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Eric Halstead, MD, Pediatrics, Hershey, PA, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

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Pediatrics Hershey, PA

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine

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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

  • No Requirement for Targeted Theophylline Levels for Diuretic Effect of Aminophylline in Critically Ill Children  
    Park, K., Trout, L. C., Xu, C., Wang, M., Tamburro, R. F. & Halstead, E. S., Pediatr Crit. Care Med., 1/1/2018
  • 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
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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
  • Serum PD-L1 and outcomes in CCTG MA.31 phase 3 trial of anti-HER2 therapy in first-line HER2+ metastatic breast cancer patients (trastuzumab arm only).
    Leitzel K, Ali SM, Shepherd LE, Parulekar WR, Zhu L, Virk S, Nomikos D, Aparicio S, Gelmon KA, Drabick JJ, Cream L, Halstead ES, Polimera HV, Maddukuri, Ali A, Patel U..., American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), Chicago, IL, 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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Hospital Affiliations