Mirna M'Farrej, MD
Areas of expertise: Firearms injuries, Family-centered care, Behavioral Health, Wound care, Chest pain in children, Extended Emergency Care, Urgent Care, Common procedures in the emergency department
About Mirna M'Farrej, MD
Mirna M. Farah, MD, is an assistant professor of pediatrics and emergency medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, and an attending physician in the Emergency Department at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP).
Dr. Farah’ s areas of interest include firearm injury prevention in children and adolescents. She has published several articles on this topic, and has been the recipient of the “Ken Graff Young Investigator Award” from the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Dr. Farah is the Chairman of the Emergency Department “Family Centered Care” and “Bereavement” committees at CHOP. The committees’ work focuses on helping staff members, patients, and their families better cope with stressful events in the Emergency Department.
Titles
Professor of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Director, Emergency Department Pediatrician Program, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and The King of Prussia Hospital
Associate Director, Emergency Department Extended Care Unit, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Associate Director, Emergency Department Fast Track, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Certifications
Pediatric Emergency Medicine – American Board of Pediatrics
Pediatrics – American Board of Pediatrics
Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS)
Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS)
Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
Basic Life Support (BLS)
Awards and Honors
2001, 2002, 2004, 2012, Faculty teaching Honor Roll, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
2000, Best Oral Presentation: "Seeing in believing: Parental perceptions versus observed child behavior around a firearm", Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Regional Meeting, New Orleans, LA
2000, Best Oral Presentation: "Seeing in believing: Parental perceptions versus observed child behavior around a firearm", Society for Academic Emergency Medicine National Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
1999-2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, Jean A. Cortner Divisional Teaching Award, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, "Excellence in and Commitment to Residents Teaching"
1999, Ken Graff Young Investigator Award, American Academy of Pediatrics, Section on Emergency Medicine,
1993, Outstanding Resident Award, Pennsylvania State University
1988, Outstanding Medical Student Award, Saint Joseph University
Leadership and Memberships
Memberships in Professional Organizations
1991-present, American Academy of Pediatrics
- 1995-present, Section Member, Emergency Medicine
1997-1998 Member, Egleston Quality Assurance Committee, Emory University, Egleston Children's Health Care Systems, Atlanta, GA.
1997-1998 Member, Trauma Committee, Emory University, Egleston Children's Hospital, Atlanta, GA
1997-1998 Representative, Fellowship Advisory Committee, Emory University, Egleston Children's Hospital, Atlanta, GA
1998-2000 Member, Extended Care Unit Quality Assurance Committee, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
1999-2000 Member, Emergency Department Follow-up Committee, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
2000-2001 Member, Hospital Family Advisory Council, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
2000-Present Leader, Emergency Department Family Centered Care Committee, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
2000-2001 Member, Hospital Bereavement Committee, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
2000-2017 Member, Emergency Department Bereavement Committee, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
2000-2006 Member, Nursing Initiated Guidelines Committee, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
2005-2017 Member, Education Committee, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
2008-2009 Executive sponsor, Partners for Excellence Committee, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
2010-present Member, FLOC scheduling committee
2011-2017 Leader, Emergency Department Committee for Prevention of Violence in the Workplace, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, PA
2013-2017 Member, Hand-off committee, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
2013-present Member, Resuscitation Committee, The children's hospital of Philadelphia
2013-present Leader, ED Chest pain pathway, the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
2014-2017 Physician representative on transport screening QI project
2014-present Member, Clinical Competency Committee
2015-Present Member, Emergency Department Operations Committee, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, PA
2015-Present Member, Emergency Department Behavioral Health Committee, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, PA
2015-Present Member, ED Executive Committee
2015-Present Leader, Emergency Department Extended Care Unit Committee, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, PA
2015-Present Member, QI and Safety committee, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, PA
2015-present Member ED Behavioral Health QI committee
2015-2017 Member, ED Flow committee
2018-2020 Member, Hospital Telehealth Committee
2018-present Member, Hospital Behavioral Health Safety Committee
2018-present Leader, EDECU operations committee
2018-present Member, Behavioral Health occupancy committee
2018-2020 Member, ED Steering Committee
2019-present Member, Faculty Vitality Committee, DoEM, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
2020-Present Leader, Urgent Care Committee, CHOP main hospital
2020-present Member, DoEM Diversity & Equity Committee
2020-present Member, Antiracism Open Dialogue
2021-Present Member, Behavioral Health QI Steering Committee
2021-Present Group leader, Structure for Patients. Member of the MBU, ED, Adolescent BH Collaborative
2021-Present Member, DCAPBS Clinical Care Committee
Editorial and Academic Positions
Editorial positions
2005-present, Reviewer, Annals of Emergency Medicine, American College of Emergency Physicians
2004-present, Reviewer, Ambulatory Pediatrics
2003-present, Reviewer, Pediatrics, American Academy of Pediatrics
1999-present, Reviewer, Pediatric Emergency Care
Academic positions
2015-present, Director, Emergency Department Extended Care Unit
2015-present, ED Executive Committee
2016-present, Director, ED Pediatrician Program
2015-present, Emergency Department Operations Committee
2015-present, Emergency Department Behavioral Health Committee
2015-present, QI and Safety Committee
2015-present, Policy Reviewer, Emergency Department Manual
2014-present, Clinical Competency Committee
2013-present, Resuscitation Committee
2013-present, Leader, ED Chest Pain Pathway
2011-present, Leader, Emergency Department Committee for Prevention of Violence in the Workplace
2010-present, Emergency Department Resident Schedule Coordinator
2005-present, Member, Emergency Department Education Committee
2000-present, Leader, Emergency Department Family Centered Care Committee
2000-present, Leader, Emergency Department Bereavement Committee
1988-present, Medical Command Physician, Inter-Hospital Transport
Education & training
Medical Degree
MD - St. Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon
Internship
Hotel Dieu de France Hospital, Beirut, Lebanon
Residency
Pediatrics - Hotel Dieu de France Hospital, Beirut, Lebanon
Family Practice - Saint Joseph Hospital, Reading, PA
Pediatrics - Pennsylvania State University, Children's Hospital, Hershey, PA (chief resident)
Fellowship
Pediatric Emergency Medicine - Emory University, Egleston Children's Hospital, Atlanta, GA
Additional Training
Transitional Rotations - University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Publications
Publications
2021
Esposito, Jeremy MD, MSEd*,†; Lavelle, Jane MD*,†; M'Farrej, Mirna MD*,†; Jhonsa, Anik MD*,‡; Perry, Erin LCSW*; Felix, Amy MSN, RN, CRNP-AC*; Crescenzo, Kelly RN, BSN, CEN*; Abbadessa, Mary Kate F. MSN, RN, CPEN*; Hayes, Katie BS: Responding to a Behavioral Health Crisis: Applying a New Care Model in the Emergency Department. Pediatric Emergency Care March 2021.
Berna, Amalia; Akaho, Elikplim H.; Harris, Rebecca M.; Congdon, Morgan; Korn, Emilie R; Neher, Samuel; M'Farrej, Mirna; Burns, Julianne E; Odom John, Audrey: Reproducible breath metabolite changes in children with SARS-CoV-2 infection. ACS Infectious Diseases June 2021.
2018
Shaun Mohan, MD, MPH, Deipanjan Nandi, MD, MS, Paul Stephens, MD, Mirna M'Farrej, MD, R. Lee Vogel, MD and Christopher Bonafide, MD, MSCE: Implementation of a Clinical Pathway for Chest Pain in a Pediatric Emergency Department. Pediatric Emergency Care November 2018.
2016
Shaun Mohan, MD, MPH, Deipanjan Nandi, MD, MS, Paul Stephens, MD, Mirna M'Farrej, MD, R. Lee Vogel, MD and Christopher Bonafide, MD, MSCE: Implementation of a Clinical Pathway for Chest Pain in a Pediatric Emergency Department. Pediatric Emergency Care 2016.
2007
O'Connell, K.J., Farah, M.M., Spandorfer, P.R., J Zorc, J.J. : Family Presence During Pediatric Trauma Evaluation: Assessment of a Structured Program. Pediatrics 3(120): e565-74, September 2007.
Farah, M.M., Thomas, C., Shaw, K. : Evidence-Based Guidelines for Family Presence in the Resuscitation Room: A step by Step Approach. Pediatric Emergency Care 8(23): 587-91, August 2007.
2002
Farah MM, Padgett LB, McLario DJ, Sullivan KM, Simon HK.: Utility of chest X-rays in first time wheezers during RSV outbreaks. Pediatric Emergency Care. 18(5): 333-336, Oct 2002.
2001
Jackman G, Farah MM, Simon HK, Kellermann A.: Seeing is believing: What do boys do when they find a real gun? Pediatrics. 107(6): 1247-1250, June 2001.
2000
Farah MM.: Urgent and emergent cases with a twist: A teenager acting strangely. Pediatric Annals. 29(2): 86-88, Feb 2000.
1999
Farah, M.M., Simon, H.K., Kellermann, A. : Firearms in the home: Parental perceptions Pediatrics 104(5Pt1): 1059-1063, November 1999.
Lectures by Invitation
2016
Farah, M.M. "Behavioral Screening and Interventions for Adolescents", Pediatric Emergency Medicine at Universal Studios Orlando, Feb, 2016.
Farah, M.M. "Interesting Cases from the ED" Pediatric Emergency Medicine at Universal Studios Orlando, Feb, 2016.
Farah, M.M. "Family Presence During Procedures and Resuscitation", Pediatric Emergency Medicine at Universal Studios Orlando, Feb, 2016.
Farah, M.M. "The Basics of Wound Care", Pediatric Emergency Medicine at Universal Studios Orlando, Feb, 2016.
Farah, M.M. "Chest Pain in Children and Adolescents", Pediatric Emergency Medicine at Universal Studios Orlando, Feb, 2016.
2015
Farah, M.M. "Is There Going to Be a Scar: Wound Care Pearls", Pediatric Emergency Medicine in Historic Philadelphia, The Children's hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Nov, 2015.
Farah, M.M. "Keeping Families together in the Emergency Department" Grand rounds, Atlanticare Regional Medical Center, Atlantic City, NJ, Jun, 2015.
Books
2015
M'farrej M, Tay Y, Lavelle J: The Approach to the Critically Ill Patient in the ED. Wolters Kluwer. Shaw K, Bachur R (eds.). 7th Edition, December 2015.
Editorials, Reviews, Chapters
2017
Sampayo, E., Farah, M.M. : Arterial Blood Gas Comprehensive Pediatric Hospital Medicine. Zaoutis, L. and Chiang, V. (eds.). Elsevier, Philadelphia, 2nd Edition, 2017.
2011
Danzig JA, Farah MM. Diabetic ketoacidosis. In: Florin T, Ludwig S, editors. Netter’s pediatrics. Philadelphia: Elsevier Inc.; 2011, pp. 24-28.
2009
Farah, MM, Chun TH, Badaki O. Crisis management. In: Carey, Crocker, editors. Developmental-behavioral pediatrics, 4th edition. Philadelphia: Elsevier Inc.; 2009, pp. 870-75.
2008
Farah MM. Family presence. In: Baren, Brennan, Brown, Rothrock, editors. Pediatric emergency medicine. Philadelphia: Elsevier Inc.; 2008, pp.1076-1079.
Farah MM, Henretig F, O'Connell KJ. Patient and family issues. In: King C, Henretig F, editors. Textbook of pediatric emergency procedures. Hagerstown, MD: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins; 2008, pp. 1-9.
2007
Sampayo E, Farah MM. Arterial blood gas. In: Zaoutis L, Chiang V, editors. Comprehensive pediatric hospital medicine. Philadelphia: Elsevier Inc.; 2007.
2006
Farah MM, Zorc J. Behavioral emergencies. In: Fleisher G, Ludwig S, Henretig F, editors. Textbook of pediatric emergency medicine, 5th edition. Hagerstown, MD: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins; 2006, pp. 1851-57.
1998
Farah, MM, Zorc J. Behavioral emergencies. In: Fleisher G, Ludwig S, Henretig F, editors. Textbook of pediatric emergency medicine, 4th edition. Baltimore: Williams and Wilkins;1998, pp. 1757-62.