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

Comparison of Vital Sign Cutoffs to Identify Children With Major Trauma. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 02 05; 7(2):e2356472.. View in PubMed
Trends and variation in cervical spine imaging utilization across children’s hospitals for pediatric trauma. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2024 09 01; 97(3):400-406.. View in PubMed
Seasonality and temporal variation of pediatric trauma in Southern California. Injury. 2024 Feb; 55(2):111266.. View in PubMed
Pediatric Firearm Injury Emergency Department Visits From 2017 to 2022: A Multicenter Study. Pediatrics. 2023 12 01; 152(6).. View in PubMed
Association Between Hospital Arrival Time and Avoidable Transfer in Pediatric Trauma. J Pediatr Surg. 2024 Feb; 59(2):310-315.. View in PubMed
Impact of SARS-CoV-2 Infection on the Association Between Laboratory Tests and Severe Outcomes Among Hospitalized Children. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2023 Oct; 10(10):ofad485.. View in PubMed
Critical Emergency Department Interventions and Clinical Deterioration in Children With Nonsevere Traumatic Intracranial Hemorrhage. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2024 Jun 01; 40(6):e68-e75.. View in PubMed
Firearm Injuries in Lower Opportunity Neighborhoods During the COVID Pandemic. Pediatrics. 2023 09 01; 152(3).. View in PubMed
Multicenter evaluation of a method to identify delayed diagnosis of diabetic ketoacidosis and sepsis in administrative data. Diagnosis (Berl). 2023 11 01; 10(4):383-389.. View in PubMed
Consider R Codes for Undiagnosed Serious Pediatric Behavior Problems-Reply. JAMA Pediatr. 2023 06 01; 177(6):647.. View in PubMed