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Berkeley Bennett, MD, MS is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Emergency Medicine at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.

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Berkeley L. Bennett, MD, MS

Title

Assistant Professor

Email

berkeley.bennett@cchmc.org

Phone

513-636-0059

Fax

513-636-0204

Credentials

BA: California State University, Fresno, CA, 1994.

MD: Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA, 1999.

MS: Baylor College of Medicine, Clinical Scientist Training Program, Houston, TX, 2006.

Internship: Children's Medical Center of Dallas, University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, TX, 1999-2002.

Fellowship:

  • Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 2002-2006.
  • Child Abuse Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2007- Present

Awards and Honors

  • Fourteenth Central California Research Symposium Scholarship for the "Best Undergraduate Research Presentation" Fresno, CA, 1994.
  • 5 Memorial Scholarships for Academic Achievement, Fresno, CA, 1993-1996.
  • Benjamin Kovitz Award, Department of Psychiatry, Loma Linda University, CA, 1999.
  • Finalist, Ken Graff Young Investigator Award, American Academy of Pediatrics, Section on Emergency Medicine, 2003.
  • Glaser Pediatric Research Fellowship Award, Glaser Pediatric Research Network, salary funding and research support, 2004-2006.

Research

Bronchiolitis; child abuse: racial disparities and skeletal injuries

Research Grants and Contracts

07/04-06/06: Glaser Pediatric Research Network, $100,000 Fellowship Award, Salary Support and Project Support, Peer Reviewed. Bronchiolitis: Viral Immunopathogenesis and Clinical Expression of Disease.

11/05: MedImmune, $18,000, Co-Investigator, Project Support, Non-peer reviewed, Research Related. The Pathogenesis of Bronchiolitis and the Relation between Infection and Protective Immunity.

07/06 – 10/08: MedImmune, $450,000, Co-Investigator, Project Support, Non-peer reviewed, Research Related. An Epidemiological Study to Evaluate the Seasonality of Respiratory Syncytial Virus-Associated Lower Respiratory Tract Infections (LRI) or Apnea in Infants in the Emergency Department.    

Publications, Most Recent

Bennett BL, Garofalo RP, Cron SG, Hosakote YM, Atmar RL, Macias CG, Piedra PA. Immunopathogenesis of respiratory syncytial virus bronchiolitis. JID, 2007;195:1532-40.

Blutt SE, Matson DO, Crawford SE, Staat MA, Azimi P, Bennett BL, Piedra PA, Connor ME. Rotavirus antigenemia in children is associated with viremia. PLoS Med. 2007;4:e121.

Presentations, Most Recent

Bennett BL, Garofalo RP, Cron S, Piedra PA. RSV Load, Friend or Foe? Poster format, Pediatric Academic Societies’ Annual Meeting. Toronto, Canada. (May 6, 2007)

Bennett BL, Chua MS, Shapiro RA, Care M, Makoroff K. The utility of follow-up skeletal surveys in suspected child physical abuse evaluations when the initial skeletal survey is normal. Platform Presentation, Ray Helfer Society Annual Meeting. Stevenson, Washington. (October 22, 2007)

Latham FR, Trott AA, Bennett BL, Kozinetz CA, Jewell AM, Garofalo RP, Piedra PA. Lactate dehydrogenase concentration in nasal-wash fluid is inversely associated with disease severity in children with bronchiolitis presenting to the emergency department.  Poster Format. Pediatric Academic Societies’ Annual Meeting. Baltimore, MD (May 2-3, 2009)

Lectures

“Physical Abuse” Resident Injury Prevention Course, Cincinnati, Ohio

“Biomechanics of Skeletal Injuries” Mayerson Center for Safe and Healthy Children, Cincinnati, Ohio

“Lie Detection” Mayerson Center for Safe and Healthy Children, Cincinnati, Ohio

“Sexual Assault in children and Adolescents” Emergency Medicine Division, Fellows Lectures, Cincinnati, Ohio

“Metabolic Bone Disease, Back to Basics” Mayerson Center for Safe and Healthy Children, Cincinnati, Ohio

“Ophthalmology, Back to Basics” Mayerson center for Safe and Healthy Children, Cincinnati, Ohio

“Failure to Thrive” Mayerson Center for Safe and Healthy Children, Cincinnati, Ohio

“Sexually Transmitted Diseases" Mayerson Center for Safe and Healthy Children, Cincinnati, Ohio 

“Post-traumatic Stress Disorder After Sexual Assault” Mayerson Center for Safe and Healthy Children, Cincinnati, Ohio

Professional Organization Memberships

  • McPherson Research Society
  • American Academy of Pediatrics
  • Section on Emergency Medicine, American Academy of Pediatrics
  • Ray Helfer Society, Academic Society for Child Abuse Pediatricians

Books

Bennett B, Bechtel K. Evaluation of sexual abuse in children and adolescents. In: UpToDate, Rose, BD (Ed), UpToDate, Waltham, MA, 2009.

Bennett B, Bechtel K. Management and sequelae of sexual abuse in children and adolescents. In: UpToDate, Rose, BD (Ed), UpToDate, Waltham, MA, 2009.

Bennett BL, Pierce MC. Bone Health and Development. In Jenny (ed) Child Abuse and Neglect: Diagnosis, Treatment and Evidence. Elsevier Publishing (In Press)

Bennett BL. Basilar skull fractures. In: Abusive Head Trauma Pocket Atlas. Frasier, LD (Ed), GW Medical Publishing, Saint Louis, MO, 2009.

Bennett BL. Fractures and Metabolic Conditions. In: Abusive Head Trauma Pocket Atlas. Frasier, LD (Ed), GW Medical Publishing, Saint Louis, MO, 2009. (In Progress)

Special Interests

Child abuse pediatrics

Related Areas

This person works in these other areas at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center: