Vinay Nair Kampalath, MD, MSc, DTM&H
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics (Emergency Medicine)
Attending Physician, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Associate Fellow, Center for Public Health Initiatives, University of Pennsylvania
Senior Fellow, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania
Scholar, Center for Global Health, University of Pennsylvania
Department: Pediatrics
Contact information
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Colket Translational Research Building
3501 Civic Center Blvd, 2nd Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Colket Translational Research Building
3501 Civic Center Blvd, 2nd Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Publications
Education:
A.B. (Chemistry, African and African American Studies, Biology)
Washington University in St. Louis, 2007.
M.D. (Scholarly Concentration in Global Health)
Brown University Medical School, 2013.
DTM&H (Tropical Medicine)
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 2017.
MSc (Public Health)
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 2025.
Permanent linkA.B. (Chemistry, African and African American Studies, Biology)
Washington University in St. Louis, 2007.
M.D. (Scholarly Concentration in Global Health)
Brown University Medical School, 2013.
DTM&H (Tropical Medicine)
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 2017.
MSc (Public Health)
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 2025.
Description of Clinical Expertise
pediatrics, pediatric emergency medicineDescription of Research Expertise
global health, health systems, pediatric emergency medicine, humanitarian health, health and conflictSelected Publications
Spiegel P, Martinez E, Abrahim O, Undie CC, Altare C, Schmid B, Abbara A, Bahattab A, Bojorquez I, Cantor D, Jouhaud R, Alier KK, Maxwell D, Moya A, Ontas E, Rashid SF, Rao M, Slim H, Abdelhay A, Basaleem H, Bisimwa G, Fouad FM, Liu J, Meda N, Pantuliano S, Zaman M, Alkhalil M, Falb K, Holloway K, Jahan I, Kannan T, Lindsay H, Mwene-Batu P, Misha F, Bielska IA, Modi KEN, Muthuri S, Niaoné M, Bou-Orm IR, Rodriguez C, Sadaf A, Saadi A, Polinori C, Franck CP, Kampalath V, Polonsky J, Randriambelonoro MM, Blanchet K.: Johns Hopkins Center for Humanitarian Health-Lancet Commission on health, conflict, and forced displacement: health in a world of crises and impunity. Lancet 407: 2065-2140, May 2026.Lee JA, Quao NSA, Collier A, Rees CA, Broccoli MC, Dawson-Amoah NA, Kampalath VN, Ciano J, Jacobson A, Jones J, Leanza J, Skarpiak B, Strong JM, Hexom BJ; Global Emergency Medicine Literature Review (GEMLR) Group.: Global Emergency Medicine: A Scoping Review of the Literature From 2024. Acad Emerg Med Mar 2026.
Griekspoor A, Kampalath VN, Broccoli MC, Fogarty J, Pasha E, Zunong N, Blanchet K, Reynolds T.: The development of the H3 Package: a Package of High-Priority Health Services for Humanitarian Response. BMJ Glob Health 11: e020120, Jan 2026.
Wooldridge G, Abantanga F, Ameh E, Kampalath VN, Reavley P, Spinella PC; EXTRACCT Clinical Practice Guidelines Collaboration.: Explosive Weapons Trauma Care Collective (EXTRACCT) Clinical Practice Guideline: Resuscitation of Pediatric Blast Injury Patient. World J Surg Jan 2026.
Karmacharya BM , Joshi A , Marasini S , Rai P , Sharma S , Kunwar S , Kampalath VN , Czapka EA , Benavente P , Zan ML , Tran NT , Hosseinalipour SM , Blanchet K .: Deployment of COVID-19 Vaccines for Refugees and Migrants in Nepal. Kathmandu Univ Med J (KUMJ) Jun 2025.
Kampalath VN, Broccoli MC, Ciano JR, Lee JA: The top global emergency medicine articles of 2023: Highlights from the Global Emergency Medicine Literature Review. Society for Academic Emergency Medicine May 2025 Notes: Oral presentation at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Annual Meeting 2025.
Hexom B, Quao NSA, Bandolin NS, Bonney J, Broccoli M, Collier A, Dawson-Amoah NA, Dyal J, Kampalath VN, Lee JA, Rees CA, de Oliveira Salvador GL, Strong JM, Kivlehan SM; Global Emergency Medicine Literature (GEMLR) Group.: Global emergency medicine: A scoping review of the literature from 2023. Academic Emergency Medicine 32(5): 553-569, May 2025 Notes: doi:10.1111/acem.70012.
Padhani ZA, Khan MH, Yasin R, Rahman AR, Lakhani S, Mirani M, Jamali MK, Khan ZA, Khatoon S, Partab R, Haq AU, Kampalath V, Hosseinalipour SM, Blanchet K, Das JK.: A qualitative study on behavioral and social drivers of COVID-19 vaccine amongst refugees and migrants in Pakistan. PLOS Glob Public Health 5: e0004444, Apr 2025.
Benavente P, Kampalath VN, Zan ML, Tran NT, Czapka EA, Hosseinalipour SM, Teran E, Martens C, Karmacharya BM, Joshi A, Das JK, Padhani ZA, Jurlano VB, Kabamalan MMM, Nyirazinyoye L, Blanchet K.: Deployment and uptake of COVID-19 vaccines for refugees and migrants in regular and irregular situations: a mixed-method multicountry study. BMJ Open 15: e087629, Feb 2025.
Kampalath VN, Tarnas MC, Patel V, Hamze M, Loutfi R, Tajaldin B, Albik A, Kassas A, Khashata A, Abbara A: An analysis of paediatric clinical presentations in Northwest Syria and the effect of forced displacement, 2018-2022. Global Epidemiology Page: 100146, December 2024 Notes: doi: 10.1016/j.gloepi.2024.100146.