Brandon C Ku, MD
Assistant 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
Diane Kim, MD Aaron Chen, MD Jon Maino, MS Brandon Ku, MD : 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.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.
Joseph MM, Mahajan P, Snow SK, Ku BC, Saidinejad M: Optimizing Pediatric Patient Safety in the Emergency Care Setting. Pediatrics 150(5): e2022059673, November 2022.
Joseph MM, Mahajan P, Snow SK, Ku BC, Saidinejad M: Optimizing Pediatric Patient Safety in the Emergency Care Setting. Journal of Emergency Nursing 48(6): 652-665, November 2022.
Kaplan SL, Zorc J, Kolon T, Lavelle J, Ku BC: Expedited Imaging for High Probability Testicular Torsion. Oral Presentation, American Society for Emergency Radiology Annual Meeting, Austin, Texas October 2022.
Hemberger J, Vorel E, Rempell R, Ku, BC, Balamuth F: Cardiac Pathology Identified by POCUS in Patients With Presumed Sepsis in a Pediatric ED. Poster Presentation, Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Conference, Denver, CO April 2022.
Hemberger J, Vorel E, Rempell R, Ku, BC, Balamuth F: Integrating Cardiac Point-of Care Ultrasound Into a Pediatric Emergency Sepsis Bundle. Poster Presentation, Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Conference, Denver, CO April 2022.
Chiotos K, Fitzgerald JC, Hayes M, Dashefsky H, Metjian TA, Woods-Hill C, Biedron L, Stinson H, Ku BC, Robbins Tighe S, Weiss SL, Balamuth F, Schriver E, Gerber JS: Improving Vancomycin Stewardship in Critically Ill Children. Pediatrics 149(4): e2021052165, April 2022.
Souganidis E, Abbadessa MK, Ku B, Minich C, Lavelle J, Zorc J, Balamuth F: Analysis of Missed Sepsis Patients in a Pediatric Emergency Department With a Vital Sign-Based Electronic Sepsis Alert. Pediatric Emergency Care 38(1): e1-e4, January 2022.