Marlene D. Melzer-Lange, MD

Titles
Medical director, Emergency Department/Trauma Center, program director, Project Ujima, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin; professor, Pediatrics, The Medical College of Wisconsin.

Division
Emergency Medicine

Research interests
Behavioral health, Trauma, injury and violence.

Study interests
Adolescents in the emergency department, violence, prevention and intervention and epidemiology.

Education
Medical degree, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 1975; residency, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 1975-1978.

Certifications
Advanced Trauma Life Support instructor; Pediatric Advanced Life Support instructor.

Honors
Distinguished Service Award, Medical College of Wisconsin, 2010; Phi Beta Kappa, Marquette University.

Representative publications

  • Phelps LF, Davies WH, McCart MR, Klein-Tasman BP, Melzer-Lange MD, Heuermann W. Concerns and Coping of African American Mothers after Youth Assault Requiring Emergency Medical Treatment. Journal of Pediatric Psychology. 2006; 31:388-396.
  • McCart MR, Davies WH, Phelps LF, Heuermann W, Melzer-Lange MD.  Psychosocial Needs of African-American Youth Presenting to a Pediatric Emergency Department with Assault-related Injuries. Pediatric Emergency Care. 2006, 22:154-158. 
  • Lim HJ, Liu J, Melzer-Lange MD. Comparison of Methods for Analyzing Recurrent Events Data: Application to the Emergency Department Visits of Pediatric Firearm Victims. Accident Analysis and Prevention. 2007; 39:290-299.
  • Melzer-Lange MD, Thatcher CVD, Liu J, Zhu S. Urban Community Characteristics of Youth Assault Victims. Wisconsin Medical Journal. 2007; 106:394-398.
  • McCart M, Melzer-Lange M. Project Ujima: Providing Comprehensive Care to Youth Violence Victims. Trauma Psychology. 2007; 2:15-17.
  • Johnson N, Klingbeil C, Melzer-Lange MD, Humphreys C, Scanlon MC, Simpson P. Evaluation of an Intimate Partner Violence Curriculum in a Pediatric Hospital. Pediatrics. 2009; 123; 562-568.
  • Uherick L, Gorelick MH, Biechler R, Brixey SN, Melzer-Lange M. Validation of Two-child Passenger Safety Questionnaries. Inj Prev.  2010; 16:343-347.

Grants

  • Parklawn PEAS Coalition, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, principal investigator.
  • Health Care Can Change from Within: A Sustainable Model for Intimate Partner Violence, Healthier Wisconsin Foundation, co-investigator.
  • Safety Starts at Home, Healthier Wisconsin Foundation, co-investigator.
  • Staying Alive: A Violence Prevention Project, American Academy of Pediatrics, Section on Injury and Poison, principal investigator.
  • Milwaukee County Health Care Intimate Partner Violence Consortium, Healthier Wisconsin Foundation, co-investigator.
  • Healthy Youth: Strong and Connected, Healthier Wisconsin Foundation, principal investigator.

Contact
Children's Corporate Center
999 North 92nd Street, C550
Milwaukee, WI 53226
Phone: (414) 266-2647
Fax: (414) 266-2635
E-mail: mmelzer@mcw.edu

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