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Emergency Medicine Research

Research Overview

Dr. Farrell's research interests focus on pediatric trauma and injury prevention. She is interested in the epidemiology of injury, social determinants of health, strategies for injury prevention, as well as the acute management of trauma patients. Her prior work has included pediatric fractures, motor vehicle safety, firearm-associated injury, and child abuse fatalities. Her interest in the pre-hospital care of ill and injured children has led to a collaboration between EMS education and research.

Research Background

Caitlin Farrell received her MD in Medicine from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. She did her internship and residency in Pediatrics at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. She completed her fellowship in Pediatric Emergency Medicine at Boston Children’s Hospital where she was chief fellow. Dr. Farrell completed the Program for Clinical Effectiveness at the Harvard School of Public Health. She joined the faculty of the Division of Emergency Medicine at Boston Children’s Hospital in 2016.

Education

Medical School

University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
2009 Philadelphia PA

Internship

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
2010 Philadelphia PA

Residency

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
2012 Philadelphia PA

Fellowship

Boston Children's Hospital
2016 Boston MA

Publications

  1. Disparities in diagnosis and management of hypertension by incarceration status for patients receiving care in the emergency department. Am J Emerg Med. 2026 May; 103:93-98. View Abstract
  2. Improving Electronic Health Record Access for People Incarcerated in the United States. J Correct Health Care. 2025 Dec; 31(6):340-344. View Abstract
  3. Pediatric Considerations for Water Safety. Pediatr Clin North Am. 2025 Dec; 72(6):1111-1128. View Abstract
  4. Sentinel Injuries in Emergency Departments and Subsequent Serious Injury in Children. Ann Emerg Med. 2025 Sep 03. View Abstract
  5. Physician Perceptions of the Evaluation and Management of Incarcerated Patients in the Emergency Department. J Emerg Med. 2025 Nov; 78:42-48. View Abstract
  6. The Association Between Child Opportunity Index and Severe Drowning in Children. J Pediatr. 2025 Oct; 285:114674. View Abstract
  7. Pediatric Drowning and Prehospital Predictors of Critical Illness in the United States. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2025 May 01; 41(5):341-347. View Abstract
  8. A multi-site assessment of emergency staff knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding care for incarcerated patients. Am J Emerg Med. 2024 08; 82:211-213. View Abstract
  9. A Statewide Collaboration to Deliver and Evaluate a Pediatric Critical Care Simulation Curriculum for Emergency Medical Services. Front Pediatr. 2022; 10:903950. View Abstract
  10. Pediatric Fracture Epidemiology and US Emergency Department Resource Utilization. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2022 Jul 01; 38(7):e1342-e1347. View Abstract
  11. Association of County-Level Poverty and Inequities With Firearm-Related Mortality in US Youth. JAMA Pediatr. 2022 02 01; 176(2):e214822. View Abstract
  12. Pediatric Traumatic Injury Emergency Department Visits and Management in US Children's Hospitals From 2010 to 2019. Ann Emerg Med. 2022 03; 79(3):279-287. View Abstract
  13. Association of Pediatric Suicide With County-Level Poverty in the United States, 2007-2016. JAMA Pediatr. 2020 03 01; 174(3):287-294. View Abstract
  14. The Effect of Health Insurance on Health Care Utilization in the Justice-Involved Population: United States, 2014-2016. Am J Public Health. 2020 01; 110(S1):S78-S84. View Abstract
  15. Preventing injuries must be a priority to prevent disease in the twenty-first century. Pediatr Res. 2020 01; 87(2):282-292. View Abstract
  16. Pediatric spinal cord injury without radiographic abnormality in the era of advanced imaging. Curr Opin Pediatr. 2017 Jun; 29(3):286-290. View Abstract
  17. Community Poverty and Child Abuse Fatalities in the United States. Pediatrics. 2017 May; 139(5). View Abstract
  18. Firearm Laws and Firearm Homicides: A Systematic Review. JAMA Intern Med. 2017 01 01; 177(1):106-119. View Abstract
  19. Abdominal Lymphatic Malformation Presenting as Acute Abdominal Pain: A Common Pediatric Complaint, but an Unusual Diagnosis. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2016 May; 32(5):315-7. View Abstract
  20. Restraint use in motor vehicle crash fatalities in children 0 year to 9 years old. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2015 Sep; 79(3 Suppl 1):S55-60. View Abstract
  21. Patient perspectives of an integrated program of medical care and substance use treatment. AIDS Patient Care STDS. 2014 Feb; 28(2):71-81. View Abstract
  22. Symptoms and time to medical care in children with accidental extremity fractures. Pediatrics. 2012 Jan; 129(1):e128-33. View Abstract

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