Theresa Walls, M.D., M.P.H

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Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics (Emergency Medicine)
Division Lead, Physician Wellness, Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Medical Director, Emergency Medical Services Institute, Division of Emergency Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department: Pediatrics

Contact information
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
3401 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Education:
B.A. (Biology)
University of Delaware, 1993.
M.D.
Temple University School of Medicine, 1997.
M.P.H (Public Health)
Eastern Virginia Medical School, 2005.
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Selected Publications

Marin JR, Lyons TW, Claudius I, Fallat ME, Aquino M, Ruttan T, Daugherty RJ; AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS Committee on Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Section on Radiology; AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGY; AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS Pediatric Emergency Medicine Committee.: Optimizing Advanced Imaging of the Pediatric Patient in the Emergency Department: Technical Report. Pediatrics 154: e2024066855, Jul 2024.

Marin JR, Lyons TW, Claudius I, Fallat ME, Aquino M, Ruttan T, Daugherty RJ; AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS Committee on Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Section on Radiology; AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGY; AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS Pediatric Emergency Medicine Committee.: Optimizing Advanced Imaging of the Pediatric Patient in the Emergency Department: Policy Statement. Pediatrics 154: e2024066854, Jul 2024.

Foster AA, Walls TA, Alade KH, Brown K, Gausche-Hill M, Lin SD, Rose EA, Ruttan T, Shahid S, Sorrentino A, Stoner MJ, Waseem M, Saidinejad M; ACEP Pediatric Emergency Medicine Committee.: Review of pediatric emergency care and the COVID-19 pandemic. J Am Coll Emerg Physicians Open 4: e13073, Dec 2023.

Buchhalter LC, Smith N, Miller SN, Hamburger MA, Dove A, Walls TA: . Multi-modal Staged Pediatric Airway Education for Transport Providers. Poster Session, American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference and Exhibition. American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference and Exhibition. October 2023.

Saidinejad M, Duffy S, Wallin D, Hoffmann JA, Joseph M, Schieferle Uhlenbrock J, Brown K, Waseem M, Snow SK, Andrew M, Kuo AA, Sulton C, Chun T, Lee LK; AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS; Committee on Pediatric Emergency Medicine; Conners GP, Callahan J, Gross T, Joseph M, Lee L, Mack E, Marin J, Mazor S, Paul R, Timm N; AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS; Pediatric Emergency Medicine Committee; Dietrich AM, Alade KH, Amato CS, Atanelov Z, Auerbach M, Barata IA, Benjamin LS, Berg KT, Brown K, Chang C, Chow J, Chumpitazi CE, Claudius IA, Easter J, Foster A, Fox SM, Gausche-Hill M, Gerardi MJ, Goodloe JM, Heniff M, Homme JJL, Ishimine PT, John SD, Joseph MM, Lam SH, Lawson SL, Lee MO, Li J, Lin SD, Martini DI, Mellick LB, Mendez D, Petrack EM, Rice L, Rose EA, Ruttan T, Saidinejad M, Santillanes G, Simpson JN, Sivasankar SM, Slubowski D, Sorrentino A, Stoner MJ, Sulton CD, Valente JH, Vora S, Wall JJ, Wallin D, Walls TA, Waseem M, Woolridge DP; EMERGENCY NURSES ASSOCIATION; Pediatric Committee; Brandt C, Kult KM, Milici JJ, Nelson NA, Redlo MA, Curtis Cooper MR, Redlo M, Kult K, Logee K, Bryant DE, Cooper MC, Cline K; POLICY STATEMENT; Organizational Principles to Guide and Define the Child Health Care System and/or Improve the Health of All Children; This article is being jointly published in Pediatrics, Annals of Emergency Medicine, and Journal of Emergency Nursing..: The Management of Children and Youth With Pediatric Mental and Behavioral Health Emergencies. Ann Emerg Med 152: e2023063255, Sep 2023.

Auerbach MA, Whitfill T, Montgomery E, Leung J, Kessler D, Gross IT, Walsh BM, Fiedor Hamilton M, Gawel M, Kant S, Janofsky S, Brown LL, Walls TA, Alletag M, Sessa A, Arteaga GM, Keilman A, Van Ittersum W, Rutman MS, Zaveri P, Good G, Schoen JC, Lavoie M, Mannenbach M, Bigham L, Dudas RA, Rutledge C, Okada PJ, Moegling M, Anderson I, Tay KY, Scherzer DJ, Vora S, Gaither S, Fenster D, Jones D, Aebersold M, Chatfield J, Knight L, Berg M, Makharashvili A, Katznelson J, Mathias E, Lutfi R, Abu-Sultaneh S, Burns B, Padlipsky P, Lee J, Butler L, Alander S, Thomas A, Bhatnagar A, Jafri FN, Crellin J, Abulebda K.: Factors Associated With Improved Pediatric Resuscitative Care in General Emergency Departments. Pediatrics 152: e2022060790, Aug 2023.

Callahan JM, Baldwin S, Bodnar C, Fuchs S, Krug S, Lightfoot C, Raskas M, Weinberg S; AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS; Committee on Pediatric Emergency Medicine; Council on Clinical Information Technology; Council on Children and Disasters; AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS; Pediatric Emergency Medicine Committee; Policy Statement; Organizational Principles to Guide and Define the Child Health Care System and/or Improve the Health of All Children.: Access to Critical Health Information for Children During Emergencies: Emergency Information Forms and Beyond. Ann Emerg Med 151: e2022060970, Mar 2023.

Walls TA, Randolph J, Tay K, Erbayri J.: Interprofessional Education Day, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Poster Session, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia EMS Outreach Meeting, Philadelphia, PA 2023.

Walls TA, Good G, Rodia P, Lavoie M, Franco M, Hrdy M, Tay K. : . Improving Community Emergency Departments’ Knowledge, Skills, and Readiness: ImPACTS ED 3.0. Platform Presentation, Podium, Interprofessional Education Day, ImPACTS ED 3.0., Philadelphia, PA 2023.

Anders, J.F.; Fishe, J.N.; Fratta, K.A.; Katznelson, J.H.; Levy, M.J.; Lichenstein, R.; Milin, M.G.; Simpson, J.N.; Walls, T.A.; Winger, H.L.: Creating a Pediatric Prehospital Destination Decision Tool Using a Modified Delphi Method. Children 8(8): 658, Jul 2021.

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