Marc H. Gorelick, MD

Titles
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.

Division
Emergency Medicine

Research interests
Health services

Study interests
Asthma, clinical prediction models, dehydration, emergency department utilization, environmental health, quality and outcomes of emergency care, urinary tract infection.

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.

Certifications
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.

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.

Grants

• Emergency Medical Services for Children 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 (subcontract 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 (subcontract from University of Pennsylvania), site principal investigator.

Contact
Chidlren's Hospital of Wisconsin
Suite 550
PO Box 1997
Milwaukee, WI 53201-1997
Phone: (414) 266-2625
Fax: (414) 266-2635
E-mail: mgorelic@mcw.edu