Elizabeth R. Alpern, MD, MSCE
Division Head, Emergency Medicine; Vice Chair, Department of Pediatrics; Faculty Development
Professor of Pediatrics (Emergency Medicine), Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine; George M. Eisenberg Professorship in Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
- Language:
- English
Location
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
225 E. Chicago Ave.Chicago, Illinois 60611
About
Dr. Alpern is a pediatric emergency medicine physician scientist who cares for children with acute illness and injury in the emergency department. She holds the George M. Eisenberg Professor of Pediatrics, is the Division Head of Emergency Medicine, and the Vice Chair of the Department of Pediatrics at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago and Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. She has research expertise in the use of large databases within research networks to improve the quality and equity of emergent care delivered to children through application of evidence-based work. She has particular interest in improving the evaluation and treatment of children with infectious emergencies.
Clinical Interests
quality of care, infectious diseases, and clinical epidemiology
Specialty
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
