Elizabeth R. Alpern, MD, MSCE
Elizabeth R. Alpern, MD, MSCE
Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department: Pediatrics
Contact information
Division of Emergency Medicine
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
34th & Civic Center Blvd.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
34th & Civic Center Blvd.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-590-1944
Fax: 215-590-4454
Fax: 215-590-4454
Email:
ALPERN@EMAIL.CHOP.EDU
ALPERN@EMAIL.CHOP.EDU
Education:
B.A. (English Literature - High Distinction)
The University of Michigan, College of Literature, Science and Arts, 1987.
M.D. (Cum Laude)
The University of Michigan, School of Medicine, 1992.
MSCE (Masters of Science in Clin. Epid. & Biostatistics)
The University of Pennsylvania, 2000.
Permanent linkB.A. (English Literature - High Distinction)
The University of Michigan, College of Literature, Science and Arts, 1987.
M.D. (Cum Laude)
The University of Michigan, School of Medicine, 1992.
MSCE (Masters of Science in Clin. Epid. & Biostatistics)
The University of Pennsylvania, 2000.
Selected Publications
Gorelick MH, Knight S, Alessandrini EA, Stanley RM, Chamberlain JM, Kuppermann N, Alpern ER, and PECARN. : Lack of Agreement in Pediatric Emergency Department Discharge Diagnoses from Clinical and Administrative Data Sources. Academic Emergency Medicine 14: 646-52, 2007.Stanley RM, Teach SJ, Mann NC, Alpern ER, Gerardi MJ, Mahajan PV, Chamberlain JM, and PECARN: Variation in Ancillary Testing Among Pediatric Asthmatics Seen in Emergency Departments. Academic Emergency Medicine in press(14): 532-538, 2007.
Alpern ER, Stanley RM, Gorelick MH, Donaldson A, Knight S, Teach SJ, Singh T, Mahajan P, Goepp J, Kuppermann N, Dean JM, Chamberlain JM, and PECARN: Epidemiology of a Pediatric Emergency Medicine Research Network: The Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network Core Data Project. Ped Emerg Care 22: 689-699, 2006.
Gorelick MH, Alpern ER, Alessandrini EA : A system for grouping pediatric emergency department complaints, the Pediatric Emergency Reason for Visit Clusters. Academic Emergency Medicine 12: 723-731, 2005.
Louie J, Alpern ER, Windreich RM: Witnessed and Unwitnessed Esophageal Foreign Bodies in Children. Pediatric Emergency Care 21(9): 582-585, 2005.
Freidlaender E, Rubin D, Alpern ER, Mandel D, Christain C, Alessandrini EA: Patterns of Health Care Use That May Be Identify Young Children at Risk for Maltreatment. Pediatrics 116: 1303-1308, 2005.
Gorelick MH, Alpern ER, Singh T, Snowdon DE, Holubkov R, Dean JM, Kuppermann N: For the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Nework. Availability of Pediatric Emergency Visit Data from Existing Data Sources. Academic Emergency Medicine 12: 1195-1200, 2005.
Osterhoudt KC, Alpern ER, Durbin D, Nadel F, Henretig FM: Activated charcoal in a pediatric emergency department. Pediatr Emerg Care 20: 493-498, 2004.
Osterhoudt KC, Durbin D, Alpern ER, Henretig FM: Risk factors for emesis following therapeutic use of activated charcoal in the acutely poisoned child. Pediatrics 113: 806-810, 2004.
Fein JA, Ganesh J, Alpern ER: Medical Staff Attitudes Towards Family Member Presence During Pediatric Procedures. Pediatric Emergency Care 20(4): 224-227, 2004.