MD: University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 1993,
Residency: Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA,
Clinical Fellowship: Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, MA,
Research Fellowship: Health Services Research, Children's Hospital Boston and the Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA,
Certifications: Pediatrics, 1996-present; Pediatric Emergency Medicine, 1999-present
Pediatric emergency medicine; delivery of mental and behavioral health care in the emergency department setting
Clinical informatics; health communication; human factors and information design; patient-centered care
Examining Alternative Treatment Settings for Adolescents With Suicidal Thoughts During the COVID-19 Pandemic. JAACAP Open. 2025; 3(3):567-575.
Treatment of Critical Bleeds in Patients With Immune Thrombocytopenia: A Systematic Review. European Journal of Haematology. 2025; 114(3):458-468.
Birth outcomes in relation to neighborhood food access and individual food insecurity during pregnancy in the Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO)-wide cohort study. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 2024; 119(5):1216-1226.
Analysis of a Medication Safety Intervention in the Pediatric Emergency Department. JAMA Network Open. 2024; 7(1):e2351629.
2.73 Developing Safety Alerts for Suicidal Studies: Exploring the Impact on Study Outcomes. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 2023; 62(10):s204.
The Association of Emergency Severity Index Score and Patient and Family Experience in a Pediatric Emergency Department. Journal of Patient Experience. 2023; 10:23743735231179040.
Caregiver Quality of Life During Pediatric Influenza-Like Illness: A Cross-Sectional Study During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of Patient Experience. 2023; 10:23743735231188840.
2.103 A Multi-Site Study to Compare the Outcomes of Psychiatric Treatment of Suicidal Adolescents in Different Treatment Settings During the Pandemic. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 2022; 61(10):s217.
Definition of a critical bleed in patients with immune thrombocytopenia: Communication from the ISTH SSC Subcommittee on Platelet Immunology. Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis. 2021; 19(8):2082-2088.
Improving Documentation Using a Real-Time Location System in a Pediatric Emergency Department. Applied Clinical Informatics. 2021; 12(3):459-468.
Stephen C. Porter, MD, MPH, MSc6/28/2019
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