Aaron E Chen

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Professor of Clinical Pediatrics (Emergency Medicine)
Attending Physician , Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Director, Emergency Bedside Ultrasound, Emergency Department, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Founder, Pediatric Emergency Ultrasound Fellowship, Division of Emergency Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department: Pediatrics

Contact information
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department of Emergency Medicine
Colket Translational Research Building
3501 Civic Center Blvd. - 9th Floor - Ste 9117
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-590-3948
Fax: 215-590-4454
Education:
B.A. (Managerial Studies and Biochemistry, cum laude)
Rice University, Houston, TX , 1995.
MD
University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB), Galveston, TX, 1999.
Post-Graduate Training
Internship and Residency in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, University of Tennessee Medical Center, Memphis, TN, 1999-2003.
Fellowship in Pediatric Emergency Medicine , Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 2003-2006.
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Description of Itmat Expertise

pediatric skin and soft tissue infections; emergency bedside ultrasonography; pediatric pain and procedural sedation management

Description of Research Expertise

MRSA skin and soft tissue infections; emergency bedside / point-of-care ultrasound

Selected Publications

Blick C, Vinograd A, Chung J, Nguyen E, Abbadessa MKF, Gaines S, Chen A: Procedural competency for ultrasound-guided peripheral intravenous catheter insertion for nurses in a pediatric emergency department. JVA 22(2): 232-237, Mar 2021.

Velez-Florez, MC; Chen, AE; Friedlaender, E; Nace, G; Tsemberis, E; Hoffman, C; Hwang, R; Kaplan, SL: : Sensitivity of Imaging for Predicting Pediatric Adnexal Torsion. Pendergrass Symposium, Philadelphia, PA 2021 Notes: Poster Presentation

Velez-Florez, MC; Chen, AE; Friedlaender, E; Nace, G; Tsemberis, E; Hoffman, C; Hwang, R; Kaplan, SL: Sensitivity of Imaging for Predicting Pediatric Adnexal Torsion. IPR 2021, 8th International Pediatric Radiology Congress, Rome, Italy 2021 Notes: Oral Presentation

Kaplan SL, Chen AE, Rempell RG, Brown N, Velez-Florez MC, Khwaja A: Impact of Emergency Medicine Point-of-Care Ultrasound on Radiology Ultrasound Volumes in a Single Pediatric Emergency Department. J Am Coll Radiol 17(12): 1555-1562, Dec 2020.

Kinneman, Laura; Chen, Aaron; Rempell, Rachel: The Use of Lung Point of Care Ultrasound in the Diagnosis of Pneumonia Pediatric Academic Societies. May 2020 Notes: accepted for presentation; meeting cancelled due to COVID.

Conlon TW, Nishisaki A, Singh Y, Bhombal S, De Luca D, Kessler DO, Su ER, Chen AE, Fraga MV: Moving Beyond the Stethoscope: Diagnostic Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Pediatric Practice. Pediatrics 144(4): e20191402, Oct 2019.

Vinograd AM, Chen AE, Woodford AL, Fesnak S, Gaines S, Elci OU, Zorc JJ.: Ultrasonographic Guidance to Improve First-Attempt Success in Children With Predicted Difficult Intravenous Access in the Emergency Department: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Ann Emerg Med 74(1): 19-27, May 2019.

Chen AE: Point-of-care lung ultrasonography for pneumonia in children: does size really matter? Arch Dis Child 104(1): 2-3, January 2019.

Subramaniam S, Chen AE, Khwaja A, Rempell R: Identifying infant hydrocephalus in the emergency department with transfontanellar POCUS Am J Emerg Med 37(1): 127-132, January 2019.

Chapter authors - Richard Scarfone and Aaron Chen: Book Chapter - "Pain-Joints," Fleisher & Ludwig Textbook of Pediatric Emergency Medicine. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins 2019.

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Last updated: 01/11/2022
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