Payal K. Gala, MD

Appointments and Referrals: 1-800-TRY-CHOP (1-800-879-2467)
MD - University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson, New Brunswick, NJ
Pediatrics - Yale- New Haven Children’s Hospital, New Haven, CT
Pediatrics - Yale- New Haven Children’s Hospital, New Haven, CT
Pediatric Emergency Medicine - The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS)Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)Pediatric Emergency Medicine – American Board of PediatricsPediatrics – American Board of Pediatrics
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
Lecturer, Emergency Medicine Resident Conference, Rowan School of Osteopathic Medicine, Stratford, NJ (~30 attendees) Fever in the Young Infant: A Reexamination of Diagnosis & Management
Lecturer, Emergency Medicine Resident Conference, Rowan School of Osteopathic Medicine, Stratford, NJ, Virtual conference (20 attendees) Visual Diagnosis
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
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
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)
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
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.
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.
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.
2022, SJ Mag's Top Docs in Emergency Medicine
2023, SJ Mag's Top Docs in Emergency Medicine
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