Sujit Iyer, MD
National Director of Pediatric Services
Medical School: Baylor College of Medicine
Residency: Texas Children’s Hospital
Clinical Topics: EMS, Pediatrics
Sujit Iyer, MD, is the National Director of Pediatric Services at USACS. He received his medical degree from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, where he also completed a pediatrics residency and chief resident year at Texas Children’s Hospital. He subsequently completed a pediatric emergency medicine fellowship at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. He is a professor of pediatrics at UT Austin Dell Medical School and serves as the pediatric EM fellowship director.
Dr. Iyer’s clinical interests and accomplishments include reducing unnecessary variation in emergency care in the tertiary and community settings, curriculum development, quality improvement projects focused on emergency department operations, and improving pediatric readiness in community hospitals. He is a frequent regional and national lecturer on designing effective improvement projects, pediatric emergency medicine management in the community and urgent care setting, and the value of investment in pediatric champions to improve pediatric readiness and safety. As the National Director of Pediatric Services, he has led several large scale quality improvement and education projects. He has developed an outpatient app to assure safe prescribing of common antibiotics and has led the efforts to have >50% of all USACS hospital-based emergency departments score in the top quartile for pediatric readiness.
Dr. Iyer’s favorite professional role is working with pediatric emergency medicine fellows. He appreciates how pediatric emergency medicine fellows bring new perspectives, skills, and enthusiasm to the great field of pediatric emergency medicine. Watching former fellows develop into faculty and pediatric EM experts is extremely rewarding.
- Implement a structured approach to the infant presenting with potential congenital heart disease
- Recognize common complications of pediatric congenital heart disease that can present in the ED
- Implement a structured approach to pediatric ECG interpretation with a focus on pediatric differences in the ECG
- Analyze pediatric ECGs and discuss management of common pediatric dysrhythmias
- Implement a standard approach to the pediatric neuro exam and key points in pediatric neurologic history
- Implement best practices in management of febrile seizures, pediatric status epilepticus, and pediatric headache management
- Understand the presentation, incidence, and management of pediatric strokes
- Recognize the symptoms and implement best practices in the management of para-infectious pediatric neurologic diseases presenting to the ED
- Implement evidence-based screening tools for abusive pediatric head injury
- Review common pediatric cervical spine injuries and their presentations
- Implement evidence-based screening tools to guide imaging decisions and cervical spine clearance in children
- Understand the differences in pediatric extremity injury patterns and key aspects of management
- Implement a structured approach to interpret pediatric upper extremity imaging and develop a management plan
- Review the key differences in pediatric splinting and complications of the pediatric splint
- Implement best practices in management of common pediatric ENT emergencies presenting to the ED
- Review infrequent but serious complications of head and neck infections
- Review easy tips and common myths in management of common pediatric ENT emergencies
- Review prevalence of pediatric thorax injuries and common complications seen in the ED
- Implement a structured approach to imaging decisions in the child with thoracic injury
- Review the evidence on the highest risk pediatric conditions and presentations
- Implement an evidence-based approach to the history and management of high risk pediatric conditions
- Implement a risk stratification technique to the assessment of the child with abdominal pain
- Review high risk aspects of the management of pediatric orthopedic injuries
- Appraise the evidence on the presentation of pediatric sepsis and tips to finding the “needle” in the haystack
- Analyze the evidence on reduced pediatric mortality in ED settings with higher pediatric readiness score
- Implement a road map and resources for improving pediatric readiness in any community ED
- Discuss government supported resources available to all community EDs
- Demonstrate the impact and role of a pediatric champion (PECC)
- Review differential diagnosis and red flag conditions for children with respiratory distress
- Implement an evidence-based approach to best practices in pediatric asthma, bronchiolitis, and croup management
- Review the setup and implementation of a pediatric high flow nasal cannula protocol for bronchiolitis
- Demonstrate easy changes to reduce barriers in management of pediatric respiratory illnesses in the community ED setting
- Review a variety of pediatric emergency conditions through their visual presentations
- Address common mimics and concerns for pediatric rashes
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