Emergency Services

Evaline A. Alessandrini, MD, MSCE

Title

Director, Quality Scholars Program in Health Care Transformation, Center for Health Care Quality, Divisions of Health Policy/Clinical Effectiveness and Emergency Medicine

Appointment

Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

Email

evaline.alessandrini@cchmc.org

Phone

513-803-2046

Fax

513-636-0171

Credentials

MD: Jefferson Medical College, 1988

BS: Marquette University (Biology, Summa Cum Laude), 1984

MSCE: Master of Science in Clinical Epidemiology, Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania, 1999

Resident: Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, D.C., 1988 -1991

Chief Resident: Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, D.C., 1991- 1992

Fellow: Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, 1992-1995

Awards and Honors

Marquette University

Phi Beta Kappa 1984
Dean’s Book Award for Academic Excellence 1984

Jefferson Medical College 1988 Merck Award for Pediatrics
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Jean A. Cortner Divisional Teaching Award-Excellence In and Commitment to Resident Teaching 1994-1999
1999 Department of Pediatrics Teaching Honor Role 1999

Jean A. Cortner Divisional Teaching Award-Excellence In and Commitment to Resident Teaching 200
Career Development Award (K23) National Institute for Child Health & Human Development 200
Department of Pediatrics Teaching Honor Role 2001
2002 Jean A. Cortner Divisional Teaching Award-Excellence In and Commitment to Resident Teaching 2002
Department of Pediatrics Teaching Honor Role 2002
Jean A. Cortner Divisional Teaching Award-Excellence In and Commitment to Resident Teaching 2003-2004
Society for Pediatric Research 2004
Jean A. Cortner Divisional Teaching Award-Excellence In and Commitment to Resident Teaching 2006-2007

Research Grants and Contracts

Defining Quality Performance Measures for Pediatric Emergency Care, September 1, 2007 - August 31, 2010, Primary Investigator

Improving Otitis Media Care with EHR-based Clinical Decision Support and Feedback, September 12, 2007 - February 28, 2010, Co-investigator

Stepped Preventive Care to Reduce the Impact of Acute Pediatric Injury, July 1, 2006 - August 30, 2009, Co-investigator.

EMSC Network Development Demonstration Project, September 30, 2008 - September 29, 2011, Co-investigator

Publications, Most Recent

Fiks AG. Hunter KF. Localio AR. Grundmeier RW. Bryant-Stephens T. Luberti AA. Bell LM. Alessandrini EA. Impact of Electronic Health Record-based Primary Care Clinical Alerts on Influenza Vaccination for Children and Adolescents with Asthma: A Cluster Randomized Trial.Pediatrics 124(1):159-169, 2009 July.

Alessandrini, E.A., Alpern, E.R., Chamberlain J.M., Shea, J.A., Gorelick, M.H. A New ICD-based Diagnosis Groupiong Systme for Child ED Visits.Acedemic Emergency Medicine, May 2009 (in press).

Fiks AG. Grundmeier RW. Biggs LM. Localio AR. Alessandrini EA. Impact of clinical alerts within an electronic health record on routine subsequent well child care.Pediatrics. 121:898-905, 2008 May.

Hibbs A.M., Walsh C.M., Martin R.J., Truog W.E., Lorch S.A., Alessandrini E. A., Cnaan A., Palermo L., Wadlinger S.R., Coburn, C.E., Ballard P.L., Ballard R.A. One-Year Respiratory Outcomes of Preterm Infants Enrolled in the Nitric Oxide (to Prevent) Chronic Lung Disease Trial.J Pediatr. 153 (4):525-529, 2008 June.

Flores, A.I., Bilker, W.B., Alessandrini, E.A. The Effect of Continuity of Care in Infancy on Receipt of Lead, Anemia and Tuberculosis Screening. Pediatrics. 121(3):e399-406, 2008 March.

Gorelick, M.H., Alessandrini, E.A., Cronan, K., Shults, J. Revised Pediatric Emergency Assessment Tool (RePEAT): A Severity Index for Pediatric Emergency Care. Academic Emergency Medicine. 14(4):316-23, 2007 Apr.

Gorelick MH. Knight S. Alessandrini EA. Stanley RM. Chamberlain JM. Kuppermann N. Alpern ER. Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network. Lack of agreement in pediatric emergency department discharge diagnoses from clinical and administrative data sources. Academic Emergency Medicine. 14(7):646-52, 2007 Jul.

Fiks AG. Grundmeier RW. Biggs LM. Localio AR. Alessandrini EA. Impact of clinical alerts within an electronic health record on routine childhood immunization in an urban pediatric population.Pediatrics. 120(4):707-14, 2007 Oct.

Beno SM. Nadel FM. Alessandrini EA. A survey of emergency department management of acute urticaria in children. Pediatric Emergency Care. 23(12):862-8, 2007 Dec.

Presentations, Most Recent

Defining Quality Performance Measures for Pediatric Emergency Care Interagency Committee on Emergency Medical Services for Children. Research Washington, DC. February 2009

Using Existing Data for Impactful Research in Pediatric Emergency Medicine Annual Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellows. Conference St. Louis, Missouri. March 2009

Defining Quality Performance Measures for Pediatric Emergency Care. American College of Emergency Physician Quality and Performance Summit Washington, DC. November 2008

Acute Adrenal Insufficiency Intensive Course in Pediatric Emergency Medicine. The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. November 2008

Pediatric Upper Airway Obstruction Acute Management of Pediatric Headache Diagnosis and Treatment of Dehydration in Children Pediatric Emergency Medicine. Conference Orlando, Florida. February 2007

Using Health Information Technology to Mitigate Disparities in Health Care. Academy Health Annual Research Meeting Orlando, Florida. June 2007

Tips for Pursuing a Successful Research Career in Pediatric Emergency Medicine. American Academy of Pediatrics National Convention and Exhibition Section of Emergency Medicine Meeting San Francisco, California. October 2007