Shireen Atabaki, MD, MPH
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Languages
- English
Gender
FemaleAbout Shireen Atabaki
Titles
Associate Medical Director, Telemedicine
Emergency Medicine Physician
About the Provider
Shireen Atabaki, MD, MPH, is a physician in Children's National Emergency Department. She is also Professor of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine at George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences. Dr. Atabaki’s area of expertise is in concussion and knowledge translation.
Through her work, Dr. Atabaki has brought national and international recognition to pediatric concussion. She received the National Heroes Award for Research, awarded by the Maternal Child Health Bureau, for her leadership in research to reduce unnecessary CT scans and radiation in children with traumatic brain injury.
Dr. Atabaki leads the HITS for Kids Program (Health IT Solutions for Kids), a national initiative to improve concussion care for children by knowledge translation of evidence-based medicine harnessing health IT. The program brings the best medicine to the doctor and health team at the patient’s bedside, to provide the best medical care to children and engage healthcare providers in mindful medicine.
She has a love for teaching and has mentored over forty trainees who have gone on to productive careers in healthcare. Her emphasis in mentorship is helping her mentees retain the altruism and compassion that brought them to healthcare in the first place.
Dr. Atabaki is a member of the federally funded Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network Steering Committee and founded and chaired the Concussion Working Group for that network. She serves on the board of the Big Data Analytics in Health Conference, (Singapore, 2014), guiding the future in big data research. She is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Society for Pediatric Research and Councilmember of the American Federation for Medical Research.
Dr. Atabaki lives in Washington, D.C., with her husband and three children, where she engages in the practice of mindful medicine.
Departments
NPI
1861586950
Research Profile
https://childrensnational.org/Research/People/Shireen-Atabaki
Disclosure
This faculty member (or a member of their immediate family) has a working relationship (i.e. consulting, research, and/or educational services) with the companies listed below. These relations have been reported to the health system leadership and, when appropriate, management plans are in place to address potential conflicts.
Outside Interests
- AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP
Expertise
Education
Children's National Hospital
Fellow, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, 1998George Washington University School of Medicine
Graduate, 1998Children's National Hospital
Resident, Pediatrics, 1995Children's National Hospital
Resident, Pediatrics, 1993Howard University College of Medicine
Medical School, 1992American University
Undergraduate, 1988Board Certifications
Clinical Informatics
American Board of Preventive Medicine, 2021Pediatric Emergency Medicine
American Board of Pediatrics, 1998-
American Board of Pediatrics, 1998Insurance
- Aetna
- Aetna Better Health of Maryland
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Alliance Health Plan: Federal Employee Plan
- American Postal Workers Plan (Federal)
- Amerigroup DC
- Amerigroup Maryland
- AmeriHealth DC
- Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield of Virginia
- Anthem HealthKeepers Plus (VA)
- Beech Street
- Blue Cross/Blue Shield Service Benefit Plan (Federal)
- CareFirst Blue Cross Blue Shield
- CareFirst Community Plan of Maryland
- ChoiceCare PPO (Humana)
- Cigna Healthcare of the Mid Atlantic (includes Great West Healthcare)
- Claimsbridge PPO
- Conifer Health
- First Health
- Government Employees Health Association (Federal)
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs (DC)
- Kaiser Permanente Maryland Medicaid: referral required
- Kaiser Permanente Virginia Medicaid
- Kaiser Permanente: referral required
- Mail Handlers (Federal)
- Maryland Physicians Care
- Medicaid Managed Care or Public Health Plans (Military)
- MedStar Family Choice (DC)
- MedStar Family Choice (MD)
- Molina Health Care of VA
- Multiplan/Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS)
- National Association of Letter Carriers (Federal)
- Priority Partners MCO (MD)
- Tricare Humana Military
- U.S. Family Health Plans Johns Hopkins (Federal)
- United Virginia Medicaid
- UnitedHealthcare
- UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of Maryland
- Virginia Premiere