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

Association Between Neighborhood Opportunity, School Demographics, and Presence of a School Nurse in Los Angeles County Public Schools: A Cross-Sectional Study. Public Health Nurs. 2026 May-Jun; 43(3):575-584.. View in PubMed
Using phase-contrast MRI to assist in assessment of shunt function following postoperative intraventricular hemorrhage: illustrative case. J Neurosurg Case Lessons. 2026 Feb 16; 11(7).. View in PubMed
The Benefit of the Doubt Phenomenon in Emergency Triage Assignment Disparities. medRxiv. 2026 Feb 14.. View in PubMed
Pediatric Emergency Department Visits for Opioid Overdose in the United States. Hosp Pediatr. 2026 Feb 01; 16(2):143-150.. View in PubMed
Perceived Race and Ethnicity on CT Use in Children With Minor Head or Abdominal Trauma. Pediatrics. 2026 Feb 01; 157(2).. View in PubMed
Weather-Related Exposures and Emergency Department Visits for Pediatric Sickle Cell Complications. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2026 May 01; 42(5):367-374.. View in PubMed
Primary caregiver employment status is associated with traumatic brain injury in children in the USA. Inj Prev. 2026 01 20; 32(1):98-104.. View in PubMed
Deciphering the influence of demographic factors on the treatment of pediatric patients in the emergency department. Pac Symp Biocomput. 2026; 31:551-565.. View in PubMed
Real-World Rapid Brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging Utilization in the Pediatric Emergency Setting: A 10-Year Cross-Sectional Study. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2026 Apr 01; 42(4):265-271.. View in PubMed
Pain Management in Children With Suspected Appendicitis in the Pediatric Emergency Department. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2026 Apr 01; 42(4):272-278.. View in PubMed