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Payal Kadia Gala, MD

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Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics (Emergency Medicine)
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Director of Education, Pediatric Emergency Medicine at CHOP@Virtua, Virtua Voorhees Hospital
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Medical Director of the Day, Division of Emergency Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
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Description of Clinical Expertise

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Selected Publications

1c2 Jessica Kelly MD, Laura Sartori MD MPH, Payal Gala MD, Bobbie Hawkins MS CRNP, Brian Lee MD, Salvatore Corso BS MBA, Rebecca Green MD, Richard Scarfone MD, Jane Lavelle MD, Brandon Ku MD: Decreasing Intravenous Antibiotic Use in Febrile Young Infants. Poster presentation, Annual Quality and Patient Safety Day, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA May 2025.

198 Brittany Guttadauria, MD, Khoon-Yen Tay, MD, Monica Prieto, MD, MSHS, Payal Gala, MD: From Simulation to Bedside: Developing a Standardized Template for Educational and Management Aids for Pediatric Emergency Scenarios. Poster presentation, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia 8th Annual Education Day, Philadelphia, PA January 2025.

b5 Payal Gala, Mamata Senthil: Approach to the febrile young infant - revision Articulate Module January 2025.

160 Kelly JM, Ku BC, Gala P, Hawkins B, Lee B, Corso S, Green R, Scarfone R, Lavelle JM, Kane E, Sartori LF.: An Emergency Department Quality Improvement Project to Decrease Lumbar Puncture Rates in Febrile Infants 22 to 28 Days Old. Pediatric Quality & Safety 9(4): e749, July 2024.

18b Kelly JM, Gala PK, Ku B, Kane E, Hawkins B, Lee B, Corso S, Green R, Scarfone R, Sartori LF.: Clinical Pathway Decreases Lumbar Puncture Rates In Febrile Infants 22-28 Days Old: An Emergency Department Quality Improvement Project. Poster presentation, Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada May 2024.

1ab Kelly JM, Gala PK, Ku B, Kane E, Hawkins B, Lee B, Corso S, Green R, Scarfone R, Sartori LF. : Decreasing Lumbar Puncture Rates in Febrile Infants 22-28 Days Old: An Emergency Department Quality Improvement Project. Poster and platform presentation, Annual Quality and Patient Safety Day, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA May 2024.

d1 Gala PK: Abdominal Pain. Pediatric Emergency Medicine Secrets: Fourth Edition. Selbst SM (eds.). Elsevier Saunders, 2024 Notes: Chapter.

de Senthil MV and Gala PK: Snake and Insect Bites. The 5-Minute Pediatric Consult: Ninth Edition. Cabana MD (eds.). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2024.

142 Jessica Kelly, Payal Gala, Bobbie Hawkins, Richard Scarfone, Laura Sartori.: Impact of a Revised Febrile Young Infant Guideline on Emergency Department Care. Poster presentation, Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting, Washington DC April 2023.

b2 Payal Gala, Mamata Senthil: Approach to the febrile young infant - revision. Articulate Module June 2022.

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