Emergency Medicine and Trauma Services
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202-476-5000
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Visiting the Emergency Department During Coronavirus
We understand that the current coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic can make seeking medical care a scary prospect. The Emergency Department at Children's National Hospital is taking special precautions to safeguard the health and well-being of our patients, families and community at large.
We have rapid COVID-19 testing available at all three of our pediatric emergency medicine sites. All tested patients have the option of a telemedicine follow-up visit.
If you have general questions or concerns about your child’s health, please contact his/her pediatrician, who can advise you as to the best course of action. Remember that it is important to keep up with routine well-child care and immunizations.
If your child is experiencing a medical emergency, please telephone 911 or proceed directly to the Emergency Department. While in the ED, we ask that you help us to keep everyone safe by observing the following policies:
- All caregivers and children aged 2 years and up must wear masks throughout the hospital facility.
- Only one adult caregiver is able to stay with the child during their ER visit.
- Though encouraged to exit the hospital entirely, an additional caregiver may wait in the Main Atrium.
- If your child is admitted to the hospital, inpatient visitor policies apply.
Remember that our Emergency Department is open, safe and ready to provide a full range of emergency diagnostic and treatment services for acutely ill and injured children.
Emergency Medicine at Children's National
The Emergency Medicine and Trauma Center at Children’s National is the only Level I Pediatric Trauma Center in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area, as verified by the American College of Surgeons. As the only freestanding children’s hospital in the area, Children’s National serves as the regional referral center for pediatric emergencies.
In addition, our Emergency Medicine and Trauma Center is recognized as Maryland’s out-of-state regional pediatric burn center by the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems (MIEMSS). Under this designation, our team of experts is recognized as being best equipped to share the volume of Maryland burn patients with Maryland’s in-state pediatric trauma center.
As a Level I Pediatric Trauma Center, we are uniquely qualified to provide emergency care for children, from the design of the department to our highly skilled professionals who understand the special needs of younger, smaller patients.
Our center provides a full range of emergency diagnostic and treatment services for acutely ill and injured patients. Our team includes leading fellowship trained experts in pediatric emergency care, and ensuring all of our pediatric subspecialists are available for consultations. Division units add another level of service for children and families:
- Fast Track Unit. The Fast Track Unit’s pediatric physicians help patients with minor acute illnesses and injuries. The Fast Track Unit is open 24 hours, 7 days a week.
- Evaluation and Treatment Unit. The Evaluation and Treatment Unit provides care to patients who require up to 24 hours of treatment, but do not require a hospital admission.
- Decontamination Unit. In the event of a biological, chemical or radiological event, Children’s has a state-of-the-art Decontamination Unit designed specifically for kids, the only one of its kind in the region.
Locations
Our pediatric emergency services are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week at two locations in the nation's capital:
We also offer pediatric emergency services from 1 p.m. - 11 p.m., seven days a week at Doctors Community Hospital, located at 8118 Good Luck Road, Lanham, MD 20706.
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Pediatric Emergency Guide App for Health Care Professionals
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Future-Focused Training and Education
We are training the next generation of pediatric emergency and trauma specialists at Children's National. Learn more about our training opportunities that provide experience and education to develop exceptional leaders within the field of emergency medicine.
The Power of Prevention
Patient, parent and community injury prevention education is an extension of the care we provide at the hospital. It may surprise some to know that harmful and sometimes life-threatening poisonings and ingestions are still significant concerns with children and teens.
Recent statistics from the American Association of Poison Control Centers (AAPCC), notes cosmetics and personal care products, pain killers and household cleaning products as the most common poisons in children five years old and younger.
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Emergency Medicine and Trauma Services Team
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Joelle Simpson
Division Chief, Emergency Medicine
Medical Director, Emergency Preparedness
Program Director, Emergency Medical Services for Children - D.C. Program
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Jay Pershad
Clinical Chief, Emergency Medicine
Emergency Medicine Physician
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Kathleen Brown
Associate Division Chief, Emergency Medicine
Medical Director, Quality
Emergency Medicine Physician
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Monika Goyal
Associate Division Chief, Emergency Medicine
Director, Academic Affairs and Research
Attending Physician, Emergency Department
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Sephora Morrison
Assistant Division Chief, Emergency Medicine
Director, Operations
Emergency Medicine Physician
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Michael Quinn
Assistant Division Chief, Emergency Medicine
Director, Transport Medicine
Emergency Medicine Physician
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James Chamberlain
Director, Data Analytics and Informatics
Emergency Medicine Physician
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Stephen Teach
Chair, Department of Pediatrics
Associate Dean, Pediatric Faculty Affairs
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Tania Ahluwalia
Associate Director, Global Health Programs
Emergency Medicine Physician
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Shireen Atabaki
Medical Director, Informatics
Associate Director, Telemedicine
Emergency Medicine Physician
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Dewesh Agrawal
Vice-Chair, Medical Education
Emergency Medicine Specialist
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Camilo Gutierrez
Director, Global Health Programs
Emergency Medicine Physician
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Deena Berkowitz
Medical Director, Fast Track Services
Co-Director, Urgent Care Fellowship
Emergency Medicine Physician
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Ponda Madati
Medical Director, Children's National Emergency Department at United Medical Center
Emergency Medicine Physician
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Ioannis Koutroulis
Co-Director, Urgent Care Fellowship
Emergency Medicine Physician
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Shilpa Patel
Medical Director, IMPACT DC Asthma Clinic
Emergency Medicine Physician
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Rosemary Thomas-Mohtat
Director, Pediatric Emergency Ultrasound Fellowship
Associate Director, Emergency Ultrasound
Emergency Medicine Physician
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Haroon Shaukat
Assistant Program Director, Urgent Care Fellowship
Emergency Medicine Physician
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Kristen Breslin
Medical Director, Emergency Dept at Doctors Community Hospital
Research Director, Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship
Emergency Medicine Physician
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Eiman Abdulrahman
Emergency Medicine Physician
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Alyssa Abo
Emergency Medicine Physician
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Maryann Amirshahi
Emergency Medicine Physician
Medical Toxicologist
Clinical Pharmacologist
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Rachael Batabyal
Emergency Medicine Physician
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Julie Berg
Emergency Medicine Physician
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Manuel Bramble
Emergency Medicine Physician
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Michelle Brooks
Emergency Medicine Specialist
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Katharine Button
Emergency Medicine Physician
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Jennifer Chapman
Director, Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship
Emergency Medicine Physician
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Joanna Cohen
Director, Emergency Ultrasound
Emergency Medicine Physician
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Sarah Combs
Director, Outreach
Emergency Medicine Physician
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Katie Donnelly
Director, Resident Education
Director, Medical Student Clerkship
Medical Director, Safe Kids DC
Emergency Medicine Physician
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Chioma Nnamdi Emetarom
Emergency Medicine Physician
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Michael Falk
Emergency Medicine Physician
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Robert Freishtat
Senior Investigator, Center for Genetic Medicine Research
Emergency Medicine Physician
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Avanti Golikeri
Emergency Medicine Physician
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Dafina Good
Emergency Medicine Physician
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Tress Goodwin
Emergency Medicine Physician
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Jeffrey Greenberg
Emergency Medicine Physician
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Sabrina Guse
Associate Director, Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship
Emergency Medicine Physician
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Elaise Hill
Emergency Medicine Physician
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Lenore Jarvis
Director, Advocacy and Health Policy
Emergency Medicine Physician
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Ashaini Kadakia
Program Manager
Emergency Medicine Physician
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Allison Kasper
Emergency Medicine Physician
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Allison Kirk
Emergency Medicine Specialist
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Jaclyn Kline
Emergency Medicine Physician
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Olena Kostyuk
Emergency Medicine Physician
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Hannah Kotler
Emergency Medicine Physician
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Mansi Kotwal
Emergency Medicine Physician
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Simone Lawson
Emergency Medicine Physician
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Matthew E. Lecuyer
Emergency Medicine Physician
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Suzanne Levin
Emergency Medicine Physician
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Christina Lindgren
Director, Associate Fellowship
Emergency Medicine Physician
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Mandisa McIver
Emergency Medicine Physician
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Kenneth McKinley
Emergency Medicine Physician
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David Magilner
Emergency Medicine Physician
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Angela Maxwell
Emergency Medicine Physician
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Malek Mazzawi
Emergency Medicine Specialist
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Karen O'Connell
Director, Patient Safety
Emergency Medicine Physician
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Asha Payne
Assistant Medical Director, Emergency Medicine
Emergency Medicine Physician
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Meenu Potdar
Emergency Medicine Physician
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Zemen Retta
Emergency Medicine Physician
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Jeremy Root
Emergency Medicine Physician
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Eric Rosenthal
Emergency Medicine Physician
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Alexandra Rucker
Assistant Medical Director, Emergency Department at United Medical Center
Director, Clinical Associates
Emergency Medicine Physician
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Laura Sigman
Emergency Medicine Physician
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Aaron Slinker
Emergency Medicine Physician
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Sophia Smith
Emergency Medicine Physician
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Melissa Samuelson
Emergency Medicine Physician
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Joseph Shapiro
Emergency Medicine Physician
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Edna Termilus
Emergency Medicine Specialist
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Zachary Traino
Emergency Medicine Physician
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Theodore Trigylidas
Emergency Medicine Physician
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Caleb Ward
Chair, Intern Selection CommitteeEmergency Medicine Specialist
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Emily Willner
Emergency Medicine Physician
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Amy Yeager
Assistant Director of Operations, Fast Track
Emergency Medicine Physician
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Pavan Zaveri
Director, Education
Emergency Medicine Physician
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Xian Zhao
Emergency Medicine Physician
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Amie Cahill
Emergency Medicine Fellow
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Angelica DesPain
Emergency Medicine Fellow
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Marci Fornari
Emergency Medicine Fellow
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Mary Howard
Emergency Medicine Fellow
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Sarah Isbey
Emergency Medicine Physician
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Nathaniel Jones
Emergency Medicine Fellow
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Dana Kim
Emergency Medicine Fellow
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Brian Lee
Emergency Medicine Fellow
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Nichole McCollum
Emergency Medicine Fellow
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Jillian Nickerson
Emergency Medicine Fellow
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Dennis Ren
Emergency Medicine Fellow
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Katherine Brune
Physician Assistant
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Stephanie Cook
Physician Assistant
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Amanda Duffin
Physician Assistant
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Alana Holt
Physician Assistant
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Susannah Jenkins
Physician Assistant
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Kelly Kerrigan
Physician Assistant
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Cara Moses
Physician Assistant
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Shaina Newman
Physician Assistant
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Ankita Patel
Physician Assistant
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Ashley Perritt
Physician Assistant
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Caroline Reilly
Physician Assistant
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Jennifer Tran
Director, Children's National Safety Center Physician Assistant
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Ashley White
Physician Assistant
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Marvin Alexander
Advanced Clinical Psychiatric Social Worker
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Jessica Hippolyte
Pediatric Chief Resident
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Mary Kinler
Nurse Practitioner
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Conni Nevills
Nurse Practitioner
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Yuri Paredes
Nurse Practitioner
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Molly Savitz
Nurse Practitioner
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Christopher Page
Program Manager, Emergency Medical Services for Children Program
Clinical Research Project Manager, Emergency Medicine and Trauma Services