Division
Emergency Medicine

Research interests
Clinical effectiveness and outcomes, genetic diseases/genomics, pain management/palliative care, trauma, injury and violence.

Education
Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, College of Osteopathic Medicine, 1993; internship, St. Joseph Community Hospital, Mishawauka, Indiana, 1998; pediatric residency, Rush Children's Hospital, Chicago, 2001; chief Pediatric resident, Rush Children's Hospital, Chicago, 2002; Master of Science, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 2005; fellowship, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 2005.

Certifications
Diplomate American Board of Pediatrics, 2001; Advanced Trauma Life Support, 2010; Pediatric Advanced Life Support, 2011; Pediatric Advanced Life Support Instructor, 2011.

Honors
Emergency Medicine Faculty Teaching Award, 2004, 2005; Outstanding Clinical Faculty Award: Emergency Medicine, 2009; Best Fellow Emergency Medicine Research Award, 12th Annual Emergency Medicine Research Forum, Medical College of Wisconsin, 2004, Best Emergency Medicine Research Award: 16th Annual Emergency Medicine Research Forum, Medical College of Wisconsin, 2008, Best Pediatric Research Award: 19th Annual Emergency Medicine Research Forum, Medical College of Wisconsin.

Representative publications

• Drendel AL, Lyon R, Bergholte J and Kim M. Outpatient Pediatric Pain Management Practices for Fractures. Pediatric Emergency Care. 2006; 22(2):94-99.
• Drendel AL, Brousseau DC, Gorelick MH. Pain Assessment for Pediatric Patients in the Emergency Department. Pediatrics. 2006; 117(5):1511-1518.
• Walsh-Kelly M, Drendel AL, Gales MS and Kelly KJ. Childhood Asthma in the Emergency Department: Trends, Challenges and Opportunities. Current Allergy and Asthma Reports. 2006, 6(6):462-467.
• Brousseau DC, McCarver DG, Drendel AL, Divakaran K, Panepinto JA. The Effect of CYP2D6 Polymorphisms on the Response to Pain Treatment for Pediatric Sickle Cell Pain Crisis. Journal of Pediatrics. 2007; 150(6):623-626.
• Drendel AL. Pharmacogenomics of Analgesic Agents. Clinical Pediatric Emergency Emergency Medicine. 2007; 8(4):262-267.
• Drendel AL, Gorelick MH, Weisman SJ, Lyon R, Brousseau DC, Kim MK. A Randomized Clinical Trial of Ibuprofen Versus Acetaminophen with Codeine for Acute Pediatric Arm Fracture Pain. Annals of Emergency Medicine. 2009; 54(4):553-60. PMID:19692147.

Grants

• NIH Loan Repayment Program, National Institutes of Health, principal investigator.
• Pharmacokinetic Disposition of Ibuprofen in Children, Children's Research Institute, principal investigator.
• Ibuprofen vs. Acetaminophen with Codein in Acute Pediatric Arm Fractures, Children's Hospital Foundation, principal investigator.
• Using Genomics to Address Drug Safety in Children with Traum atic Injury: An Innovative Approach to a Common Problem, Canadian Institute of Health Research, co-investigator.

Contact

Children's Hospital of Wisconsin
PO Box 1997
Suite C550
Milwaukee, WI 53201-1997
Phone: (414) 266-6672
Fax: (414) 266-2635
E-mail: adrendel@mcw.edu

Investigator in areas of:

• Clinical effectiveness and outcomes
• Genomics