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Mike A. Gittelman, MD

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone: 513-636-2274

Fax: 513-803-2581

Email: gittm1@cchmc.org

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Specialties

Clinical Interests

Pediatric emergency medicine

Research Interests

Area of expertise is within the field of injury control. Currently, he is the Chairperson for the American Academy of Pediatrics’ Section on Injury and Poison Prevention and he serves as a Co-Director for the Injury Free Coalition for Kids in Greater Cincinnati (IFCK). He is involved in resident education on injury prevention, in particular relating to sports safety, firearm safety, playground safety, drowning prevention, and toy safety. His works with high-risk communities, utilizing the IFCK model, in an effort to mobilize communities to reduce pediatric injuries has been well recognized. He has completed several research studies within the field of injury prevention and he is nationally recognized within this field.

Biography

Mike Gittelman, MD, FAAP, is a pediatric emergency room physician at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, Medical Center in Cincinnati, Ohio and is an Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at the University Of Cincinnati School Of Medicine. He completed his undergraduate work at Swarthmore College and his medical school training at the Medical College of Pennsylvania, both of which are located in Philadelphia, PA. He completed his residency in Pediatrics at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children in Philadelphia, PA and a fellowship in Emergency Medicine at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center.

His area of expertise is within the field of injury control. Currently, he is the program chairperson for the American Academy of Pediatrics’ Section on Injury and Poison Prevention and he serves as a Co-Director for the Injury Free Coalition for Kids in Greater Cincinnati (IFCK). He is involved in resident education on injury prevention, in particular relating to sports safety, firearm safety, playground safety, drowning prevention, and toy safety. His works with high-risk communities, utilizing the IFCK model, in an effort to mobilize communities to reduce pediatric injuries has been well recognized. He has completed several research studies within the field of injury prevention and he is nationally recognized within this field.

Education and Training

MD: The Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 1994.

Residency: St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, Philadelphia, PA.

Certifications: ABP Subspecialty Board in Pediatric Emergency Medicine, current; American Board of Pediatrics, current; Diplomate, United States Medical Licensure Examination, 1994.

Publications

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Anadkat, T, Gittelman MA, Timm N. Prevalence and Trends of the Adult Patient Population in a Pediatric Emergency Department. Accepted for publication in Pediatric Emergency Care 2011.

Dotson K, Timm N, Gittelman MA. Spontaneous Pneumothorax: A Teenage Phenomenon. Accepted for publication in Pediatric Emergency Care 2011.

Gittelman MA, Pomerantz WJ. The Use of Focus Groups to Mobilize a High-Risk Community in an Effort to Prevent Injuries.Journal of Prevention & Intervention in the Community, 39:1–14, 2011.

Erickson MJ, Gittelman MA, Dowd D. Risk factors for dating violence among adolescent females presenting to the pediatric emergency department.J Trauma 2010; 69(4 Suppl): S227-32.

Gittelman MA, Pomerantz WJ, Schubert CJ. Implementing and evaluating an injury prevention curriculum within a pediatric residency program. J Trauma 2010; 69(4 Suppl): S239-44.

Pomerantz WJ, Timm N, Gittelman MA. Injury Patterns in Obese Versus Non-Obese Children Presenting to a Pediatric Emergency Department.Pediatrics, March 2010; 10.1542/peds.2008-1536.

Gittelman MA, Pomerantz WJ. Starting a pediatric emergency department safety resource center.Pediatric Annals 2009; 38(3):149-55.

Gittelman MA, Pomerantz WJ, Frey, LK. Use of a Safety Resource Center in a Pediatric Emergency Department. Pediatric Emergency Care 2009; 25(7): 429-433.

Pomerantz WJ, Gittelman MA, Farris S, Frey L. Drug ingestions in children 10-14 years old: an old problem revisited.Suicide and Life Threatening Behavior 2009, 39 (4): 433-439..