BrianLefchakMDMPH

Pediatric Emergency Medicine • Minneapolis, MN

Clinical Informatics

Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physician / Clinical Informatics Fellow

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Office
2525 Chicago Ave
Minneapolis, MN 55404
Phone+1 612-813-6843

Education & Training

Hennepin HealthcareFellowship, Clinical Informatics (Internal Medicine), 2024
HealthPartners Institute/Children's MinnesotaFellowship, Pediatric Emergency Medicine (Emergency Medicine), 2021 - 2024
New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus)Residency, Pediatrics, 2018 - 2021
Drexel University College of MedicineClass of 2018, MD
Drexel University Dornsife School of Public HealthMaster of Public Health, 2016 - 2017

Certifications & Licensure

MN State Medical License 2021 - 2025
American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics
Children's MinnesotaPediatric Emergency Medicine Point-of-Care Ultrasound
EpicPhysician Builder
EpicPhysician Builder: Analytics
EpicPhysician SmartUser

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Anna Karpas, MD Memorial PEM Fellow Research Award Children's Minnesota, 2024
Top 5 Research Poster, Section on Emergency Medicine American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference and Exhibition, 2022
Medical Humanities Scholar Drexel University College of Medicine, 2018
The Manuel Stamatakis Matching Gift Scholarship in Medicine Drexel University College of Medicine, 2015
Summa Cum Laude - Bachelor of Science Drexel University, 2013
"I'll Be There" Award Arthritis Foundation, Eastern Pennsylvania Chapter, 2011
Eagle Scout Paoli Troop 1, BSA, 2006
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

11 citations
Telemedicine Surge for Pediatric Patients in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic in New York City.
Ji Won Kim, Maria Lame, Leanna R Szalay, Brian Lefchak, Bille Johnsson
Telemedicine Journal and e-Health. 2021-01-11

Journal Articles

Ketorolac Dose Ceiling Effect for Pediatric Headache in the Emergency Department
Lefchak, B., Morgan, D., Finch, M., Madhok, M., Raschka, M., The Journal of Pediatric Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 10/14/2024
Piloting a Mobile Clinical Decision Support Application for Pediatric Clinical Guidelines
Lefchak, B., Bergmann, K.R., Lammers, S., Hester, G.Z., Clinical Pediatrics, 8/30/2023
Variation in Organizational Clinical Practice Guidelines for Croup
Bergmann, K.R., Lefchak, B., Nickel, A., Lammers, S., Watson, D., Hester, G.Z., Hospital Pediatrics, 8/7/2023
Impact of Clinical Guidelines on Hospital Utilization in Children With Croup
Lefchak, B., Nickel, A., Lammers, S., Watson, D., Hester, G.Z., Bergmann, K.R., Hospital Pediatrics, 8/7/2023
Assessing Usability and Ambulatory Clinical Staff Satisfaction with Two Electronic Health Records
Lefchak, B., Bostwick, S., Rossetti, S., Shen, K., Ancker, J., Cato, K., Abramson, E.L., Thomas, C., Gerber, L., Moy, A., Sharma, M., Elias, J., Applied Clinical Informatics, 6/28/2023
Families With Young Children Are Missing Regular Check-ups. Who is at Highest Risk?
Lefchak, B., McPeak, K., Children's Hospital of Philadelphia PolicyLab, 1/11/2023
Analysis of COVID-19–Related Croup and SARS-CoV-2 Variant Predominance in the US
Lefchak, B., Nickel, A., Lammers, S., Watson, D., Hester, G.Z., Bergmann, K.R., JAMA Network Open, 7/1/2022
Characterization of Social Risk Factors Among Newborns Seen at an Urban Pediatric Primary Care Predictive of Appointment Nonattendance During the First 6 Months of Life
Lefchak, B., Cushwa, A., Kersten, H., Courts, K., McPeak, K., Health Equity, 1/20/2022
Telemedicine Surge for Pediatric Patients in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic in New York City
Kim, J.W., Lame, M., Szalay, L., Lefchak, B., Johnsson, B., Gogia, K., Clark, S., Kessler, D., Platt, S., Telemedicine and e-Health, 1/11/2021
In COVID We Mistrust
Lefchak, B., in-House, 7/9/2020
Perspectives from the Bike: A Look at an Ecuadorian Hospital
Lefchak, B., in-Training, 1/23/2015
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Press Mentions

Prevalence of COVID-19-Related Croup up During OmicronJuly 6th, 2022
Prevalence of COVID-19-Related Croup up During OmicronJuly 5th, 2022
Prevalence of COVID-19-Related Croup up During OmicronJuly 5th, 2022

Committees

Mentor, PrIMES Mentoring for Medical School Admission 2021 - 2021
Vice-Chair, NewYork-Presbyterian Weill Cornell Housestaff Quality Council 2019 - 2020

Research History

Analysis of COVID-19–Related Croup and SARS-CoV-2 Variant Predominance in the USPoster ranked in Top 5 for Section on Emergency Medicine and presented at American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference and Exhibition (2022)2022 - 2022
Characterization of Social Risk Factors Among Newborns Seen at an Urban Pediatric Primary Care Predictive of Appointment Nonattendance During the First 6 Months of LifePoster presentations at Academic Pediatrics Association Conference (2018), Pediatric Academic Societies Conference (2018), and American Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Expo (2018)2017 - 2018
Determining the role of Tip60 in neural cell self-renewal and differentiationPoster presented at Drexel University STAR Scholars Summer Showcase (2010)2010 - 2010