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
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
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, ul Haq A, Kampalath VN, 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 Global Public Health 5(4): e0004444, April 2025 Notes: doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0004444.
Benavente P, Kampalath VN, Zan ML, Tran NT, Czapka EA, Hosseinalipour SM, Terán E, Martens C, Karmacharya BM, Joshi A, Das JK, Padhani ZA, Jurlano VB, Ogena NB, 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(1): e087629, February 2025 Notes: doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2024-087629.
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.
Kampalath VN, Benavente P, Tran NT, Hosseinalipour SM, Czapka EA, Zan ML, Das JK, Padhani ZA, Martens C, Terán E, Joshi A, Karmacharya B, Jurlano VB, Ogena NB, Nyirazinyoye L, Blanchet K.: Inclusive vaccination services and policies for refugees and migrants: an imperative for future pandemics. Health Systems Global November 2024 Notes: Oral presentation at the Eighth Global Symposium on Health Systems Research, Nagasaki, Japan, November 2024.
Broccoli M, Kampalath VN, Fogarty J, Griekspoor A, Reynolds T, Pasha E, Zunong N, Blanchet K, Cherono M, Laroche S, Lernout E, Lloyd-Braff L, Obadi M, van Reede S, Shafique F, Masullo A, Tahirukaj A, Varma V: Preliminary guidance for a package of high-priority health services for humanitarian response (H3 package). World Health Organization and Global Health Cluster. World Health Organization, July 2024 Notes: Commissioned technical report for the World Health Organization and Global Health Cluster.
Muchatuta M, Patel S, Gonzalez Marques C, Thilakasiri K, Manian SV, Chan J, Mssika N, Clark T, Burkholder T, Turgeon N, Kampalath VN, Poola N, Offorjebe OA, Dozios A, Hyuha G, Vaughn T, McCammon C, Wells K, Rybarcyzk M, Paula Castillo M, Adeyeye AA, Rees CA, Dutta S, Garbern SC: Building a framework to decolonize global emergency medicine. Academic Emergency Medicine Education & Training 8(3): e10982, May 2024 Notes: doi: 10.1002/aet2.10982.
Hamze M, Kampalath VN, Tarnas MC, Patel V, Albik A, Kassas MA, Loutfi R, Abbara A: Associations between armed conflict and paediatric healthcare consultations in Northwest Syria. Kings College London May 2024 Notes: Oral presentation at the Fifth Research for Health in Syria Conflict Conference, London, United Kingdom, May 2024.
Patel V, Kampalath VN, Tarnas MC, Hamze M, Albik A, Kassas MA, Loutfi R, Abbara A: The impact of armed conflict on paediatric healthcare consultations in Northwest Syria. Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health April 2024 Notes: Oral presentation at the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health Conference, Birmingham, United Kingdom, April 2024.