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Natalie E. Lane, MD, FAAP

Dr. Natalie Lane was the first pediatric emergency medicine trained physician to join the department of emergency medicine at the Medical College of Georgia.  She has seen a number of changes and served in a number o f capacities in the years since her arrival in 1997. She presently holds the positions of Section Chief of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Fellowship Director for Pediatric Emergency Medicine and Medical Director for the Children’s Medical Center Emergency Department.  She came from the University of Louisville where she completed her residency and fellowship and three years as a faculty member. Early in her career it was evident that she was not only a good teacher and clinician but that she had administrative skills as well.  Presently, she oversees a section of nine faculty who make up the primary clinicians within the Children’s Medical Center Emergency Department.  Adult colleagues in the department provide double coverage in the evenings to help maintain their pediatric skills.  Her policies and actions have been directed towards providing evidence based, state of the art care, working with services within the institution in a collegial and collaborative manner and providing the kind of care to children that she would want for her own. 

In 2005, she was instrumental in bringing the fellowship in pediatric emergency medicine to the department.  The fellowship is designed specifically for emergency medicine graduates and provides unique features that allow them to maintain their adult emergency medicine skills while becoming experts in the field of pediatric emergency medicine.  The program is positioned well for its next RRC site visit in the spring of 2010.

In addition to her many roles in the department, Dr. Lane holds several other leadership roles locally and within the state.  She is very active within Emergency Medical Services for Children and is helping the state advisory committee meet the federally mandated performance measures to enhance the emergency care delivered to children within the state.  She also serves as the chair of the emergency medicine section of the Georgia Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Her academic research interests include pediatric emergency medicine education, pediatric respiratory disease, pre- hospital issues, and pediatric disaster preparedness.  She admits that her real passion lies in taking care of children in the emergency department and being able to impart some of that clinical knowledge to her students.  She has been recognized for this skill by winning an Excellence in Teaching Award in 2009 from fourth year medical students and the Outstanding Pediatric Faculty Award from the graduating emergency medicine residents for three years in a row.  At home, her real joy is sitting on the floor with her 6 year old twin boys and playing a game of Trouble and knowing that in their eyes, she wins the Best Mom of the Year Award!