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Emergency Medicine Research

Research Overview

Sarah Cavallaro's area of academic interest focuses on the emergency care children receive in a general emergency department. This involves education and educational research for general emergency medicine teams. It also includes research into the care children receive when they are in a general emergency department.

Research Background

Sarah Cavallaro is a dual boarded in both General Emergency Medicine and Pediatric Emergency Medicine. She did her Emergency Medicine training at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and then went onto Pediatric Emergency Medicine fellowship at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia before coming to Boston Children's Hospital.

Education

Graduate School

Johns Hopkins University
2007 Baltimore MD

Medical School

University of Connecticut School of Medicine
2011 Farmington CT

Internship

University of Pennsylvania Health System
2012 Philadelphia PA

Residency

University of Pennsylvania Health System
2015 Philadelphia PA

Graduate School

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
2018 Philadelphhia PA

Publications

  1. Emergency department management of measles, mumps, rubella, and varicella in pediatric patients. Pediatr Emerg Med Pract. 2025 Nov; 22(11):1-24. View Abstract
  2. A Statement of Support for Focused Pediatric Emergency Medicine Training in Emergency Medicine Residency. AEM Educ Train. 2025 Aug; 9(4):e70077. View Abstract
  3. Dendritic cell effector mechanisms and tumor immune microenvironment infiltration define TLR8 modulation and PD-1 blockade. Front Immunol. 2024; 15:1440530. View Abstract
  4. Paths to learning: How residents navigate transience in supervisory relationships in the emergency department. AEM Educ Train. 2024 Dec; 8(6):e11037. View Abstract
  5. Dendritic cell effector mechanisms and tumor immune microenvironment infiltration define TLR8 modulation and PD-1 blockade. bioRxiv. 2024 Sep 06. View Abstract
  6. Preprocedural Oxygenation and Procedural Oxygenation During Pediatric Procedural Sedation: Patterns of Use and Association With Interventions. Ann Emerg Med. 2024 Nov; 84(5):473-485. View Abstract
  7. Determination, categorization, and hierarchy of content for a pediatric emergency medicine curriculum designed for emergency medicine residents. AEM Educ Train. 2024 Apr; 8(2):e10978. View Abstract
  8. Alternative care sites and resident exposure in pediatric emergency medicine: Who, what, and where. AEM Educ Train. 2023 Aug; 7(4):e10903. View Abstract
  9. Critical Revisits Among Children After Emergency Department Discharge. Ann Emerg Med. 2023 11; 82(5):575-582. View Abstract
  10. Analyses of single extracellular vesicles from non-small lung cancer cells to reveal effects of epidermal growth factor receptor inhibitor treatments. Talanta. 2023 Jul 01; 259:124553. View Abstract
  11. Saves like these. AEM Educ Train. 2023 Apr; 7(2):e10858. View Abstract
  12. "At the Breaking Point" Meets Pediatric Patients. Ann Emerg Med. 2023 04; 81(4):518-519. View Abstract
  13. Updates in pediatric emergency medicine for 2022. Am J Emerg Med. 2023 06; 68:73-83. View Abstract
  14. Exploiting Electrostatic Interaction for Highly Sensitive Detection of Tumor-Derived Extracellular Vesicles by an Electrokinetic Sensor. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2021 Sep 15; 13(36):42513-42521. View Abstract
  15. Multiplexed electrokinetic sensor for detection and therapy monitoring of extracellular vesicles from liquid biopsies of non-small-cell lung cancer patients. Biosens Bioelectron. 2021 Dec 01; 193:113568. View Abstract
  16. Comparison and optimization of nanoscale extracellular vesicle imaging by scanning electron microscopy for accurate size-based profiling and morphological analysis. Nanoscale Adv. 2021 Jun 01; 3(11):3053-3063. View Abstract
  17. Use of Neuroimaging for Children With Seizure in General and Pediatric Emergency Departments. J Emerg Med. 2021 Apr; 60(4):478-484. View Abstract
  18. Label-Free Surface Protein Profiling of Extracellular Vesicles by an Electrokinetic Sensor. ACS Sens. 2019 05 24; 4(5):1399-1408. View Abstract

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