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Kirsten Bechtel, M.D., F.A.A.P.

Assistant Professor

Pediatric Specialty Emergency Medicine Email   kirsten.bechtel@yale.edu Phone   (203) 688-4936 Fax   (203) 688-4195 Office Address   Department of Pediatrics Yale School of Medicine P.O. Box 208064 New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8064   Download CV

Clinical Interests: Pediatric Emergency Medicine; Forensic Medicine

Research Interests: Head Injury in Children; Forensic Medicine

Board Certification

• American Board of Pediatrics, 1994; re-cert., 2002
• Sub-board, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, 1996; re-cert., 2002

Education

• M.D., University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ, 1987-91
• A.B., Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, 1982-86

Training

Resident
Pediatrics, St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, Philadelphia, PA, 1991-94

Fellow
Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 1994-96

Prior Academic Positions

Assistant Professor
Emergency Medicine, Allegheny University of the Health Sciences, Philadelphia, PA, 1996-98

Attending Physician
Pediatric Emergency Department, St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, Philadelphia, PA, 1996-98