Eleanor Sharp, MD, MS

Eleanor Sharp, MD, MS is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in the Paul C. Gaffney Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine and the Associate Program Director for the Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellowship at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. She graduated from fellowship in Pediatric Hospital Medicine at UPMC and completed her Master of Science in Medical Education from the University of Pittsburgh Institute for Clinical Research Education. She serves as one of the PHM Conference Social Media Co-Chairs and is on the AAP SOHM Executive Committee as the Liaison to the Section on Pediatric Trainees.

Sharp's current areas of research include improving transitions of care for critically ill children, characterizing readmissions to the pediatric intensive care unit, improving resident and fellow autonomy in the inpatient setting, and describing resident and fellow experiences with pregnancy, childcare, and parenting during medical training. She is passionate about gender equity in academic medicine and using medical education scholarship to empower clinician-educators.

Fellow Biographical Details

Hometown

Atlanta, Georgia

College or Medical School

University of Georgia and University of Virginia

Residency

UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh

Current Scholarly Projects

• STUDY20110403: Prevalence of Medication Dosing Errors in Critically Ill Pediatric Patients
• STUDY21020074: Parent-In-Training: Residents and Fellow Experience from Pregnancy to Parenthood
• STUDY20040076: Pediatric Trainee and Faculty Roles during COVID-19
• STUDY20110216: Unplanned Readmission to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit: Prevalence and Associations
• STUDY21030018: Transitions of Care from Pediatric to Adult Healthcare at UPMC
• Project 3089: Critical Care De-Escalation- A Novel Curriculum for Pediatric Residents
• Project 3056: Improving appropriate billing codes for inpatient discharges
• Project 2708: Introduction of a cardiology nighttime curriculum to the pediatric residency program

Scholarly Mentors

• Catherine S. Forster, MD, MS, FAAP
• Dana Y. Fuhrman, DO, MS
• Traci M. Kazmerski, MD, MS
• Erika Friehling, MD

Professional and Scientific Society Memberships

• American Academy of Pediatrics, 2016-Present
  • ​Section of Hospital Medicine, 2019-Present
  • Section on Pediatric Trainees, 2019-Present
• American Medical Association, 2014-Present