Elizabeth R. Alpern, MD

Attending Physician, Emergency Medicine

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

Appointments & Referrals

1.800.543.7362 (1.800.KIDS DOC)

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

The Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network Registry: A Multicenter Electronic Health Record Registry of Pediatric Emergency Care Appl Clin Inform 9 (2): 366-376
Application of the Rochester Criteria to Identify Febrile Infants With Bacteremia and Meningitis Pediatr Emerg Care
Predicting Low-Resource-Intensity Emergency Department Visits in Children Acad Pediatr 18 (3): 297-304
Predicting Low Resource Intensity Emergency Department Visits in Children Acad Pediatr
Genomic Circuitry Underlying Immunological Response to Pediatric Acute Respiratory Infection Cell Rep 22 (2): 411-426
Urgent Care Utilization in the Pediatric Medicaid Population J Pediatr 191 238-243.e1
Patient-level Factors and the Quality of Care Delivered in Pediatric Emergency Departments Acad Emerg Med 25 (3): 301-309
Accuracy of Complete Blood Cell Counts to Identify Febrile Infants 60 Days or Younger With Invasive Bacterial Infections JAMA Pediatr 171 (11): e172927
Racial and Ethnic Differences in Antibiotic Use for Viral Illness in Emergency Departments Pediatrics 140 (4):
Characteristics of Children Enrolled in Medicaid With High-Frequency Emergency Department Use Pediatrics 140 (3):

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White Children More Likely to Get Unnecessary Antibiotics in Pediatric Emergency Departments

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