Laura Goldstein, MD, MSEd

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Laura Goldstein, MD, MSEd, is a pediatric hospitalist, an attending physician dedicated to caring for hospitalized children, at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

Locations: Main Hospital
Appointments and Referrals: 1-800-TRY-CHOP (1-800-879-2467)

Education and Training

Medical School

MD - Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY

Internship

Pediatrics - Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

Residency

Pediatrics - Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

Fellowship

Pediatric Hospital Medicine - Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA (Chief Fellow for Education)

Board Certification

Pediatric Hospital Medicine – American Board of Pediatrics
Pediatrics – American Board of Pediatrics

Graduate Degree

Master’s of Medical Education (MSEd) - University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education, Philadelphia, PA

Titles and Academic Titles

Pediatric Hospitalist

Associate Medical Director of Simulation Education, CHOP Center for Simulation, Advanced Education, and Innovation

Director of Simulation, Division of General Pediatrics

Director of Curriculum, Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellowship

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

Departments and Services

Research Interests

Simulation-based medical education
Debriefing

Publications

Papers

2023

Goldstein L, Lau J, Ford H, Balmer D, Tenney-Soeiro R. A Qualitative Exploration of Pediatric Resident Perceptions of Autonomy in the Era of Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellowship. Acad Pediatr. 2023 Aug 9:S1876-2859(23)00332-7. doi: 10.1016/j.acap.2023.08.003. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37567441.

2022

Galligan M, Goldstein L, Garcia S, Kellom K, Wolfe H, Haggerty M, Debrocco D, Barg F, Friedlander E. Feeling Like a Guest: A Qualitative Study of Resident Experiences with Clinical Event Debriefing. Accepted for publication, Hospital Pediatrics, 2022.

2021

Galligan M, Goldstein L, Washington N., Bonafide C. “Preserving Margins to Promote Missions: COVID-19’s Toll on US Children’s Hospitals.” J. Hosp. Med 2021;4;256. doi:10.12788/jhm.3588

2013

Domchek SM, Jhaveri K, Patil S, Stopfer JE, Hudis C, Powers J, Stadler Z, Goldstein L, Kauff N, Khasraw M, Offit K, Nathanson KL, Robson M. Risk of metachronous breast cancer after BRCA mutation-associated ovarian cancer. Cancer. 2013 Apr 1;119(7):1344- 8.

Books

Chapters

2022

Goldstein L, Blatz A. “The Febrile Infant.” Chapter, Netter’s Pediatrics, 2nd Edition, 2022.

Van Remortel B, Goldstein L. “Fever of Unknown Origin.” Chapter, Netter’s Pediatrics, 2nd Edition, 2022.

2021

Galligan M, Goldstein L, Washington N., Bonafide C. “Preserving Margins to Promote Missions: COVID-19’s Toll on US Children’s Hospitals.” J. Hosp. Med 2021;4;256. doi:10.12788/jhm.3588

Posters and Presentations

2023

Maletsky K, West D, Callahan J, Goldstein L, Kersun L, Mehta J, Ronan J, Tenney-Soeiro R, Weiss A. Improved quality of written evaluations of residents after modifications to the faculty evaluation form. (Presented at PHM, Philadelphia, PA 2023.)

2022

Goldstein L, Galligan M, Garcia S, Kellom K, Wolfe H, Haggerty M, Debrocco D, Barg F, Friedlander E. Feeling Like a Guest: A Qualitative Study of Resident Experiences with Clinical Event Debriefing. (Presented at APPD, San Diego, CA 2022; Interprofessional Education Conference, CHOP, Philadelphia, PA 2022.)

Goldstein L, Lau J, Ford H, Tenney-Soeiro R. Perceived Pediatric Resident Autonomy in the Era of Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellowship. (Presented at PAS, Denver, CO 2022; APPD, San Diego, CA 2022; PHM, Orlando, FL 2022.)

Rose S, Pete-Devon E, Goldstein L, Congdon M, Craven M, Maletsky K. “Ready, set, go! Creating and implementing a virtual pre-clerkship readiness curriculum to prepare students for the pediatric clerkship”  (Platform presentation at Interprofessional Education Conference, CHOP, Philadelphia, PA 2022)

Maletsky K, Goldstein L, Fazzio P, Posner J, Tenney-Soeiro R. Development of the Individualized Elective in Medical Education for the Pediatric Resident. (Presented at Interprofessional Education Conference, CHOP, Philadelphia, PA, 2022.)

2021

Goldstein L, Bonafide, C. Misdiagnoses Happen- No Need to Get Salty! (Presented at Pediatric Hospital Medicine, Virtual, 2021.)

Kuhn E, Flynn E, Goldstein L, Hoynoski M, Tappon A, Monachino A, Penrose T, Balmer D, Herchline D, Ballantine A. "Child-Friendly Testing: An Online Intervention Addressing Provider Discomfort with Pediatric SARS-CoV-2 Testing (Presented at Pediatric Academic Societies, Virtual, 2021)

Hoynoski M, Tappon A, Monachino A, Goldstein L, Penrose T, Balmer D, Herchline D, Kuhn E, Flynn E, Ballantine A. “An Interprofessional Collaborative to Create Community-Based Child Friendly Covid-19 Testing.” (Presented at Interprofessional Education Conference, CHOP, Philadelphia, PA, 2021.)

Goldstein L, Kilberg M, Teng C, Van Pelt A, Rose S. “The Rapid Development and Deployment of a Virtual Clinical Pediatrics Elective” (Presented at Interprofessional Education Conference, CHOP, Philadelphia, PA, 2021.)

2020

Kuhn E, Flynn E, Goldstein L, Hoynoski M, Tappon A, Monachino A, Penrose T, Balmer D, Herchline D, Ballantine A. “Child-Friendly SARS-CoV-2 Testing Training (Oral presentation at AAMC iCollaborative 2020, Virtual)

Goldstein L, Pete-Devon E “You Can’t Always Go with Your ‘Gut’: an Unusual Case of Failure to Thrive”  (Oral presentation at Pediatric Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual)

Kern-Goldberger A, Goldstein L, Hart J. “Out of Step: A Challenging Case of Progressive Immobility” (Oral Presentation at Pediatric Hospital Medicine, Virtual, 2020.)

Janice Hanson, PhD,EdS, MH; Ann Botash, MD; Cynthia Christy, MD; Craig DeWolfe, MD, MEd; Laura Goldstein, MD; Sheilah Jimenez, BA; Meg Keeley, MD; Terry Kind, MD, MPH; Lindsey Lane, BM BCh; Maya Neeley, MD; Caroline Paul, MD; Jean Petershack, MD; Carrie Philippi, MD; Michael Ryan, MD; Rebecca Tenney-Soeiro, M.D.; Meghan Treitz, MD ; Linda Tewksbury, MD. Pediatric Faculty Decision-Making about Supervision for Core EPAs. (Presented at COMSEP, Cincinnati, OH, 2020; PAS, Philadelphia, PA 2020; PAS APA Presidential Plenary, 2021.)

Goldstein L, Costello A, Monachino A, Tenney-Soeiro R, Ronan J.  “Designing and Implementing an Interprofessional Simulation Curriculum for General Pediatric Floor Emergencies” (Platform presentation at Interprofessional Education Conference, CHOP, Philadelphia, PA, 2020)

Workshops

2023

“Put Me In, Coach: Skill Development in Coaching for Professional Growth” – Workshop presented at PHM 2023, Philadelphia, PA

“Creating a Psychologically Safe Clinical Environment” – Workshop presented at PHM 2023, Philadelphia, PA

2022

Goldstein L. “Now you’re talking: Clinical event debriefing for the pediatric hospitalist” – Workshop presented at PHM, Orlando, FL. July 2022.

Goldstein L. “Put Me In, Coach: Skill Development for Coaching Trainees in Career Development” – Workshop presented at APPD, San Diego, CA. May 2022.

Goldstein L. “Now you’re talking: Clinical event debriefing for the graduate medical educator” – Workshop presented at APPD, San Diego, CA. May 2022.

Awards and Honors

2022-2023, Early Career Faculty Honor Roll – CHOP Pediatric Residency Program
2019, Certificate of Distinction in Medical Education
2016, Alpha Omega Alpha
2011, Cum laude, Dartmouth College

Leadership and Memberships

Memberships in Professional Organizations

2016-present, American Academy of Pediatrics
 - 2021-present, Section of Hospital Medicine
2021-present, Academic Pediatric Association