Fiona Pirrocco, DO
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics (Emergency Medicine)
Attending Physician, Division of Emergency Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department: Pediatrics
Contact information
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
3401 Civic Center Blvd
Philadelphia, PA 19104
3401 Civic Center Blvd
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Education:
B.A.
Mount Holyoke College, 2010.
D.O.
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, 2015.
Med
University of Cincinnati, 2022.
Permanent linkB.A.
Mount Holyoke College, 2010.
D.O.
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, 2015.
Med
University of Cincinnati, 2022.
Description of Other Expertise
Clinical experience in and passion for global health, medical education, and pediatric emergency care. String publishing record and global health teaching experience with an academic interest in leveraging medical education to promote global health equity locally and internationally.Selected Publications
Fiona Pirrocco, DO, MEd, Brittany Murray, MD, Viviane Leuche, MD, Rachel Bensman, MD, Nicolę St. Clair, MD: Going Global: Trainee Preparation. Global Health in Pediatric Education: An Implementation Guide for Program Directors 2025 Notes: Chapter 5.Fiona A. Pirrocco DO, MEd, Hamy Temkit PhD, Cherisse Mechem MD, Karen Yeager DO: Trends in pediatric emergency department transfers from Indian Health Service and tribal health systems. Academic Emergency Medicine 31(6): 584-589, June 2024.
Fiona Pirrocco, DO, Karla Fredricks, MD, MPH, Katy Miller, MD, Nicole St Clair, MD, J Raul Gutierrez, MD, MPH, Lara Yoblonski, MD, and Michael Pitt, MD.: Using Simulation for the Care of Unaccompanied Immigrant Children. Association of Pediatric Program Directors Meeting, San Diego, CA 2022 Notes: Poster.
Pirrocco F, Ramos K, Sanseau E, and Augenstein J.: A telesimulation curriculum to support pediatric education for emergency medical services providers, Phoenix, AZ, Day Conference. Phoenix Children’s Hospital Quality Day Conference, Phoenix, AZ 2022 Notes: Poster.
Pirrocco F, Mechem C, Yeager K.: Trends in Pediatric Transfers from Indian Health Service Hospitals, New Orleans, Oral presentation. Society of Academic Emergency Medicine Conference, Austin, TX 2022 Notes: Poster.
Pirrocco F, Mechem C, Yeager K.: Trends in Pediatric Transfers from Indian Health Service Hospitals, Denver CO, Abstract presentation. Pediatric Academic Society Conference, Virtual 2022 Notes: Poster.
Pirrocco F, Fredricks K, Miller K, St. Clair N, Gutierrez JR, and Pitt MB.: Care for unaccompanied immigrant children” simulation. Simulation use for global away rotations (SUGAR) I-Pack curriculum. www.sugarprep.org. 2021.
Pirrocco F, Goodman I, and Pitt MB.: Leveraging peer teaching for global health elective preparation: Implementation of a resident-led global health simulation curriculum. Global Pediatric Health 22(1): doi: 10.1177/2333794X19851108, May 2019 Notes: ecollection.
Pirrocco F and Pirrocco J.: Implementation of a pediatric simulation program to increase provider confidence at a rural tribal hospital. Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia 11th Annual Global Health Conference 2019.
Pirrocco F and Goodman I.: Implementation of a voluntary and resident-run global health simulation for pediatric residents using the simulation use for global away rotations curriculum. Association of Pediatric Program Directors Spring Meeting 2018.