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Caitlin McNamara, MD
- Assistant Professor of Critical Care Medicine and Pediatrics
- Associate Director, Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship
Caitlin McNamara, MD is an assistant professor of pediatric critical care medicine and child advocacy center and an associate program director for the pediatric critical care fellowship. She completed a BS in Biology from Georgia Institute of Technology followed by a medical degree from Pennsylvania State University. Her pediatric residency, pediatric critical care fellowship, neurocritical care fellowship, and T32 research fellowship were at University of Pittsburgh Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh.
Education & Training
- BS, Biology, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011
- MD, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, 2017
- Residency, Pediatrics, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, 2020
- Fellowship, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, 2023
- Fellowship, Neurocritical Care, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, 2024
Selected Publications
McNamara C, Mironova I, Lehman E, Olympia RP. Predictors of Intrathoracic Injury after Blunt Torso Trauma in Children Presenting to an Emergency Department as Trauma Activations. J Emerg Med. 2017;52(6). doi:10.1016/j.jemermed.2016.11.031
McNamara CR, Panigrahy A, Sheetz M, Berger RP. The Likelihood of an Occult Fracture in Skeletal Surveys Obtained in Children More Than 2 Years Old With Concerns of Physical Abuse. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2022;38(2):e488-e492. doi:10.1097/PEC.0000000000002440
McNamara CR, Kalinowski A, Horvat CM, et al. New Functional Impairment After Hospital Discharge by Traumatic Brain Injury Mechanism in Younger Than 3 Years Old Admitted to the PICU in a Single Center Retrospective Study. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. Published online December 13, 2023. doi:10.1097/PCC.0000000000003417.
McNamara CR, Even KM, Kalinowski A, Horvat CM, Gaines BA, Richardson WM, Simon DW, Kochanek PM, Berger RP, Fink EL. Multi-Organ Dysfunction Syndrome in Abusive and Accidental Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury. Neurocritical Care. Dec 2023. doi: 10.1007/s12028-023-01887-y
Academic and Research Interests
Neurocritical care
Traumatic brain injury
Child Abuse
Abusive head trauma