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Elizabeth K. Hewett, MD
- Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
- Medical Director of Emergency Department Emergency Preparedness, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
Elizabeth Hewett Brumberg, MD, FAAP, is the Medical Director of ED Emergency Preparedness and a faculty physician in the Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. She is a member of the AAP Council on Children in Disasters and serves as the Vice Chair of the First Aid Sub Council within the American Red Cross Scientific Advisory Council.
Professional and Scientific Society Memberships
- Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, 2011
- Gold Humanism Honor Society, 2011
Education & Training
- BA, Biology, Williams College, 2006
- MD, Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School, 2011
- Residency in Pediatrics, Boston Combined Residency Program, 2012-2014
- Fellowship in Pediatrics Emergency Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, 2014-2017
Selected Publications
Wilder, JA, Hewett, EK, & Gansner, ME. 2009. Molecular evolution of GYPC: evidence for recent structural innovation and positive selection in humans. Mol Biol Evol, 26(2), 2679-87.
Guinan, EC, Hewett, EK, Domaney, N, & Margossian, R. 2011. Outcome of hematopoietic stem cell transplant in children with congenital heart disease. Pediatric Transplantation, 15(1), 75-80.
Hewett, EK, Nagler, JN, Monuteaux, MC, Morin, M, Devine, M, Carestia, M, & Chung, S. 2017. A brief structured educational curriculum improves pediatric emergency department staff’s HAZMAT response skills. AEM Education and Training, 26(2), 40-47.
Paydar-Darian, N, Goldman, MP, Michelson, KA, Button, KC, Hewett, EK, Macnow, TE, Miller, AF, Musisca, MA, Hudgins, JD, & Eisenberg, MA. (2019). Improving Efficiency and Communication around Sedated Fracture Reductions in a Pediatric Emergency Department: A Quality Improvement Initiative. Pediatric Quality & Safety, 4(1), e135.
Dean, P, Geis, G, Hoehn, EF, Lautz, AJ, Edmunds, K, Shah, A, Zhang, Y, Frey, M, Boyd, S, Nagler, N, Miller, KA, Neubrand, TL, Cabrera, N, Kopp, TM, Wadih, E, Kannikeswaran, N, VanDeWall, A, Hewett Brumberg, EK, Donoghue, A, Palladino, L, O’Connell, KJ, Mazzawi, M, Chi Fung Tam, D, Murray, M, & Kerrey, B. 2023. High-risk criteria for the physiologically difficult paediatric airway: A multicenter, observational study to generate validity evidence.
Academic and Research Interests
- Emergency Preparedness
- First Aid