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Jennifer R. Marin, MD, MSc

  • Professor of Pediatrics, Emergency Medicine, and Radiology
  • Medical Director, Point-of-Care Ultrasound, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
  • Emergency Medical Imaging Director, Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Jennifer Marin, MD, MBA, MSc is a Professor of Pediatrics, Emergency Medicine, and Radiology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in the Division of Emergency Medicine. Dr. Marin earned her Bachelor of Science degree from the Emory University and completed medical school at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.

She completed a residency in pediatrics at Northwestern University and a fellowship in pediatric emergency medicine at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Under the auspices of an NIH training grant, Dr. Marin underwent an additional year of research training and clinical training in point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS). She earned her Master's of Clinical Epidemiology at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine and a Master's of Business Administration at the University of Pittsburgh Katz School of Business.

In 2010, she was recruited to the UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh and served as the inaugural POCUS director. In 2015 she went on to develop a hospital-wide POCUS program, overseeing more than 15 divisions using POCUS. Dr. Marin's research has focused widely on optimizing emergency diagnostic imaging, including studying utilization patterns and reducing low-value care. She has authored more than 100 peer-reviewed articles, many of which have garnered local and national media attention and was the lead author on two policy statements from national organizations including the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American College of Emergency Physicians.

Education & Training

  • BS, Biology and Music, magna cum laude, Emory University, 1997
  • MD, University of Miami School of Medicine, 2001
  • MSc, Clinical Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, 2010
  • Residency in Pediatrics, Children’s Memorial Hospital (Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago), 2001-2004
  • Clinical Fellowship in Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, 2006-2008
  • Research Fellowship in Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, 2008-2010

Selected Publications

Li J, Ramgopal S, Marin JR. Racial and ethnic differences in low-value pediatric emergency care. Acad Emerg Med 2022;29(6):698-709.

Gold D, Levine M, Hsu D, Way DP, Shefrin AE, Lam SHF, Lewiss R, Marin JR. Design of a point-of-care ultrasound curriculum for pediatric emergency medicine fellow: A Delphi study. Acad Emerg Med Educ Train 2021;5:e10700.

Cramer N, Cantwell L, Ong H, Sivasankar SM, Graff D, Lawson S, Wilson P, Noorbakhsh K, Mickley M, Zukerbraun NS, Sobolewski B, Soung J, Azhdam DB, Neville DN, Hincapie MR, Marin JR. Pediatric emergency medicine fellowship POCUS training in 2020. Acad Emerg Med Educ Train 2021;5:e10643.

Marin JR, Hollander MAG, Ray KN, Donohue JM, Cole ES. Low-value diagnostic imaging in children with Medicaid. J Pediatr 2021;235:253-263.

Marin JR, Rodean J, Mannix RC, Hall M, Alpern ER, Aronson PL, Chaudhari PP, Cohen E, Freedman SB, Morse RB, Peltz A, Samuels-Kalow M, Shah SS, Simon HK, Neuman I. Association of clinical guidelines and decision support with CT use in pediatric mild traumatic brain injury. J Pediatr 2021;235:178-183.

Marin JR, Rodean JR, Hall M, Alpern ER, Aronson PL, Chaudhari PP, Cohen E, Freedman SB, Morse RB, Peltz A, Samuels-Kalow M, Shah SS, Simon HK, Neuman MI. Racial and ethnic differences in emergency department diagnostic imaging at U.S. children’s hospitals. JAMA Network Open 2021;4(1):e2033710.

Marin JR, Rodean JR, Hall M, Alpern ER, Aronson PL, Chaudhari PP, Cohen E, Freedman SB, Morse RB, Peltz A, Samuels-Kalow M, Shah SS, Simon HK, Neuman MI. Pediatric emergency department advanced imaging 2009-2018. JAMA Pediatr 2020;174(9):e202209.

Ramgopal S, Karim S, Subramanian S, Furtado A, Marin JR. Rapid brain MRI protocols reduce head CT use in the pediatric emergency department. BMC Pediatr 2020;20(1):14.

Strauss KJ, Somasundaram E, Sengupta D, Marin JR, Brady SL. Radiation Dose for Pediatric CT: Comparison of Pediatric Versus Adult Imaging Facilities. Radiology 2019;291:158-167.

Marin JR, Thomas KE, Mills AM, Broder JS, Boutis K. Practices and Attitudes Towards Radiation Risk Disclosure for Computed Tomography: Survey of Emergency Medicine Residency Program Directors. Emerg Radiol 2017;24:479-486.

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Academic and Research Interests

  • Imaging
  • Point-of-care ultrasound
  • Low-value Care