Editing Team

See Founding Editors In Chief

Ronald A. Dieckmann, MD, MPH, FAAPFACEP
Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine University of California, San Francisco San Francisco, California, USA email: dieckmn@pacbell.net Home: + 1 510 658-6619
 
W. Robert Pitt, MBBSFRACPFACEM
Associate Professor Paediatrics and Child Health University of Queensland, Queensland, Australia email:rpitt@pemsoft.com Cell: + 61 (0)431 074031

Editors in Chief

Michelle Lin, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine,  University of California, San Francisco

Emergency Department, San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, CA

 

Robert Schafermeyer, MD

Adjunct Professor of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics, University of North Carolina

Senior Associate Chair of Emergency Medicine at Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC

 

Kelly Young, MD, MS

Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Department of Pediatrics

Pediatric Emergency Medicine Faculty, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA

Section Editors

PEMSoft American Editors

* Current Editorial Board Member
 
Jill Baren, MD: Child Psychiatry *
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine, University of Pennsylvania. 
Department of Emergency Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
 
Gil Binenbaum, MD: Eye *
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology,
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
 
Casey Buitenhuys, MD: Syndromes *
Clinical Instructor of Medicine,
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
 
Richard Cantor, MD: Gastroenterology *
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics
Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY
 
Pierre Cohen, MD: Radiology *
Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Radiology, University of California, San Francisco
Pediatric Radiologist, San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, CA
 
Erin Endom, MD: Disaster and Bioterrorism *
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
 
John Fazio, RN: Triage *
Clinical Nurse Educator, Emergency Department
San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, CAh.org
 
Karen Frush, MD: Phoenix
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Duke University School of Medicine
Chief Medical Director, Children's Hospital Services, Duke, Chapel Hill,NC*
 
Susan Fuchs, MD: Cardiology *
Professor of Pediatrics, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University
Medical Director, Pediatric Emergency Services, Associate Director of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Childrens Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL
 
Marianne Gausche-Hill, MD: Infectious Disease *
Professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Department of Emergency Medicine, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, 
Los Angeles, CA
 
Alisa Gean, MD: Radiology
Professor of Radiology, Neurology, and Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco
Chief of Neuroradiology, San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, CA*
 
Alan Graham, MD: Critical Care *
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Critical Care,
Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR* 
 
Paula Adams Hillard, MD: Gynecology *
Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology,
Stanford University of Medicine, Stanford CA7
 
Timothy Horeczko, MD: Hematology *
Clinical Instructor of Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
 
Paul Ishimine, MD: Dental *
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, 
Director of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Division of Emergency Medicine, University of California, San Diego, CA3
 
Ramon Johnson, MD: Disasters *
Director of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Emergency Department Mission Hospital, Laguna Niguel, CA
 
Juan Juarez, MD: Genitourinary *
Assistant Professor of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Texas Childrens Hospital, Houston, TX
 
Andrea Marmor, MD: Respiratory *
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
 
Nancy McGrath, RN: Triage *
Harbor UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
 
Michelle Lin, MD: Procedures *
Associate Professor of Medicine,  University of California, San Francisco
Emergency Department, San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, CA
 
Lauren Plawner, MD: Neurology *
Associate Professor of Neurology, University of Washington
Childrens Hospital Regional Medical Center, Seattle, WA
 
Cyrus Rangan, MD: Toxicology *
Assistant Director of California Poison Control System, Assistant Professor, Preventive Medicine,
University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles CA
 
Katherine Remick, MD: Endocrine *
Clinical Instructor in Pediatrics
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 
 
Richard Ruddy, MD: Respiratory *
Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati
Director of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Cincinnati Childrens Hospital, Cincinnati, OH
 
Genevieve Santillanes, MD: ENT *
Assistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine
Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles,  CA
 
Robert Schafermeyer, MD: Trauma *
Adjunct Professor of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics, University of North Carolina
Senior Associate Chair of Emergency Medicine at Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC
 
Itai Shavitt MD: Resus Calculator *
DIrector, Pediatric Emergency Department
Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
 
Anne Slater, MD: Neurology *
Assistant Professor, Division of Emergency Medicine, Dept of Pediatrics
Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle WA
 
Cheryl Vance, MD: Sedation & Analgesia *
Professor, Departments of Emergency of Medicine and Pediatrics, Chief Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Davis School of Medicine, Davis CA
 
Robert Wiebe, MD: ENT
Professor of Pediatrics, Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, University of Texas
Medical Director, Emergency Services, Children's Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, TX
 
Kelly Young, MD, MS: Infectious Disease *
Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Department of Pediatrics
Pediatric Emergency Medicine Faculty, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
 
Loren Yamamoto, MD MPH MBA: Environment *
Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Department of Pediatrics
Pediatric Emergency Medicine Faculty, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA*
 
PEMSoft Australian, UK and NZ Editors
 
Peter Barnett, MBBS FRACP MSc(epid) FACEM: Orthopedics *
Deputy Director, Department of Emergency Medicine
Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville VIC
 
Frank Bowling, MBBS PhD FRCPA FHGSA: Metabolic *
Professor of Medical Biochemistry
Mater Children's Hospital, South Brisbane, QLD
 
Gary Browne FRACP FACEM: Sports Medicine *
The Children's Hospital, Westmead, NSW
 
Andrew Cotterill, MBBS MRCP MD FRACP: Endocrinology *
Associate Professor Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Queensland
Director Paediatric Endocrinology, Mater Children's Hospital, South Brisbane, QLD
 
Gary Geelhoed, MBBS FRACP: Musculoskeletal
Director of Paediatric Emergency Medicine, Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, Subiaco WA
 
David Krieser MB BS FRACP: Orthopedics *
Paediatric Emergency Physician, 
Sunshine Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria
 
Ed Oakley, MBBS FACEM: Orthopedics *
Director of Emergency Medicine, Southern Health, Victoria
 
Michael O'Callaghan, MBBS FRACP: Development *
Associate Professor Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Queensland, Director Child Development
Mater Children's Hospital, South Brisbane, QLD
 
Ross Pinkerton, MD FRCPCH: Oncology *
Professor of Paediatric Oncology, University of Queensland
Director Cancer Services, Royal Children's Hospital, Brisbane, QLD
 
David Reith, MBBS FRACP MMedSc(Pharm) PhD: Formulary *
Senior Lecturer, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, New Zealand
 
Maureen Rogers, MBBS FACD: Dermatology *
Former Head, Department of Dermatology, 
The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, NSW
 
Mike Shepherd, MBBS FRACP: Safety & Prevention *
Staff Specialist, Paediatric Emergency Medicine, Starship Children's Hospital, Auckland, NZ
 
Mardi Steer, MBBS FAAPL: Quick References *
Staff Specialist, Paediatric Emergency Department, Women's and Children's Hospital, North Adelaide, SA
 
David Tudehope, MBBS FRACP: Neonatology *
Director, Division of Neonatology, Mater Mother's Hospital, South Brisbane, QLD

See PEMSoft Contributors

ANALGESIA AND SEDATION

Mark Lo, MD

 

CARDIOLOGY

Bill LukinMBBSFACEM

Sharyn Smith, MBBSFACEM

 

CONSENTVIEW

Janet Huamani, MD

Shawn Karns, MD

Pi-Erh Lin, PhD

Mei-Hua Lin,BS

Elizabeth Wu

Linda Chow, MBBS, FACEM

Renee Benson, MD

Mikaela Chilstrom, MD

Renee de la Torre, MD

Karen Minzer-Conzetti, MD

Marcus Lorenzo Penn, MD

Jennifer Rose-Nussbaumer, MD

Kristie White, MD

 

CRITICAL CARE

Dana Braner, MD

Alan Graham, MD

James Hanson, MD

Andrea Marmor, MD

Garth Mecklar, MD

Jennifer Needle, MD

David Spiro, MD

Robert Steelman, DMD, MD

Jennie Stover, MD

Paula Vanderford, MD

 

DOCWRITER

John Santamaria, MD

Nick Santamaria

 

ENT

Juan Juarez, MD

 

ENVIRONMENT

Ramon Johnson, MD

 

GASTROINTESTINAL

Geoff Cleghorn, MD FRACP FACG FQA

Ross Shepherd, MD FRACP FRCP

 

GYNECOLOGY

Stephen Bretz, MD

Rosemary Kurian, MBBS

Stephen Liu, MD

Julie Rosenthal, MD

Jeannie Tyan, MD

Clement Yeh, MD

Janet Young, MD

 

HEMATOLOGY

Claudia Morris MD

Peter Wilson MBBS FRACP

 

INFECTIOUS DISEASE

Rishi Bhargava, MD

Diane M. Birnbaumer, M.D.

Seth L. Brindis, M.D.

Casey Buitenhuys, MD

Mark Chavez, MD

Stephanie Y. Donald M.D.

Herbert C. Duber, MD, MPH

Brianna Enriquez, MD

Jonie J. Hsiao, MD

Eric Ernster, MD

Kevin S. Haug, MD

Michelle Healy, MD

Timothy Horeczko, M.D.

Stanley Inkelis, MD

Melissa Jones, MD

Cori McClure Poffenberger, MD

Katherine E. Remick, M.D.

Genevieve Santillanes, MD

Tawny Saleh, M.D.

Genevieve Santillanes, MD FAAP

David Simon, MD

Scott Youngquist, MD

 

MEDICOLEGAL

Andrea Dunlap, RN

Russell H Harris, MD

Kathleen Hogan, RN, BSN

Michael Iannucci, BA

David Mendenson, MD

Brian Shannon, RN, BA

 

NEUROLOGY

Kristin Ammon, MD

Naomi Bardach, MD

Theodore M. Barnett, MD

Kelly Cramm, MD

Alisa Gean, MD

Jeffrey G. Michael, DO

Melissa Miller, MD

Mary Moffatt, MD

Robert D. Schremmer, MD

Erika Sidney, MD

Kelly Sinclair, MD

 

ORTHOPEDICS

Robyn Brady, MBBS FRACP FACEM MRCPI

 

PHOENIX

Jay Hohenhaus

Susan Hohenhaus, RN

Susan Peterson, RN

 

PROCEDURES

Chris Baker, MD

Michael Bell, MD

Renee Benson, MD

Mikaela Chilstrom, MD

Renee de la Torre, MD

Jonathan Grisham, MD

James Hanson, MD

Lisa Hart, MD

William Hawk, MD

Shawn Karns, MD

Karim Mansour, MD

Kevan McCarten-Gibbs, MD

Marcus Lorenzo Penn, MD

Karen Minzer-Conzetti, MD

Claudia Morris, MD

Jennifer Rose-Nussbaumer, MD

Mary Rutherford, MD

Kristie White, MD

Kevin Whitelaw, MD

Elizabeth Wu

 

PSYCHIATRY

Christopher Stewart, MD

 

QUICK REFERENCES

Ghazala Shareiff, MD

 

RENAL

Robert Weibe, MD

 

RESPIRATORY

James D'Agosstino, MD

 

TOXICOLOGY

Wendy Lucid, MD

Adeline Ngo, MD

 

TRAUMA

Jill Antoniazzi, MD

David French, MD

E Parker Hays, Jr, MD

Jennifer Isenhour, MD

Bret A Nicks, MD

Angel Rochester, MD

Gregory Snead, MD

Matthew Sullivan, MD

William Tsai, MD

 

REVIEWERS

Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia

Nancy Bonalumi, RN

Kathy Shaw, MD

Kathleen Sheehan, RN

 

Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte

Robert Schafermeyer, MD

 

Childrens Mercy Hospital, Kansas City

Jeffrey Michaels, MD

 

Cincinnati Childrens Hospital

Tom LeMaster, RN

Mary Patterson, MD

Brian Pio, RN

 

Duke

Karen Frush, MD

Susan Hohenhaus, RN

 

Harbor-UCLA

Marianne Gausche-Hill, MD

Kelly Young, MD

 

Kidz First Childrens Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand

Charissa McBride, RN

Adrian Trenholme, MBBS, FRACP

 

Stanford

Michelle Woodfall, RN

Ewen Wong, MD

 

Texas Childrens Hospital

Juan Jarez, MD

Robert Wiebe, MD

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