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Eva Seligman

Eva Seligman, MD

Emergency MedicinePhysical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Highlights

Age Groups Seen

  • Infant 0-2
  • Child 3-12
  • Adolescent 13-17
  • Young Adult 18-25
  • Adult 26-64

Languages

  • Spanish
  • English

Gender

Female

Johns Hopkins Affiliations:

  • Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Faculty

About Eva Seligman

Professional Titles

  • Director, Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship Program

Primary Academic Title

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Johns Hopkins Physician

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Background

Eva Seligman is a pediatric emergency medicine and primary care sports medicine specialist, and the director of the Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship Program. She provides non-surgical care to school-aged and young adult athletes of all skill level in sports medicine clinic. She also cares for all children seeking emergency services in the pediatric emergency department. 

Her expertise includes emergency care, pediatric and young adults with sports injuries, concussion, female athlete sports medicine issues, acute and overuse injuries, stress fractures, muscle strains, and other musculoskeletal injuries of the shoulder, elbow, wrist/hand, hip, knee and foot/ankle. She also performs ultrasound and anatomical image-guided joint injections.

Dr. Seligman graduated from the University of Michigan Medical School in 2013, and completed her residency in pediatrics at McGraw Medical Center of Northwestern University in 2016. She completed fellowship in pediatric emergency medicine here at Hopkins and in primary care sports medicine at Boston Children’s Hospital. During fellowship she cared for athletes of various levels as a physician for the Boston Ballet, Northeastern University Men’s Ice Hockey Team, and various high school programs. 

She is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics, American College of Sports Medicine, and the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine. 

Research Interests

pediatric emergency medicine, trauma resuscitation, concussion, acute knee pain management, sport-related injuries

Research Summary

Dr. Seligman is engaged in various research efforts, including the management of acute knee pain, epidemiologic factors associated with concussions leading to emergency department visits. She is also invested in trainee education and using checklists to improve pediatric trauma resuscitation within an academic setting.

Selected Publications

  • F2L, a peptide derived from heme-binding protein, chemoattracts mouse neutrophils by specifically activating Fpr2, the low-affinity N-formylpeptide receptor. Gao JL, Guillabert A, Hu J, Le Y, Urizar E, Seligman E, Fang KJ, Yuan X, Imbault V, Communi D, Wang JM, Parmentier M, Murphy PM, Migeotte I. J Immunol. 2007 Feb 1;178(3):1450-6. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.178.3.1450. PMID: 17237393

  • Implementation of LURIES: A New Handoff Tool for Pediatric Residents. Seligman E, Malakooti M. Cureus. 2018 Apr 30;10(4):e2558. doi: 10.7759/cureus.2558. PMID: 29974013 Free PMC article.

  • Factors Associated With Repeat Emergency Department Visits in a State-wide Cohort of Pediatric Patients With Mild Traumatic Brain Injury. Seligman E, Aslam U, Psoter KJ, Ryan LM, Nasr IW. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2022 Feb 1;38(2):e683-e689. doi: 10.1097/PEC.0000000000002368. PMID: 35100767

  • Changes in training patterns and confidence to return to sport in United States collegiate athletes during the COVID-19 pandemic. Seligman E, Beasley MA, Christino MA, Miller PE, Kobelski G, Stracciolini A. Phys Sportsmed. 2022 Mar 8:1-6. doi: 10.1080/00913847.2022.2046957. Online ahead of print. PMID: 35209782

Memberships

  • American Academy of Pediatrics
  • American Medical Society for Sports Medicine
  • American College of Sports Medicine

Locations

  1. The Johns Hopkins Hospital

Expertise

Education

  • Fellowship: Boston Children's Hospital, Sports Medicine, 2021
  • Fellowship: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, 2020
  • Residency: Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Pediatrics, 2016
  • Medical Education: University of Michigan Medical School, MD, 2013

Board Certifications

  • Sports Medicine: American Board of Pediatrics, 2022
  • Pediatric Emergency Medicine: American Board of Pediatrics, 2021
  • Pediatrics: American Board of Pediatrics, 2016

Insurance

Search plans
  • Aetna
  • CareFirst
  • Cigna
  • First Health
  • Geisinger Health Plan
  • HealthSmart/Accel
  • Johns Hopkins Health Plans
  • MultiPlan
  • Pennsylvania's Preferred Health Networks (PPHN)
  • Point Comfort Underwriters
  • Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS)
  • Veteran Affairs Community Care Network (Optum-VACCN)