
Elizabeth Alpern
Chair, Department of Pediatrics · McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University
Credentials: · · ·
History
PresentDepartment of Pediatrics · McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University
PresentEmergency Medicine in the Department of Pediatrics Division · McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University
PresentEmergency Medicine Division · McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University
Research
International Consensus Criteria for Pediatric Sepsis and Septic Shock
JAMA · 2024 · 457 citations
Delayed antimicrobial therapy increases mortality and organ dysfunction duration in pediatric sepsis
Critical Care Medicine · 2014 · 361 citations
JAMA Pediatrics · 2019 · 303 citations

34 papers

34 papers · 2 as a fellow

33 papers
- FB
Fran Balamuth
30 papers

26 papers

25 papers
- PA
23 papers · 1 as a resident
- MS
21 papers
Grants
- 2017–2023
PED Screen: Pediatric Sepsis EHR Registry, Clinical Outcomes, and Predictive Model
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development · R01
Contact PI · $3.2M · Northwestern University
- 2011–2017
Improving the Quality of Pediatric Emergency Care Using an Electronic Medical Rec
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality · R01
Contact PI · $2.3M · Northwestern University
Clinical trials
- 2012–2017
- 2010–2012
IV Glucose for Dehydration Treatment
Principal investigator · Completed · Phase 2
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
- 2008–2010
Emergency Bedside Ultrasound for Pediatric Soft Tissue Infections
Principal investigator · Completed
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
- 2005–2007
Principal investigator · Completed · Phase 4
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia



