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

Tranexamic Acid Use for Posttonsillectomy Hemorrhage Across US Children’s Hospitals. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2026 Aug 01; 42(8):588-595.. View in PubMed
Emergency Department Observation and Computed Tomography Use in Children With Blunt Abdominal Trauma. Ann Emerg Med. 2026 Aug; 88(2):123-131.. View in PubMed
Point-of-care brain magnetic resonance imaging in children with head trauma (BRAINCHILD): Protocol for a prospective observational cohort study. PLoS One. 2026; 21(4):e0346502.. View in PubMed
Factors Associated With Substance Use Screening Among Injured Adolescents. J Surg Res. 2026 Jun; 322:44-51.. View in PubMed
Development of a neurologic deterioration risk score in pediatric mild traumatic brain injury and intracranial injuries. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2026 May 01; 100(5):795-803.. View in PubMed
Consensus-based criteria for actionable hemorrhage in pediatric trauma: A Delphi study. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2026 Sep 01; 101(3):415-422.. View in PubMed
Substance use screening and naloxone prescribing at discharge among injured adolescents. Am J Surg. 2026 Jun; 256:116910.. View in PubMed
Influenza Vaccination: Parental Attitudes in the Pediatric Emergency Department. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2026 Jun 01; 42(6):461-468.. View in PubMed
Preclinical efficacy and safety evaluation of a topical mesenchymal stem cell derived conditioned media gel for oral mucositis management. Sci Rep. 2026 Feb 24; 16(1).. View in PubMed
Noninvasive Measurement of Cerebrospinal Fluid Flow in Shunted Hydrocephalus: Protocol for Scanner Calibration and Multisite Data Collection. JMIR Res Protoc. 2026 02 20; 15:e85918.. View in PubMed