My research interests have been broad, with an overall focus on diagnosis and/or severity assessment of common or important conditions encountered in my clinical practice of Pediatric Emergency Medicine.
Since completing my MS in Statistics in 2011, I've pursued interests in evidence synthesis, diagnostic and pediction models, decision science and applied Bayesian methods.
Early projects focused on application of non-invasive bedside measures of respiratory physiology (pulsus paradoxus, end-tidal CO2, oxygen saturation) to aid severity assessment of children with asthma and croup, recognition of respiratory depression during procedural sedation and recognition and monitoring of respiratory compensation in diabetic ketoacidosis.
I’m a strong advocate for multicenter collaborative research, and have been fortunate to collaborate with colleagues in my field on studies that have influenced clinical practice.
I'm a proponent of reproducible research using open source tools.
| Leviter, Julie, Steele, Dale W., Constantine, Erika, Linakis, James G., Amanullah, Siraj. "Full Stomach" Despite the Wait: Point-of-care Gastric Ultrasound at the Time of Procedural Sedation in the Pediatric Emergency Department." Academic Emergency Medicine, vol. 26, no. 7, 2019, pp. 752-760. |
| Bertsimas D, Dunn J, Steele DW, Trikalinos TA, Wang Y. "Comparison of Machine Learning Optimal Classification Trees With the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network Head Trauma Decision Rules." JAMA Pediatrics, 2019. |
| Jamal A, Finkelstein Y, Kuppermann N, Freedman SB, Florin TA, Babl FE, Dalziel SR, Zemek R, Plint AC, Steele DW, Schnadower D, Johnson DW, Stephens D, Kharbanda A, Roland D, Lyttle MD, Macias CG, Fernandes RM, Benito J, Schuh S, Pediatric Emergency Research Networks. "Pharmacotherapy in bronchiolitis at discharge from emergency departments within the Pediatric Emergency Research Networks: a retrospective analysis." The Lancet. Child & adolescent health, 2019. |
| Freire G, Kuppermann N, Zemek R, Plint AC, Babl FE, Dalziel SR, Freedman SB, Atenafu EG, Stephens D, Steele DW, Fernandes RM, Florin TA, Kharbanda A, Lyttle MD, Johnson DW, Schnadower D, Macias CG, Benito J, Schuh S, Pediatric Emergency Research Networks (PERN). "Predicting Escalated Care in Infants With Bronchiolitis." Pediatrics, vol. 142, no. 3, 2018. |
| Leviter J, Steele DW, Zonfrillo MR. "Comparing Dopamine and Epinephrine in Pediatric Fluid Refractory Hypotensive Septic Shock." Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies, vol. 18, no. 4, 2017, pp. 400. |
| Steele DW, Adam GP, Di M, Halladay CH, Balk EM, Trikalinos TA. "Effectiveness of Tympanostomy Tubes for Otitis Media: A Meta-analysis." Pediatrics, vol. 139, no. 6, 2017, pp. e20170125. |
| Schuh S, Babl FE, Dalziel SR, Freedman SB, Macias CG, Stephens D, Steele DW, Fernandes RM, Zemek R, Plint AC, Florin TA, Lyttle MD, Johnson DW, Gouin S, Schnadower D, Klassen TP, Bajaj L, Benito J, Kharbanda A, Kuppermann N, Pediatric Emergency Research Networks (PERN). "Practice Variation in Acute Bronchiolitis: A Pediatric Emergency Research Networks Study." Pediatrics, 2017. |
| Steele DW, Adam GP, Di M, Halladay CW, Balk EM, Trikalinos TA. "Prevention and Treatment of Tympanostomy Tube Otorrhea: A Meta-analysis." Pediatrics, vol. 139, no. 6, 2017, pp. e20170667. |
| Steele D, Adam GP, Di M, Halladay C, Pan I, Coppersmith N, Balk EM, Trikalinos TA. "Tympanostomy Tubes in Children With Otitis Media." 2017. |
| Steele, M.D., M.S., Dale, Adam, M.L.I.S., Gaelen P., Di, M.D., Ph.D., Mengyang. "Tympanostomy Tubes in Children with Otitis Media." Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 185. (Prepared by the Brown Evidence-based Practice Center under Contract No. 290-2015-00002-I.) AHRQ Publication No. 17-EHC003-EF. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; May 2017., 2017. |
| Dahabreh IJ, Adam GP, Halladay CW, Steele DW, Daiello LA, Wieland LS, Zgodic A, Smith BT, Herliczek TW, Shah N, Trikalinos TA. "Diagnosis of Right Lower Quadrant Pain and Suspected Acute Appendicitis." 2015. |
| Amanullah, Siraj, Linakis, James, Vivier, Patrick, Clarke-Pearson, Emily, Steele, Dale. "Differences in Presentation and Management of Pediatric Facial Lacerations by Type of Health Insurance." Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, vol. 16, no. 4, 2015, pp. 527-534. |
| Dahabreh IJ, Steele DW, Shah N, Trikalinos TA. "Oral Mechanical Bowel Preparation for Colorectal Surgery." Diseases of the Colon & Rectum, vol. 58, no. 7, 2015, pp. 698-707. |
| Riese A, Mello MJ, Baird J, Steele DW, Ranney ML. "Prompting Discussions of Youth Violence Using Electronic Previsit Questionnaires in Primary Care: A Cluster Randomized Trial." Academic Pediatrics, vol. 15, no. 3, 2015, pp. 345-52. |
| Zajano EA, Brown LL, Steele DW, Baird J, Overly FL, Duffy SJ. "Development of a survey of teamwork and task load among medical providers: a measure of provider perceptions of teamwork when caring for critical pediatric patients." Pediatric Emergency Care , vol. 30, no. 3, 2014, pp. 157-60. |
| Amanullah S, Heneghan JA, Steele DW, Mello MJ, Linakis JG. "Emergency department visits resulting from intentional injury in and out of school." Pediatrics, vol. 133, no. 2, 2014, pp. 254-61. |
| Constantine E, Tsze DS, Machan JT, Eberson CP, Linakis JG, Steele DW. "Evaluating the hematoma block as an adjunct to procedural sedation for closed reduction of distal forearm fractures." Pediatric Emergency Care , vol. 30, no. 7, 2014, pp. 474-8. |
| Dahabreh IJ, Steele DW, Shah N, Trikalinos TA. Oral Mechanical Bowel Preparation for Colorectal Surgery. 2014. |
| Canares, Therese L., Chang, Brian L., Steele, Dale W. "Rash and Fever in a 7-Week-Old Infant." Annals of Emergency Medicine, vol. 64, no. 5, 2014, pp. 445-525. |
| Tsze DS, Steele DW, Machan JT, Akhlaghi F, Linakis JG. "Intranasal ketamine for procedural sedation in pediatric laceration repair: a preliminary report." Pediatric Emergency Care , vol. 28, no. 8, 2012, pp. 767-70. |
| Nigrovic LE, Kuppermann N, Malley R, Bacterial Meningitis Study Group of the Pediatric Emergency Medicine Collaborative Research Committee of the American Academy of Pediatrics. "Children with bacterial meningitis presenting to the emergency department during the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine era." Academic Emergency Medicine, vol. 15, no. 6, 2008, pp. 522-8. |
| Nigrovic LE, Malley R, Macias CG, Kanegaye JT, Moro-Sutherland DM, Schremmer RD, Schwab SH, Agrawal D, Mansour KM, Bennett JE, Katsogridakis YL, Mohseni MM, Bulloch B, Steele DW, Kaplan RL, Herman MI, Bandyopadhyay S, Dayan P, Truong UT, Wang VJ, Bonsu BK, Chapman JL, Kuppermann N, American Academy of Pediatrics, Pediatric Emergency Medicine Collaborative Research Committee. "Effect of antibiotic pretreatment on cerebrospinal fluid profiles of children with bacterial meningitis." Pediatrics, vol. 122, no. 4, 2008, pp. 726-30. |
| Nigrovic LE, Kuppermann N, Macias CG, Cannavino CR, Moro-Sutherland DM, Schremmer RD, Schwab SH, Agrawal D, Mansour KM, Bennett JE, Katsogridakis YL, Mohseni MM, Bulloch B, Steele DW, Kaplan RL, Herman MI, Bandyopadhyay S, Dayan P, Truong UT, Wang VJ, Bonsu BK, Chapman JL, Kanegaye JT, Malley R, Pediatric Emergency Medicine Collaborative Research Committee of the American Academy of Pediatrics. "Clinical prediction rule for identifying children with cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis at very low risk of bacterial meningitis." JAMA, vol. 297, no. 1, 2007, pp. 52-60. |
| Constantine E, Steele DW, Eberson C, Boutis K, Amanullah S, Linakis JG. "The use of local anesthetic techniques for closed forearm fracture reduction in children: a survey of academic pediatric emergency departments." Pediatric Emergency Care , vol. 23, no. 4, 2007, pp. 209-11. |
| Mansell AL, Walders N, Wamboldt MZ, Carter R, Steele DW, Devin JA, Monica TH, Miller AL, Wamboldt FS. "Effect of body mass index on response to methacholine bronchial provocation in healthy and asthmatic adolescents." Pediatric pulmonology, vol. 41, no. 5, 2006, pp. 434-40. |
| Connors JM, Macias CG, Steele DW. "The fellowship of the future." Pediatric Emergency Care , vol. 20, no. 4, 2004, pp. 244-9. |
| Fearon DM, Steele DW. "End-tidal carbon dioxide predicts the presence and severity of acidosis in children with diabetes." Academic Emergency Medicine, vol. 9, no. 12, 2002, pp. 1373-8. |
| Jay GD, Onuma K, Davis R, Chen MH, Mansell A, Steele D. "Analysis of physician ability in the measurement of pulsus paradoxus by sphygmomanometry." Chest, vol. 118, no. 2, 2000, pp. 348-52. |
| McQuillen KK, Steele DW. "Capnography during sedation/analgesia in the pediatric emergency department." Pediatric Emergency Care , vol. 16, no. 6, 2000, pp. 401-4. |
| Steele DW, Santucci KA, Wright RO, Natarajan R, McQuillen KK, Jay GD. "Pulsus paradoxus: an objective measure of severity in croup." Am J Respir Crit Care Med, vol. 157, no. 1, 1998, pp. 331-4. |
| Wright RO, Santucci KA, Jay GD, Steele DW. "Evaluation of pre- and posttreatment pulse oximetry in acute childhood asthma." Academic Emergency Medicine, vol. 4, no. 2, 1997, pp. 114-7. |
| Savitt DL, Steele DW. "Implementation of a hypertext-based curriculum for emergency medicine on the World Wide Web." Academic Emergency Medicine, vol. 4, no. 12, 1997, pp. 1159-62. |
| Wright RO, Steele DW, Santucci KA, Natarajan R, Jay GD. "Continuous, noninvasive measurement of pulsus paradoxus in patients with acute asthma." Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, vol. 150, no. 9, 1996, pp. 914-8. |
| Steele DW, Wright RO, Lee CM, Jay GD. "Continuous noninvasive determination of pulsus paradoxus: a pilot study." Academic Emergency Medicine, vol. 2, no. 10, 1995, pp. 894-900. |
| Simon HK, Steele DW. "Varicella: pediatric genital/rectal vesicular lesions of unclear origin." Annals of Emergency Medicine, vol. 25, no. 1, 1995, pp. 111-4. |
| Simon HK, Steele DW, Lewander WJ, Linakis JG. "Are pediatric emergency medicine training programs meeting their goals and objectives? A self-assessment of individuals completing fellowship training in 1993." Pediatric Emergency Care , vol. 10, no. 4, 1994, pp. 208-12. |
| Steel D, Bovill EG, Golden E, Tindle BH. "Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia. A family study." American Journal of Clinical Pathology, vol. 90, no. 3, 1988, pp. 274-8. |
| Year | Degree | Institution |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | MS | University of Rhode Island |
| 1986 | MD | University of Vermont |
| 1981 | BA | University of Vermont |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Amanullah, Siraj | Professor of Emergency Medicine, Professor of Pediatrics, Professor of Health Services, Policy and Practice |
| Balk, Ethan | Professor of Health Services, Policy and Practice (Research) |
| Constantine, Erika | Professor of Pediatrics, Clinician Educator, Professor of Emergency Medicine, Clinician Educator |
| Dahabreh, Issa | Adjunct Associate Professor of Epidemiology |
| Iskandar, Rowan | Adjunct Assistant Professor of Health Services, Policy and Practice |
| Linakis, James | Professor Emeritus of Emergency Medicine |
| Trikalinos, Thomas | Professor of Health Services, Policy and Practice, Director of the Center for Evidence Synthesis in Health |
Research Associate, Center for Evidence Synthesis in Health, School of Public Health
http://www.brown.edu/academics/medical/about/departments/emergency-medicine/
http://www.brown.edu/academics/medical/about/departments/pediatrics/
| Fellowship Director, Pediatric Emergency Medicine. Hasbro Children's Hospital & Brown University, 2002-2013 |
| Attending Physician, Pediatric Emergency Medicine. Hasbro Children's Hospital, 1992-Present |
