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

Non-invasive imaging-guided preclinical assessments reveal high performance photothermal effect of an Au-solid lipid nanomaterial. Nanoscale. 2025 Nov 27; 17(46):26658-26677.. View in PubMed
Asialoglycoprotein receptor-mediated delivery of copper to hepatic tumors exerted inhibitory effect on tumor growth and progression. Biometals. 2026 Apr; 39(2):631-650.. View in PubMed
Trends in Fentanyl Poisoning and Management in Children’s Hospitals. Hosp Pediatr. 2025 Nov 01; 15(11):e546-e549.. View in PubMed
Variations in Medical Clearance Testing for Mental Health Emergency Department Visits. Pediatrics. 2025 Oct 01; 156(4).. View in PubMed
Clinically Significant Neuroimaging Findings Among Pediatric Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department With Symptoms of Psychosis: A Multicenter Retrospective Study. Acad Emerg Med. 2026 01; 33(1):e70155.. View in PubMed
Phosphorylation Enhanced the anti-cancer Therapeutic Activity of Larix sibirica-derived Arabinogalactan in Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Cell Biochem Biophys. 2026 Mar; 84(1):581-598.. View in PubMed
Performance of the PECARN cervical spine injury prediction rule based on EMS clinician observations. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2025 12 01; 99(6):928-934.. View in PubMed
Pediatric Intravenous Fluid Use in the Emergency Department During Hurricane Helene. JAMA Pediatr. 2025 Aug 01; 179(8):919-922.. View in PubMed
Clinical Characteristics and Resource Utilization in Children Presenting to the Pediatric Emergency Department With Neck Swelling. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2025 Oct 01; 41(10):790-795.. View in PubMed
Interrater reliability between surgeons and pediatric emergency providers in the cervical spine assessment of injured children. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2025 12 01; 99(6):876-883.. View in PubMed