Mary Clyde Pierce, MD

Attending Physician, Emergency Medicine

Professor of Emergency Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

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About Me

Clinical Interests: All aspects of child abuse pediatrics including prevention, physical abuse, sexual abuse, neglect, failure to thrive and medical child abuse. Research interests include development of evidence-based tools for differentiating abusive from accidental trauma in children.

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Education & Training

Education: Louisiana State University School of Medicine, 1989

Postgraduate Training: Fellowship in emergency medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 1992-1994; Residency in pediatrics, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, 1989-1992

Board Certifications: Pediatric Emergency Medicine, General Pediatrics

Professional Organizations: American Academy of Pediatrics; American College of Emergency Physicians; American Trauma Society; The Helfer Society

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Research

Research Interests: Child abuse; accidental trauma

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Publications

Most recent publications

If You Build It, Will They Come? Getting Medical Professionals to Use the Bridge of Evidence for Improved Recognition of Physical Child Abuse J Pediatr20413-15
Are negative/unrealistic parent descriptors of infant attributes associated with physical abuse? Child Abuse Negl8041-51
Classifying Injuries in Young Children as Abusive or Accidental: Reliability and Accuracy of an Expert Panel Approach J Pediatr198144-150.e4
Dataset on psychosocial risk factors in cases of fatal and near-fatal physical child abuse Data Brief14107-109
History, injury, and psychosocial risk factor commonalities among cases of fatal and near-fatal physical child abuse Child Abuse Negl69263-277
Derivation and Validation of a Serum Biomarker Panel to Identify Infants With Acute Intracranial Hemorrhage JAMA Pediatr171 (6): e170429
Research priorities for a multi-center child abuse pediatrics network - CAPNET Child Abuse Negl65152-157
Validation of the Pittsburgh Infant Brain Injury Score for Abusive Head Trauma Pediatrics138 (1):
Characteristics of Children Reported to Child Protective Services for Medical Neglect Hosp Pediatr6 (4): 204-10
Is the Use of Physical Discipline Associated with Aggressive Behaviors in Young Children? Acad Pediatr17 (1): 34-44

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Study Identifies Commonalities in Fatal or Near-Fatal Child Abuse

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