Division of Emergency Medicine

The division has a well-established section in Express Care Medicine in which board-certified general pediatricians are available during the busiest times to treat patients with a wide range of minor problems, expediting their care, satisfaction, and significantly decreasing their time spent in the emergency department.

These specially trained general pediatricians also augment the division’s academic and educational pursuits and are intimately involved in all continuing medical education processes.

We offer a unique family experience hosted by Child Life Specialists, who are experts in providing comfort and education, while alleviating fears and anxieties, and are available in the emergency department 24 hours a day.

As pediatricians, the division is also committed to providing a comfort and pain free experience and to that end, we are dedicated to continually to improve our pain management service. Our moderate sedation service sets us apart from many emergency departments in our area.

Furthermore, our enhanced radiological experience utilizing fluoroscopy has enabled us to facilitate many procedures without the movement of patients or their admission to the operating room. Patients who do require admission following their treatment are hospitalized at Bristol-Myers Squibb Children’s Hospital.

• Point-of-care ultrasound services performed by pediatric emergency medicine specialists
• Coordination of emergency medical services for children
• Coordination of pediatric emergency preparedness for the hospital
• Sports medicine evaluation programs
• Telemedicine services to non-pediatric emergency departments

The division acts as the primary educational site for pediatric emergency medicine for students and trainees from various programs and institutions. Learners from Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Department of Pediatrics, the Department of General Emergency Medicine, the Department of Family Medicine, and physician assistant program are hosted to educational activities in our Pediatric Emergency Department, along with medical students and residents from other institutions.

We hold three meetings each month for prospective students:

• First Thursday of each month – Attendings Conference
• Third Thursday of each month – General Business Conference
• Fourth Thursday of each month – Literature Review

The division also offers an office preparedness course for pediatricians in Central Jersey. This is a course that incorporates mock code scenarios in physician offices to access and help in the preparation of significant critical care problems that could take place in an office setting. After the course, there is a feedback session in which equipment and physician knowledge is updated and referred to the practice.

• Leva, EG, Petrova, A, Fieramosca, B, “Adherence to Clinical Practice Guidelines in Evaluation of Simple Febrile Seizures in Emergency Departments” has been accepted to the SAEM Mid-Atlantic Regional Meeting on February 22, 2014 hosted at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, PA.
• Leva, EG, “Comparison of Clinical Management of Young Children With Simple Febrile Seizures in Association with Physicians’ Training” was accepted to the Pediatric Academic Societies and Asian Society for Pediatric Research Joint Meeting, Vancouver, BC, Canada, May 6, 2014 Abstract #755075
• Leva, EG, “Pediatricians’ Expectation Regarding Advance Training in Pediatric Emergency Medicine for Physicians Providing Care to Pediatric Patients in the Emergency Department”  was accepted to the Pediatric Academic Societies and Asian Society for Pediatric Research Joint Meeting, Vancouver, BC, Canada, May 5, 2014 Abstract #756162
• Leva, EG, “Comparison of Clinical Management of Young Children With Simple Febrile Seizures in Association with Physicians’ Training”   was accepted to the Eastern Society for Pediatric Research Meeting, Philadelphia, PA. March 23, 2104   Abstract #755075
• Ernest Leva, MD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics  “Adherence To Clinical Practice Guidelines In Evaluation Of Simple Febrile Seizures In The Emergency Department”  Department of Pediatrics, Research Day, June 11, 2013
• VanArsdale D, Leva E, Petrova A. General Pediatrician’s Expectations Regarding Advanced Training In Pediatric Emergency Medicine For Physicians Providing Care To Pediatric Patients In The Emergency Department.  Poster presentation Department of Pediatrics, Research Day, June 11, 2013
• VanArsdale D, Leva E, Petrova A. Parental Expectations Regarding Specialty Training In Pediatric Emergency Medicine For Physicians Practicing In A Pediatric Emergency Setting.  Poster presentation Department of Pediatrics, Research Day, June 11, 2013

• Miele NF, Patel NR, Grieco RD, Leva EG.  Direct Bedding, Bedside Registration and Patient Pooling to Improve Pediatric Emergency Department Length of Stay.  Academic Emergency Medicine. 2012:19:S119
• Christina Camacho MD, Ernest G. Leva, MD, FAAP, A Rare Presentation in a Not-So-Rare Disease Henoch-Schonlein Purpura Presenting with Repeated Seizures,  Pediatric Emergency Care 2014,30: 424-426