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Karen O'Connell, MD

Director, Patient Safety Emergency Medicine Physician

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Locations

Main Hospital

Washington, District of Columbia 20010
1-888-884-2327
Luminis Health Doctors Community Medical Center

Lanham, Maryland 20706
301-552-8665

Languages Spoken

English

Departments

Emergency Medicine and Trauma Services

Education & Training

Fellowship, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, 2005
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Residency, Pediatrics, 2002
Long Island-Jewish Medical Center
MD, 1999
Eastern Virginia Medical School
BA, 1994
Duke University

Board Certifications

American Board of Pediatrics
American Board of Pediatrics/Emergency Medicine

National Provider ID: 1699846055

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Biography

Karen O'Connell, M.D., is a pediatric emergency medicine physician at Children's National Hospital. Her clinical interests include trauma care, family presence, and pre-hospital medicine.

A Teenager With Confusion

(2003) Pediatric Case Reviews

Advances in Pediatric Emergency Medicine 2007

(2007) Family Presence in the Emergency Department”;

Family Presence During Pediatric Trauma Stat Evaluations An Assessment of a Structured Program

(2007) Pediatrics

Intraosseous Line Placement

(2005) The Philadelphia Guide to Inpatient Medicine

Patient and Family Issues

(2008) Textbook of Pediatric Emergency Procedures 2nd ed

Pyramid 2007

(2007) Pediatric Puzzlers: Review of Apparent Life Threatening Events”;

Thoracic Trauma

(2008) Pediatric Emergency Medicine, 3rd ed