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Kimberly R. Roth, MD, MPH

Job Title Physician Director, Pre-hospital and Emergency Care Services, Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Job Title Assistant Professor, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine

4401 Penn Avenue, Suite Floor 1

Pittsburgh, PA 15224

412-692-7980 Phone

412-692-7464 Fax

Email kimberly.roth@chp.edu

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Education and Training

Medical School:	2005 MPH, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health 1999 University of Virginia School of Medicine
Residency:	2002 Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
Fellowship:	2005 Chief Fellow, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC

Memberships

Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
American Academy of Pediatrics
American Medical Association

Board Certifications

American Board of Pediatrics

Awards

2005 Pediatric Specialty Award, Society for Critical Care Medicine Annual Congress
2004 Best-in-Training Award, Section on Transport Medicine
American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference
2004 PAS Young Investigator Travel Award, Pediatric Academic Society Annual Meeting

Publications

Guyette FX, Roth KR, LaCovey DC, Rittenberger JC. Feasibility of larygneal mask airway use by prehospital personnel in simulated pediatric respiratory arrest.
Prehosp Emerg Care. 2007 Apr-Jun;11(2):245-9.
Zuckerbraun NS, Pitetti RD, Herr SM, Roth KR, Gaines BA, King C. Use of etomidate as an induction agent for rapid sequence intubation in a pediatric emergency department. Acad Emerg Med. 2006 Jun;13(6):602-9. Epub 2006 Apr 24.

View Dr. Roth's full list of publications from PubMed.

Research Interests

Differences in outcome among different modes of pediatric transport
Measuring severity of illness of children in the transport environment
Use of etomidate for procedural sedation

Biography Summary

Kimberly R. Roth, MD, MPH, recently joined Children's Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, and also serves as Children's physician director of Pre-hospital and Emergency Care Services. Her research interests include analysis of patient outcomes among different types of pediatric transport, measuring severity of illness of children in the transport environment and use of etomidate for procedural sedation.

Last Update
December 22, 2009

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