Holly Depinet, MD, MPH
- Associate Director of Quality Improve and Safety, Division of Emergency Medicine
- Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
- holly.depinet@cchmc.org
- Board Certified
About
Biography
As a pediatric emergency medicine specialist, I am dedicated to providing thoughtful, compassionate care to children and families during what can sometimes be a stressful time. I enjoy the opportunity to work with patients of all ages and with the varying conditions that we treat in the emergency department — and to bring a combination of evidence-based medical knowledge and family centered care to each visit.
My research interests include quality improvement, ED patient safety and pediatric sepsis. These interests stem from a desire to improve the care and experience for children and families with acute illness. My main focus is on improving processes and systems related to the identification and care of children with sepsis. This work includes efforts here at Cincinnati Children’s, and through involvement with national pediatric sepsis collaboratives.
BA: University of Delaware, Newark, DE, 1997.
MPH: University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, 1999.
MD: Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, 2003.
Residency: Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, 2003-2006.
Fellowship: Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 2006-2009;
Diploma Course in Tropical Medicine: University of West Virginia School of Medicine, Morgantown, WV, Summer 2008.
Intermediate Improvement Sciences Seminar: Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, Spring 2010.
Services and Specialties
Research Areas
Publications
Implementation of a Program for Appendicitis MRI in a Pediatric Hospital. American Journal of Roentgenology. 2024; 222:e2330695.
Multiuser immersive virtual reality simulation for interprofessional sepsis recognition and management. Journal of hospital medicine (Online). 2024; 19:185-192.
Association between positive blood culture and clinical outcomes among children treated for sepsis in the emergency department. American Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2024; 76:13-17.
Bundled Care to Reduce Sepsis Mortality: The Improving Pediatric Sepsis Outcomes (IPSO) Collaborative. Pediatrics. 2023; 152:e2022059938.
Interprofessional Immersive Virtual Reality Training on Sepsis Recognition. Pediatric Quality and Safety. 2023; 8:e627.
Characteristics and Outcomes of Sepsis Presenting in Inpatient Pediatric Settings. Hospital Pediatrics. 2022; 12:1048-1059.
Association Between the First-Hour Intravenous Fluid Volume and Mortality in Pediatric Septic Shock. Annals of Emergency Medicine. 2022; 80:213-224.
Intravenous Fluid Bolus Rates Associated with Outcomes in Pediatric Sepsis: A Multi-Center Analysis. Open Access Emergency Medicine. 2022; 14:375-384.
Validation of the Pediatric Sequential Organ Failure Assessment Score and Evaluation of Third International Consensus Definitions for Sepsis and Septic Shock Definitions in the Pediatric Emergency Department. JAMA pediatrics. 2022; 176:672-678.
Pediatric Septic Shock Collaborative Improves Emergency Department Sepsis Care in Children. Pediatrics. 2022; 149:e2020007369.
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