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Pediatric Emergency Medicine

• Developed in 1997 by former chairman of the department, Dr. Larry Mellick, FAAP, FACEP
• A recognized section within the emergency department.
• Our medical director and section chief report directly to the chairman, Dr. Richard Schwartz, FACEP

Our mission:

• To provide state of the art critical care for children and infants suffering from acute medical illness and injury
• To provide the academic environment in pediatric emergency medicine for the department’s general emergency medicine residency and for the associated pediatric residency.

Members of the Section of Pediatric Emergency Medicine include:

Jim Wilde, MD, FAAP, FACEP

• Section chief; Faculty member since 1998
• Medical director of the Children’s Medical Center ED
• Director of student research within the Department of Emergency Medicine
• Board certified pediatric emergency medicine physician
• Fellowship trained in pediatric infectious disease at Johns Hopkins University
• Board Certified General Pediatrician
• Medical Director, Georgia United Against Antibiotic Resistant Disease (GURAD), Georgia's Chapter of the CDC's "Get Smart" progam for judicious antibiotic use.
• Research interests include influenza, judicious use of antibiotics, practice differences between emergency medicine and pediatric emergency medicine physicians, and medical malpractice

Natalie Lane, MD, FAAP

• Fellowship director; Faculty member since 1997
• Coordinator of the pediatric resident ED rotation and fourth year pediatric ED rotation
• Board certified pediatric emergency medicine physician
• Board certified general pediatrician
• Academic interests include pediatric respiratory disease, education in pediatric emergency medicine, and emergency medical services for children

Lorna Bell, MD, FAAP

• Faculty member since 1997
• Board certified general pediatrician
• Board certified pediatric emergency medicine physician
• Academic interests include child physical and sexual abuse

Mark Lopez, MD, FAAP, FACEP

• Director Medical Student Rotation
• Faculty member since 2001
• Board certified general pediatrician
• Board certified emergency medicine physician
• Duties are split between the general and pediatric ED
• Academic interests include pre-hospital emergency medical services and brown recluse spider bites

Lynne Coule, MD, FAAP

• Regional PALS Director
• Faculty member since 2002
• Board certified general pediatrician
• Board certified pediatric critical care physician
• Academic interests include mock codes, coding issues and adult education

Amy Pulchalski, MD, FAAP

• Faculty member since 2003
• Board certified general pediatrician
• Board certified pediatric emergency medicine physician
• Member of the South Carolina Children's Trust Fund Board of Trustees
• Academic interests include infant complaints in the ED setting

Larry Mellick, MD, FAAP, FACEP

• Faculty member since 1996
• Chairman of the department from 1996 – 2004
• Board certified pediatric emergency medicine physician
• Board certified emergency medicine physician
• Board certified general pediatrician
• Academic interests include headache treatments and code organization

Curt Steinhart, MD, FAAP, FACEP

• President of the MCG Physicians’ Practice Group (PPG)
• Faculty member since 1996
• Board certified pediatric critical care physician
• Board certified general pediatrician
• Former Chief, Pediatric Critical Care

Jennifer Tucker, MD, FAAP

• Faculty Member since 2005
• Board certified pediatric emergency medicine physician
• Board certified general pediatrician
• Academic interests include Trauma

• We are the guiding force for the pediatric emergency medicine body of knowledge for the ED residency and pediatric emergency medicine fellowship
• We participate in departmental, hospital and medical school committees
• We meet weekly for Fellows conference and monthly for our own section meetings and journal clubs

Please direct your questions to Dr. Jim Wilde, Section Chief at .

Fellowship:
See the Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship for more information.

Page updated: July 24, 2008

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