Yu Y, Person MK, Parker CM, Kennedy JL, Sue D, Hesse EM, Cook R, Bradley J, Bulitta JB, Karchmer AW, Ward RM, Cato SG, Stephens KC, Hendricks K (2023). CDC Guidelines for the Prevention and Treatment of Anthrax, 2023. MMWR. Recommendations and reports, 72(6), 1-47. (Read full publication)
    44. Neelam V, Woodworth KR, Chang DJ, Roth NM, Reynolds MR, Akosa A, Carr CP, Anderson KN, Mulkey SB, DeBiasi RL, Biddle C, Lee EH, Elmore AL, Scotland SJ, Sowunmi S, Longcore ND, Ahmed M, Langlois PH, Khuwaja S, Browne SE, Lind L, Shim K, Gosciminski M, Blumenfeld R, Khuntia S, Halai UA, Locklear A, Chan M, Willabus T, Tonzel J, Marzec NS, Barreto NA, Sanchez C, Fornoff J, Hale S, Nance A, Iguchi L, Adibhatla SN, Potts E, Schiffman E, Raman D, McDonald MF, Stricklin B, Ludwig E, Denson L, Contreras D, Romitti PA, Ferrell E, Marx M, Signs K, Cook A, Leedom VO, Beauregard S, Orantes LC, Cronquist L, Roush L, Godfred-Cato S, Gilboa SM, Meaney-Delman D, Honein MA, Moore CA, Tong V (2024). Outcomes up to age 36 months after congenital Zika virus infection-U.S. states. Pediatric research, 95(2), 558-565. (Read full publication)
    45. Beeson AM, Haston J, McCormick DW, Reynolds M, Chatham-Stephens K, McCollum AM, Godfred-Cato (2023). Mpox in Children and Adolescents: Epidemiology, Clinical Features, Diagnosis, and Management. Pediatrics, 151(2), (Read full publication)
    46. Melgar M, Abrams JY, Godfred-Cato S, Shah AB, Garg A, Strunk A, Narasimhan M, Koptyev J, Norden A, Musheyev D, Rashid F, Tannenbaum R, Estrada-Y-Martin RM, Patel B, Karanth S, Achenbach CJ, Hall GT, Hockney SM, Caputo M, Abbo LM, Beauchamps L, Morris S, Cifuentes RO, de St Maurice A, Bell DS, Prabaker KK, Sanz Vidorreta FJ, Bryant E, Cohen DK, Mohan R, Libby CP, SooHoo S, Domingo TJ, Campbell AP, Belay E (2023). A Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Study to Characterize Patients Hospitalized With Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Adults and Coronavirus Disease 2019 in the United States, 2020-2021. Clinical infectious diseases, 77(10), 1395-1405. (Read full publication)
    47. Hainsworth JB, Johnson A, Godfred-Cato S, Smolinski GJ, Jorgensen-Wagers (2023). The 8 January 2020 theatre ballistic missile attack on US soldiers stationed at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq: case series using a concussion subtypes framework to approach a real-world, chaotic blast-related TBI mass casualty event. BMJ neurology open, 5(1), e000343. (Read full publication)
    48. Yousaf AR, Kunkel A, Abrams JY, Shah AB, Hammett TA, Arnold KE, Beltran YL, Laham FR, Kao CM, Hunstad DA, Hussaini L, Baida N, Salazar L, Perez MA, Rostad CA, Godfred-Cato S, Campbell AP, Belay E (2023). COVID-19 Vaccine Reactogenicity and Vaccine Attitudes Among Children and Parents/Guardians After Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children or COVID-19 Hospitalization: September 2021-May 2022. The Pediatric infectious disease journal, 42(3), 252-259. (Read full publication)
    49. de Wilde LH, Harrison CJ, Ceesay BE, Mayers CS, Ferrol-Hawley J, Canton J, Godfred-Cato S, Reynolds MR, Brown-Shuler L, Randhawa S, Schoelles D, Hillman B, Carlos MP, Ambrose T, Bitner D, Holgado S, Jones C, Lattin DJ, Mulkey SB, Nguyen A, Payne M, Prakalapakorn SG, Shue A, Ellis E (2023). 2021 U.S. Virgin Islands Zika health brigade: Providing recommended pediatric health screenings for children born to mothers with laboratory evidence of possible Zika virus infection during pregnancy. Birth defects research, 115(5), 572-577. (Read full publication)
    50. Melgar M, Lee EH, Miller AD, Lim S, Brown CM, Yousaf AR, Zambrano LD, Belay ED, Godfred-Cato S, Abrams JY, Oster ME, Campbell A (2022). Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists/CDC Surveillance Case Definition for Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children Associated with SARS-CoV-2 Infection - United States. MMWR. Recommendations and reports, 71(4), 1-14. (Read full publication)
    51. Delaney A, Olson SM, Roth NM, Cragan JD, Godfred-Cato S, Smoots AN, Fornoff J, Nestoridi E, Eckert V, Forkner A, Stolz A, Crawford K, Cho SJ, Elmore A, Langlois P, Nance A, Denson L, Forestieri N, Leedom VO, Tran T, Valencia-Prado M, Romitti P, Barton JE, St John K, Mann S, Orantes L, DeWilde L, Tong VT, Gilboa SM, Moore CA, Honein M (2022). Prevalence of individual brain and eye defects potentially related to Zika virus in pregnancy in 22&thinsp;U.S. states and territories, January 2016 to June 2017. Birth defects research, 114(14), 805-811. (Read full publication)
    52. Gardiner LA, Godfred-Cato S, and Needle (2024). The Role of Clinic Preparedness to Support Patients and Strengthen the Medical System During and After a Pandemic. Pediatric clinics of North America,
    53. Godfred-Cato S, Chung S, Krug (2023). Improving disaster preparedness for children: a 75-year review in Pediatrics. pediatrics,
    54. Shah AB, Abrams JY, Godfred-Cato S, Kunkel A, Hammett TA, Perez MA, Hsiao HM, Baida N, Rostad CA, Ballan W, Ede K, Laham FR, Kao CM, Oster ME, Belay E (2023). Treatments and Severe Outcomes for Patients Diagnosed With MIS-C at Four Children's Hospitals in the United States, March 16, 2020-March 10, 2021. The Pediatric infectious disease journal, 42(11), 990-998. (Read full publication)
    55. Shana Godfred-Cato, Benjamin Kalm, Cara Lemb (2025). Family Emergency and Disaster Planning published in Tropical Review in Pediatrics, https://trip.utah.edu/emergency-planning-for-families/. Previously published as Planning for Emergencies on the Medical Home Portal. . Tropical Review in Pediatrics,
    56. Godfred-Cato S, Kunkel A, Abrams JY, Shah AB, Yousaf A, Hammett TA, Choi JH, Perez MA, Hsiao HM, Rostad CA, Laham FR, Kao CM, Hunstad DA, Oster ME, Campbell AP, Belay E (2024). Long-term Health Outcomes After Hospital Discharge Among Children Hospitalized for MIS-C or COVID-19, September 29, 2021, to June 21, 2022. . The Pediatric infectious disease journal,
    57. Dunkley J, Deputy NP, Denny CH, Bertrand J, Godfred-Cato S, Kim S (2024). Assessing Prenatal Alcohol Exposure History for Pediatric Patients: Practices Among U.S. Clinicians. Maternal and child health journal, (Read full publication)
    58. Cara Lembo, Daniel Mendoza, Shana Godfred-Cat (2024). Climate Change and Children's Health: An Overview and Call to Action. World medical journal, 4, 70-74.
    59. Stephens CQ, Cairo SB, Fallat ME, Melhado CG, Godfred-Cato S, Ong H, Newton (2025). Weather-Related Pediatric Fatalities in the United States: 2001 to 2021. Pediatrics, (Read full publication)
    60. Sharma AJ, Reefhuis J, Zauche LH, Madni SA, Cragan JD, Moore CA, Nahabedian JF, Olson CK, CDC COVID¿19 Vaccine Pregnancy Registry tea (2025). COVID-19 Vaccination During Pregnancy and Birth Defects: Results From the CDC COVID-19 Vaccine Pregnancy Registry, United States 2021-2022. Birth defects research, 117(5), e2474. (Read full publication)
    61. Christofferson RC, Giovanni JE, Koumans EH, Ategbole M, Clark SD, Godfred-Cato S, Menon MP, Sastalla I, Schweitzer BK, Uyeki T (2025). A Systematic Review of Prolonged SARS-CoV-2 Shedding in Immunocompromised Persons. Influenza and other respiratory viruses, 19(5), e70121. (Read full publication)
    62. Lefort R, Sang R, Godfred-Cato SE, Jeong YS, Ren DM, Duong M, Popovsky EY, Kowalczyk KB, Valentino C, Davis NR, Stengel PJ, Auerbach M (2025). The National Dissemination of a Disaster Medicine Module for Pediatric Residents Through Nationally Funded Disaster Networks. Pediatric emergency care, (Read full publication)
    63. Lenz A, Pugh MJ, Swan AA, Johnson A, Strom E, Schmidt J, Johnson K, Jones R, Godfred-Cato (2025). Shockwaves of War: Neurobehavioral Symptom Analysis Post-Al Asad Missile Strike, 2020. Military medicine, (Read full publication)
    64. Zauche LH, Madni SA, Shay DK, Olson CK, Machefsky A, Godfred Cato SE, Sharma A (2026). Neonatal intensive care unit admission among infants born full-term to CDC's COVID-19 Vaccine Pregnancy Registry participants: A matched cohort study. Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics, 22(1), 2636365. (Read full publication)

    Book Chapter

    1. Wilson, B., Godfred-Cato, S., & Halmo, L (2025). Pediatric Toxicologic Considerations in Disasters . 121-142.
    2. Bryan Wilson and Laurie Halmo (2025). This book focuses on the unique needs and considerations of health care for children in disaster settings; aims to equip healthcare professionals with the vocabulary and skills to work effectively in responding to a disaster. Co-authored the chapter Pediatric Toxicologic Considerations in Disasters.

    Commentary

    1. Belay ED, Godfred-Cato S (2022). SARS-CoV-2 spread and hospitalisations in paediatric patients during the omicron surge. Lancet Child Adolesc Health, 6(5), 280-281. (Read full publication)

    Newspaper

    1. Godfred-Cato (2013). Complications of a life with less lactase.
    2. Godfred-Cato (2013). Health professional offers advice for treating hives.

    Other

    1. Godfred-Cato (2017). Working with the Texas Army National Guard on Response to Harvey.
    2. Godfred-Cato S, Jayanth A, Dahl-Grove (2015). Roles for Residents in Hospital Disaster Preparation.
    3. Godfred-Cato S, Costello L, Lucke (2014). Angle on advocacy, Let&rsquo;s PAVE the way!.
    4. Godfred-Cato (2014). A day in the life of a parent and a pediatric resident, Fulfillment Takes Many Forms in Those Extra-long Days.
    5. Doneen West, Shana Godfred-Cato, Danielle Zerr, Matthew Washam, Daniel Blatt, Janice Perez-Padilla, Jennifer Goldman, Tresa Zielinski, Adam Ratner, Larry Kociole (2024). "Preventing the Transmission of Dengue Fever Among Families and Communities". This webpage with frequently asked questions was developed to provide information regarding Dengue to the community. .
    6. Doneen West, Shana Godfred-Cato, Danielle Zerr, Brigitte Gaines, Daniel Blatt, Janice Perez-Padilla, Jennifer Goldman, Tresa Zielinski, Irene Davis, Nicolaus Glomb, Adam Ratner, Larry Kociole (2024). "Oropouche in Children: What you Need to Know" a website for families and caregivers interested in information on the Oropouche Virus. https://pedspandemicnetwork.org/families-caregivers/oropouche-in-children-what-you-need-to-know/. "Oropouche in Children: Key Information for Healthcare Providers" a website for healthcare providers on the outbreak, transmission, diagnosis, symptoms/complications, laboratory findings, prevention and treatment of Oropouche. https://pedspandemicnetwork.org/our-work/oropouche-in-children-key-information-for-healthcare-providers/.
    7. Doneen West, PharmD, MBA; Shana Godfred-Cato, DO; Nicholas Glomb, MD, MPH; Larry Kociolek, MD, MSCI; Danielle Zerr, MD, MP (2025). Helping Patients Understand Measles Vaccination and Vitamin A: Clinician Guidance. Developed with the Pediatric Pandemic Network and published on PPN's Resource Central. .

    Report

    1. Godfred-Cato (2017). Anthrax: What Clinicians Need to Know, course review and revision.
    2. Nelson C, Meaney-Delman D, Fleck-Derderian S, Cooley K, Yu P, Mead P, Godfred-Cato (2021). Antimicrobial Treatment and Prophylaxis of Plague: Recommendations for Naturally Acquired Infections and Bioterrorism Response .
    3. Adebanjo T, Godfred-Cato S, Viens L, et al (2017). Updated: Interim Guidance for the Diagnosis, Evaluation, and Management of Infants with Possible Congenital Zika Virus Infection.
    4. National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (U.S.) Division of Viral Diseases, Godfred-Cato (2020). Evaluation and Management Considerations for Neonates At Risk for COVID-19 .

    Video/Film/CD/Web/Podcast

    1. Godfred-Cato (2019). Five Tips for Healthcare Providers to Help Babies Exposed to Zika.