Peter F. Ehrlich, M.D. Associate Professor of Surgery Department of Surgery Pediatric Surgery Mott Children’s Hospital 1500 East Medical Center Drive Floor 3, Room 3970 Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0245 (734) 764-4151 Office (734) 936-9784 Fax Email: pehrlich@umich.edu

Professional Summary:

Dr. Ehrlich earned his medical degree from University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine. He completed his General Surgery residency at the University of Toronto. In addition he completed a Master of Science form the Institute of Medical Sciences at the University of Toronto. He also completed a fellowship in Pediatric Surgery at Children's National Medical Center in Washington DC. After he completed his fellowship Dr Ehrlich spent 5 years at West Virginia University Children Hospital as the director of pediatric surgery. He was also a funded investigator at West Virginia University Center for Rural Emergency Medicine. This center was one of CDC funded Injury Control and Demonstration Center and the pediatric director of . He came to Ann Arbor in 2003 and currently is an Associate Professor of Surgery. Dr. Ehrlich is board certified in Pediatric Surgery and General Surgery and is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. Dr. Ehrlich serves as Director of Pediatric Trauma at CS Mott Children’s Hospital at the University of Michigan. Dr Ehrlich is an active member of the Injury Research Center.
Education:
Surgery, University of Toronto
MSc, University of Toronto
M.D., University of Toronto
H.BSc, University of Toronto

Research Interest:

Dr Ehrlich is research focuses on adolescent alcohol and injury, parents and role model and how their behavior impacts their child. In addition Dr Ehrlich is interested in the biomechanics of injury and is working a “Fall “ reconstruction project

Selected Publications:

P F Ehrlich, A Drongowski and S Swisher- MClure. Feasibility of a Selected injury Intervention Program and a Pediatric Trauma Center. J Trauma accepted

Ehrlich PF, Brown JK, Sochor MR, Wang SC, Eichelberger.  Factors Influencing Pediatric Injury Severity Score (ISS) and Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) in Pediatric Automobile Crashes:  Results from the Crash Injury Research Engineering Network (CIREN), Journal of Pediatric Surgery.  2006; 41(11): 1854-8.

Ehrlich, PF Seidman, PS Deconstruction Surgical Education. The quality of the teacher really does matter. Amer Surg 2006 May;72(5):430-4

PF Ehrlich Robert C Shamberger, MD; Michael L Ritchey, MD; Tomas E Hamilton, MD; Gerald M Haase, MD; Paul Grundy, MD;. Value of Surgery in Directing Therapy of Wilms Tumor Patients with Pulmonary Disease. A Report from National Wilms Tumor Study (NWTS) – 5. J Pediatr Surg, 2006 41(1) 162-7

PF Ehrlich Brown JK, Drongowski R. Characterization of the drug positive adolescent trauma population: Should we, do we and does it make a difference if we test? J Ped Surg, 2006 May, 41(5): 927-930. (paper reported in feature article in NY Times)

PF Ehrlich, A Haque, S Swisher-McClure, J Helmkamp. Screeing and Brief Intervention for Alcohol Problems in a University Health Clinic. J Am Col Health, 2006 Mar-Apr, 54(5): 279-87.

JK Brown, Y Jing Ehrlich PF. Patterns of Severe Injury in Paediatric Car Crash Victims: Crash Injury Research Engineering Network (CIREN) Database. J Ped Surg, 2006 Feb, 41(2): 362-7.

PF Ehrlich and Rosen N. Management of Pulmonary Lesions in Wilms Tumor. Cur Prob Cancer. 2005 Sep-Oct;29(5):221-60.

Luba Leontieva, Arshadul Haque, James Helmkamp, Samuel Swisher-McClure, Peter Ehrlich, Janet Williams, Kimberly Horn Stages of Change is Predictive of Response to Brief Intervention for Alcohol Problems in Young Adult Emergency Department Patients. J Cri Care , 2005, 20: 251-256

PF Ehrlich, W. T. McClellan and DE Wesson. Monitoring Performance: Long Term Impact of Trauma Verification and Review. 2005 J Am Col Surg ,Vol 200(1) 166-172.

PF Ehrlich, RC Shamberger , MR Ritchey et al, Quality assessment for Surgery for Wilms tumor. A report from the National Wilms Tumor Study Group. J Pediatr Surg 2005 Vol 40 208-213

PF Ehrlich, S Attllah, P Seidman and JC Helmkamp. Endotracheal intubations in rural pediatric trauma patients. J Ped Surg Vol 39, No 9 1376-1380

Helmkamp JC, Swisher-McClure S, Manley W, Horn K, Leontieva L, EhrlichPF. A Brief Summary of Alcohol Intervention Research at West VirginiaUniversity from 1998 - 2003. WV Med J 2004; 100(4):143-146.

P F Ehrlich, W T McClellan , A Ducatman, J C Helmkamp, and S Islam , Understanding work Related injuries in children ; A perspective in West Virginia using the State managed Workers compensation System. J Ped Surg . Vol 39 (5) 768-72 2004

Ehrlich P F , Helmknmap J, Williams, J et al. Matched Analysis of Parent’s and Children’s Attitudes and Practices towards Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Safety: An Important Information Gap. J Inj Control Saf Promotion. Vol 11, No. 1 2004 pages 23-28. (This paper attracted national and international news attention, reports appeared in 24 newspapers and 16 TV stations)

Ehrlich PF, G Vidulla, P Seidman. Monitoring Intraoperative Effectiveness of Caudal Analgesia through Skin Temperature Variation. J Ped Surg. 2003;38:386-389

J Fowler, B Ducatman, Ehrlich PF. Pathologic Quiz Case: A 10 Year-Old Girl with a Pelvic Mass. Arch Pathol Lab Med, Vol 127 633-635 May 2003

Ehrlich PF, Renton C, Kincaid S. Should helical CT scanning of the thoracie cavity replace the conventional x-ray as a primary tool in pediatric trauma? An efficacy and cost analysis. J Ped Surg 2003, Vol38, No 5 793-797

Haque A, Helmkamp J, Hungerford D, Williams J, Ehrlich P, Swisher-Mcclure S, Furbee P, Manley W. Brief intervention for alcohol problems in a university hospital emergency department: a randomized controlled trial. Annals of Epidemiology. 2003 Sep;13(8):573-4. abstract (peer reviewed)

Haque A, Helmkamp J, Swisher-Mcclure S, Williams J, Ehrlich P, Furbee P, Manley W. Characteristics of individuals with risk for alcohol problems in a rural university emergency department identified by AUDIT-C. Annals of Epidemiology. 2003 Sep;13(8):573 abstract (peer reviewed)
Ehrlich PF, J Renton. Should Helical CT scanning of the thoracic cavity replace the conventional chest x-ray as a primary assessment tool in pediatric trauma? An efficacy and cost analysis. J Pediatr Surg 2003, Vol38, No 5 793-797

Ehrlich PF, Ortega J, and Vaughan RA, Mucha P: The need for a statewide trauma system. W Vir Med J, Vol. 98 No 2, 66-68 2002

Ehrlich PF, Newman KD, and Holcomb G: Lesson learned from a failed multi-institutional randomized controlled trial. J Pediatr Surg. Vol 37, No 3, 431-436, 2002

Ehrlich PF, Rockwell S, Kincaid S, Mucha P: American College of Surgeons, Committee on Trauma Verification Review: Does it Really Make a Difference? J Trauma 53: 811-816, 2002

Williams JM, Ehrlich PF, Prescott JE, Emergency medical care in Rural America. Ann Emerg Med Sep; 38 (3): 323-7, 2001

Ehrlich PF, Hartman G, Sato TS: Perforated necrotizing enterocolitis in the very low birth weight infant: does management by local drainage or laparotomy influence outcome? Am Surg 67(8): 752-6, Aug 2001

Ehrlich PF, Longhi JJ, Vaughan RA, Rockwell S: Correlation between parental perception and actual childhood patterns of bicycle helmet use and riding practices. J Pediatr Surg 36(5): 763-766, 2001

Ehrlich PF, Lamkin T: Unusual delayed complications in central venous access. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol 23(7):472-473, Oct 2001

Ehrlich PF: Current Diagnosis and Management of Wilms Tumor. Expert Rev Anticancer Ther. 2001 Dec;1(4):555-64

Grants/Projects:

Maternal Child Health. EMSC – NDDP Program
Objective To improve access and treatment of emergency services for children. To be part of a network that conducts controlled trials for emergency issues for children.
Role: Consultant
1U03 MC 00003-01
Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network.

Novel Approaches to Pediatric Injury Prevention.
Objective- a. Refine and test the feasibility of a novel secondary injury prevention tool that increases seatbelt use by parents and children as well as to increase the number of children less than 12 years of age properly positioned in the back seat when riding in a car. b. Use the data as building blocks to obtain peer reviewed funding for a randomized control trial (RCT) of this injury prevention tool.
Role: Principal Investigator
American Pediatric Surgery Foundation Scholarship

Completed Grants/Projects:
Maternal Child Health. EMSC – NDDP Program
Objective To improve access and treatment of emergency services for children. To be part of a network that conducts controlled trials for emergency issues for children.
Role: Co-Investigator
1U03 MC 00003-01
Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network.

Unfunded Projects:
Trauma Recidivism in 11-17 year old patients
Screening for Alcohol Use and Alcohol-Related Risk Taking Behaviors in Injured Adolescents.
Pediatric injury Reconstruction