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Professor of Pediatrics (Emergency Medicine)
Elizabeth Alpern is a Professor of Pediatrics, Division Head of Emergency Medicine, and Associate Chair for Faculty Development in the Department of Pediatrics of the Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. She is both a pediatric emergency physician and clinical epidemiologist with research expertise in the use of large databases within research networks to improve the quality of emergent care delivered to children through application of evidence-based work. Dr. Alpern was funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) as the...
Professor of Pediatrics (Dermatology) and Dermatology
Sarah L. Chamlin, M.D. is a Professor of Pediatrics and Dermatology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and an Attending Physician, Lurie Children's Hospital specializing in Pediatric Dermatology. Her clinical interests include hemangiomas and other vascular lesions, laser therapy and general Pediatric Dermatology. Her research interests include quality-of-life measurement in children and teens with skin disease and hemangiomas. She is a founding member of the Hemangioma Investigator Group, an international research consortium. She is also the medical director of the Vascula...
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Emergency Medicine)
My interests and experiences in education, healthcare delivery, and quality improvement, as well as my MPH in clinical effectiveness, all influence my current and future endeavors. These interests are reflected in my educational, research, clinical, and administrative pursuits.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Hematology, Oncology, and Stem Cell Transplantation)
My primary area of interest clinically is children and adolescents with chronic health conditions, including sickle cell disease (SCD), thalassemia, hemophilia, acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). My major research focus relates to health services and outcomes research, in particular the use and implementation of technology-based interventions and wireless health devices in different settings. My short-term goal is to become an independent, externally funded clinical investigator in non-malignant and malignant hematology and become an expert in mobile health ...
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Cardiology)
Dr. Cornicelli is a board certified pediatric cardiologist with subspecialty training in non-invasive advanced imaging. His clinical efforts focus on providing care to patients with congenital heart disease, serving as a general pediatric cardiologist, and utilizing his imaging expertise to collaborate with his catheterization and surgical colleagues to enhance outcomes in congenital heart disease patients undergoing interventions. In particular, he has an interest in the ways cardiac CT and cardiac MRI help patient care. His research is focused on the assessment of cardiac tissue characteriza...
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Neonatology)
Dr. Myers is the Fellowship Director of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine at Lurie Children's Hospital and Northwestern University. He trained as a pediatrics resident and neonatology fellow at the University of Chicago. Dr. Myers is the Chair Elect of the Organization of Neonatal Program Directors. He was selected to represent the Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine education community on the Council of Pediatric Subspecialists by the American Academy of Pediatrics section of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine. He is a recipient of the Northwestern Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship faculty teaching award.
Professor of Dermatology (Dermatopathology), Pathology and Pediatrics
Selected to Best Doctors in America 2019-2020, Dr Gerami is the director of the Skin Cancer Institute of Northwestern Medical Group (SCIN-Med) and the director of the Melanoma Program in the Skin Cancer Institute and the Melanoma clinic in the department of Dermatology. His clinical and research interests are primarily focused on melanoma skin cancer, atypical nevi and borderline melanocytic tumors such as Spitz tumors which maybe difficult to classify. As a dermatologist, dermatopathologist and researcher focused in the care of patients with melanoma and atypical nevi, he has a unique persp...
Professor of Pediatrics (Emergency Medicine) and Medical Education
Dr. Trainor is Professor of Pediatrics and Medical Education at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in the Division of Emergency Medicine. She is the Associate Chair for Education in the Department of Pediatrics and oversees activities across the educational spectrum from medical student to residency and fellowship programs within the Department of Pediatrics. She is a pediatric emergency physician with special expertise in pediatric acute care simulation-based instruction and debriefing and is a member of the kidSTAR Medical Education training program at Ann & Robert H. Lurie ...
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (Child and Adolescent Psychiatry) and Pediatrics
Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, child psychiatric epidemiology
Professor of Medical Social Sciences, Pediatrics, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
As a developmental/clinical psychologist, Dr. Wakschlag's scientific focus is on how early development (from the prenatal-preschool period) shapes mental health pathways. One major line of inquiry is characterizing the phenotype of emergent mental health problems in early childhood. She and her collaborators have generated the first “developmentally-sensitive toolkit specifically designed to enhance early identification of mental health problems, via by empirically-based differentiation of the normative misbehavior of early childhood from the onset of disruptive behavior at preschool age. C...
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