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Mike Gittelman, MD

Title

Attending Physician

Appointment

Associate Professor, Clinical Pediatrics

Email

gittm1@cchmc.org

Phone

513-636-2274

Fax

513-636-7967

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

Fellowship: Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1997 - 2000
Residency: Pediatrics, St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1994-1997.
MD: The Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1990 - 1994.

Awards and Honors

2007 AAP Leadership Conference Invitee
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

Research

Injury control; behavior change counselling; community prevention

Research Grants and Contracts

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Transition Funds – Injury Free Coalition – November 1, 2007 – 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 the Place-Based Matters Funding July 2007 – July 2010 –to support a three-year 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 - 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, 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, Co-Principle Investigator, Development of IFC in Greater Cincinnati, Money for hiring a Community Liaison/Coordinator for program development.

Presentations

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.

Gittelman MA, Pomerantz WJ, Fitzgerald M, Williams K. A Successful Safety Resource Center Located in a Pediatric Emergency Department Setting. Oral presentation: American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference and Exhibition, Atlanta, GA., November 2006.

Gittelman, MA, Pomerantz WJ, Williams, K. Reduce Injuries by Mobilizing and Revitalizaing a Community. Oral presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Ambulatory Pediatric Association, San Francisco, CA, May 2006.

Whitaker, W, Pomerantz WJ, Hariharan, S, Gittelman, MA. Safety education for Infants 4 to 6 months of age: do pediatricians follow AAP recommendations? Poster presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Ambulatory Pediatric Association, San Francisco, CA, May 2006.

Gittelman MA, Pomerantz WJ, Fitzgerald M, Williams K. The effectiveness of a simple injury prevention intervention in a pediatric emergency department setting. Oral presentation: American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference and Exhibition, Washington, D.C., November 2005.

Gittelman MA, Pomerantz WJ, Fitzgerald M, Williams K. Providing injury prevention education in the emergency department: a family perspective. Poster presentation: American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference and Exhibition, Washington, D.C., November 2005.

Williams K, Gittelman MA, Pomerantz WJ, Fitzgerald M. Are pediatricians addressing the needs of the parents regarding injury prevention issues? Oral presentation: American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference and Exhibition, Washington, D.C., November 2005.

Publications, Most Recent

Dixon C, Gitelman MA, Pediatric Helmet Usage; Teaching Patients to Use Their Heads, Accepted, Pediatric Annals 2008

Gittelman MA, Pomerantz WJ, Fitzgerald M, Williams K. Educating Families about Injury Prevention in the Emergency Department: A Parents’ Perspective. Accepted, Pediatric Emergency Care 2008.

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.

Gittelman MA, Durbin D. Injury Prevention – Is the Pediatric Emergency Department the Appropriate Place?Pediatric Emergency Care 2005; 21 (7): 1-8.

Johnson LH, Gittelman, MA. Management of Bleeding Diathesis: A Case Based Approach.Clin Pediatr Emerg Med. Sept 2005; 6:149-155.

Pomerantz WJ, Gittelman MA, Smith G. No license required: severe pediatric motorbike-related injuries in Ohio.Pediatrics 2005; 115: 704-709.