Elizabeth R. Alpern, MD

Attending Physician, 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
Predicting Low Resource Intensity Emergency Department Visits in Children Acad Pediatr
Predicting Low-Resource-Intensity Emergency Department Visits in Children Acad Pediatr 18 (3): 297-304
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):
Empiric Antibiotic Use and Susceptibility in Infants With Bacterial Infections: A Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Study Hosp Pediatr

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

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