Sabrina Derrington, MD, MA, HEC-C
Faculty Lead, Research Ethics, Workforce Development
SC CTSI Role
Dr. Derrington earned a Bachelor degree in Chemistry from Hillsdale College, a medical degree from University of California Davis School of Medicine, and a Master in Bioethics and Health Policy from Loyola University Chicago. She completed her internship, pediatric residency, and pediatric critical care fellowship at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. After two years as an attending physician for the Comfort and Palliative Care Team at CHLA, Dr. Derrington was recruited to join the faculty at Northwestern University and the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital, where she practiced critical care and palliative care, and eventually became the Associate Director of Clinical Ethics and Education. She returned in January 2021 as the inaugural director of the CHLA Center for Bioethics, Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at the Keck School of Medicine, and an attending physician in Critical Care Medicine at CHLA. Her research focuses on health equity concerns in the context of pediatric critical illness, communication and decision-making, and genomics. She sits on USC’s Stem Cell Research Oversight Committee and the CHLA Conflict of Interest in Research Committee, and is a member of the Clinical Research Ethics Collaborative. She serves on the Board of Directors for the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities and the Ethics Committee of the Society of Critical Care Medicine
Contact Information
sderrington@chla.usc.edu
(323) 361-4874
Professional Background
Dr. Derrington earned a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Hillsdale College (Summa Cum Laude), a medical degree from University of California Davis School of Medicine (Alpha Omega Alpha), and a master’s degree in Bioethics and Health Policy from Loyola University Chicago. She completed her internship, pediatric residency and pediatric critical care fellowship at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. After 2 years as an attending physician for the Comfort and Palliative Care Team at CHLA, Dr. Derrington was recruited to join the faculty at Northwestern University and the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital, where she practiced critical care and palliative care, and eventually became the Associate Director of Clinical Ethics and Education. She returned in January 2021 as the inaugural director of the CHLA Center for Bioethics, Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at the Keck School of Medicine, and an attending physician in Critical Care Medicine at CHLA. Her research focuses on health equity concerns in the context of pediatric critical illness, communication and decision-making, and genomics. Dr. Derrington sits on USC’s Stem Cell Research Oversight Committee and the CHLA Conflict of Interest in Research Committee, and is a member of the Clinical Research Ethics Collaborative. She serves on the Board of Directors for the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities and the Ethics Committee of the Society of Critical Care Medicine.
Interests
Sabrina enjoys spending time with her husband and three children, cooking, gardening hiking, poetry, music, and yoga.