Emergency Services

Mike A. Gittelman, MD, FAAP

Title

Associate Professor, Clinical Pediatrics, Division of Emergency Medicine

Appointment

Associate Professor, Clinical Pediatrics, Division of Emergency Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

Email

gittm1@cchmc.org

Phone

513-636-2274

Fax

513-8032581

Bio

Mike Gittelman, MD, FAAP, is a pediatric emergency room physician at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, Medical Center in Cincinnati, Ohio and he 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.

Credentials

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

Position History

1994-1997: St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children, Philadelphia, PA, Housestaff & Moonlighter

1998-2006: St. Elizabeth Medical Center, Edgewood, KY, Staff Physician in Pediatrics

1997-Present: Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, Cincinnati, OH, Staff Physician in Pediatrics

2000-2006: Assistant Professor, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital

2002-Present: Affiliated faculty, Center for Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Dept. of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital

2006-Present: Associate Professor, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital

Awards and Honors

2007, 2008 AAP Leadership Conference Invitee – Grant supported
2007 Outstanding Large Chapter Award, Presented to the Ohio AAP during my term on the Executive Board
2007 AAP Legislative Conference – Grant supported by the Ohio AAP
2006 – 2007 Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Ten Year’s of Quality Teaching to Pediatric Residents, Child Advocacy and Injury Prevention
2006 - 2007 Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Divisional Teaching Award
2006 Martin Luther King Jr. Humanitarian Award Nominee
2005 Presidential Partnership Award from Cincinnati Recreation Commission
2003 – 2004 Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Divisional Teaching Award
2000 – 2001 Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Divisional Teaching Award
1998 – 1999 Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Divisional Teaching Award
1990 – 1990 Sigma Xi, Research Award
1988 Summer Research Scholarship

Research

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.

Research Grants and Contracts

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Transition Funds – Injury Free Coalition – November 1, 2007 – June 30, 2009 - $59,422.00, Principal Investigator, Gittelman MA, Pomerantz WJ, Klein D, Bernard A, Ho M. Education by Peer Mentors in an After School Setting to Reduce Obesity within Elementary Aged Students. Money for hiring staff and supplies for study – 2% of salary

Recipient of United Way and the Place-Based Matters Funding July 2007 – July 2008 – $33,000 to support a violence prevention initiative involving high-risk violent youth in Avondale, Ohio. 7.5% of salary per year.

Recipient of the Hamilton County Health District Award 2006 - $1000 for booster seat dissemination through the safety resource center.

Recipient of the “Get on Board for Child Safety” partnership with NACHRI and the Dorel Juvenile Group 2006 - Present. Will supply the Safety Resource Center with 150 car seats and 3000 home safety kits. Items to be given for use this academic year.

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation – Injury Free Coalition – January 2006 – June 2007 $56,231.00, Principal Investigator, Gittelman MA, Pomerantz WJ, Klein D, Bernard A, Ho M. Education by Peer Mentors in an After School Setting to Reduce Obesity within Elementary Aged Students. Money for hiring staff and supplies for study – 4% of salary

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation – Injury Free Coalition – November 1, 2001 – October 31, 2006, $266,100, Co-Principle Investigator, Development of IFC in Greater Cincinnati, Money for hiring a Community Liaison/Coordinator for program development #31-229-606

Child Booster Seat Focus Groups – Funded by the National Highway & Traffic Safety Administration – A collaborative study with The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Johns Hopkins University, and Arkansas Children’s Hospital studying barriers to booster seat use across ethnicity and regions within the United States – Wave 1-2005 & Wave 2-2006
Funding supported staffing and resources for focus group implementation
Avondale Focus Groups – Sponsored by the Division of Emergency Medicine - $10,000
winter 2003/spring 2004, Co-Principle Investigator, Needs assessment of activities for youth

AllState Foundation – June 2002 – Present - $4000, Principle Investigator, The effects of an Emergency Department intervention on increasing booster seat usage in a high risk population.
#31-584-606

Injury Free Coalition for Kids – July 2002 – Present - $2500, Investigator, Safe-at-Home Study. #31-584-606

Publications, Most Recent

Gittelman MA, Pomerantz WJ. Everything you have ever wanted to know about starting a pediatric emergency department safety resource center. Accepted for publication in Pediatric Annals.

Gittelman MA, Pomerantz WJ, Frey, LK. Utilization of a Safety Resource Center in a Pediatric Emergency Department. Accepted for publication in Pediatric Emergency Care.

Dixon C, Gitelman MA, Pediatric Helmet Usage; Teaching Patients to Use Their Heads, Accepted, Pediatric Annals 2008; 37(9): 606-612.

Pomerantz WJ, Gittelman MA, Farris S, Frey L. Drug ingestions in children 10-14 years old: an old problem revisited. Accepted for publication in Suicide and Life Threatening Behavior.

Gittelman MA, Pomerantz WJ, Fitzgerald M, Williams K. Educating Families about Injury Prevention in the Emergency Department: A Parents’ Perspective Pediatric Emergency Care 2008; 24(8): 524-528.

Gittelman MA, Pomerantz WJ, McNealy, T. Reducing injury rates using a community based approach. Journal of Trauma 2007; 63(3):supplement S44-49 .

Gittelman MA, Pomerantz WJ, Laurence, S. The effects of an Emergency Department intervention on increasing booster seat usage in a high-risk population. Academic Emergency Medicine 2006; 13 (4): 396-400.

Gittelman MA. Pediatric ATV-related Injuries in Ohio from 1995-2001: Using the Injury Severity Score to determine if Helmets are a Solution. Pediatrics 2006; 117: 2190 - 2195.

Williams K; Davis O, Gittelman MA MD; Pomerantz, WJ. Friday Night Youth Basketball League: A Program To Increase Self Esteem, And Decrease Crime, Violence And Injury Among Inner City Youth. Journal of Trauma-Injury Infection & Critical Care. 60(6):1385-1386, June 2006.

Presentations, Most Recent

2009 Presenter – International Consumer Product Health and Safety Organization
-Off Road and At-Risk: The Challenges of Kids on Off-Road Motorized Vehicles
-Sports Injury Prevention: it’s Not Whether You Win or Lose

Gittelman MA, Pomerantz WJ, Frey L. Utilization of a safety resource center in a pediatric emergency department: a two year follow-up. Oral presentation. American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference and Exhibition, Boston, MA, October 2008.

2008 Testimony statement on Booster seats to House Announcement of House Infrastructure, Homeland security, and veterans’ affairs committee meeting, Chairman Steve Reinhard

2008 Visiting Professorship – All Children’s Hospital, St Petersburg, FL – Injury Prevention and Advocacy

2008 Ohio State Department of Health, Columbus, OH – Playground Safety
Gittelman MA, Frey LK, Pomerantz WJ, Bernard A, Klein D. The diabetes obesity awareness and prevention program, an overview. Oral presentation. Injury Free Coalition for Kids National Conference, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, December 2007.

Frey L, Pomerantz WJ, Gittelman MA, Klein D, McNealy T. Targeting at-risk youth for BMI screening. Oral presentation at American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference and Exhibition, San Francisco, CA, October 2007.

Gittelman MA, Klein D, Pomerantz WJ, Frey L, McNealy T. The elementary school years: It’s never too early to screen for obesity. Poster Presentation: at the Annual Meeting of the Ambulatory Pediatric Association, Toronto, Canada, May 2007.

Pomerantz WJ, Farris S, Frey L, Gittelman MA. Drug ingestions in children 10-14 years old: An old problem revisited. Poster Presentation: at the Annual Meeting of the Ambulatory Pediatric Association, Toronto, Canada, May 2007.

2007 Testimony Statement regarding Booster Seat Legislation to the Ohio State House of Representative’s Transportation Committee

2007 Injury Free Coalition for Kids National Conference
-Moderator & Platform – Obesity Prevention in the community

2006 Injury Free Coalition for Kids National Conference
-Platform – Community prevention using the IFC model
-Platform – Effectiveness of safety resource centers in an ED setting
-Platform – Obesity prevention in an after school program

2006 Presenter – Holiday Safety Media Tour with the Get on Board with Safety Team

2006 Presenter, International Youth Sports Congress, Washington, D.C. – Preventing Youth Sports Injuries

2006 Presenter, Ohio AAP Regional Conference - Injury Prevention and Professional Responsibility - A Physician’s Perspective

2006 Testimony Statement on Teen Driving Legislation to the Ohio State House of Representative’s Transportation Committee