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Joshua S. Easter, MD, MBA, MSc, MHA

Joshua S. Easter, MD, MBA, MSc, MHA

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Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
Program Director, Emergency Medicine Residency Program
Director, Leadership and Residency Education Fellowship
Director, Pediatric Emergency Medicine Elective

P.O. Box 800699
Charlottesville, VA 22908-0699
Phone: (434) 924-8485
Fax: (434) 924-2877
E-mail: je9m@uvahealth.org

11/4/2022: Dr. Easter was appointed by Governor Glenn Youngkin to the State Child Fatality Review Team

Education

  • MBA, Mary Baldwin University (2024)
  • MHA, Mary Baldwin University (2024)
  • M.Sc, Clinical Sciences, Colorado Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute, University of Colorado School of Medicine (2013)
  • Pediatric Emergency Fellow, Division of Emergency Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Boston (2010)
  • Clinical Effectiveness, School of Public Health, Harvard University (2009)
  • Residency, Harvard Beth Israel Deaconess Emergency Medicine Residency (2008)
  • MD, School of Medicine, Duke University (2005)
  • Clinical Research Fellow, Clinical Research Training Program, National Institute of Health (2004)
  • BA, Economics and Biology, Williams College (2001)

Clinical and Research Interests

  • Teaching Clinical Reasoning
  • Patient Safety and Quality
  • Clinical Research
  • Brain Injury
  • Prediction Models
  • Decision-Making in the Emergency Department
  • Pediatric Trauma

Recent Publications

  • Remick K, Walter JS, Hsu B, Stone E, Cicero M, Vetter L, ,Brown K, Easter J. Optimizing In-Hospital and Out-of-Hospital CPR Performance in Pediatric Non-Traumatic Cardiac Arrest: A Systematic Review and Technical Report, American Academy of Pediatrics, submitted.
  • Easter J, Brady W, Chan T. (2025). Electrocardiographic techniques. In Birmbauer D. (Ed.), Roberts and Hedges: Clinical Procedures in Emergency Medicine and Acute Care. Elsevier, Inc.
  • Easter J. (2024). Pediatric resuscitation. In Mattu A. et al. (Ed.), Corependium.
  • Park T, Easter J. (2024). The myocarditis masquerade. In Winters M. et al. (Ed.), Avoiding Errors in Emergency Medicine. Available from: VitalSource Bookshelf, (3rd Edition). Wolters Kluwer Health.
  • Easter J, Rose E. Pediatric literature 2023, American Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2024 Mar 15;80:77-86. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2024.03.010
  • Kidd R, Easter J. (2024). Intraosseous access. In Mattu A. et al. (Ed.), Corependium.
  • Easter J. (2022). Pediatric resuscitation. In Walls R. et al. (Ed.), Rosen’s Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice. Mosby Elsevier, Inc.
  • Carvello S, Easter J*. Updates in pediatric emergency medicine for 2022, American Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2023 Jun;68:73-83. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2023.03.017.
  • Garbin S, Easter J*. Pediatric cardiac arrest. Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America, Emerg Med Clin North Am. 2023 Aug;41(3):465-484. doi: 10.1016/j.emc.2023.03.004.
  • (Book Chapter) Easter Joshua, King Brent. Pediatric Resuscitation. In: Mattu A and Swadron S, ed. CorePendium. Burbank, CA: CorePendium, LLC. https://www.emrap.org/corependium/chapter/recpZbQQpMIbrCNB9/Pediatric-Resuscitation. Updated January 27, 2022.
  •  Easter J, Petruzella F. Updates in pediatric emergency medicine for 2021, American Journal of Emergency Medicine (2021)https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajem.2022.02.019
  • Petruzella F, Easter J. Pediatric emergency medicine literature 2020, American Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2021 May; 43; 123-133.
  • King B, Easter J. (2020). Pediatric resuscitation. In Mattu A. et al. (Ed.), Corependium.