Zachary E. Pittsenbarger, MD

Biography

  • Attending Physician, Emergency Medicine, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
  • Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Emergency Medicine), Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

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Education and Background

  • Fellowship in Emergency Medicine, Children's Hospital Boston 2010-2013
  • Residency in Pediatrics, University of Colorado Health Science Center 2007-2010
  • MD, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine 2007

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Community, Population Health, and Outcomes

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Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Emergency Medical Systems, Hospital Performance, Pediatric Regionalization, Diagnostic Error, Anaphylaxis

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Radiographic uncertainty and outcomes of children with lower respiratory tract infections.

Community, Population Health, and Outcomes

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Pediatric Mental Health Emergencies, Pediatric Firearm Injury Prevention, Access to Healthcare, Social Determinants of Health, Child Health Advocacy

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A Holistic Approach to Childhood Firearm Injuries.

Clinical and Community Trials

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Pediatric Respiratory Infections, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Clinical and Molecular Epidemiology, Antimicrobial Stewardship, Predictive Analytics

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Household Transmission Dynamics of Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2-Infected Children: A Multinational, Controlled Case-Ascertained Prospective Study.

Clinical and Community Trials

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Cognition in Developmental Disabilities (Autism, ADHD), Epilepsy, Brain-Behavior Relationships, Theory-Based Psychology, Motor Control, Biomarker Validation

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Critical care nephrology, Extracorporeal support, Blood purification, Critical care education, Industry partnerships, Chronic critical illness, Pediatric and community partnership, Career development, Leadership

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External validation of the modified sepsis renal angina index for prediction of severe acute kidney injury in children with septic shock.

Basic and Preclinical Science

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Microbiome, Host-microbial interactions, Infectious diseases, Molecular pathogenesis

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Gut microbiota analyses of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma patients undergoing narrowband ultraviolet B therapy reveal alterations associated with disease treatment.