I’ve wanted to be a pediatrician since I was 11 years old and emulated my own pediatrician. During my residency, I was very interested in pediatric emergency medicine. I realized one of the most satisfying aspects of medicine was to care for the sickest patients and diagnose problems children were facing in the moment.
As a pediatric emergency medicine physician, I have a special interest in injury prevention. I also co-direct the Comprehensive Children’s Injury Center at Cincinnati Children’s.
When children are ill, or parents are concerned about their child, they seek answers for how best to care for them. It’s my job to make sure families are well informed and their children receive the best clinical care in an efficient manner. After more than 20 years in pediatric emergency medicine, I have seen many different pediatric cases. This experience gives me a wide array of expertise to diagnose patients effectively and in a timely fashion.
During my career, I have been fortunate to win several honors that highlight the injury prevention research I’ve accomplished and the injury prevention programs I have led. These awards are for local, regional and national accomplishments, such as:
The two awards that I am most proud of include the Cincinnati Children’s Advocacy Award for community work, where I helped lead a team to reduce injuries in one Cincinnati community by more than 40 percent. The national award is the American Academy of Pediatrics Fellow Lifetime Achievement Award for Injury, Violence and Poison Prevention. This was awarded to me by my peers for the injury prevention work I have accomplished over my career.
I served as the chairperson for the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Section on Injury and Poison Prevention. I am a board member and past president of the AAP’s Ohio Chapter. Currently, I serve as the vice chair for District V of National AAP overseeing AAP chapters in Michigan, Indiana, Ontario and Ohio.
In my research, I focus on the number one cause of morbidity and mortality to children —intentional and unintentional injury. The majority of these injuries are preventable, and I would like to reduce them so children may grow up to live healthy and productive lives.
During my free time, I enjoy playing ice hockey, which I have played since I was 5 years old.
MD: The Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 1994.
Residency: St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, Philadelphia, PA., 1997.
Fellowship: Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, OH, 2000.
Certifications: ABP Subspecialty Board in Pediatric Emergency Medicine, current; American Board of Pediatrics, current; Diplomate, United States Medical Licensure Examination, 1994.
Pediatric emergency medicine; injury prevention; advocacy
Injury Prevention, Emergency Medicine
Behavior change counseling; injury prevention; community prevention
Emergency Medicine
Pediatric outdoor recreational injuries: another hidden concern during the COVID-19 pandemic. Injury Epidemiology. 2023; 10:29.
Impact of standardization on racial and socioeconomic disparities in non-accidental trauma evaluations in infants in a pediatric emergency department. Injury Epidemiology. 2023; 10:31.
Identifying Health-Related Social and Unintentional Injury Risks Among Patients Presenting to a Pediatric Urgent Care. Academic Pediatrics. 2023; 23:597-603.
Types of Tobacco Products Used by Caregivers of Newborns in the Primary Care Setting. Clinical Pediatrics. 2022; 61:535-541.
Adults Followed by Pediatric Subspecialists: A Growing Population in the Pediatric Emergency Department. Pediatric Emergency Care. 2022; 38:e863-e866.
Attitudes and perceived barriers to firearm safety anticipatory guidance by pediatricians: a statewide perspective. Injury Epidemiology. 2021; 8:21.
Embracing the complexity of modifiable risk reduction: A registry of modifiable risks for 0-12 month infants. Preventive Medicine. 2020; 137:106118.
A pilot QI primary care practice program to help reduce infant mortality risks. Injury Epidemiology. 2020; 7:25.
Personalising Safe Sleep Messaging for Infant Caregivers in the United States. Health and Social Care in the Community. 2020; 28:891-902.
A pilot QI primary care practice program to help reduce infant mortality risks. Injury Epidemiology. 2020; 7:25.
Mike A. Gittelman, MD10/28/2022
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