Education and Training

Medical School

MD - University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson, New Brunswick, NJ

Internship

Pediatrics - Yale- New Haven Children’s Hospital, New Haven, CT

Residency

Pediatrics - Yale- New Haven Children’s Hospital, New Haven, CT

Fellowship

Pediatric Emergency Medicine - The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

Board Certification

Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS)
Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
Pediatric Emergency Medicine – American Board of Pediatrics
Pediatrics – American Board of Pediatrics

Titles and Academic Titles

Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physician

Co-Director, Pediatric Emergency Medicine Education, CHOP at Virtua

Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Departments and Services

Selected Publications

Invited lectures

2023

Lecturer, Emergency Medicine Resident Conference, Rowan School of Osteopathic Medicine, Stratford, NJ (~30 attendees) Fever in the Young Infant: A Reexamination of Diagnosis & Management

2022

Lecturer, Emergency Medicine Resident Conference, Rowan School of Osteopathic Medicine, Stratford, NJ, Virtual conference (20 attendees) Visual Diagnosis

2021

Lecturer, Emergency Medicine Resident Conference, Rowan School of Osteopathic Medicine, Stratford, NJ, Virtual conference (36 attendees) Baby Blues: Tips on the Ill-Appearing Neonate

Presenter, American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians Annual Convention and Scientific Seminars, Virtual Conference (558 live attendees, ~2,700 attendees registered for conference)

Fever in the pediatric patient: An examination of diagnosis & management

2020

Lecturer, CHOP at Virtua Fall Symposium, Virtual Lecture (Postponed from Mar 2020 due to the national emergency related to COVID-19), Mount Laurel, NJ - Fever in the Young Infant: A Reexamination of Diagnosis & Management

Lecturer, Emergency Medicine Resident Conference, Rowan School of Osteopathic Medicine, Stratford, NJ (~25 attendees) Fever in the Young Infant: A Reexamination of Diagnosis & Management

2019

Pediatric Emergency Medicine in Historic Philadelphia CME Course Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA Procedure Workshop: Gastrostomy & Gastrojejunostomy Tubes

Lecturer, Emergency Medicine Resident Conference, Rowan School of Osteopathic Medicine, Stratford, NJ (~25 attendees) Visual Diagnosis

Lecturer, Emergency Medicine Resident Conference, Rowan School of Osteopathic Medicine, Stratford, NJ (~25 attendees)

2018

Lecturer, Emergency Medicine Resident Conference, Rowan School of Osteopathic Medicine, Stratford, NJ Pediatric Neurologic Emergencies

Pediatric Emergency Medicine in Historic Philadelphia CME Course     Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA Diagnostic Simulation: Cecal Volvulus

Lecturer, Emergency Medicine Resident Conference, Rowan School of Osteopathic Medicine, Stratford, NJ Interesting Cases

Publications

Books

Chapters

2020

Margaret Wolff, MD, MHPE, Aletha Y. Akers, MD, MPH, Payal K. Gala, MD. Gynecology Emergencies. In: Kathy N. Shaw, Richard G. Bachur, ed. Fleisher & Ludwig’s The Textbook of Pediatric Emergency Medicine: Eighth Edition. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2020.

Posters and Presentations

2023

Jessica Kelly, Payal Gala, Bobbie Hawkins, Richard Scarfone, Laura Sartori. Impact of a Revised Febrile Young Infant Guideline on Emergency Department Care. Poster presentation at the Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, April 2023.

2015

Payal K. Gala, MD, Ashlee L. Murray, MD, Aileen P. Schast, PhD, Christian Minich, BA, Ashley L. Woodford, BS, Katie Hayes, BS, Mary Kate Funari, MSN, RN, CPEN, Richard Scarfone, MD, Fran Balamuth, MD, PhD, MSCE. Implementation of a Clinical Pathway to Avoid Lumbar Puncture in Febrile Young Infants Aged 29-56 Days Meeting a Set of Low Risk Criteria. Poster Presentation at the American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference & Exhibition, Washington, DC, Oct 2015.

Awards and Honors

2022, SJ Mag's Top Docs in Emergency Medicine

2023, SJ Mag's Top Docs in Emergency Medicine

Editorial and Academic Positions

2016, Fellowship Program Evaluation Committee, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

2015, Pediatric Peer Review and Performance Improvement Committee, Virtua Hospital

2011, Febrile Infant Pathway Quality Improvement Committee, Division of Emergency Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

2010, Educational Improvement Committee, Division of Emergency Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia