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
- Multidisciplinary Pediatric Asthma Program
- Pediatric Sedation Program
Faculty and Staff
Getachew Teshome, MD, MPH
Associate Professor, Pediatrics
Division Head
Forrest Closson, MD
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
Director, Pediatric Emergency Undergraduate Educational Program
Director, Pediatric Sexual Abuse/Rape Assessment program
Katelyn E. Donohue, MD
Assistant Professor, Medicine and Pediatrics
Jennifer Guyther, MD
Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics
Co-Director, Emergency Medicine/Pediatrics
Richard Lichenstein, MD
Professor, Pediatrics
Director of Pediatric Emergency Medicine Research
Elizabeth Quaal Hines, MD
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
Renee Quarrie, MD
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
Ankita Taneja, MD
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
Christian Wright, MD
Assistant Professor, 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.
Learn more about the combined Pediatrics/Emergency Medicine Residency Program >
Contact Information
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
110 S Paca St - 8th floor
Baltimore, MD 21201
Phone: 410-328-2079
Fax: 410-328-0558
Related Links
- HealthRadio.Net - Audio about fireworks safety. Special guest: Dr. Richard Lichenstein.
- To learn more about our clinical services, please visit: Pediatric Emergency Medicine at the University of Maryland Golisano Children's Hospital