Elizabeth Jacobs is the Program Director of the Pediatric Emergency Fellowship at Hasbro Childrens Hospital/Brown University. She is a graduate of Temple University School of Medicine. Dr. Jacobs completed her pediatric residency at Hasbro Childrens Hospital/Brown University and her pediatric emergency medicine fellowship at Chldren's National Medical Center. After 4 years at CNMC (where she served as fellowhsip director), she returned to Rhode Island, and was selected to serve as fellowship director in 2013.
Her interests include asynchrounous learning both within and outside a busy pediatric emergency department as well as just in time learning.
In 2022 she received an American Academy of Pediatrics CATCH Implementation grant develop HeartSAFE shools in Rhode Island. Utilizing toolkits developed by Project ADAM the goal is to help schools develop cardiac action plans in the event of a sudden cardiac arrest.
Mink R, Schwartz A, Carraccio C, High P, Dammann C, McGann KA, Kesselheim J, Herman B, Steering Committee of the Subspecialty Pediatrics Investigator Network. "Creating the Subspecialty Pediatrics Investigator Network." The Journal of Pediatrics, vol. 192, 2018, pp. 3-4.e2. |
Mink RB, Schwartz A, Herman BE, Turner DA, Curran ML, Myers A, Hsu DC, Kesselheim JC, Carraccio CL, Steering Committee of the Subspecialty Pediatrics Investigator Network (SPIN). "Validity of Level of Supervision Scales for Assessing Pediatric Fellows on the Common Pediatric Subspecialty Entrustable Professional Activities." Academic Medicine, vol. 93, no. 2, 2018, pp. 283-291. |
Tunik MG, Powell EC, Mahajan P, Schunk JE, Jacobs E, Miskin M, Zuspan SJ, Wootton-Gorges S, Atabaki SM, Hoyle JD Jr, Holmes JF Jr, Dayan PS, Kuppermann N, Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN). "Clinical Presentations and Outcomes of Children With Basilar Skull Fractures After Blunt Head Trauma." Annals of Emergency Medicine, vol. 68, no. 4, 2016, pp. 431-440.e1. |
Hsu D, Nypaver M, Fein DM, McAneney C, Santen S, Nagler J, Zuckerbraun N, Roskind CG, Reynolds S, Zaveri P, Stankovic C, House JB, Langhan M, Titus MO, Dahl-Grove D, Klasner AE, Ramirez J, Chang T, Jacobs E, Chapman J, Lumba-Brown A, Thompson T, Mittiga M, Eldridge C, Heffner V, Herman BE, Kennedy C, Madhok M, Kou M. "Essentials of PEM Fellowship Part 2: The Profession in Entrustable Professional Activities." Pediatric Emergency Care , vol. 32, no. 6, 2016, pp. 410-8. |
Wing, R., Amanullah, S., Jacobs, E., Clark, M. A., Merritt, C. "Heads Up: Communication Is Key in School Nurses Preparedness for Facilitating "Return to Learn" Following Concussion." Clinical Pediatrics, vol. 55, no. 3, 2015, pp. 228-35. |
Mackenzie, Bonnie, Vivier, Patrick, Reinert, Steven, Machan, Jason, Kelley, Caroline, Jacobs, Elizabeth. "Impact of a State Concussion Law on Pediatric Emergency Department Visits." Pediatric Emergency Care, vol. 31, no. 1, 2015, pp. 25-30. |
Mackenzie, Bonnie, Vivier, Patrick, Reinert, Steven, Machan, Jason, Kelley, Caroline, Jacobs, Elizabeth. "Impact of a state concussion law on pediatric emergency department visits." Pediatric Emergency Care , vol. 31, no. 1, 2015, pp. 25-30. |
Powell EC, Atabaki SM, Wootton-Gorges S, Wisner D, Mahajan P, Glass T, Miskin M, Stanley RM, Jacobs E, Dayan PS, Holmes JF, Kuppermann N. "Isolated linear skull fractures in children with blunt head trauma." Pediatrics, vol. 135, no. 4, 2015, pp. e851-7. |
Lee LK, Monroe D, Bachman MC, Glass TF, Mahajan PV, Cooper A, Stanley RM, Miskin M, Dayan PS, Holmes JF, Kuppermann N, Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Working Group of Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN). "Isolated loss of consciousness in children with minor blunt head trauma." JAMA Pediatrics, vol. 168, no. 9, 2014, pp. 837-43. |
Rogers AJ, Maher CO, Schunk JE, Quayle K, Jacobs E, Lichenstein R, Powell E, Miskin M, Dayan P, Holmes JF, Kuppermann N, Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network. "Incidental findings in children with blunt head trauma evaluated with cranial CT scans." Pediatrics, vol. 132, no. 2, 2013, pp. e356-63. |
Nigrovic LE, Lillis K, Atabaki SM, Dayan PS, Hoyle J, Tunik MG, Jacobs ES, Monroe D, Wootton-Gorges SW, Miskin M, Holmes JF, Kuppermann N, Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Working Group of the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN). "The prevalence of traumatic brain injuries after minor blunt head trauma in children with ventricular shunts." Annals of Emergency Medicine, vol. 61, no. 4, 2013, pp. 389-93. |
Mahajan P, Alpern ER, Grupp-Phelan J, Chamberlain J, Dong L, Holubkov R, Jacobs E, Stanley R, Tunik M, Sonnett M, Miller S, Foltin GL, Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN). "Epidemiology of psychiatric-related visits to emergency departments in a multicenter collaborative research pediatric network." Pediatric Emergency Care , vol. 25, no. 11, 2009, pp. 715-20. |
Kuppermann N, Holmes JF, Dayan PS, Hoyle JD Jr, Atabaki SM, Holubkov R, Nadel FM, Monroe D, Stanley RM, Borgialli DA, Badawy MK, Schunk JE, Quayle KS, Mahajan P, Lichenstein R, Lillis KA, Tunik MG, Jacobs ES, Callahan JM, Gorelick MH, Glass TF, Lee LK, Bachman MC, Cooper A, Powell EC, Gerardi MJ, Melville KA, Muizelaar JP, Wisner DH, Zuspan SJ, Dean JM, Wootton-Gorges SL, Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN). "Identification of children at very low risk of clinically-important brain injuries after head trauma: a prospective cohort study." The Lancet, vol. 374, no. 9696, 2009, pp. 1160-70. |
Grupp-Phelan J, Mahajan P, Foltin GL, Jacobs E, Tunik M, Sonnett M, Miller S, Dayan P, Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network. "Referral and resource use patterns for psychiatric-related visits to pediatric emergency departments." Pediatric Emergency Care , vol. 25, no. 4, 2009, pp. 217-20. |
Jacobs ES, Dickstein DP, Liebelt EL. "Novel psychotropic medications in children: new toxicities to master." Pediatric Emergency Care , vol. 17, no. 3, 2001, pp. 226-31. |
Medical Education and Asynchronous Learning
Faculty and Future Facluty Development
Curriculum Development
Assessment of Competency
Sports Related Concussions
Emergency Preparedness for Sudden Cardiac Arrests in Schools
2008 “Concussion Management in the Emergency Department: Translational Use of BioBehavioral Markers” Funded by University Emergency Medicine Foundation Junior Investigator Award, $40,000.
2012 “Vital Signs: A Quality Improvement Project to Improve Patient Outcomes and Reduce Return Visits in the Pediatric ED”. Risk Management Grant, Rhode Island Hospital, $18,000.
2022 "Creating HeartSAFE Schools in Rhode Island", American Academy of Pediatrics CATCH Implementation Grant, $10,000.
Year | Degree | Institution |
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1997 | MD | Temple University |
1992 | BA | Haverford College |
Brown University Dean's Excellence in Teaching Award 2011
UEMF Outstanding Contribution in Education Award 2016
Brown University Dean's Excellence in Teaching Award 2018
Name | Title |
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Allister, Lauren | Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Clinician Educator, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Clinician Educator |
Duffy, Susan | Professor of Pediatrics, Professor of Emergency Medicine |
Lombardi, Kristin | Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Clinician Educator |
Merritt, Christopher | Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine |
Zonfrillo, Mark | Professor of Pediatrics, Professor of Emergency Medicine |
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
https://www.brownpem.org
Fellowship Director, Pediatric Emergency Medicine. Hasbro Children's Hospital & Brown University, 2013-2025 |