Pradip Chaudhari

Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics

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Overview

Director of Research and Scholarship, Division of Emergency & Transport Medicine, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA)

CHLA Site Lead Co-Investigator for Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN)

Co-Director, Trauma and Injury Prevention Research Program (TrIPs), CHLA

Awards

SC-CTSI: KL2 Mentored Career Development in Clinical and Translational Science (MCD-CTS) Award
University of Southern California: Dean’s Supplements for Early-Career Research Sustainability Award
National Institutes of Health: National Institutes of Health Loan Repayment Program Award
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles: Monthly Faculty Teaching Award
Society for Pediatric Research: Society for Pediatric Research
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles: Faculty Teaching Honor Roll
Boston Children’s Hospital: Faculty Teaching Honor Roll
Annals of Emergency Medicine: Senior Reviewer
Annals of Emergency Medicine: Top 50 Peer Reviewer
Pediatric Academic Societies: 2017 Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting Travel Research Award
Boston Children’s Hospital: Farley Fellowship Excellence Award
Pediatric Academic Societies: 2016 Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting Travel Research Award
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles: Victor E. Stork Pediatric Resident Excellence Award
Wake Forest University School of Medicine: Medical Student Excellence Award
Wake Forest University School of Medicine: Walter J. Bo, Ph.D. Academic Scholarship

Education and Training

Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC — B.A. — Psychology, Chemistry
Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC — M.D. — Medicine
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA — Pediatrics Residency
Boston Children’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA — Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship
Harvard University T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA — Clinical Effectiveness Research
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA — M.S. — Clinical Translational Research

Research Keywords

Traumatic Brain Injury
Pediatric Trauma
Diagnostic Testing
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Advanced Imaging

Publications

Factors Associated with Referrals After Substance Use Screening in Adolescent Trauma Patients. J Pediatr Surg. 2026 Sep 17; 163461.. View in PubMed
Common and costly conditions among children in United States Emergency Departments. Acad Pediatr. 2026 Sep 16; 103442.. View in PubMed
Trends in Emergency Department Visits for Children, 2016-2023. J Pediatr. 2026 Aug 19; 299:115286.. View in PubMed
Patient and Family Perspectives on Point-of-Care Low-Field Brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Children in the Emergency Department, Intensive Care Unit, and Hospital Setting. Pediatr Neurol. 2026 Oct; 183:201-206.. View in PubMed
Clinician characteristics associated with CT use in children with minor blunt head trauma at very low risk for clinically important traumatic brain injuries. Emerg Med J. 2026 Jul 10.. View in PubMed
Health Outcomes Following Traumatic Brain Injury: An Umbrella Review. Neuropsychol Rev. 2026 Jun 18.. View in PubMed
Institutional Variation in Cervical Spine Imaging among Children with Blunt Trauma: A Multicenter Prospective Observational Cohort Study. J Pediatr. 2026 Sep; 296:115189.. View in PubMed
Association between neighborhood opportunity and incidence of pediatric trauma. Injury. 2026 Aug; 57(8):113426.. View in PubMed
Comparison of Cervical Spine Injury Prediction Rule Across Ages. Pediatrics. 2026 Jun 01; 157(6).. View in PubMed
Guardian Presence in Research Conducted on Children With Blunt Abdominal Trauma in the Emergency Department. Acad Emerg Med. 2026 May; 33(5):e70308.. View in PubMed