Marc H. Gorelick, MD

Emergency Medicine

Title(s): Jon E. Vice Chair in Emergency Medicine, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin; associate director, Children's Research Institute;  professor, Pediatrics (Emergency Medicine) and Population Health, chief, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin.

Education: Medical degree, Duke University, Durham, N.C., 1987; MSCE (Clinical Epidemiology), University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, 1996; residency, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, D.C., 1987-1991; fellowship, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 1991-1994.

Certification(s): Pediatrics, Pediatric Emergency Medicine.

Honors: Phi Beta Kappa, 1983; Alpha Omega Alpha. 1987; A.I. duPont Hospital for Children Faculty Teaching Award, 2000; Faculty Teaching Award in Pediatrics, Department of Emergency Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, 2003; Clinician's Clinician Award, Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin, 2003; Society for Pediatric Research, 2003.

Research interests: Quality and outcomes of emergency care, clinical prediction models, asthma, dehydration, urinary tract infection and emergency services utilization, environmental health.

Representative publications:

• Gorelick MH, Shaw KN, Murphy KO. Validity and Reliability of Clinical Signs in the Diagnosis of Dehydration in Children. Pediatrics 1997;99(5):e6.
• Gorelick MH, Shaw KN. Clinical Decision Rule to Identify Young Febrile Children at Risk for UTI. Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine 2000;154:386-390.
• Gorelick MH, Stevens MW, Schultz TR, Scribano PV. Performance of a Novel Clinical Score, the Pediatric Asthma Severity Score (PASS), in the Evaluation of Acute Asthma. Academy of Emergency Medicine 2004; 11:1018.
• Gorelick MH, Brousseau DC, Stevens MW. Validity and Responsiveness of a Brief Asthma-Specific Quality of Life Instrument in Children with Acute Asthma. Academy of Emergency Medicine 2004;11:10-18.
• Gorelick MN, Alpern ER, Alessandrini EA. A System for Grouping Presenting Complaints: the Pediatric Emergency Reason for Visit Clusters. Academy of Emergency Medicine 2005; 12:723-731.
• Gorelick MH, Meurer J, Walsh-Kelly C, Brousseau DC, Cohn J, Kuhn E. Grabowski L, Kelly K. Conrolled Trial of Two Emergency Department-Based Follow-up Interventions to Improve Asthma Outcomes in Children. Pediatrics 2006; 117:S127-S134.
• Gorelick MH, Alessandrini EA, Cronan K, Shults J. Revised Pediatric Emergency Assessment Tool [rePEAT]: A Severity Index for Pediatric Emergency Care. Academy of Emergency Medicine 2006.
• Redman R, Nenn C, Eastwood D, Gorelick MH. ED Visits for Diarrheal Illness Increased after Release of Undertreated Sewage. Pediatrics 2007; 120:e1472-1475.

Current grants:

• Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMSC) Network Development Demonstration Project, Maternal and Child Health Bureau (subcontract from UC Davis), principal investigator.
• Predicting Cervical Spine Injury in Children: A Multi-Center, Case-Control Analysis, Maternal and Child Health Bureau (sub contract from Washington University). Principal investigator.
• Occurrence of Acute Diarrheal Illness in Children Following Release of Undertreated and Partially Treated Sewage into Lake Michigan. Children's Research Institute. Principal investigator.
• Evaluation of a Modified Pulmonary Index (mPI) to Measure Severity of Acute Asthma in Pediatric Patients (Ages 6 to 14 years). Merck & Co., Inc. Principal investigator.
• Defining Quality Performance Measures for Pediatric Emergency Care, Maternal and Child Health Bureau (sub contract from University of Pennsylvania). Site principal investigator.

Contact information: Children's Corporate Center, Suite 550, PO Box 1997, Milwaukee, WI 53201-1997. Phone: (414) 266-2625. Fax: (414) 266-2635. E-mail: mgorelic@mcw.edu.