Assistant Professor of Pediatrics; Director of PEMRAP

• Emergency Medicine

Dr. Luhmann received her undergraduate education at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale where she graduated Magna Cum Laude with a B.A. degree in Physiology. She earned her medical degree from Loyola University-Stritch School of Medicine and completed her Residency in Pediatrics at St. Louis Children's Hospital in 1994. After her residency, she completed the Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship Program at Washington University School of Medicine. She became a full-time faculty member of the Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine at St. Louis Children's Hospital in 1996.

Dr. Luhmann's clinical and teaching duties include working as an attending physician in the Emergency Unit at St. Louis Children's Hospital where she serves as a preceptor for pediatric housestaff and medical students rotating through the unit. Dr. Luhmann is a member of the Ambulatory Pediatric Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics. Her research interests include sedation techniques and pain management in children in the Emergency Unit setting. Her clinical interests include pediatric emergency medicine, sedation techniques, pediatric pain management, foot trauma, and septic arthritis.

Education

• Physiology, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois, 1987
• Loyola University-Stritch School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, 1991

Training

• Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, 1996
• Pediatrics, St. Louis Children's Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri, 1994

Licensure and Board Certification

• American Board of Pediatrics

Selected Publications

1. Luhmann JD, Kennedy RM, Porter FL: A randomized clinical trial of continuous flow nitrous oxide and midazolam for sedation of young children during laceration repair. Ann Emerg med 2001; 37:20-27.

2. Luhmann JD, Kennedy RM, McAllister JD, Jaffe DM: Sedation for peritonsillar abscess drainage in the pediatric emergency department. Pediatr Emerg Care 2002; 18(1):1-3.

3. Kennedy RM, Luhmann JD: The "Ouchless ED" Getting Closer: Advances in Decreasing Distress During Painful Procedures in the Emergency Department. Pediatr Clin North Am 1999; 46:1215-1247.

4. Luhmann JD, Luhmann SJ: Etiology of septic arthritis: an update for the 1990's. Pediatr Emerg Care 1999; 15:40-42.

5. Luhmann JD, Kennedy RM, Jaffe DM, McAllister JD: Continuous flow delivery of nitrous oxide and oxygen: a safe and cost effective technique for inhalation analgesia and sedation of pediatric patients. Pediatr Emerg Care 1999; 15:388-392.

6. Liu KA, Luhmann JD: Spinal epidural abscess in preverbal children: a case report with Currarino Triad. Pediatrics 1999; 104:1139-1142.