Brett L. McAninch, MD, FAAP

  • Associate Professor of Pediatrics

Brett McAninch received her MD from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. She completed her pediatric residency training at the University of Vermont/Vermont Children's Hospital and her Pediatric Emergency Medicine fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh/UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh. Her areas of interest include medical training and the use of high fidelity simulation as well as diversity, inclusion and health equity in medicine.

Professional and Scientific Society Memberships

  • American Medical Association, 1999-2003
  • American Academy of Pediatrics, 2003-Present
    • Section on Emergency Medicine, 2006-Present
  • Society for Simulation in Healthcare, 2009-2014
  • Association of Pediatric Program Directors, 2012-Present
  • Pride Health (LGBTQIA Affinity Group), UPMC and University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences, 2012-Present
  • Pitt Queer Professionals, 2017-Present
  • American College of Emergency Physicians, 2019-Present
    • American Association of Women Emergency Physicians Section, 2019-Present
    • Diversity, Inclusion and Health Equity Section, 2019-Present
    • Pediatric Emergency Medicine Section, 2019-Present
    • Section on LGBT Health & Wellness, 2019-Present
    • Section on Minority Health, Equity and Inclusion, 2019-Present

Education & Training

  • BS, Molecular Biology, University of Pittsburgh, 1999
  • MD, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 2003
  • Residency in Pediatrics, Vermont Children's Hospital, 2003-2006
  • Fellowship in Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, 2006-2009

Selected Publications

Chang TP, Kessler D, McAninch B, Fein DM, Scherzer DJ, Seelbach E, Zaveri P, Jackson JM, Auerbach M, Mehta R, Van Ittersum W, Pusic MV; International Simulation in Pediatric Innovation, Research, and Education (INSPIRE) Network. Script concordance testing: assessing residents' clinical decision-making skills for infant lumbar punctures. Acad Med. 2014 Jan;89(1):128-35. PubMed PMID: 24280838

Bromberg JR, Spirito A, Chun T, Mello MJ, Casper TC, Ahmad FA, Bajaj L, Brown KM, Chernick LS, Cohen DM, Fein J, Horeczko T, Levas MN, McAninch B, Monuteaux M, Mull CC, Grupp-Phelan J, Powell EC, Rogers A, Shenoi RP, Suffoletto B, Vance C, Linakis JG, Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network. Methodology and Demographics of a Brief Adolescent Alcohol Screen Validation Study. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2017 Jul 3 [epub ahead of print]. PubMed PMID: 29112110

Chime NO, Pusic MV, Auerbach M, Mehta R, Scherzer DJ, Van Ittersum W, McAninch B, Fein DM, Seelbach E, Zaveri P, Jackson JM, Kessler D, Chang TP; INSPIRE Network. Script Concordance Testing to Determine Infant Lumbar Puncture Practice Variation. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2018 Feb;34(2):84-92. PubMed PMID: 27668921

Auerbach MA, White ML, Bhargava S, Zaveri P, Seelbach EB, Burns RA, Mehta R, McAninch B, Fein D, Chang TP, Kessler DO. Are Graduating Pediatric Residents Prepared to Perform Infant Lumbar Punctures?: A Multi-Institutional Descriptive Study. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2018 Feb;34(2):116-120. PubMed PMID: 27741067

Spirito A, Bromberg JR, Casper TC, Chun T, Mello MJ, Mull CC Shenoi RP, Vance C, Ahmad F, Bajaj L, Brown KM, Chernick LS, Coen DM, Fein J, Horeczko T, Levas MN, McAninch B, Monuteaux MC, Grupp-Phelan J, Powell EC, Rogers A, SUffoletto B, Linakis JG; Pediatric Emergency Care Research Network (PECARN). Screening for Adolescent Alcohol Use in the Emergency Department: What Does It Tell Us About Cannabis, Tobacco, and Other Drug Use: Subst Use Misuse. 2019;54(6):1007-1016. Epub 2019 Feb 6. PubMed PMID 30727811

Linakis JG, Bromberg JR, Casper TC, Chun TH, Mello MJ, Richards R, Mull CC, Shenoi RP, Vance C, Ahmad F, Bajaj L, Brown KM, Chernick LS, Cohen DM, Fein J, Horeczko T, Levas MN, McAninch B, Monuteaux MC, Grupp-Phelan J, Powell EC, Rogers A, Suffoletto B, Dean JM, Spirito A; Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network. Predictive Validity of a 2-Question Alcohol Screen at 1-, 2-, and 3-Year Follow-up. Pediatrics. 2019 Mar;143(3). Epub 2019 Feb 19. PubMed PMID: 30783022

Chun TH, Chernick LS, Ahmad FA, Ranney ML, Shenoi RP, Casper TC, Fein JA, Grupp-Phelan J, McAninch B, Powell EC, Bromberg JR, Linakis JG, Spirito A; Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network. Adolescent Substance Abuse Risk: A Comparison of Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network Emergency Department Patients and 2 Nationally Representative Samples. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2019 Mar 19 [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID 30893225

Chernick LS, Chun T, Richard R, Brombeg JR, Mhmad F, McAninch B, Mull C, Shenoi R, Suffoletto B, Casper C, Linakis J, Spirito A; Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN). Sex without contraceptives in a multi-center study of adolescent emergency department patients. Acad Emerg Med. 2019 Oct 9. [Epub ahead of print]. PubMed PMID: 31596987

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