David Jaffe's Biography

Faculty Bio

David M. Jaffe, M.D.

Dana Brown Professor of Pediatrics
Medical Director, Emergency Services, St. Louis Children’s Hospital
Director, Division of Emergency Medicine

Emergency Medicine
Patient Oriented Research

Pediatric Emergency Medicine (PEM) is still a relatively new pediatric subspecialty, and I have been privileged to have been a part of its growth and development from the early days. For example, I was the first PEM fellow in the United States, participated in writing the first textbook and published an article in the first volume of Pediatric Emergency Care, the first PEM journal. I was a founding member of both multi-institutional research networks in PEM, the Pediatric Emergency Medicine Collaborative Research Consortium (PEMCRC), supported by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the federally funded Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN). I have taken leadership roles in a number of relevant professional societies, most notably the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Academic Pediatric Association and the American Board of Pediatrics. I also helped to establish and continue to direct the annual Pediatric Emergency Fellows’ Conference. Through all of these activities, it is my goal to advance the scholarship within the field of PEM, and ultimately to improve the health outcomes of children and their families in need of emergency care.

Research Interests

Fever in infants, bacteremia, and the microbiome (viral etiologies and understanding the viral milieu in this clinical paradigm)
Cervical spine and head injuries in children
Procedural sedation in emergency care

		Education
A.B., with distinction, Stanford University, 1968-1972 Graduate Training in Social Psychology, University of California-Los Angeles, 1972-1973 M.D., University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, 1974-1978

		Training
Resident in Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, 1978-1980 Ambulatory Fellow, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, 1980-1981 Robert Wood Johnson Fellow of General Academic Pediatrics and Fellow of Emergency Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, 1981-1983

		Licensure and Board Certification
State of Missouri Medical License, 1991 American Board of Pediatrics, 1982 American Board of Pediatrics Subspecialty Board Certification, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, 1992, 2000, 2008 American Board of Emergency Medicine, 1992, 2002

		Honors
SAEM Annual Meeting, Best Pediatric Emergency and Critical Care Presentation, 1995 Emergency Department Physician of the Year, Emergency Nurses Association, Greater St. Louis Chapter, 1998 Selected by peers for inclusion in Best Doctors in America®, 2003-2010 James Seidel Distinguished Service Award, American Academy of Pediatrics, Section of Emergency Medicine, 2006

		Selected Publications
Jaffe DM, Ludwig S, Zieserl EJ, Fleisher G: Fellowship Training in Pediatric Emergency Care: A Sample Curriculum. Pediatr Emerg Care 198:2:45-53. Jaffe DM, Binns H, Radkowski MA, Barthel M, Engelhard HH III: Developing a Clinical Algorithm for Early Management of Cervical Spine Injury in Child Trauma Victims. Ann of Emerg Med 1987;16:270-276. Jaffe DM, Tanz RR, Davis AT, Henretig FM, Fleisher G: Antibiotic Administration to Treat Possible Occult Bacteremia in Febrile Children. N Engl J Med 1987;317:1175-1180. Jaffe DM, Fleisher GR: Temperature and Total White Blood Cell Count as Indicators of Bacteremia. Pediatrics 1991;87:670-674. Jaffe DM, Wesson D: Emergency Management of Blunt Trauma in Children. N Engl J Med 1991;324:1477-1482. Fleisher GR, Rosenberg N, Vinci R, Steinberg J, Powell K, Christy C, Boenning DA, Overturf G, Jaffe D, Platt R: Intramuscular vs. Oral Antibiotic Therapy for the Prevention of Meningitis and Other Bacterial Sequelae in Young, Febrile Children at Risk for Occult Bacteremia. J Pediatr 1994;124:504-512. Kuppermann N, Fleisher GR, Jaffe DM: Predictors of Occult Pneumococcal Bacteremia in Young Febrile Children. Ann Emerg Med 1998;31:679-687. Kennedy RM, Porter FL, Miller JP, Comparison of Fentanyl/Midazolam with Ketamine/Midazolam for Pediatric Orthopaedic Emergencies. Pediatrics 1998;102:956-963. Seidel JS, Henderson D, Tittle S, Jaffe DM, Spaite D, Dean JM, Gausche M, Lewis RJ, Cooper A, Zaritsky A, Espisito T, Maederis D: Priorities for research in Emergency Medical Services for Children: Results of a consensus conference. Ann Emerg Med 1999; 33:206-210. Bennett JE, Sumner W II, Downs SM, Jaffe DM: Parents' utilities for outcomes of occult bacteremia. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 2000; 154:43-48. 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. Smith SR, Highstein GR, Jaffe DM, Fisher EB Jr, Strunk RC: Parental Impression of the Benefits (Pros) and Barriers (Cons) of Follow-up Care After an Acute ED Visit for Children with Asthma. Pediatrics 2002;110:323-330. Jaffe DM, Knapp JF, Jeffe DB: Outcomes Evaluation of the 2005 National Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellows’ Conference. Pediatr Emerg Care 2008;24(4):255-261. Jaffe DM, Knapp JF, Jeffe DB: Final Evaluation of the 2005-2007 National Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellows’ Conferences. Pediatr Emerg Care 2009;25(5):295-300. Muenzer JT, Jaffe DM, Schwulst SJ, Dixon DJ, Schierding WS, Li Q, MacMillan SK, Oppedal D, Warner BW, Dillon PA, Lin N, Checchia PA, Cobb JP: Evidence for a Novel Blood RNA Diagnostic for Pediatric Appendicitis: The Riboleukogram. Pediatr Emerg Care 2010;26(5):333-338.