Mercedes M. Blackstone, MD

Appointments and Referrals: 1-800-TRY-CHOP (1-800-879-2467)
MD - New York University School of Medicine, New York NY
Pediatrics - The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Pediatrics - The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Pediatric Emergency Medicine - The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Pediatric Emergency Medicine – American Board of PediatricsPediatrics – American Board of Pediatrics
Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics Certificate - University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Pediatric Advanced Life Support Instructor
Advanced Trauma Life Support
Base Station Command Physician
Advanced Cardiac Life Support
Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physician
Associate Medical Director of Operations, Division of Emergency Medicine
Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Florin TA, Blackstone MM. Emergi-quiz clinical puzzler: neck pain, or just a pain in the neck? Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine. 2012 Mar; 13(1),49-56.
Wiebe DJ, Blackstone MM, Mollen CJ, Culyba AJ, Fein JA. Self-reported violence-related outcomes for adolescents within eight weeks of emergency department treatment for assault injury. J Adolesc Health. 2011 Oct;49(4):440-2. Cited in PubMed; PMID 22031979.
Schnadower D, Kuppermann N, Macias CG, Freedman SB, Baskin MN, Ishimine P, et al. Sterile cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis in young febrile infants with urinary tract infections. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2011 Jul;165(7):635-41. Cited in PubMed; PMID 21727275.
Wiebe DJ, Blackstone MM, Mollen CJ, Culyba AJ, Fein JA. Self-reported violence-related outcomes for adolescents within 8 weeks of emergency department treatment for assault injury [platform presentation]. Pediatric Academic Societies’ Annual Meeting; 2010 May 1-4; Vancouver, Canada.
5. Schnadower D, Kuppermann N, Macias C, Feedman S, Baskin M, Ishimine P, et al. Prevalence of sterile cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) pleocytosis in a large multicenter sample of febrile infants 29-60 days of age with urinary tract infections (UTIs) [platform presentation]. Pediatric Academic Societies’ Annual Meeting; 2010 May 1-4; Vancouver, Canada.
Blackstone, MM, section editor. Bone and joint disorders. In: Florin T, Ludwig S, editors. Netter’s pediatrics. Philadelphia: Elsevier; 2011.
Blackstone M. Urinary tract infections. In: Hoffman R, editor. Fleisher and Ludwig’s 5-minute pediatric emergency medicine consult. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Williams, and Wilkins; 2012.
Blackstone M. Omphalitis. In: Hoffman R, editor. Fleisher and Ludwig’s 5-minute pediatric emergency medicine consult. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Williams, and Wilkins; 2012.
Blackstone M. Mumps. In: Hoffman R, editor. Fleisher and Ludwig’s 5-minute pediatric emergency medicine consult. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Williams, and Wilkins; 2012.
Devon EP, Blackstone MM. Sports medicine. In: Florin T, Ludwig S, editors. Netter’s pediatrics. Philadelphia: Elsevier; 2011.
Lilley JS, Blackstone MM. Disorders of the hip and lower extremity. In: Florin T, Ludwig S, editors. Netter’s pediatrics. Philadelphia: Elsevier; 2011.
Blackstone M. Urinary tract infections. In: Shah SS, Frank G, editors. Patient encounters: the inpatient pediatrics workup. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Williams, and Wilkins; 2010.
Shaw K, Blackstone M. Drowning. In: Zorc J, editor. Schwartz’s clinical handbook of pediatrics. 4th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2009.
Blackstone M, Zorc J. Urinary tract infections. In: Shah S, editor. Pediatric practice: infectious disease. New York: McGraw-Hill; 2009.
Blackstone M, Shaw K. Urinary tract infections. In: Schwartz WM, editor. The 5-minute pediatric consult. 5th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2008.
Blackstone M, Shaw K. Near drowning. In: Schwartz WM, editor. The 5-minute pediatric consult. 5th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2008.
Blackstone M. Appendicitis. In: Philadelphia guide to inpatient pediatrics. In: Catallozzi M, Frank G, Shah S, Zaoutis L, editors. Malden (MA): Blackwell Publishing; 2005.
Blackstone M. Intussusception. In: Philadelphia guide to inpatient pediatrics. In: Catallozzi M, Frank G, Shah S, Zaoutis L, editors. Malden (MA): Blackwell Publishing; 2005.
Blackstone M. Inguinal hernia. In: Philadelphia guide to inpatient pediatrics. In: Catallozzi M, Frank G, Shah S, Zaoutis L, editors. Malden (MA): Blackwell Publishing; 2005.
Blackstone MM. Febrile seizures, drowning, code simulations [presentation]. Pediatric Emergency Medicine 2012: Advances and Controversies for the Clinician; 2012 Apr 10-14; Lake Buena Vista, FL.
Blackstone MM. Febrile seizures, diagnostic simulations – slide scenarios [presentation]. 28th Annual Intensive Course in Pediatric Emergency Medicine, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia; 2011 Nov; Philadelphia, PA.
Blackstone MM. Diagnostic simulations – slide scenarios [presentation]. 27th Annual Intensive Course in Pediatric Emergency Medicine, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia; 2010 Nov; Philadelphia, PA.
Blackstone MM. Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds [presentation]. Aria Hospital; 2010 Apr; Langhorne, PA.
2010-present, Peer Reviewer, Pediatrics
2007-present, Editorial Consultant, Physicians’ Information and Education Resource, American College of Physicians
2005-present, Peer Reviewer, Pediatric Emergency Care
2011-present, Leader of Physician Flow Subcommittee of ED Flow Task Force
2010-present, Faculty Mentor and Member of Clinical Competency Committee, Pediatrics Residency Program, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
2009-present, Divisional Representative, ED/OR/Surgery Communication Task Force, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
2009-present, Quality Improvement Task Force, Division of Emergency Medicine, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
2008-present, Co-chair, Morbidity and Mortality, Division of Emergency Medicine, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
2007-2011, Emergency Department to Inpatient Transition Task Force, Division of Emergency Medicine, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
2006-present, Education Improvement Committee, Division of Emergency Medicine, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia