Background

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.
 

Education and Training

Medical School

MD - Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA

Internship

Pediatrics - Children's Hospital National Medical Center, Washington, DC

Residency

Pediatrics - Children's Hospital National Medical Center, Washington, DC (Chief Resident)

Additional Training

ATLS, PALS, ACLS

Board Certification

Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Pediatrics

Titles and Academic Titles

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

Departments and Services

Publications

Books

2011

Florin T, Ludwig S, editors. Netter’s pediatrics. Philadelphia: Elsevier; 2011.

2010

Fleisher G, Ludwig S, editors. Textbook of pediatric emergency medicine. 6th ed. Baltimore: Williams and Wilkins; 2010.

2009

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.

2005

Fleisher G, Ludwig S, Henretig FM, editors. Textbook of pediatric emergency medicine. 5th ed. Baltimore: Williams and Wilkins; 2005.

2004

Shah S, Ludwig S, editors. Pediatric complaints and diagnostic dilemmas: a case-based approach. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2004.

2001

Reece R, Ludwig S, editors. Child abuse: medical diagnosis and management. 2nd ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins; 2001. 

2000

Fleisher G, Ludwig S, editors. Textbook of pediatric emergency medicine. 4th ed. Baltimore: Williams and Wilkins; 2000.

1993

Fleisher G, Ludwig S, editors. Textbook of pediatric emergency medicine. 3rd ed. Baltimore: Williams and Wilkins; 1993.

1988

Fleisher G, Ludwig S, editors. Textbook of pediatric emergency medicine. 3rd ed. Translation into Italian and Spanish. Baltimore: Williams and Wilkins; 1988.

1983

Fleisher G, Ludwig S, editors. Textbook of pediatric emergency medicine. 2nd ed. Baltimore: Williams and Wilkins; 1983.

Editorial and Academic Positions

Editorial positions

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  

Academic committees

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