The Pediatric Hospital Medicine Core Competencies: 2020 Revision. Authors, Editors, and Reviewers
AUTHORS
Francisco Alvarez, MD
Associate Chief, Regional Pediatric Hospitalist Programs
Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital
Clinical Associate Professor
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, CA
Fever of Unknown Origin
Brian Alverson, MD
Director, Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine
Hasbro Children’s Hospital
Professor of Pediatrics
Alpert School of Medicine, Bro
Providence, RI
Pneumonia
Eric Balighian, MD
Director, Pediatric Emergency Department
St. Agnes Hospital
Asistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD
Acute Abdominal Pain and Acute Abdomen
Julia Beauchamp-Walters, MD
Medical Director, Helen Bernardy Center for Medically Fragile Children
Medical Director, Home Care
Co-Medical Director, Emergency Transport Program
Rady Children’s Hospital
Clinical Professor of Pediatrics
University of California, San Diego
San Diego, CA
Feeding Tubes
Pediatric Interfacility Transport
Eric Biondi, MD, MS
Director, Pediatric Hospital Medicine Division
Johns Hopkins Children’s Center
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
The Johns Hopkins Hospital University School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD
Neonatal Fever
Rebecca Blankenberg, MD, MPH
Associate Chair of Education
Stanford Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital
Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, CA
Education
Colin Bridgeman, MD
Penn State Children’s Hospital
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Division of General Inpatient Pediatrics
Penn State College of Medicine
Hershey, PA
Head and Neck Disorders
Jeffrey Brown, MD, MPH, CAP, FAAP
Texas Newborn Services/Pediatrix Medical Group
Clinical Professor of Pediatrics
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Fort Worth, TX
Business Practices
April O. Buchanan, MD
Associate Dean for Curriculum
Prisma Health Children’s Hospital at Greenville
Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
University of South Carolina School of Medicine
Greenville, SC
Sepsis and Shock
Douglas Carlson, MD
Medical Director
HSHS St. John’s Children’s Hospital
Professor and Chair of Pediatrics
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
Springfield, MO
Procedural Sedation
Pearl Chang, MD
Seattle Children’s Hospital
Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington
Seattle, WA
Neonatal Jaundice
Eric Coon, MD, MS
Co-Director, Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellowship
Primary Children’s Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
University of Utah Health Science
Salt Lake City, UT
Research
Yasmeen N. Daud, MD
St. Louis Children’s Hospital
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louise, MO
Oxygen Delivery and Airway Management
Sarah Denniston, MD, FAAP
Fellowship Director, Pediatric Hospital Medicine
The Floating Hospital for Children at Tufts Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Tufts University School of Medicine
Associate DIO for Quality and Safety
Tufts Medical Center
Boston, MA
Peri-procedural Care
Craig C. DeWolfe, MD, MEd, FAAP
Children’s National Health System
Director of Medical Student Education in Pediatrics
Associate Professor of Pediatrics,
George Washington University School of Medicine
Washington, DC
Brief Resolved Unexplained Event
Stephanie Anne Deutsch, MD, MS, FAAP
Section Chief, Child Abuse Pediatrics
Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children
Co-medical Director, CARE (Children at Risk Evaluation) Program
Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
Wilmington, Delaware
Child Abuse and Neglect
Ami Doshi, MD
Medical Director, Inpatient Palliative Care Program
Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego
Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics
University of California San Diego School of Medicine
San Diego, CA
Palliative Care and Hospice
Erin Fisher, MD, FAAP, MHM
Medical Director, Quality Improvement
Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego
Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Director, Pediatric Quality and Safety Graduate Medical Education
Fellowship Director and Division Director, Pediatric Hospital Medicine
University of California San Diego School of Medicine
San Diego, CA
Quality Improvement
Sandra Gage, MD, PhD, FAAP, SFHM
Associate Division Chief and Associate Fellowship Director
Division of Hospital Medicine
Phoenix Children’s Hospital
Clinical Associate Professor
University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix
Department of Child Health
Phoenix, AZ
Acute Gastroenteritis
Gastrointestinal and Digestive Disorders
Mary Pat Gallagher, MD
Director, Pediatric Diabetes Center
Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Hassenfeld Children’s Hospital
Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics
NYU Langone
New York, NY
Diabetes Mellitus
Amrit Gill, MD
Cleveland Clinic Children’s Hospital
Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Cleveland, OH
Patient Safety
Veena Goel Jones, MD, FAAP
Medical Director, Digital Patient Experience, Sutter Health
Sutter Palo Alto Medical Foundation
Palo Alto, CA
Health Information Technology
Jeffrey Grill, MD
Vice Chair, Community Relations and Outreach
Chief, Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine
Director, Just for Kids Hospitalist Service
Norton Children’s Hospital
Professor, Department of Pediatrics
University of Louisville School of Medicine
Louisville, KY
Constipation
