Pediatric Emergency Care Network Investigators & Sites

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University of Michigan Health System - Ann Arbor, MI

Rachel Stanley, MD, MHSA - Principal Investigator
Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics
Department of Emergency Medicine

Alexander Rogers, MD -Co-Investigator
Clinical Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine
Department of Emergency Medicine

Ron Maio, DO, MS
Professor, Emergency Medicine
Director, Office of Human Research Compliance Review

Frank Moler, MD, MS
Professor, Pediatrics
Director, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Department of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases

Peter F Ehrlich, MD, MSC
Associate Professor of Surgery
Division of Pediatric Surgery
Department of Surgery

James G. Gurney, PhD
Associate Professor in Pediatrics
Director, CTSA Pediatric Research Program
Michigan Institute of Clinical and Health Research
Senior Epidemiologist
Child Health Evaluation and Research Unit
Department of Pediatrics

The University of Michigan Health System is at the forefront of patient care, medical education, and scientific and clinical research. As part of the University of Michigan Health System, C. S. Mott Children's Hospital integrates clinical care, education, advocacy, and research to advance the health status of children, their families and communities statewide. Mott maintains a leadership role in providing a full range of state-of-the-art, family-centered children's care and specialty services.

Children's Hospital of Michigan (Wayne State University) - Detroit, MI

Prashant Mahajan, MD, MPH, MBA - Co-Investigator
Associate Professor, Pediatric & Emergency Medicine
Departments of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics

A proud member of the Detroit Medical Center (DMC), Children’s Hospital of Michigan is currently the only freestanding children’s hospital in the state and is specifically designed to cater to pediatric patients. From specialty clinics and immunizations to baby sitting classes, car seat safety checks and other safety and prevention education, Children's Hospital of Michigan's commitment to children goes beyond the doors of the hospital to span the entire state of Michigan.

Children's Memorial Hospital (Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine) - Chicago, IL

Elizabeth Powell, MD, MPH - Co-Investigator
Associate Professor, Pediatrics
Fellowship Director
Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Children's MemorialHospital is Illinois' only freestanding hospital exclusively for kids. Ranked #1 in almost every major pediatric specialty, they provide superior pediatric healthcare in a compassionate, family-centered environment. Staffing top pediatric specialists, using the latest kid-focused technologies and making innovative strides in pediatric research, Children's Memorial is dedicated to the health and well-being of all children.

Helen DeVos Children's Hospital - Grand Rapids, MI

John D. Hoyle, Jr., MD - Co-Investigator
Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine
Emergency Medicine

Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital was created in 1993 to fill a critical gap in West Michigan health care—the need for a hospital devoted to infants, children and adolescents. Nearly 15 years later, it has become a referral center and established leader dedicated to improving the health and lives of children and families. To our communities and our region, they are a vital resource, providing exceptional care to every child who comes to them regardless of ability to pay.

Hurley Medical Center - Flint, MI

Dominic Borgialli, DO - Co-Investigator
Clinical Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine
Department of Emergency Medicine
University of Michigan

Founded in 1908, Hurley is a 443 bed public, non-profit, teaching medical center located in Flint, Michigan. As the largest medical center in GeneseeCounty and the region’s only Level 1 trauma center, Hurley’s emergency department handles over 76,000 annual emergency cases. Hurley Medical Center offers a continuum of services ranging from well-baby care to treatment of serious disease. When your children come to Hurley, you have the support of the entire Hurley "family", including doctors, nurses and other health care professionals who have special training in children's medicine.

Nationwide Children’s Hospital (Ohio State University) - Columbus, OH

Bema K. Bonsu, MBChB - Co-Investigator
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
Director of Research Education
Section of Emergency Medicine

Nationwide Children's Hospital is ranked as one of the nation’s ten largest freestanding children’s hospitals and pediatric research centers in the country. Strategically, the hospital is dedicated to providing the highest quality of care to sick children regardless of ability to pay. It aims to: enhance all facets of patients' experience through family-centered care, discover new treatments through innovative research and increase performance and capacity to meet patient/community needs.

GLEMSCRN Community Advisory Board (CAB)

Formed in 2006, the GLEMSCRN Community Advisory Board includes parents, prehospital providers, nurses and community advocates. The mission of the board is to provide meaningful input regarding community needs and to allow feedback to the community regarding the results of evolving best practices. The CAB has given us useful feedback in several areas including:

Methods of community consultation in the lorazepam study using the exception from informed consent process.
The GLEMSCRN and PECARN research agenda
Communication of research findings to the treatment community

The following members were drawn from the health care and EMS communities, schools, and the general community:

Jessica Belbot, ME	First Grade Teacher Central Elementary, Genesee County Linden, MI
Laura Chase, RN	Pediatric Emergency Nurse Hurley Medical Center Flint, Michigan
Jonathan Cohn	Senior Editor, The New Republic Senior Fellow, Demos Ann Arbor, Michigan
Cindy Debiak, RN	ED Pediatric Coordinator Spectrum Health-Emergency Department Grand Rapids, Michigan
Ezio Fortuna, RN, EMT-P	Nurse Department of Emergency Medicine University of Michigan Hospital Ann Arbor, Michigan
Gary Lindquist EMT-P, CCEMTP	Clinical Manager American Medical Response- West Michigan Grand Rapids, Michigan
Bonnie Mobley, RN, BSN	Trauma Coordinator, Emergency Dept Children’s Memorial Hospital Chicago, Illlinois
Deborah Niedbala, RN, MSN, CEN	Coordinator, Trauma/Burn Programs Children’s Hospital of Michigan Detroit, Michigan
Mary (Mo) Otting, RN, TNS	EMS Coordinator Children’s Memorial Hospital Chicago, Illinois
Bruce A. Trevithick	President Healthcare Council of Mid-Michigan Flint, Michigan
Jeff Stefancin	Emergency Preparedness Coordinator Children's Hospital of Michigan Emergency Department Detroit, Michigan

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