Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine

The Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine provides emergency care to children and adolescents. It is engaged in groundbreaking research in a wide range of topics, including injury prevention, telemedicine, child sexual abuse, and toxicology. Additionally, the division provides training in pediatric emergency medicine to medical students and residents of multiple specialties.

Research Activities

Asthma
Injury prevention
Intra-hospital transfers
Patient education
Patient safety
Prehospital medicine
Procedural sedation
Quality improvement
Sexual abuse
Telemedicine Toxicology

Other Activities/Programs

Pediatric Sexual Abuse/Rape Assessment Program
Multidisclipinary Pediatric Asthma Program
Pediatric Sedation program

Faculty and Staff

Getachew Teshome, MD, MPH
Associate Professor
Division Head

Richard Lichenstein, MD
Professor
Director of Pediatric Emergency Medicine Research

Rajender Gattu, MBBS
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
Director, Telemedicine Program

Forrest Closson, MD
Clinical Instructor, Pediatrics
Director, Pediatric Emergency Undergraduate Educational Program
Director, Pediatric Sexual Abuse/Rape Assessment program

Christian Wright, MD
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics

Jennifer Guyther, MD
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine
Co-Director, Emergency Medicine/Pediatrics

Elizabeth Quaal Hines, MD
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics

Katelyn E. Donahue, MD
Clinical Instructor, Internal Medicine and Pediatrics

Education

The division provides training in pediatric emergency medicine to medical students and residents of multiple specialties, including pediatrics, emergency medicine, family medicine and psychiatry, as well as combined residents in emergency medicine/pediatrics and internal medicine/pediatrics. Please visit us here to learn more about the combined Pediatrics/Emergency Medicine residency program.

Contact Information

Pediatric Emergency Medicine
110 S Paca St - 8th floor
Baltimore, MD 21201
Telephone: 410-328-2079
Fax: 410-328-0558