The Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine is dedicated to providing quality treatments for children requiring immediate care throughout the Mount Sinai Health System. Using an integrated approach with Mount Sinai Kravis Children's Hospital, we strive to meet the individual needs of our patients and their families. With two dedicated Pediatric Emergency Departments at The Mount Sinai Hospital and Mount Sinai Morningside, our pediatric emergency medicine specialists excel in clinical care, education, and research.
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Fellowship in Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Mount Sinai offers an ACGME-accredited training program where physicians with backgrounds in pediatrics or emergency medicine can learn to provide compassionate, evidenced-based, and up-to-date emergency care for children. Our fellows become clinically savvy and academically productive fellows, and leave the program prepared to be leaders.
Fellows spend most of their time at The Mount Sinai Hospital, with rotations at NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst and the New York City Poison Control Center. In addition, all the other sites within the Mount Sinai Health System can be available for fellows. The Pediatric Emergency Medicine fellows work closely within both the Department of Emergency Medicine and the Department of Pediatrics, and research mentors can be found within both departments, including the Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine.
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Resident Education:
Residents from Pediatrics, Medicine-Pediatrics, Emergency Medicine, and Family Medicine form the core of our training program, gaining a well-rounded exposure to pediatric emergency care for children of all ages under the supervision of highly experienced, fellowship trained attending physicians. Mount Sinai’s patient population provides our residents with the opportunity to manage complex care, which is essential to developing our residents' expertise in treating acutely ill pediatric patients through all stages of their illnesses.
Medical Student Education:
We offer many opportunities for students from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to hone their history and physical exam skills, as well as further develop differential diagnoses and management plans. We currently instruct medical students in all stages of their training, including the following rotations: the Pediatric Clerkship, the Emergency Medicine Clerkship, and the Fourth Year Pediatric Sub-Internship, and Fourth Year Emergency Medicine Sub-Internship Faculty-mentored research electives. Our faculty also teach a variety of other student electives and courses. Students are provided opportunities to hone their history and physical exam skills and will be introduced to a variety of procedures, including laceration repair, foreign body removal, and IV line placement.
The Pediatric Emergency Medicine Division is actively engaged in research to advance knowledge and improve the care of children. Research is supported by a robust Research Associate Program, and faculty have been successful in obtaining funding from multiple sources to support their work. Our research areas are broad and include topics such as adolescent illicit substance use, pediatric fever, reproductive health, debriefing, respiratory illnesses, medical education, ultrasound, and stimulation. In addition, our faculty and fellows have even traveled as far as Tibet to study how pediatric emergency care is being delivered.
Pediatric Emergency Medicine Within the Health System
Approximately 65,000 pediatric patients are seen annually in Mount Sinai Health System emergency departments, with more than half cared for within our dedicated pediatric emergency departments. The Mount Sinai Hospital Pediatric Emergency Department has an annual patient volume of 25,000 and the Mount Sinai Morningside Pediatric Emergency Department has an annual volume of 10,000. Our pediatric emergency departments are staffed by board certified pediatric emergency medicine specialists and pediatric emergency medicine nurses.
We work closely with the medical teams at Mount Sinai Kravis Children’s Hospital to help standardize care and promote a culture of safety. Additionally, our Pediatric Emergency Specialists provide expert virtual consultations to our General Emergency Medicine partners throughout the Health System and work closely with the Command Center to ensure seamless care and safe, rapid transfers within the Mount Sinai Health System when needed.
Child Life and Music Therapy:
Mount Sinai offers patients a robust Child Life Program. Our Child Life and Music Therapy team helps patients and their families adjust and understand their health care experiences. Education is provided about what to expect during a visit to the Pediatric Emergency Department in order to help dispel fears and anxiety.