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Job Title Medical Director, Children's Express Care

Job Title Medical Director, Pediatric Sedation Service

Job Title Associate Medical Director, Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Job Title Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Job Title Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Physician Assistant, Rangos School of Health Sciences, Duquesne University

Job Title Master of Physician Assistant Studies Adjunct Faculty, Clinical Preceptor Program, Chatham College

4401 Penn Avenue, Suite Floor 1

Pittsburgh, PA 15224

412-692-8431 Phone

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Email piterd@chp.edu

Medical School:	1992 Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 1998 MPH, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Residency:	1995 St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, Philadelphia, PA
Fellowship:	1998 Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA

1998-2004 Physician's Recognition Award (AMA)
Outstanding Child Abuse Research Project of the Year (OSCAR), awarded February, 2003, at the 2003 San Diego Conference on Child and Family Maltreatment. Pitetti RD, Maffei F, Hickey R, Berger R and Pierce MC. Prevalence of retinal hemorrhages in children presenting with an apparent life-threatening event.
Winner, William H. Spivey, MD, FACEP, Clinical and Basic Science Research Competition. 32nd Annual PaACEP Scientific Assembly, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, April 2005. Pitetti RD, Whitman E and Hickey R. QT and QTc dispersion is prolonged in infants with apparent life-threatening events.
Patient Satisfaction Award - Outstanding Achievement in Patient Care. Highest Overall Quality of Doctor Care in the Emergency Department.

Pitetti R. Davis PJ. Redlinger R. White J. Wiener E. Calhoun KH. Effect on hospital-wide sedation practices after implementation of the 2001 JCAHO procedural sedation and analgesia guidelines. [Journal Article] Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine. 160(2):211-6, 2006 Feb. UI: 16461880
Pitetti RD. Lovallo A. Hickey R. Prevalence of anemia in children presenting with apparent life-threatening events. [Comparative Study. Journal Article] Academic Emergency Medicine. 12(10):926-31, 2005 Oct. UI: 16204136
Pitetti RD. Maffei F. Chang K. Hickey R. Berger R. Pierce MC. Prevalence of retinal hemorrhages and child abuse in children who present with an apparent life-threatening event. [Journal Article] Pediatrics. 110(3):557-62, 2002 Sep. UI: 12205260

Measurement of COHGB levels in children with obstructive sleep apnea
Use of biochemical markers of injury to assess children <3 years old presenting with signs and symptoms consistent with undiagnosed head injury
Child abuse and ALTEs in infants
Clinical evaluation of children presenting with an apparent life-threatening event: Utility of performing routine testing
Elevated COHGB levels in patients presenting with an ALTE
Association of mycoplasma pneumoniae and acute asthma exacerbations
Measurement of COHGB levels in traumatic brain injury and children presenting with hypoxic injury
Measurement of CVO2 and COHGB levels in oncology patients with fever and neutropenia
Role of anemia in the pathophysiology of ALTEs
Use of the transthecal digital block in children
Dermabond and nail replacement
Use of a semi-quantitative immunoassay for procalcitonin in the identification of bacteremia in febrile oncology patients
Evaluation of the use of rapid strep tests in patients pretreated with antibiotics
Association of GABHS and Henoch-Schonlein purpura
Association of mycoplasma pneumonia and chlamydiae pneumoniae in sickle cell patients with acute chest syndrome
Emergency Department and Fast Track efficiency study