M. Douglas Baker, MD | Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Bio Summary

Dr. Baker is an experienced clinician, clinical researcher and educator. As former Director of Pediatric Emergency Services at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center and at Yale-New Haven Children’s Hospital, and as former senior faculty member at Children’s hospital of Philadelphia and at Children’s Medical Center Dallas, Dr. Baker provided complex clinical care to a wide scope of patients, and led and participated in numerous clinical research efforts, many of which led to publications in high-value journals, and contributed to the evolution of the standard of clinical care. Dr. Baker is considered an international expert in the field of pediatric emergency medicine.

Education & Training

Undergraduate and Graduate Education
1970-1974 B.A. Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, PA

9/1974-6/1978 M.D. Temple University, School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA

Postgraduate Training

7/1978-6/1979 Intern in Pediatrics, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA

7/1979-6/1981 Resident in Pediatrics, Children's Hospital National Medical Center, Washington, D.C.

7/1981-6/1982 Chief Resident in Pediatrics, CHNMC, Washington, D.C.

7/1982-6/1983 Fellow, Newborn Critical Care Medicine, The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA

7/1983-6/1984 Fellow, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts

Honorary Degree

1999 Master of Arts, privatum, Yale University

Supplemental Education

1999 Yale Management Program for Physicians

2016 Johns Hopkins Leadership Development Program

Research Interests

My research interests lie within the realm of Pediatric Emergency Medicine. I am a recognized expert on the management of fever in infants and your children, having published landmark studies that have helped establish national standards of clinical care. My research interests also extend to injury prevention and administration of pediatric emergency services.

Publications

Husain A, Baker MD, Bisanzo MC, & Stevens MW: The mortality of ill infants with false tooth extraction in a rural Ugandan emergency department. Journal of Public Health in Africa, 8(1), 74-77. [582]. https://doi.org/10.4081/jphia.2017.582.

Pepper MP, Leva E, Trivedy P, Luckey J, Baker MD: Analysis of pediatric emergency department patient volume trends during the COVID-19 pandemic. Medicine, 2021, 100(27), e26583. 10.1097/MD.0000000000026583

Adeyemi O, Syed S, Atrii V, Mukherjee R, Piplani C, Baker N, Cheng Y, Teichman AL, Englert Z, Thenappan A, Leva E, Baker MD, Kewalramani D, Narayan M, Choron RL. Protocolized pain assessment and management in pediatric trauma patients in the trauma resuscitation area. Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, 2026, accepted for publication.