Payal Kadia Gala, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics (Emergency Medicine)
Attending Physician, Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania
Director of Education, Pediatric Emergency Medicine at CHOP @ Virtua, Virtua Voorhees Hospital
Associate Medical Director, CHOP at Virtua Emergency Department
Medical Director of the Day, Division of Emergency Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department: Pediatrics
Contact information
3501 Civic Center Boulevard
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Division of Emergency Medicine
9th Floor/Colket Translational Research Building
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Division of Emergency Medicine
9th Floor/Colket Translational Research Building
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-590-1944
Fax: 215-590-4454
Fax: 215-590-4454
Education:
B.A.
University of Pennsylvania (Biological Basis of Behavior & Economics), 2003.
M.D.
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson, 2007.
Cert (Center for Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics - Certificate Program)
University of Pennsylvania, 2012.
Permanent linkB.A.
University of Pennsylvania (Biological Basis of Behavior & Economics), 2003.
M.D.
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson, 2007.
Cert (Center for Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics - Certificate Program)
University of Pennsylvania, 2012.
Description of Clinical Expertise
Febrile Young InfantCommunity Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Selected Publications
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 at the Annual Quality and Patient Safety Day, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA May 2025.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 at CHOP’s 8th Annual Education Day, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA January 2025.
Payal Gala, Mamata Senthil: Approach to the febrile young infant - revision Articulate Module January 2025.
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), July 2024.
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.
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 at the Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada. May 2024.
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 at the Annual Quality and Patient Safety Day, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA May 2024.
Gala PK: Abdominal Pain. Pediatric Emergency Medicine Secrets: Fourth Edition. Selbst SM (eds.). Elsevier Saunders, 2024.
Senthil MV and Gala PK: Snake and Insect Bites. The 5-Minute Pediatric Consult: Ninth Edition. Cabana MD (eds.). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2024.
Jessica Kelly, Payal Gala, Bobbie Hawkins, Richard Scarfone, Laura Sartori.: Impact of a Revised Febrile Young Infant Guideline on Emergency Department Care. Poster presentation at the Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting, Washington, DC April 2023.