Faculty
The faculty is a diverse group of been there, done that, experts who will combine the latest literature and their own experience to give participants an up-to-date perspective on a large number of leading-edge pediatric acute care topics.
Ilene Claudius, MD
- Director of Quality and Process Improvement
Department of Emergency Medicine
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Torrance, CA - Professor of Emergency Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA
Los Angeles, CA
Diplomat, Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics - Editor-in-Chief
Pediatric Emergency Medicine Practice
Sujit Iyer, MD, FAAP
- Assistant Medical Director, Dell Children’s Medical Center Emergency Department
- Professor of Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics
UT Austin Dell Medical School
Austin, TX - National Director of Pediatric Services
U.S. Acute Care Solutions
Canton, OH - Outstanding Educator Award
UT Dell Medical School
Austin, TX - Educator of the Year
Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship
UT Dell Medical School
Emily Rose, MD, FAAP
- Assistant Dean of Career Advising
Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine
Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA - Former Interim Division Chief, Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Former Director, Pre-Health Undergraduate Program, University of Southern California - Editor, Pediatric Emergencies, Oxford Academic Press, 2020
Editor, Life-Threatening Rashes, Springer, 2018
Associate Editor, Rosen Textbook of Emergency Medicine 2022
Associate Editor, Core Pendium (Dermatology) 2025 - Chair, ACEP Pediatrics Committee
- Honorable Mention, Outstanding Speaker of the Year Award
ACEP Scientific Assembly, 2016
Jeffrey A. Seiden, MD
- Attending Physician, Division of EM
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia - Professor of Clinical Pediatrics (EM)
Perelman School of Medicine
The University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA - Medical Director, CHOP Community Affiliate Emergency Medicine Programs
Medical Director, CHOP Urgent Care - Medical Director, Pediatric Services
Virtua Health System
Marlton, NJ
Jestin Carlson, MD, MS, MHA, CPE – Course Advisor
- Associate Medical Director
The Center for Medical Education
Creamery, PA - Program Director, Emergency Medicine Residency
Allegheny Health Network
Saint Vincent Hospital, Erie, PA - Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine
Drexel College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA - National Director of Medical Affairs, US Acute Care Solutions
- Associate Editor, Annals of Emergency Medicine
- Member, American Red Cross Scientific Advisory Committee
Washington, DC
W. Richard Bukata, MD – Course Advisor
- Medical Director
The Center for Medical Education, Inc.
Creamery, PA - Adjunct Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine,
Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA - Host, Risk Management Monthly Podcast
- Recipient, American College of Emergency Physicians
Outstanding Contribution in Education Award, 1993