Fran Balamuth, MD, PhD

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
34th and Civic Center Blvd
Philadelphia, PA
USA 19104
balamuthf@email.chop.edu

Biographical Sketch:
2008-present Fellow, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Balamuth F, Zhao H, Mollen C: Toward improving the diagnosis and the treatment of adolescent pelvic inflammatory disease in emergency departments: results of a brief, educational intervention. Pediatric Emergency Care 26(2): 85-92, Feb 2010. During my fellowship, I have maintained an interest in adolescent health and specifically in pelvic inflammatory disease (PID). I have published an article (listed above) about ED physicians' adherence to CDC treatment guidelines in treating PID, and am currently conducting research looking at novel biomarkers in adolescent girls wtih PID.