Eman Al-Khadra, MD, MPH
Title
Research Instructor of Pediatrics
Email
eman.al-khadra@cchmc.org
Phone
513-636-4259
Fax
513-636-4267
Credentials
MB, BS: Honors Degree, King AbdulAziz University, Faculty of Medicine and Allied Sciences, 1996.
MPH: Harvard School Of Public Health, Concentration: Quantitative Methods, 2005.
Rotating Internship: King AbdulAziz University Hospital, 1996-1997.
Instructor: Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine and Allied Sciences, King Abdul-Aziz University, 1997-1998.
Research Fellow:
Department of Anesthesia, Division of Critical Care Medicine, Children's Hospital Boston, 1998-1999.
Microbiology & Immunology, Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 2004-2006.
Internship: Pediatrics, Boston's Floating Hospital of Tufts- New England Medical Center, 1999-2000.
Residency: Pediatrics, Boston's Floating Hospital of Tufts- New England Medical Center, 2000-2002.
Fellowship:
Pediatric Pulmonology, Department of Medicine, Children's Hospital Boston, 2002-2006.
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Department of Anesthesia, Children's Hospital Boston, 2003-2006.
Chief Fellow, Critical Care Medicine, Department of Anesthesia, Children's Hospital Boston, 2006.
Certification:
Diplomate, American Board of Pediatrics, 2002.
Diplomate, American Board of Pediatrics: Sub-Board of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, 2006.
Diplomate, American Board of Pediatrics: Sub-Board of Pediatric Pulmonology, 2006.
Position History
Instructor in Pediatrics, King Abdul-Aziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 1997.
Research Fellow in Anesthesia, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 1998-1999.
Pediatric Resident, Tufts University, Boston, MA, 1999-2002.
Clinical Fellow in Pediatric Pulmonology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 2002-2003.
Clinical Fellow in Pediatric Anesthesia, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 2003-2006.
Research Fellow, Channing Laboratory, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 2004-2006.
Research Instructor in Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 2006 - present.
Attending Physician in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Cincinnati Children's, Cincinnati, OH, 2006 - present.
Awards and Honors
King Abdul-Aziz University School of Medicine Award of Excellence for ranking first in class, 1994.
King Abdul-Aziz University Distinction Award, 1995.
King Abdul-Aziz University School of Medicine Award of Excellence for ranking first in class, 1995.
King Abdul-Aziz University School of Medicine Award of Excellence for ranking first in class, 1996.
Graduation Honors Degree, Faculty of Medicine and Allied Sciences, King Abdul-Aziz University, 1996.
Scholarship for postgraduate training in Pediatrics, King Abdul-Aziz University, 1998.
Award for Excellence in Teaching, Tufts University School of Medicine, 2001.
Fellow Teaching Award, Harvard Medical School, Boston Combined Residency Program, 2004.
The Mannion Family Scholarship in Critical Care Medicine , Harvard Medical School, 2005.
New Investigator Award, American Academy of Pediatrics, Section on Critical Care, 2006.
Faculty Teacher of the Year Award, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, 2007.
Research Grants and Contracts
Role of Panton-Valentine-Leukocidin in the virulence of Community-Associated Staphylococcus aureus, American Academy of Pediatrics, 2006-2007, primary investigator.
Publications, Most Recent
Al-Khadra, E. Capturing Life.Journal of the American Medical Association. 2006;296(20):2419
Castillo, L.; Al-Khadra, E.: Hyperglycemia, asymmetric dimethylarginine, and patient survival: Dysregulation of complex networks and the metabolic basis of disease.Critical Care Medicine, 2005; p. 674-676.
Doctor, A.; Al-Khadra, E.; Tan, P.; Watson, K.F.; Diesen, D.L.; Workman, L.J.; Thompson, J.E.; Rose, C.E.; Arnold, J.H.: Extended high-frequency partial liquid ventilation in lung injury: gas exchange, injury quantification, and vapor loss.J Appl Physiol, 2003; 95(3):1248-58.
Brazelton, T.B. 3rd; Watson, K.F.; Murphy, M.; Al-Khadra, E.; Thompson, J.E.; Arnold, J.H.: Identification of optimal lung volume during high-frequency oscillatory ventilation using respiratory inductive plethysmography.Crit Care Medicine, 2001; 29(12):2349-59.
Professional Organization Memberships
Diplomate, American Board of Pediatrics
Diplomate, American Board of Pediatrics, Sub-Board of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
Diplomate, American Board of Pediatrics, Sub-Board of Pediatric Pulmonology
Member, American Academy of Pediatrics
Member, American Medical Association
Member, American Thoracic Society
Member, Massachusetts Medical Society
Member, Society of Critical Care Medicine
Special Interests
- Pleural effusion management
- Pneumonia pathogenesis and management
- Pathogenesis of community-associated staphylococcus aureus infections (pneumonia)
Presentations, Most Recent
Community Associated Methicillin-Resistant-Staphylococcus aureus. Presented at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center/ University of Cincinnati College of Medicine Seminar; 2005.
New Kid on The Block Block, Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant-Staphylococcus aureus: From Bedside to Bench. Presented at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia / University of Pennsylvania Seminar; 2005.
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