Joel A. Fein, MD, MPH

Locations: Main Hospital
Appointments and Referrals: 1-800-TRY-CHOP (1-800-879-2467)
Dr. Fein is a professor of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and the director of Advocacy and Health Policy for the Division of Emergency Medicine. He is the co-director of the Center for Violence Prevention at CHOP which is a multi-tiered, trauma informed approach to violence prevention that addresses bullying, intimate partner violence, peer youth violence, suicide, and gun safety.
Dr. Fein was one of the principal developers of a fully integrated, computerized behavioral health screening process for adolescents who come to the Emergency Department. He has received funding as Principal Investigator for grants from the NIH, CDC, and other agencies, and has published more than 100 original research papers and numerous chapters and review articles on the topics of violence prevention, mental health, and procedural pain management.
Dr. Fein is the Research Director for the Health Alliance for Violence Intervention and a member of the Board of Directors for the Society for the Advancement of Violence and Injury Research. He is a member of the leadership team for The Center for Pediatric Traumatic Stress, an intervention development center within the National Child Traumatic Stress Network and on the Board of Directors for the Philadelphia Antidrug, Antiviolence Network.
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
MPH - University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Co-Director, The Center for Violence Prevention at CHOP
Director of Advocacy and Health Policy, The Division of Emergency Medicine
Professor of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Monopoli WJ, Myers R, Paskewich B, Bevans K, Fein J. Core Set of Outcomes for Hospital-Based Violence Intervention Programs: A Delphi Study. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2018 Aug 10, https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260518792988.
Cronholm PF, Forke CM, Wade R, Bair-Merritt MH, Fein JA. Adverse Childhood Experiences: Expanding the concept of adversity. American Journal of Preventive Medicine 2015;49( 3):354–361. doi:10.1016/j.amepre.2015.02.001. PMID: 26296440.
Fein JA, Pailler M, Diamond G, Wintersteen M, Tien A, Hayes K, Barg F. Feasibility and Effects of a Web-Based Adolescent Psychiatric Assessment Administered by Clinical Staff in the Pediatric Emergency Department. Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine 2010;164(12):1112-1117. doi:10.1001/archpediatrics.2010.213. PMID: 21135339.