Kimberly S. Quayle, M.D. [ contact information ]
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics;
Medical Director Transport Services
Dr. Quayle received her undergraduate education at University of
Missouri-Columbia where she graduated Summa Cum Laude with an A.B.
degree in Biology. She attended Washington University School of
Medicine where she received her M.D. degree in 1988 . Dr. Quayle
completed her training in Pediatrics at St. Louis Children's
Hospital in 1991, and then served as Chief Resident for an
additional year. Following her residency, she completed a
fellowship in Pediatric Emergency Medicine. From 1994-1998, Dr.
Quayle was an Instructor in the Department of Pediatrics at
Washington University. She is board certified in Pediatrics and subspecialty
board certified in Pediatric Emergency Medicine.
Dr. Quayle's clinical and teaching duties entail 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. She serves as a
member of the Committee on Admissions for the Medical School. Dr.
Quayle's research interests include minor head injury, injury
prevention, and transport medicine. An ongoing project is the
development of an ecological analysis and geographic mapping of
Missouri children with burn injuries.
Selected Publications
Quayle KS:
Minor head injury in the pediatric patient.
Pediatr Clin North Am
1999;
46:1189-1199.
Quayle KS, Jaffe DM, Kuppermann N, et al.:
Diagnostic testing for acute head injury in children:
When are head CT and skull radiographs indicated?
Pediatrics
1997;
99(5).
Quayle KS, Wick NA, Gnauck KA, Schootman M, Jaffe DM:
Description of Missouri children who suffer burn injuries.
Inj Prev
2000;
6(4):255-258.
Quayle KS, Jaffe DM, Fuchs S
(Eds. Tintinalli JE, Kelen GD, Stapczynski JS):
Otitis and pharyngitis in children.
in
Study Guide 2000 - Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide
5th Ed.,
2000;
McGraw-Hill, New York, pp 786-94.
Glaser N, Barnett P, McCaslin I, Nelson D, Trainor J,
Louie J, Kaufman F, Quayle KS, Roback M, Malley R,
Kupperman N:
Risk factors for cerebral edema in
children with diabetic ketoacidosis.
N Engl J Med
2001;
344(4):264-269.
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