Associate Professor of Pediatrics; Associate Director, Clinical Affairs for Emergency Services at St. Louis Children's Hospital

• Emergency Medicine
• Patient Oriented Research

Dr. Hodge is a graduate of Occidental College and earned his medical degree from the University of California at San Francisco. He completed his residency in pediatrics and a fellowship in pediatric emergency medicine at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Dr. Hodge is board certified in pediatrics, emergency medicine, and subboard certified in pediatric emergency medicine. He has served on the Executive Committee for the Section of Emergency Medicine and the Committee on Pediatric Emergency Medicine for the American Academy of Pediatrics, as well as serving on multiple university and hospital committees. Dr. Hodge has published on multiple aspects of pediatric emergency medicine. His current interests are involved with asthma management, management guidelines, and disaster and office preparedness. He presented "Is Your Office Prepared for Emergencies?" at the Seventh Annual Clinical Advances in Pediatric Medicine, Division of Emergency Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, in April, 2000.

Selected Publications

1. Zambrana RE, Ell K, Dorrington C, Wachsman L, Hodge D III: The relationship between psychosocial status of immigrant latino mothers and use of emergency pediatric services. Health Soc Work 1994; 19:93-102.

2. Seidel J, Tittle S, Hodge D III, et al: Committee on Pediatric Equipment and Supplies for Emergency Departments National Emergency Medical Services for Children Resource Alliance: Guidelines for Pediatric Equipment and Supplies for Emergency Departments. Ann Emerg Med 1998; 31:54-57.

3. Smith SR, Hodge D III, Baty JD: The Pulmonary Score: An Asthma Severity Measure for Children in the ED. Acad Emerg Med Poster presentation at the 1998 Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., May 1998; 5:027A.

4. Hodge D III: Managed Care and the Pediatric Emergency Department. Pediatr Clin North Am 1999; 46:1328-1340.

5. Hodge D III, Tecklenburg F (Eds. Fleisher G, Ludwig S): Bites and stings. in Textbook of Pediatric Emergency Medicine 4th Ed., 2000; Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, pp 979-998.