Elizabeth R. Alpern, MD

Head, Emergency Medicine

Professor of Pediatrics (Emergency Medicine), Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Appointments & Referrals

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About Me

Clinical Interests: quality of care, infectious diseases, and clinical epidemiology

Specialties, Programs & Conditions

Specialties:

Pediatric Emergency Care >

Education & Training

Education: University of Michigan Medical School, 1992

Postgraduate Training: Fellowship in pediatric emergency medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 1995-1998; Residency in pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 1992-1995

Board Certifications: Pediatrics, Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Professional Organizations: American Academy of Pediatrics; American College of Emergency Physicians; Society for Academic Emergency Medicine

Research

Research Interests: Quality of care; pediatric emergency medicine; epidemiology

Publications

Most recent publications

Application of the Rochester Criteria to Identify Febrile Infants With Bacteremia and Meningitis Pediatr Emerg Care
Characteristics of Children Enrolled in Medicaid With High-Frequency Emergency Department Use Pediatrics140 (3):
Delayed Diagnoses in Children with Constipation: Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Study J Pediatr18687-94 e16
Association of RNA Biosignatures With Bacterial Infections in Febrile Infants Aged 60 Days or Younger JAMA316 (8): 846-857
Protocolized Treatment Is Associated With Decreased Organ Dysfunction in Pediatric Severe Sepsis Pediatr Crit Care Med17 (9): 817-822
Comparison of Prediction Rules and Clinician Suspicion for Identifying Children With Clinically Important Brain Injuries After Blunt Head Trauma Acad Emerg Med23 (5): 566-75
Accuracy of diagnosis codes to identify febrile young infants using administrative data J Hosp Med
Observation-status patients in children's hospitals with and without dedicated observation units in 2011 J Hosp Med10 (6): 366-72
Delayed antimicrobial therapy increases mortality and organ dysfunction duration in pediatric sepsis* Crit Care Med42 (11): 2409-17
Identifying Pediatric Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock: Accuracy of Diagnosis Codes J Pediatr167 (6): 1295-300 e4

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