Emergency Medicine


University Pediatricians | Michigan

About the Division of Emergency Medicine

The Emergency Department (ED) at the Children’s Hospital of Michigan is one of the busiest emergency departments in the Country and is a level-1 Pediatric Trauma Center. The ED provides care to a complete spectrum of children with medical, mental health and surgical conditions as well as traumatic injuries. We aim to provide the highest quality medical care to the children and families that we serve. Our Emergency Department is staffed 24/7/365 with experts in pediatric care. Our entire nursing team are specifically trained pediatric emergency nurses. Our ED is staffed by approximately 65 fellowship trained pediatric emergency physicians, pediatricians and pediatric nurse practitioners and physician assistants.


Children's Hospital of Michigan Emergency Department Facts: 


  • The only Emergency Department in the Detroit tri-county area that has 24/7/365 coverage by pediatric emergency medicine subspecialty physicians. These physicians have all had 3 additional years of fellowship training in pediatric emergency care.
  • The only Emergency Department in the Detroit tri-county area area that has 24/7/365 coverage with pediatric nurses who are specifically trained to care for children. These specialized nurses are trained to make children and families feel comfortable and are experts in pediatric procedures such as IV placement
  • Everything we do is focused upon providing safe, high-quality, compassionate and child- centered care.
  • Child Life Specialists on duty who help keep children comfortable and distracted for procedures.
  • Our pediatric respiratory therapists are specialized and are trained to provide support for a wide range of respiratory issues that affect children.
  • The same pediatric ED specialists work at both our Detroit and Troy locations. 

Leadership

Division Chief: Curt Stankovic, MD
Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Carman & Ann Adams Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Michigan

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Emergency Medicine Clinical Programs

We have a full complement of pediatric emergency services including designation as a Poison Control Center, a Level-1 Pediatric Trauma Center and a verified Pediatric Burn Center. Additionally, PANDA, our pediatric critical care center provides support to the referring hospitals in our region, and transports critically ill and injured children to our institution.

  • Imaging Services:

    A full range of radiology services are available for the evaluation of emergency patients. Two dedicated x-ray suites are located within the department. In addition, a 64 slice CT scan and the MRI suite are located adjacent to the ED. Ultrasound and nuclear medicine services are also available. In addition, a new state-of-the art CT is being installed in the fall of 2021 which will provide the clearest and most advanced images, while reducing radiation to our patients. The CT and MRI imaging suites are located adjacent to the ED which allows for easy access. There is also an ultrasound suite in the ED that allows our physicians to perform imaging on patients without exposing them to radiation. Our imaging team is also specifically pediatric trained which allows them to identify subtle findings that occur in children. 

  • Bedside Ultrasound Innovation:

    We are always seeking opportunities to improve. One recent success, that has been led by Dr. Demetris Haritos and Dr. Jen Noble, has been our use of ultrasound at the bedside. We now use the ultrasound as an adjunct to the physical exam, which enables us to rapidly identify certain conditions, to perform procedures more safely, improving the accuracy of our care.


Faculty

PEM Faculty


Clinical Staff (Pediatricians)


Advanced Practice Providers

  • Cheryl Barratt, CPNP
  • Katie Callaway, CPNP
  • Teresa Carlesimo, CPNP – Chief APP
  • Elizabeth Fulks, CPNP
  • Cristy Guagenti, CPNP
  • Megan Hatcher, CPNP
  • Lindsay Holdway, CPNP
  • Darcy Kramer, CPNP
  • Kari McCoy, CPNP
  • Hannah Sandberg, CPNP
  • Meghna Shukla, CPNP

Want to learn more about our distinguished specialists? Click the button below to be taken to our Faculty Directory.

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Education

We are an academic emergency department and are home to one of the largest and most sought-after fellowship programs in the United States, which is led by Dr. Katherine McVety.


We also host weekly 3-hour education sessions, and on a quarterly basis, host a remote, state-wide pediatric emergency Grand Rounds that helps disseminate our experience, led by Dr. Earl Hartwig. We have a robust simulation training program for our physicians, fellows, APPs and nurses. We routinely practice procedures and complex cases to ensure that our team is ready to respond to any possible scenario. Our simulation program is led by Dr. Kelly Levasseur


Click here to learn more about our fellowship curriculum.

Emergency Medicine Fellowships →

Research

We aim to provide the best evidence-based care to our children. Care is driven by discovery. We have dozens of active research projects in the Division of Emergency Medicine. We are one of only a few Children’s Emergency Departments to be awarded a NIH grant. Our most recent NIH award, earned by Drs. Usha Sethuraman and Nirupama Kannikeswaran, has supported discovery of identifying risk factors for severe COVID disease.

 

The faculty of the Emergency Department at the Children’s Hospital of Michigan strive for excellence and are seeking opportunities to work with our community to grow, collaborate and innovate.


Recent Faculty Publications

  • Rajan Arora, MD

    • Arora R, White EN, et al. Reducing Computed Tomography Scan Utilization for Pediatric Minor Head Injury in the Emergency Department: A Quality Improvement Initiative.  Acad Emerg Med. 2020 Dec 27. doi: 10.1111/acem.14177.
    • Mowbray F, Arora R, et al. Factors associated with avoidable interhospital transfers for children with a minor head injury. Am J Emerg Med. 2020 Aug 19:S0735-6757(20)30738-5.
    • Arora R, Sethuraman U. Anaphylaxis. In: Mahajan P, editor. Tarascon Pediatric Emergency Pocketbook. 7th ed. Burlington: Jones & Bartlett Learning; 2020. 25-27.
    • Arora R, Sethuraman U. Burns. In: Mahajan P, editor. Tarascon Pediatric Emergency Pocketbook. 7th ed. Burlington: Jones & Bartlett Learning; 2020. 38-40.
    • DeLaroche AM, Stankovic C, Ehrman RR, Noble J, Arora R, et al. Emergency department screening for multisystem inflammatory syndrome (MIS-C) in children. Am J Emerg Med. 2020 Sep 29:S0735-6757(20)30873-1.
    • Shukla M, Arora R. Giant Cell Tumor of the Tendon Sheath in a Male Pediatric Patient. J Pediatr Health Care. 2020 Dec 29:S0891-5245(20)30307-2.
  • Amy DeLaroche, MD

    • DeLaroche AM, Stankovic C, Ehrman RR, Noble J, Arora R, Maksimkowski K, Ruffing RP. Emergency department screening for multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C). Am J Emerg Med. 2020: S0735-6757(20)30873-1. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2020.09.076. [Online ahead of print.] PMID: 33036862.
    • DeLaroche AM, Mowbray FI, Parker SJ, Ravichandran Y, Jones A. Clinical factors associated with the use of dexamethasone for asthma in the pediatric emergency department. J Asthma. 2020:1-8. doi: 10.1080/02770903.2020.1817938. [Online ahead of print.] PMID: 32876509.
    • Mowbray FI, DeLaroche AM, Parker SJ, Jones A, Ravichandran Y. Examining the clinical management of asthma exacerbations by nurse practitioners in a pediatric emergency department. Int Emerg Nurs. 2020; doi: 10.1016/j.ienj.2020.100844. [Online ahead of print.] PMID: 32205105
    • DeLaroche A, Haddad R, Farooqi A, Sapien R, Tieder JS. Outcome prediction of higher-risk brief resolved unexplained events. Hosp Pediatr. 2020; 10(4): 303-310. PMID: 32152008.
  • Rita Haddad, MD

    • DeLaroche AM, Haddad R, Farooqi A, Sapien R, Tieder JS. Outcome prediction of higher-risk brief resolved unexplained events. Hosp Pediatr. 2020;10(4):303-310.
    • Sethuraman U., Kannikeswaran N., Ang J., Singer A., Miller J., Haddad R., Stankovic C. Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children associated with novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, Presentations to a Pediatric Emergency Department in Michigan. American Journal of Emergency Medicine, Oct 24, 2020.  PMID
  • Elizabeth Holzworth, MD

    • De Jong G, Holzworth E, Misra A, Kannikeswaran N. A newborn with brief resolved unexplained events later found to result from noncompaction cardiomyopathy. Consultant. 2020;60(10):28-30. doi:10.25270/con.2020.06.00017
    • Holzworth E, Sethuraman U. Infectious Disease. In: Mahajan P, editor. Tarascon Pediatric Emergency Pocketbook. 7th ed. Burlington: Jones & Bartlett Learning; 2020. p. 143-194

  • Jason King, MD

    • King, J., Sethuraman, U., Nirupama, K., Jain, A., Farooqi, A. (Accepted awaiting publication). Emergency Department Utilization and Serious Bacterial Infection Rates in Children with Renal Transplants. Pediatric Emergency Care.
    • Case Presentation: Jason King, MD and Helene Tigchelaar, MD. PEMPIX.com. Case #1 Wheeze. 11/2018.
    • Article review: Jason King, MD and Paras Khandhar, MD. PedsSCCM.org. 12/2014 Pediatric Code Events: Does In-House Intensivist Coverage Improve Outcomes? Carroll CL, Sala K, Fisher D, Zucker A. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2014 15:250–257
  • Kelly Levasseur, MD

    • Krishnaprasha, D. Levasseur, K. (2020). Mastocytosis, Review in Brief. Pediatrics in Review. Accepted for submission May 2020
    • Saleem, S. Levasseur, K. Facial Swelling Post-Surgery. Journal of EM vol 59(3). July 22, 2020. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jemermed.2020.06.035
    • Gebara, B. Patek, Levasseur, K. Freij, B. SARS-CoV-2 case report of patient with tuberculosis. accepted for publication in BMC Pediatrics August 18, 2020

  • Shazia Maqbool, MD

    • "Severe Anemia and Altered Mental Status in Young Paediatric Patients" Manuscript accepted on 12-28-2020 by Journal of Paediatric and Child Health. Manuscript ID: JPC 202-0354.R2
  • Katherine McVety, MD

    • Haddad R, McVety K.  A 3 Day Old Male With Emesis With Every Feed. Annals of Emergency Medicine. Vol 75, No 6, p 773.
  • Jennifer Noble, MD

    • DeLaroche AM, Stankovic C, Ehrman RR, Noble J, Arora R, Maksimowski K, et al. Emergency department screening for multisystem inflammatory syndrome (MIS-C) in children. The American journal of emergency medicine. 2020.
    • Noble J, Ledrick D. A 7-Year-Old Boy With Recurring Episodes of Abdominal Pain. Pediatric emergency care. 2020;36(7):e411-e3.
    • Noble J, Zarling B, Geesey T, Smith E, Farooqi A, Yassir W, et al. Analgesia Use in Children with Acute Long Bone Fractures in the Pediatric Emergency Department. The Journal of emergency medicine. 2020;58(3):500-5.
    • Carolina Vega, Chelsey Yurkovich, and Jennifer Noble. Dysuria and Progressive Abdominal Pain in a Male Pediatric Patient. EM Resident. August 17, 2020.
  • Ronald Ruffing, MD

    • Emergency department screening for multisystem inflammatory syndrome (MIS-C) in children. DeLaroche A, Stankovic C,  Ehrman R, Arora R, Maksimowski K, Ruffing R. Published: September 29, 2020. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajem.2020.09.
  • Usha Sethuraman, MD

    • Sethuraman U, Stankovic C, Singer A, Vitale L, Krouse CB, Cloutier D, Donoghue L, Klein J, Kannikeswaran N. Burn visits to a pediatric burn center during the COVID-19 pandemic and 'Stay at home' period. Burns. 2020 Aug 29:S0305-4179(20)30503-9. doi: 10.1016 / j.burns.2020.08.004. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 32919800; PMCID: PMC745553 
    • Sethuraman U, Kannikeswaran N, Ang J, Singer A, Miller J, Haddad R, Stankovic C. Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children associated with novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2: Presentations to a pediatric emergency department in Michigan. Am J Emerg Med. 2021 Jan; 39:164-167. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2020.10.035. Epub 2020 Oct 24. PMID: 33131972; PMCID: PMC7585495.
    • Deza Leon MP, Redzepi A, McGrath E, Abdel-Haq N, Shawaqfeh A, Sethuraman U, Tilford B, Chopra T, Arora H, Ang J, Asmar B. COVID-19-Associated Pediatric Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2020 Jul 13;9(3):407-408. doi: 10.1093/jpids/piaa061. PMID: 32441749; PMCID: PMC7313914.
    • Patel N, Farooqi A, Callaghan M, Sethuraman U. Urinary Tract Infection in Febrile Children with Sickle Cell Disease Who Present to the Emergency Room with Fever. J Clin Med. 2020 May 19;9(5):1531. doi: 10.3390/jcm9051531. PMID: 32438767; PMCID: PMC7290819.
    • Vega C, Patel N, Gonik N, Sethuraman U. Hypoxic respiratory failure in an adolescent after blunt neck trauma. J Paediatr Child Health. 2020 Dec 30. doi: 10.1111/jpc.15327. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33377572.
  • Curt Stankovic, MD

    • Sethuraman U., Kannikeswaran N., Ang J., Singer A., Miller J., Haddad R., Stankovic C. Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children associated with novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, Presentations to a Pediatric Emergency Department in Michigan. American Journal of Emergency Medicine, Oct 24, 2020.
    • Delaroche A, Stankovic C, Ehrman R, Arora R, Noble J, Maksimowski K, Ruffing R.  ED Screening for Multi-System Inflammatory Syndrome in Children.  American Journal of Emergency Medicine. September 2020. PMID 33036862
    • Sethuraman U, Stankovic C, Singer A, Vitale L, Krouse CB, Cloutier D, Donoghue L, Klein J, Kannikeswaran N. “Burn visits to a pediatric burn center during the COVID-19 pandemic and ‘Stay at Home’ period”. Burns. August 29, 2020.  PMCID: PMC7455538

Recent Faculty Abstracts/Presentations (National)

  • Rajan Arora, MD

    • Arora R. Factors associated with avoidable interhospital transfers for children with a minor head injury. 7th Annual meeting, Pediatric Trauma Society, Nov 2020. 
    • Arora R. Pediatric Minor Head Injury-Related Return Visits to the Emergency Department and their Outcomes. SAEM Annual meeting, Denver, May 2020. 
    • Shihan H, Arora R et al. Minor Head Injury Transfers to Academic Pediatric Emergency Department: Trends and Outcomes. SAEM Annual Meeting, Denver, May 2020. 
    • Kocher K, White E, Arora R et al. Effectiveness of the Michigan Emergency Department Improvement Collaborative (MEDIC) Quality Network. SAEM Annual meeting, May 2020. 
    • Vega C, Kannikeswaran N, Arora R. Huggable Toys Strike Back: Pediatric Injuries from Plush Toys, Dolls, and Doll Accessories. Pediatric Academic Society annual meeting, May 2020 
    • Nypaver M, Macy M, Arora R, et al. Evaluation of the Michigan Emergency Department Improvement Collaborative (MEDIC), an integrated adult and pediatric quality network, on reducing pediatric imaging. Pediatric Academic Society Annual meeting, 2020 
  • Amy DeLaroche, MD

    • DeLaroche, A and the BRUE Research and Quality Improvement Collaborative. (2020, April 29 – May 6). Accuracy of Diagnostic Codes for Identifying Brief Resolved Unexplained Events. Podium presentation scheduled to be presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting, Philadelphia, PA. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the meeting was cancelled. 
    • Noble J, Kagithala S, Haslitt D, Cashen K, DeLaroche AM. (2020, October 2 – 5). Adult rapid response events in a children’s hospital. Virtual poster session presented at the 2020 Virtual AAP National Conference & Exhibition. 
    • Haddad R, Obudzinski K, Parker S, Iglesias M, DeLaroche A. (2020, April 29 – May 6). Brief resolved unexplained events: Diagnostic discrepancies and opportunities for improved accuracy. Poster session scheduled to be presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting, Philadelphia, PA. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the meeting was cancelled.
  • Rita Haddad, MD

    • Haddad R, Obudzinski K, Parker S, Iglesias M, DeLaroche A. (2020, April 29 – May 6). Brief resolved unexplained events: Diagnostic discrepancies and opportunities for improved accuracy. Poster session scheduled to be presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting, Philadelphia, PA. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the meeting was cancelled.
  • Kelly Levasseur, DO

    • Cindy Roskind, Kelly Levasseur, Noelle Zuckerbraun, Maybelle Kou, Jerri Rose, Tien Vu, Melissa Langhan. "Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellows’ Milestone Evaluations: Do they all meet the milestone targets for graduation?". Accepted at American Pediatric Program Directors annual meeting. San Diego, 2020. 
    • Sandal Saleem, MD; Kelly Levasseur, DO. Facial swelling post Tympanomastoidectomy: a case report, accepted at American Academy of Emergency Medicine, Phoenix, April 2020. 
    • Kelly Levasseur, Noelle Zuckerbraun, Maybelle Kou, Jerri Rose, Cindy Roskind, Tien Vu Melissa Langhan. Female vs Male Milestone Assessments in a National Sample of Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship Programs, has been accepted for presentation at SAEM20. Denver, 05/2020. 
    • Tien, Vu, Noelle Zuckerbraun, Maybelle Kou, Jerri Rose, Cindy Roskind, Kelly Levasseur, Melissa Langhan. Milestone Achievements in Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellows: Impact of Primary Residency Training, has been accepted for presentation at SAEM20, Denver,05/2020. 
    • Sandal Saleem, MD; Jessica Jary, DO, Kelly Levasseur, DO. Specific concussion curriculum: Does it improve resident's comfort, knowledge and in-training scores? accepted Pediatric Academic Society Annual meeting, Philadelphia, 2020. 
    • Jerri Rose, Maybelle Kou, Kelly Levasseur, Cindy Roskind, Tien Vu, Noelle Zuckerbraun, Melissa Langhan "Milestones achievement from residency to fellowship: Is it a continuum?" Accepted Pediatric Academic Society annual meeting, Baltimore, 2020 
    • Noelle Zuckerbraun, Kelly Levasseur, Maybelle Kou, Jerri Rose, Cindy Roskind, Tien Vu Melissa Langhan "Comparison of Female vs Male Milestone Assessments in a National Sample of Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship Programs", Accepted Pediatric Academic Society annual meeting, Baltimore, 2020 
    • Cindy Roskind, Kelly Levasseur, Noelle Zuckerbraun, Maybelle Kou, Jerri Rose, Tien Vu Melissa Langhan "Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellows’ Milestone Evaluations: Do they all meet the milestone targets for graduation?" Accepted Pediatric Academic Society annual meeting, Baltimore, 2020
  • Jennifer Noble, MD

    • Stankovic C, Kannikeswaran N, Singer A, Noble J, Cloutier D, Backes C, Donoghue L, Sethuraman U. Impact of State Issued Stay at Home Order on Pediatric Trauma. Pediatric Trauma Society 7th Annual Meeting. New Orleans, LA. Nov 6th, 2020. 
    • Noble J, Kagithala S, Haslitt D, Cashen K, DeLaroche A. Adult Rapid Response Events in a Children’s Hospital. National Conference & Exhibition Section on Critical Care. Virtual Poster, October 2020. 
    • Noble J, Creighton T, Shawver L, Brodsky A, Haslitt D, Kagithala S, Brady J, Patel D, Condon Z, Vora K, Abelebdeh M, Desai S, Peram N, Ehrman R. Patient and Provider Factors Influence Chest Radiography Use in the Diagnosis of Pediatric Pneumonia. (Virtual) Lightning Oral Presentation. Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Annual Meeting. Denver, CO. May 14, 2020. 
    • Noble J, Shawver L, Brodsky A, Haslitt D, Kagithala S, Condon Z, Rozen E, Sullivan A, Bunting L, Khait L, Favot M, Ehrman R. Outpatient Pneumonia Management Before and After the American Academy of Pediatrics Guidelines. Oral Presentation. Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting. Philadelphia, PA. May 4, 2020. 
    • Noble J, Creighton T, Shawver L, Brodsky A, Haslitt D, Kagithala S, Brady J, Patel D, Condon Z, Vora K, Abelebdeh M, Desai S, Peram N, Ehrman R. Patient and Provider Factors Influence Chest Radiography Use in the Diagnosis of Pediatric Pneumonia. Lightning Oral Presentation. Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Regional Meeting (Virtual), September 23, 2020 

  • Usha Sethuraman, MD

    • Cheung R, Sethuraman U et al. A systematic review of bicycle handle bar injuries in children. Poster. Pediatric Academic Society 
    • Stankovic S, Kannikeswaran N, Beckes C, Donoghue L, Sethuraman U et al. Impact of COVID19 pandemic on traumatic injuries presentations to the Emergency Department. Poster. Pediatric Trauma Society. 2020
    • Phillips L, Sethuraman U et al. Comparison of a spectrum of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children due to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 associated COVID-19. Poster. Midwest SPR. 2020 
    • Nazeer C, Sethuraman U et al. Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome Among Return Visits of Children Evaluated for Fever in the Emergency Department During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Poster. Midwest SPR.2020 
  • Curt Stankovic, MD

    • Stankovic C, Kannikeswaran N, Singer A, Noble J, Cloutier D, Backes C, Donoghue L, Sethuraman U. Impact of State Issued Stay at Home Order on Pediatric Trauma. Pediatric Trauma Society 7th Annual Meeting. New Orleans, LA. Nov 6th, 2020.

Recent Faculty Grants

  • Ronald Ruffing, MD

    93.889 - National Bioterrorism Hospital Preparedness Program Grant # 1 U3REP190615-01- 00. Grantee University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center. 

    PI: Deanna Dahl-Grove. 

    Role: consultant for exercise development and deployable teams .

  • Curt Stankovic, MD

    Monitoring the Impact of COVID In Children. The Children’s Foundation. R2-2020-66


Recent Faculty Awards & Other Professional Accomplishments

  • Rajan Arora, MD

    Other Professional Accomplishments:

    • Executive Committee, Michigan Emergency Department Improvement Collaborative (MEDIC) 
  • Jason King, MD

    Awards:

    • Jason King, MD and Rajan Arora, MD. (2018, October). A Common Condition, with an Uncommon Diagnosis: A Case of a Posterior Fossa Tumor Causing Torticollis. Oral/Poster Presentation for Michigan State Medical Society Foundation Poster Competition, 2nd Place. Novi, Michigan. 

    Other Professional Accomplishments:

    • Carolina Vega, MD, Rasha Kazi, MD, Jason King, MD, and Shazia Maqbool, MD. Severe Anemia and Altered Mental Status in the Young Pediatric Patient. Journal of Pediatrics and Child Health. Accepted 12-28-2020 
  • Ronald Ruffing, MD

    Other Professional Accomplishments:

    • Regional Virtual Tabletop Disaster Exercise. Avoiding “the Darkest Winter in Modern History” Actions to Consider Now? Eastern Great Lakes Pediatric Consortium for Disaster Response. USDHHS Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR). Sept 10 2010. 
  • Sharad Sarnaik, MD

    Other Professional Accomplishments:

    • Invited review of submitted publication to Pediatric Hematology/Oncology January 2021 - Submitted grant as a site PI to the NHLBI with Dr. Russell Ware on use of hydroxyurea in Hemoglobin SC disease
  • Curt Stankovic, MD

    Awards:

    • Hour Magazine "Top Doc" 2020

    Other Professional Accomplishments:

    • *Invited to be primary author, Hebert K, Stankovic C. Pulmonary Contusion. In: Fleisher & Ludwig’s 5-minute Pediatric Emergency Medicine Consult. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. 2nd Edition. 2020
    • *Invited to be primary author, Ravichandran Y, Stankovic C. Myocardial Contusion. In: Fleisher & Ludwig’s 5-minute Pediatric Emergency Medicine Consult. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. 2nd Edition. 2020 
    • *Invited to be primary author, Ravichandran Y, Stankovic C. Cyclic Vomiting. In: Fleisher & Ludwig’s 5-minute Pediatric Emergency Medicine Consult. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. 2nd Edition. 2020 
    • *Invited to be primary author, Kwong R, Stankovic C. Head Injury. In: Fleisher & Ludwig’s 5- minute Pediatric Emergency Medicine Consult. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. 2nd Edition. 2020 
    • *Invited to be primary author, Cohen A, Stankovic C. Barotrauma. In: Fleisher & Ludwig’s 5- minute Pediatric Emergency Medicine Consult. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. 2nd Edition. 2020
    • *Invited to be primary author, Yurkovich C, Stankovic C. Facial Trauma. In: Fleisher & Ludwig’s 5-minute Pediatric Emergency Medicine Consult. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. 2nd Edition. 2020 

Special Areas of Focus

Providing the best care possible in the emergency setting is essential, as it can directly and rapidly impact the care of our children. We are leaders in quality. We have a robust quality committee in the Division of Emergency Medicine that develops evidence based care protocols, drives process changes, and looks for systems issues when reviewing the care that we provide. We also lead quality at Children’s Hospital. One of our faculty, Dr. Rajan Arora, is the Associate Program Director for the Pediatric Residency Program, and his is responsible for teaching dozens of students each year to include key aspects of quality into their practice. We also lead quality outside of our walls. Dr. Kelly Levasseur is the Chair of the Committee of Quality Transformation for the American Academy of Pediatrics, Section of Emergency Medicine. 

2021 Annual Division Goals

1. To Improve the Quality of Care we Provide to our Critically Ill Patients

2. To Lead PEM Education in the State of Michigan

3. To Improve our Divisions Academic Infrastructure and Productivity, Which Will Drive Improvement in Pediatric Emergency Medicine.


PEM Mission Statement

“We will lead pediatric emergency care by driving improvement through the integration of quality, advocacy, education and research. We will continuously adapt and improve our care based upon science.”

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