Payal K. Gala, MD
Locations: Main Building, CHOP at Virtua Voorhees Hospital
About Payal K. Gala, MD
Titles
Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physician
Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Certifications
Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS)
Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
Pediatric Emergency Medicine – American Board of Pediatrics
Pediatrics – American Board of Pediatrics
Awards and Honors
2022, SJ Mag's Top Docs in Emergency Medicine
2023, SJ Mag's Top Docs in Emergency Medicine
Editorial and Academic Positions
2016, Fellowship Program Evaluation Committee, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
2015, Pediatric Peer Review and Performance Improvement Committee, Virtua Hospital
2011, Febrile Infant Pathway Quality Improvement Committee, Division of Emergency Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
2010, Educational Improvement Committee, Division of Emergency Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Education & training
Medical Degree
MD - University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson, New Brunswick, NJ
Internship
Pediatrics - Yale- New Haven Children’s Hospital, New Haven, CT
Residency
Pediatrics - Yale- New Haven Children’s Hospital, New Haven, CT
Fellowship
Pediatric Emergency Medicine - The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Publications
Books
Chapters
2020
Margaret Wolff, MD, MHPE, Aletha Y. Akers, MD, MPH, Payal K. Gala, MD. Gynecology Emergencies. In: Kathy N. Shaw, Richard G. Bachur, ed. Fleisher & Ludwig’s The Textbook of Pediatric Emergency Medicine: Eighth Edition. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2020.