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Eric Halstead, MD, Pediatrics, Hershey, PA

EricScottHalsteadMDPhD

Pediatrics Hershey, PA

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine

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  • Office

    500 University Dr
    Hershey, PA 17033
    Phone+1 800-243-1455

Education & Training

  • UPMC Medical Education
    UPMC Medical EducationFellowship, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, 2008 - 2011
  • Tower Health/St. Christopher's Hospital for Children
    Tower Health/St. Christopher's Hospital for ChildrenResidency, Pediatrics, 2005 - 2008
  • Drexel University College of Medicine
    Drexel University College of MedicineClass of 2004
  • Drexel University
    Drexel UniversityPh.D., Microbiology & Immunology, 1999 - 2003
  • Drexel University College of Medicine
    Drexel University College of MedicinePh.D., 2002
  • Lafayette College
    Lafayette CollegeB.S., Chemistry, 1996

Certifications & Licensure

  • PA State Medical License
    PA State Medical License 2005 - 2024
  • American Board of Pediatrics Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Dean's List - Extraordinary Patient Satisfaction Child HCAHPS (Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems) Inpatient, 2016
  • Best Basic Science Abstract Pediatric Critical Care Colloquium, 2013
  • The Elsie Mae Tercha Emergency Medicine Award 2008

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Racial and Ethnic Disparities and Bias in the Evaluation and Reporting of Abusive Head Trauma  
    Hymel, K. P., et al, J. Pediatr., 1/1/2018
  • Differential effects of innate immune variants of surfactant protein-A1 (SFTPA1) and SP-A2 (SFTPA2) in airway function after Klebsiella pneumoniae infection and sex di...  
    Thorenoor, N., Zhang, X., Umstead, T. M., Halstead, E. S., Phelps, D. S. & Floros, J., Respir. Res., 1/1/2018
  • GM-CSF overexpression after influenza a virus infection prevents mortality and moderates M1-like airway monocyte/macrophage polarization  
    Halstead, E. S., Umstead, T. M., Davies, M. L., Kawasawa, Y. I., Silveyra, P., Howyrlak, J., Yang, L., Guo, W., Hu, S., Hewage, E. K. & Chroneos, Z. C., Respir. Res., 1/1/2018
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Books/Book Chapters

Abstracts/Posters

  • The Use of Bronchoalveolar Lavage Chemokines for Prediction of Persistent Pediatric Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (PARDS).
    Mathewson MM, McKeone D, Spear D, Umstead TM, Halstead ES, Eastern Society of Pediatric Research (ESPR), Philadelphia, PA, 1/17/2018
  • The Use of Bronchoalveolar Lavage Chemokines for Prediction of Persistent Pediatric Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (PARDS).
    Mathewson MM, McKeone D, Spear D, Umstead TM, Halstead ES, Pediatric Academic Society (PAS), Toronto, 1/6/2018
  • Continous Low-dose Heparin Infusion for Catheter-related Thrombosos Prophylaxis in Critically Ill Children.
    Bujold K, Halstead ES, Xavier F, American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology (ASPHO), Pittsburgh, PA, 1/2/2018
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Lectures

  • "Novel Diagnostics and Therapeutics of Respiratory Viral Pneumonia" 
    1/1/2018
  • "Transplant Immunology" 
    1/1/2018
  • "Plasma Therapies in the PICU" 
    1/1/2018
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