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

Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics (Emergency Medicine)
Medical Director, Emergency Medical Services Institute, Division of Emergency Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Emergency Department Liaison, Hospital Emergency Preparedness, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Department: Pediatrics
Contact information
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
3401 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
3401 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Email:
WallsT1@email.chop.edu
WallsT1@email.chop.edu
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.
Permanent linkB.A. (Biology)
University of Delaware, 1993.
M.D.
Temple University School of Medicine, 1997.
M.P.H (Public Health)
Eastern Virginia Medical School, 2005.
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(1): e2024066855, Jul 2024 Notes: Investigator.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(1): e2024066854, Jul 2024 Notes: Investigator.
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(1): e13073, Dec 2023.
Buchhalter LC, Smith N, Miller SN, Hamburger MA, Dove A, Walls TA: Multi-modal Staged Pediatric Airway Education for Transport Providers. American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference and Exhibition, Virtual Oct 2023 Notes: Poster.
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(3): 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(1): 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(1): e2022060970, Mar 2023 Notes: Investigator.
Walls TA, Good G, Rodia P, Lavoie M, Franco M, Hrdy M, Tay K.: Improving Community Emergency Departments’ Knowledge, Skills, and Readiness. Interprofessional Education Day, ImPACTS ED 3.0., Philadelphia, PA 2023 Notes: Podium.
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.
Brown KM, Ackerman AD, Ruttan TK, Snow SK; AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS, Committee on Pediatric Emergency Medicine; AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS, Pediatric Emergency Medicine Committee; EMERGENCY NURSES ASSOCIATION, Pediatric Committee; 2019 Pediatric Committee Members; Policy Statement; Organizational Principles to Guide and Define the Child Health Care System and/or Improve the Health of All Children.: Access to Optimal Emergency Care for Children. Ann Emerg Med 77(5): 523-531, May 2021 Notes: Investigator.