Description of Research Expertise

Elizabeth Sanseau, MD is an Attending physician in the Emergency Department at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). She is the Medical Director of the CHOP Indigenous Health Unit (est 2024), a faculty member of CHOP Clinical Futures, and Assistant Professor of pediatrics and pediatric emergency medicine at CHOP and the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Prior, she worked full-time as a Pediatric Hospitalist at the Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation in Bethel, Alaska. Dr. Sanseau sees her role as a pediatrician not only as a clinician, but also as an educator, researcher and patient advocate. She is passionate about medical education, research and QI for pre- and in-hospital medical interdisciplinary teams to improve pediatric emergency readiness. During her time working in the Alaska Tribal Health System, she developed a needs-informed simulation-based medical education curriculum for frontline interdisciplinary healthcare providers and studied the efficacy and feasibility of the program. This experience inspired her to return to training to specialize in pediatric emergency medicine and simulation, with the intention to bridge resources across academic and resource-limited settings. She currently is the Principal Investigator of the Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMSC) Indian Health Services (IHS) Hybrid Simulation Program, a Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) sponsored initiative intended to optimize pediatric emergency readiness in Emergency Departments and pre-hospital teams treating ill and injured American Indian and Alaska Native patients. She is the recipient of the HRSA Pediatric Pandemic Network Mentored Disaster Research Career Development Award where her research and career development focuses on pediatric disaster preparedness for U.S. Indigenous communities and healthcare facilities. She Co-Chairs the ImPACTS (Improving Pediatric Acute Care Through Simulation) collaborative and Co-Leads the Emergency SimBox - a free and openly accessible web-based simulation resource. She has published and presented her work on simulation-based medical education.