Casey E. Pitts, MD

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Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics (Emergency Medicine)
Attending Physician, Division of Emergency Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Associate Medical Director of Business Continuity, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Clinical Informatics Champion for Advanced Clinical Decision Support, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Clinical Informatics Champion for Transport Center, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department: Pediatrics

Contact information
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
3401 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Education:
BA (Psychology, Chemistry)
New York University, 2012.
MD (Medicine)
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 2017.
MA (Biomedical Informatics)
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 2024.
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Selected Publications

Mackie, W. Buchhalter, L. DiTaranto, S, Gadde, N. Marrow, D. Mosca, D. Pitts, CE. Smith, N. Witowski, A. Tsarhouhas, N. : Private Vehicle Transport for Interfacility Transfers to the Emergency Department Improves Efficiency without Compromising Safety. Oral Presentation, AAP National Conference & Exhibition. Denver, CO September 2025.

Simmons P, Reed B, Pitts C, Yu C, Mcnamara M, Luo B: Lost in Translation: Understanding the Role of Inter-professional Communication in Pediatric Safety Events. Poster Presentation, Pediatric Hospital Medicine Annual Meeting, Anaheim, California. July 2025.

Simmons P, Pitts C, Mcnamara M, Shelov E, Ruppel H, Albanowski K, Luo B: Left on Read: Balancing Benefits and Burdens of Clinical Communications. Poster Presentation, Pediatric Hospital Medicine Annual Meeting, Anaheim, California. July 2025.

Huang, J. X., Casper, T. C., Pitts, C., Myers, S. R., Lynch, R., Loomba, L., Ramesh, J., Kuppermann, N., Ku, E., Glaser, N.: Characterizing the relationship between social determinants of health and risk of albuminuria among children with type 1 diabetes. J Diabetes Complications 38(12): 108880, December 2024.

Casey E. Pitts and Mercedes M. Blackstone: Mumps. Fleisher & Ludwig’s 5-Minute Pediatric Emergency Medicine Consult, third edition. Wolters Kluwer, September 2024.

Huang, J. X., Copeland, T. P., Pitts, C. E., Myers, S. R., Kilberg, M. J., Ku, E., Glaser, N.: Transient albuminuria in the setting of short-term severe hyperglycemia in type 1 diabetes. J Diabetes Complications 38(6): 108762, June 2024.

Taylor, J. Fuchs, J. Muralidharan, B, Trone, K. Waimberg, R. Pitts CE, Lawrence, L., Jones, N. : Reducing Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Pain Reassessments for Patients with Extremity Injuries in the Emergency Department Poster Presentation, 13th Annual Quality and Safety Day, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Philadelphia, PA May 2024.

Jia Xin Huang, MD; T. Charles Casper, PhD, MStat; Casey Pitts, MD; Sage Myers, MD, MSCE; Rebecca Lynch, MD; Lindsey Loomba-Albrecht, MD; Nathan Kuppermann, MD, MPH; Elaine Ku, MD, MAS; Nicole Glaser, MD: Social Determinants of Health’s Effects on Risk of Microalbuminuria Among Children with Type 1 Diabetes. Poster Presentation, Society of Critical Care Medicine. Phoenix, Arizona. 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.

Pitts, CE., Osterhoudt, K: A Budding Problem From Increased Marijuana Use: Severe Vomiting. Research In Action Blog, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Philadelphia, PA September 2022.

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