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Erin B Owen

Erin B Owen, MD

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Highlights

Age Groups Seen

  • Pediatrics

Languages

  • English

Gender

Female

About Erin B Owen

Academic Title

Professor of Pediatrics

Biography/ Philosophy of Care

Dr. Erin Owen joined the Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine in 2011 after completing all of her post-doctoral training at the University of Louisville. In addition to her ICU responsibilities, Erin’s clinical interests primarily focus of Patient Safety and Quality Improvement. Owen is the Patient Safety and Outcomes Director for the PICU. She leads multiple hospital committees aimed at improving patient outcomes including hospital-acquired pressure injuries reduction, septic shock recognition, and she helped to create a hospital-wide initiative called SHERLOCK (Systematic Harm Evaluation Review and Learning to Optimize Care for Kids). Owen also participates in Quality Improvement efforts at a national level through the Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators and Solutions for Patient Safety – a collaborative organization of more then 100 Children’s Hospitals.



Dr. Owen became and Associate Program Director for the Pediatric Residency Program in 2017. In this role, she serves as the Chair of the Pediatric Residency Clinical Competency Committee at the University of Louisville and as the Director of the Resident Patient Safety and Quality Improvement curriculum.

Recognition

Publications:

Huang M, Owen E, Myers S, Raj Ashok. Cardiopulmonary Failure Requiring ECMO Bypass Resulting from Leukemia Cell Lysis in a Patient with Childhood Acute Myelomonocytic Leukemia. Case Reports in Hematology; 2015, Article ID 640528

Graf D, Owen E, Bendon R, Salvator B, Raj A. Distinctive acellular lipid emboli in hemoglobin SC disease following bone marrow infarction with Parvovirus infection. Case Reports in Hematology; 2015, Article ID 328065

Owen EB, Woods, CR, O’Flynn JA, Boone MC, Calhoun AC, Montgomery VM. A Bedside Decision Tree for Use of Saline with Endotracheal Tube Suctioning. Critical Care Nurse. 2016; 36(1).

Parker M, Nuthall G, Brown C et al for the National Emergency Airway Registry for Children Investigators and Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators Network. Relationship between Adverse Tracheal Intubation Associated Events and Pediatric ICU Outcomes. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. 2017; 18(4); 310-318. Site Co-Author.

Owen E, Calhoun A, McDonald M. Reversibility of Severe Cerebral MRI Changes Associated With Ethylene Glycol Toxicity: A Case Report. Journal of Pediatric Intensive Care. 2017; 6(3): 214-220.

Kojima T, Laverriere E, Owen, E et al for the National Emergency Airway Registry for Children Investigators and Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators Network. Clinical Impact of External Laryngeal Manipulation During Laryngoscopy on Tracheal Intubation Success in Critically Ill Children. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. 2017 (Online Clinical Investigation).

Langhan M, Emerson B et al for the National Emergency Airway Registry for Children Investigators and Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators Network. End-Tidal Carbon Dioxide Use for tracheal Intubation: Analysis from the National Emergency Airway Registry for Children (NEAR4KIDS) Registry. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. 2017 (Online Clinical Investigation). Site Co-Author.

Clinical Interests/Research

Clinical: Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Initiatives; Early Sepsis Recognition and Management; Pressure Injury Prevention; Graduate Medical Education

Research: Safe intubation practices via collaborative efforts with NEAR4KIDS, Device-related pressure injury reduction, Clinical Competency and Assessment in Medical Education

Expertise

Education

  • Fellowship: University of Louisville School of Medicine, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, 2011
  • Residency: University of Louisville School of Medicine, Pediatrics, 2007
  • Medical Education: Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine, Doctor of Medicine, 2004

Board Certifications

  • Pediatric Critical Care Medicine: American Board of Pediatrics, 2012
  • Pediatrics: American Board of Pediatrics, 2007

Insurance

Search plans
  • Aetna
  • Aetna Better Health
  • Aetna Medicare Advantage
  • Ambetter from MHS
  • Ambetter from WellCare of Kentucky
  • Anthem
  • Anthem Indiana Medicaid
  • Anthem MediBlue HMO/PPO
  • Anthem Pathway
  • Anthem Pathway Transition
  • CareSource Indiana Medicaid
  • CareSource Marketplace Kentucky and Indiana
  • Cigna
  • CorVel
  • Coventry
  • Encore
  • Essence
  • First Health Group Corp. (First Health)
  • HealthSmart
  • Hosparus
  • Humana Medicaid
  • Humana Medicare
  • Indiana Health Network
  • Indiana Medicaid
  • Indiana Medicare
  • Kentucky Medicaid
  • Kentucky Medicare
  • MDwise
  • MHS
  • Molina Healthcare
  • MultiPlan
  • Passport Health Plan Kentucky MCO
  • Passport Marketplace
  • Provider Net/OMCA
  • Sagamore
  • Signature Advantage
  • SIHO
  • TRICARE Humana Military
  • United Healthcare
  • United Healthcare Community Plan Indiana and Kentucky
  • United Healthcare Medicare Advantage
  • UofL Health – Frazier Rehabilitation Institute
  • Veterans Affairs (VA)
  • WellCare
  • WellCare Medicare
  • WellCare of Kentucky Medicaid (Kentucky MCO)
  • Wellpath
  • Workers’ Compensation