Academic Background

MD
Hebrew University and Hadassa Medical School

Pediatric Division
Haim Sheba Medical Centre, Israel

Paediatric Emergency Fellowship
The Hospital for Sick Children

Research Interests

Dr. Goldman is leading the Pediatric Research in Emergency Therapeutics (PRETx) Program in the Emergency Department. The program mission is to promote child’s health through evidence based research in therapeutics in Pediatric Emergency Medicine. He looks into different aspects of acute care therapeutics such as Medical Errors in Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Quality Management, Therapeutic management of pain and sedation in children, Translational Therapeutics and Alternative Medicine in the Emergency.

Achievements

2000 - American Physicians Fellowship (APF) for Medicine in Israel

2001 - Research Training Competition, Research Training Centre Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children

2001 – Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians Research Grant

Publications

Goldman RD, Macpherson A, Schuh S, Mulligan C, Pirie J: Patients who leave the pediatric emergency department without being seen: a case-control study. Canadian Medical Association Journal 2005: 172(1): pp 39-43. PA

Goldman RD, Mehrotra S, Pinto T, Mounstephen W: Follow-Up After a Pediatric Emergency Department Visit: Telephone versus E-Mail? Pediatrics 2004: 114 (4): pp 988. PA

Goldman RD, Ko K, Linette LJ, Scolnik D: Antipyretic Efficacy and Safety of Ibuprofen and Acetaminophen in Children. The Annals of Pharmacotherapy 2003: 38(Jan04): pp1-4

Goldman RD, Scolnik D: Underdosing of Acetaminophen by Parents and Emergency Department Utilization. Pediatr Emerg Care 2004: 20 (2): pp89-93

Goldman RD: Ela-Max: A New Topical Lidocaine Formulation. Annals of Pharmacotherapy 2004: 38 (5): pp892-4

Goldman RD, Mulligan C, Weisbrot J: Weighing Infants in the Pediatric Emergency Department: The Diaper Can Stay On! Pediatric Emergency Care 2004: 20 (6): pp382-383

Goldman RD, Koren G: Amphotericin B Nephrotoxicity in Children. Journal of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology 2004: 26 (7): pp421-6

Friedman J, Goldman RD, Srivastava R, Parkin P: Development of a Clinical Dehydration Scale for Use in Children Between 1 and 36 months of age. Journal of Pediatrics 2004: 145 (2): pp 201-7

Goldman RD: Common and Concerning Presentations in the First 28 Days of Life. Critical Decisions In Emergency Medicine 2004: 18 (10): pp 1-6