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Stephen Ludwig, MD, serves as chairman of the Graduate Medical Education Committee and Continuing Medical Education Committee at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and is a designated institutional official and senior advisor for Medical Education. Dr. Ludwig is an attending physician in general pediatrics at CHOP, a professor of pediatrics and emergency medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, and the John H. and Hortense Cassell Jensen Endowed Chair in Pediatric Development and Teaching.
Dr. Ludwig has served as president of the Academic Pediatric Association (APA), was elected to the Institute of Medicine, chaired the Pediatric Residency Review Committee of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), and was a member of the Board of Directors of the American Board of Pediatrics (ABP).
After graduating from the Pennsylvania State University, Dr. Ludwig obtained his Doctorate of Medicine at Temple University School of Medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He completed his internship and residency at Children's Hospital National Medical Center, where he was chief resident.
MD - Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
Pediatrics - Children's Hospital National Medical Center, Washington, DC
Pediatrics - Children's Hospital National Medical Center, Washington, DC (Chief Resident)
ATLS, PALS, ACLS
Pediatric Emergency Medicine – American Board of PediatricsPediatrics – American Board of Pediatrics
Senior Physician
General Pediatrics Attending Physician
John H. and Hortense Cassell Jensen Endowed Chair in Pediatric Development and Teaching
Associate Chair, Education, Department of Pediatrics
Professor of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Florin T, Ludwig S, editors. Netter’s pediatrics. Philadelphia: Elsevier; 2011.
Fleisher G, Ludwig S, editors. Textbook of pediatric emergency medicine. 6th ed. Baltimore: Williams and Wilkins; 2010.
Ludwig S, Strobel S, Marks SD, Smith PK, El Habbal MH, Spitz L, editors. Pediatrics and child health – the core. London (UK): Manson Publishing; 2009.
Fleisher G, Ludwig S, Henretig FM, editors. Textbook of pediatric emergency medicine. 5th ed. Baltimore: Williams and Wilkins; 2005.
Shah S, Ludwig S, editors. Pediatric complaints and diagnostic dilemmas: a case-based approach. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2004.
Reece R, Ludwig S, editors. Child abuse: medical diagnosis and management. 2nd ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins; 2001.
Fleisher G, Ludwig S, editors. Textbook of pediatric emergency medicine. 4th ed. Baltimore: Williams and Wilkins; 2000.
Fleisher G, Ludwig S, editors. Textbook of pediatric emergency medicine. 3rd ed. Baltimore: Williams and Wilkins; 1993.
Fleisher G, Ludwig S, editors. Textbook of pediatric emergency medicine. 3rd ed. Translation into Italian and Spanish. Baltimore: Williams and Wilkins; 1988.
Fleisher G, Ludwig S, editors. Textbook of pediatric emergency medicine. 2nd ed. Baltimore: Williams and Wilkins; 1983.
2010-present, Journal of Graduate Medical Education, Reviewer
2001-present, Current Opinion in Pediatrics, Editorial Board
1992-present, Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, Reviewer
1986-present, Journal of the American Medical Association, Reviewer
1985-present, Pediatric Emergency Care, Co-editor in Chief
1980-present, Pediatrics, Reviewer
2010-present, Medical Director, Global Pediatric Education Programs, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
2010-present, Chairman, Continuing Medical Education Committee, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
2009-present, Designated Institutional Official, Senior Advisor for Medical Education, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
1995-present Chairman, Graduate Medical Education Committee, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia