Bridget A Hempel, MD

Academic Title

Associate Professor of Pediatrics

Biography/ Philosophy of Care

Recognition

Publications:

Moseley, KL, Church, A., Hempel, B., Yuan, H., Goald, SD, and Freed, GL, End-of- Life Choices for African American and White Infants in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: A Pilot Study. Journal of the National Medical Association. 2004 July; 96(7): 933-937

Hempel,B., Parsapour, K., and Church, A. The Diagnostic Challenge of Appendicitis in Infancy. Current Pediatric Reviews. 2006 November; 2(4):347-350

Hempel, B., Holzman, I. End-of-life Decision Making Regarding Infants of Artificial Reproductive Techniques and Spontaneous Conception. Journal of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine. 2008 April, 1(1); 31-35

Clinical Interests/Research

Clinical/Research Interests:

Clinical: Management of ELBW infants, effective and efficient management of patients in the NICU (including staff, ancillary services and pharmacy). Providing Ethics consultations as a member of the Ethics Committee.

Research: End-of-life decision making, Nursing QI projects