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Joseph L. Wright, MD, MPH
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Center of Excellence, Departments, and Programs
Senior Vice President , Child Health Advocacy Institute (CHAI)
Emergency Medicine and Trauma Services
Children’s Research Institute (CRI)
Center for Clinical and Community Research
View CRI Profile for Joseph L. Wright
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| Board Certifications |
American Board of Pediatrics
American Board of Pediatrics/Emergency Medicine
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National Provider Identifier
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1295813574 |
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| Practice Locations |
Children's National Medical Center - Main Hospital
111 Michigan Avenue, NW
Washington, DC
Phone: 202-476-5000
 
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| Biography |
Dr. Wright provides strategic leadership for the organization’s advocacy mission, public policy positions and community partnership initiatives. Academically, he is a Professor and Vice Chairman in the Department of Pediatrics, as well a Professor of Emergency Medicine and Health Policy at the George Washington University Schools of Medicine and Public Health. He has been attending faculty in the Division of Emergency Medicine at Children’s National since 1993, and is founding director of the division’s Institute for Prehospital Pediatrics and Emergency Research. He provides state-level leadership as the EMS Medical Director for Pediatrics within the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems, and national leadership as senior investigator and medical director of the federally-funded Emergency Medical Services for Children National Resource Center.
Dr. Wright’s major areas of scholarly interest and publication include emergency medical services for children, injury prevention and the needs of underserved communities. He has received recognition for his advocacy work throughout his career, including the Shining Star award from the Los Angeles-based Starlight Foundation for outstanding community service, and has been inducted into Delta Omega, the nation’s public health honor society. He has been previously named to several national advisory committees within the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies of Science, and presently serves as a federal appointee on the Food and Drug Administration’s Pediatric Advisory Committee, as well as on the inaugural National Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council within the U.S. Department of Transportation. He has also assumed leadership in the American Academy of Pediatrics where he currently chairs the Academy’s subcommittee on Violence Prevention. Dr. Wright has delivered invited expert testimony before Congress on many occasions, has made numerous national media appearances and lectures widely to both professional and lay audiences. |
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| Education |
| Type | School | Location | Degree | Field of Study | Years | | Undergraduate Education | Wesleyan University | Middletown, CT | Bachelor of Arts | Psychology | 1979 | | Medical School | University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey | Newark, NJ | Doctor of Medicine | Medicine | 1983 | | Post Graduate Education | George Washington University | Washington, DC | Masters of Public Health | Administrative Medicine | 1993 |
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| Training |
| Type | Institution | Location | Position | Specialty | Years | | Residency Program | Children's National Medical Center | Washington, DC | Resident | Pediatric Medicine | 1983 - 1986 | | Fellowship Program | Children's National Medical Center | Washington, DC | Fellow | Pediatric Emergency Medicine | 1990 - 1992 |
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| National and International Recognition |
| Award | Institution | Event | Year | | PEM Pix Competition Award (senior author) | American Academy of Pediatrics | | 2008 | | Regional Research Award (senior investigator) | Academic Pediatrics Association | | 2006 | | Distinguished Alumni Lectureship in Pediatrics | University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey | | 2000 | | Alpha Omega induction | National Public Health Honor Society | | 1996 | | Shining Star Award | Starlight Foundation | | 1994 |
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| Affiliations and Memberships |
| Title | Institution | Committee / Section | Years | | Member | American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) | Committee on Pediatric Emergency Medicine | 2009 - 2015 | | Member | Food and Drug Administration (FDA) | Pediatric Advisory Committee | 2008 - 2012 | | Member | National EMS Advisory Council | National Highway Traffic Safety Administration | 2008 - 2010 | | Chair | American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) | Subcommittee on Youth Violence | 2005 - 2009 | | Member | Institute of Medicine | Future of Emergency Care in US Health Systems | 2004 - 2007 | | Professor | George Washington University Schools of Medicine & Public Health | Pediatrics, Emergency Medicine and Health Policy | 2006 | | Medical Director | State of Maryland | Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems (MIEMSS) | 1996 |
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| Research |
| Title | Study Name | Institution | Years | | Principal Investigator | National Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMSC) Resource Centers Cooperative Agreement | | 2008 - 2013 | | | Principal Investigator | Operational Capacity, Training Maintenance and EMSC Permanence in the District of Columbia | | 2006 - 2010 | | | Read more about the research interests of Joseph L. Wright |
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| Publications |
Journal Article, Tuuri RE, Ryan LM, He J, McCarter RJ, Wright JL (2009), . Does EMS Transport For Pediatric Ingestion Decrease Time to Activated Charcoal? , Prehospital Emergency Care , 13, 295-303.
Journal Article, Smith G, Wright J (lead author) and the AAP Committee on Injury Violence and Poison Prevention (2009), The Role of the Pediatrician in Youth Violence Prevention – Policy Statement, Pediatrics, 124, 394-403.
Journal Article, Cheng T, Wright J, Markakis D, Copeland-Linder N, Menvielle E (2008), Randomized Trial of a Case Management Program for Assault-Injured Youth, Pediatric Emergency Care , 24, 130-136.
Journal Article, Wright JL, Morris A (2007), Child Health Advocacy in the Academic Medical Center, Pediatric Annals , 36, 637-642.
Journal Article, Wright J, Holder M (2006), Non-Fatal Sniper Attack of a Pediatric Patient: Prehospital Response in a Regionalized Trauma System, Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine , 7, 71-75.
Journal Article, Wright, J. (2006), Emergency Medical Services for Children and the Institute of Medicine Revisited, J. Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine, 7, 69-70.
Journal Article, Cheng T, Wright J, Pearson-Fields A, Brenner R (2006), The Spectrum of Intoxications and Poisonings Amongst Adolescents, Injury Prevention , 12, 129-132.
Journal Article, Wright JL (2005), Training healthcare professionals in youth violence prevention: Closing the gap, American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 29, 296-298.
Journal Article, Wright J, Edgerton E (2003), Public Health, Emergency Medicine and the Community Interface, Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine , 4, 127-134.
For a more comprehensive list of publications for Joseph Wright, MD, MPH view the National Library of Medicine’s PubMed online database |
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