Education and Training

Medical School

MD - Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY

Residency

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

Fellowship

Pediatric Emergency Medicine - Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA (Chief Fellow)
Emergency Ultrasound - Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA

Board Certification

Pediatric Emergency Medicine – American Board of Pediatrics
Pediatrics – American Board of Pediatrics
Registered Diagnostic Medical Sonographer (RDMS)

Titles and Academic Titles

Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physician

Director, Bedside Ultrasound Fellowship, Division of Emergency Medicine

Associate Director, Bedside Ultrasound, Division of Emergency Medicine

Associate Medical Director, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Emergency Medicine

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

Departments and Services

Publications

Books

Chapters

2019

Rachel Rempell: Supraglottitis. Fleisher & Ludwig's 5 Minute Pediatric Emergency Medicine Consult, 2e 2019.

Rachel Rempell: Eye Pain. Fleisher & Ludwig's 5 Minute Pediatric Emergency Medicine Consult, 2e 2019 Notes: Accepted.

2017

Miller, A, Rempell, R: Review Commentary of Ultrasound Use in Lumbar Puncture. Yearbook in Pediatrics. Elsevier, Philadelphia, PA, 2017.

Gallagher R., Chiang V. : Seizures. Manual of Inpatient Pediatrics. Rauch D, Gershel JC (eds.). American Academy of Pediatrics, Elk Grove Village, IL, 2017 Notes: Book Chapter.

2016

Abo A, Cohen, J, Deanehan J, Rempell R, Levy, L.: Pediatric Emergency Ultrasound. Fleshier and Ludwig, Textbook of Pediatric Emergency Medicine. Bachur, R and Shaw K (eds.). Lippincott, Williams, and Wikins, Philadelphia, PA, 2016.

2012

Rachel Gallagher and Joshua Nagler: Epiglottitis/Supraglottitis. Fleisher and Ludwig's 5-Minute Pediatric Emergency Medicine Consult. Robert Hoffman MD, Vincent Wang MD, and Richard Scarfone MD (eds.). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, July 2012 Notes: Book Chapter.

Rachel Gallagher and Atima Chumpa Delaney: Eye pain. Fleisher and Ludwig's 5-Minute Pediatric Emergency Medicine Consult. Robert Hoffman MD, Vincent Wang MD and Richard Scarfone, MD (eds.). Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins, July 2012.

2011

Fleegler E and Gallagher R. : Pediatric Hematology. Essentials of Emergency, Medicine 2nd Edition. Aghababian, R (eds.). Jones & Bartlett, Sudbury, MA, 2011 Notes: Book Chapter.

Gallagher R, Delaney A. : Eye Pain. Fleisher and Ludwig's 5-Minute Pediatric Emergency Medicine Consult. Hoffman RJ, Wang VJ, Scarfone R (eds.). Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins. Philadelphia, PA. 2011 Notes: Book Chapter.

Gallagher R. Nagler J. Epiglottitis. : Epiglottitis. Fleisher and Ludwig's 5-Minute Pediatric Emergency Medicine Consult. Hoffman RJ, Wang VJ, Scarfone R (eds.). Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins. Philadelphia, PA. 2011 Notes: Book Chapter.

Posters and Presentations

2021

Sathyaseelan Subramaniam, Rachel Rempell, Asef Khwaja, Aaron Chen: Point of Care Ultrasound for Differentiating Ileocolic from Small Bowel - Small Bowel Intussusception: A Review. Journal of Emergency Medicine 2021.

2020

Miller AF, Levy JA, Krauss BS, Gravel CA, Vieira RL, Neuman MI, Monuteaux MC, Rempell RG.: Does Point-of-Care Gastric Ultrasound Correlate With Reported Fasting Time? Pediatr Emerg Care January 2020.

13. Summer L Kaplan 1 , Aaron E Chen 2 , Rachel G Rempell 3 , Nafis Brown 4 , Maria C Velez-Florez 5 , Asef Khwaja: Impact of Emergency Medicine Point-of-Care Ultrasound on Radiology Ultrasound Volumes in a Single Pediatric Emergency Department. J Am Coll Radiol 17(12): 1555-1562, Dec 2020.

2019

Neal JT, Levy JA, Rempell RG, Vieira RL.: The Variability of Preferred Infant Lumbar Puncture Insertion Site Between Novice and Experienced Physicians. AEM Educ Train 4(2): 123-129, September 2019.

Andrew F. Miller, MD, Jason Levy, MD, Baruch Krauss, MD, EdM, Cynthia Gravel, MD, Rebecca Vieira, MD, Mark I. Neuman, MD, MPH, Michael C. Monuteaux, ScD, Rachel Rempell, MD: Does Point-of-Care Gastric Ultrasound Correlate with Patient/Parent Reported Fasting Time? Pediatric Emergency Care 2019 Notes: Accepted.

Neal J, Levy J, Rempell RG, Vieira RL, : The Variability of Preferred Infant Lumbar Puncture Insertion Site Between Novice and Experienced Physicians. AEM Education and Training 2019 Notes: Accepted.

2018

Lin MJ, Neuman M, Rempell R, Monuteaux M, Levy J: Point of Care Ultrasound is Associated with Decreased Length of Stay in Children Presenting to the Emergency Department with Soft Tissue Infection J Emerg Med 54(1): 96-101, January 2018.

Musisca, M, Neuman, M, Gravel, C, Monuteaux, M, Rempell, R: Interventions to Increase Point-of-Care Ultrasound Use in a Pediatric Emergency Department. Pediatric Emergency Care 34(1): 518-523, July 2018.

2017

Brenkert TE, Adams C, Vieira RL, Rempell RG: Peritoneal fluid localization on FAST examination in the pediatric trauma patient. Am J Emerg Med. 35(10): 1497-1499, October 2017.

Brenkert, T, Adams, C, Vieira R, Rempell R: Peritoneal Fluid Localization on FAST Examination in Pediatric Trauma Patient. American Journal of Emergency Medicine 34(10): 1497-1499, October 2017.

2016

Werner H, Monuteaux M, Gallagher R, Levy JL: Improving physician competency in ultrasound guided central venous access. Pediatr Emerg Care 32(1): 1-5, January 2016.

2014

Gallagher R, Levy, J, Vieira, R, Monuteaux, M, Stack, A: Ultrasound-assistance for central venous catheter placement in a pediatric emergency department improves placement success rates. Academic Emergency Medicine 9(1): 981-6, September 2014.

2013

Vieira RL, Stack A, Gallagher R, Werner H, Levy JA: Development and evaluation of a program for the use of ultrasound for central venous catheter placement in a pediatric emergency department. Pediatr Emerg Care 12(1): 1245-8, December 2013.

2010

Kaye AJ, Gallagher R, Callahan JM, Nance ML.: Mild traumatic brain injury in the pediatric population: the role of pediatrician in routine follow-up. J Trauma 68(1): 1396-400, June 2010.

2005

Ito K, Chen J, Seshan SV, Khodadadian JJ, Gallagher R, Chaar ME, Vaughan ED Jr, 1. Ito K, Chen J, Seshan SV, Khodadadian JJ, Gallagher R, Chaar ME, Vaughan ED Jr,

Awards and Honors

2021, David Cornfeld Bedside Teaching Award
2018, Fred Henretig Pediatric Emergency Medicine Teaching Award, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
2015, Gary Fleisher Pediatric Emergency Medicine Teaching Award, Boston Children's Hospital
2015, Harvard Academic Emergency Medicine Residency Teaching Award, Brigham And Women's Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital
2008, Senior Resident Clinician Award, Children's Hospital Philadelphia

Editorial and Academic Positions

Editorial Positions

2016-present, Ad hoc Reviewer, Annals of Emergency Medicine
2009-present, Ad hoc Reviewer, Pediatric Emergency Care

Academic and Institutional Committees

2020-present, Co-Leader, Front Line Clinician Staffing Committee, Emergency Department
2019-present, Team Member, EXIT Admissions Committee
2019-present, Co-Lead, ED Overcrowding Project, Emergency Department
2019-present, Patient Centered Staffing, Emergency Department
2019-present, Co-Leader, Scheduling and Wellness QI group, Emergency Department
2019-present, HIV Testing Working Group, Emergency Department
2018-present, Emergency Department Executive Committee
2017-present, Emergency Department Administrative Person of the Day Committee
2017-present, Emergency Department Education Committee
2017-present, Co-Director, Emergency Department Radiology Working Group
2017-present, Emergency Department Operations Group

Leadership and Memberships

Memberships in Professional Organizations

2013-present, Pediatric POCUS (Point of Care Ultrasound) Consortium
 - 2015-present, Education and Research Committee
 - 2013-present, Founding Member
2012-present, American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine