Brandon C Ku, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics (Emergency Medicine)
Attending Physician, Division of Emergency Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Clinical Champion, Health Informatics, Emergency Medicine and Clinical Pathways, Division of Emergency Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Associate Director of Clinical Pathways Program, Center for Healthcare Quality and Analytics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Director of Quality, Division of Emergency Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department: Pediatrics
Contact information
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
3401 Civic Center Boulevard
CTRB 2nd floor - Room 2123
Philadelphia, PA 19104
3401 Civic Center Boulevard
CTRB 2nd floor - Room 2123
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-590-1000
Email:
kub@chop.edu
kub@chop.edu
Education:
BA (Mathematics and Psychology)
University of Virginia, 2005.
MD (Medicine)
University of Alabama School of Medicine, 2009.
Permanent linkBA (Mathematics and Psychology)
University of Virginia, 2005.
MD (Medicine)
University of Alabama School of Medicine, 2009.
Selected Publications
Demczko MM, Ganetzky RD, Tormey C, Ku BC, Blowey B, Lavelle J, Goldstein A: Improving acute care for Primary Mitochondrial Disease: Development of a publicly available clinical care pathway. Molecular Genetics and Metabolism 144(4), Feb 2025.Mahajan P, White E, Shaw K, Parker SJ, Chamberlain J, Ruddy RM, Alpern ER, Corboy J, Krack A, Ku B, Morrison Ponce D, Payne AS, Freiheit E, Horvath G, Kolenic G, Carney M, Klekowski N, O'Connell KJ, Singh H: Epidemiology of Diagnostic Errors in Pediatric Emergency Departments Using Electronic Triggers. Academic Emergency Medicine January 2025.
Kelly JM, Corso S, Lavelle J, Ku BC, Sartori LF : Decreasing Antimicrobial Use in Febrile Young Infants Platform Presentation, American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference. Best Quality Improvement Abstract and Willis Wingert Award, Section on Emergency Medicine September 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), 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, Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Conference, 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. Platform Presentation, 13th Annual Quality and Safety Day, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia May 2024.
Kim D, Chen A, Maino J, Ku B: Improving Antimicrobial Stewardship for Children with Skin and Soft Tissue Infections in the Emergency Department. Poster Presentation, 7th Annual Education Day, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA January 2024.
Paul R, Niedner M, Riggs R, Richardson T, DeSouza HG, Auletta JJ, Balamuth F, Campbell D, Depinet H, Hueschen L, Huskins WC, Kandil SB, Larsen G, Mack EH, Priebe GP, Rutman LE, Schafer M, Scott H, Silver P, Stalets EL, Wathen BA, Macias CG, Brilli RJ; IPSO COLLABORATIVE INVESTIGATORS.: Bundled Care to Reduce Sepsis Mortality: The Improving Pediatric Sepsis Outcomes (IPSO) Collaborative. Pediatrics 152(2), Aug 2023 Notes: Noted as IPSO COLLABORATIVE INVESTIGATORS: Brandon Ku.
Ku BC, Pitts CE, Lawton LG, Metjian TA, Chiotos K, Gerber JS, Beus JM, Zorc JJ, Hamida C, Lavelle J.: Improving Antimicrobial Stewardship for Outpatient Treatment of Children Diagnosed with Community Acquired Pneumonia in the Emergency Department, Urgent Care, and Primary Care. Poster Presentation, 12th Annual Quality and Safety Day, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA May 2023.
Patel K, Luan X, Rempell R, Blackstone M, Zorc J, Ku B, Corwin D. : Use of a Novel Workload-to-Room Ratio to Examine Operational Outcomes in a Pediatric ED. Poster Presentation, Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Conference, Washington DC April 2023.