Khoon-Yen Tay, MD
Locations: Main Building, CHOP at Virtua Voorhees Hospital
About Khoon-Yen Tay, MD
Titles
Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physician
Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Certifications
Pediatric Emergency Medicine – American Board of Pediatrics
Pediatrics – American Board of Pediatrics
Awards and Honors
2016-2017, CHOP Residency Early Career Faculty Honor Roll
2014, CHOP Residency Faculty Honor Roll
2012, PAS Travel Award for Young Investigators, Pediatric Academic Societies
2011, Farley Award, Children's Hospital Boston, Awarded by Medical Staff Executive Committee
2009, Senior Resident Teaching Award, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Residency Program, Exemplary Resident Teaching
2006, New England Pediatric Society Prize, Yale University School of Medicine Scholarship in Pediatrics
2006, The Dr. Louis H. Nahem Thesis Prize, Yale University School of Medicine, Thesis Scholarship
2000, Phi Beta Kappa Scholarship, Princeton University
Leadership and Memberships
Memberships in Professional Organizations
International
2012-present, International Network for Simulation-based Pediatric Innovation, Research and Education
National
2017-present, Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM)
2012-present, ImPACTS: Improving Pediatric Acute Care Through Simulation Research Study
2006-present, American Academy of Pediatrics
Editorial and Academic Positions
Editorial positions
2015-present, monthly reviewer, Practical Reviews in Pediatrics
2013-present, Ad hoc reviewer, Annals of Emergency Medicine
2009-present, Ad hoc reviewer, Pediatric Emergency Care
Academic and institutional committees
2017-present, Faculty Recruitment Committee for the Division of Emergency Medicine, Chair
2017-present, Hospital-wide Airway Program Committee
2017-present, Difficult and Critical Airway Pathway Revisal Committee
2015-2018, Clinical Competency Committee for the Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship Program in the Division of Emergency Medicine
2015-present, Skin and Soft Tissue Emergency Department Clinical Pathway Development Committee
2014-present, Subcommittee on Simulation in Medical Education for the Division of Emergency Medicine, Co-chair
2013-present, Clinical Competency Committee for the CHOP Pediatric Residency Program
2012-present, Education Committee, Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Education & training
Medical Degree
MD - Yale School of Medicine, Yale School of Medicine
Internship
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Residency
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Fellowship
Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA (Chief Fellow)
Publications
Publications
2018
Auerbach M, Brown L, Whitfill T, Baird J, Abulebda K, Bhatnagar A, Lutfi R, Gawel M, Walsh B, Tay KY, Lavoie M, Nadkarni V, Dudas R, Kessler D, Katznelson J, Ganghadaran S, Hamilton MF: Adherence to Pediatric Cardiac Arrest Guidelines Across a Spectrum of Fifty Emergency Departments: A Prospective, In Situ, Simulation-Based Study. Acad Emerg Med September 2018. PMCID: 30194902
Nelson CE, Chen A, McAndrew L, Tay KY, Balamuth F: Management of Skin and Soft-Tissue Infections Before and After Clinical Pathway Implementation. Clin Pediatr. (eds.). 57(6): 660-666, June 2018.
Gupta KM, Tay KY: Spinal Epidural Abscess in an Infant Presenting as Fever and Respiratory Distress. Pediatr Emerg Care May 2018.
2017
Walsh BM, Gangadharan S, Whitfill T, Gawel M, Kessler D, Dudas RA, Katznelson J, Lavoie M, Tay KY, Hamilton M, Brown LL, Nadkarni V, Auerbach M; INSPIRE ImPACT investigators.: Safety Threats During the Care of Infants with Hypoglycemic Seizures in the Emergency Department: A Multicenter, Simulation-Based Prospective Cohort Study. J Emerg Med 53(4): 467-474.e7, Oct 2017.
2016
S Gangadharan, M.D.; G Tiyyagura, M.D.; M Gawel, R.N.; B Walsh, M.D.; L Brown, M.D.; M Lavoie, M.D.; K Tay, M.D.; M Auerbach, M.D. for the INSPIRE ImPACTS Investigators: A Grounded Theory Qualitative Analysis of Inter-professional Providers' Perceptions on Caring for Critically Ill Infants and Children in Pediatric and General Emergency Departments Pediatric Emergency Care Pediatric Emergency Care Page: doi: 10.1097, October 2016 Notes: Epub only.
Marc Auerbach, MD, MSci; Travis Whitfill, MPH; Marcie Gawel, MSN; David Kessler, MD, MSc; Barbara Walsh, MD; Khoon-Yen Tay, MD; et al: Differences in the Quality of Pediatric Resuscitative Care Across a Spectrum of Emergency Departments. JAMA Pediatrics 170(10): 987-994, Oct 2016.
2014
Tay Khoon-Yen, Ewald Michele Burns, Bourgeois Florence T: Use of QT-prolonging medications in US emergency departments, 1995-2009. Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety 23(1): 9-17, Jan 2014.
2006
Spiro DM, Tay KY, Arnold DH, Dzuira, JD, Baker MD, Shapiro ED.: Wait-and-See Prescription for the Treatment of Acute Otitis Media: A Randomized, Controlled Trial. JAMA 10(296): 1235-41, Sept 2006.
2001
Welsh D, Tsien JZ., Mody M, Cao Y, Cui Z, Tay KY, Shyong A, Shimizu E, Pham K, Schultz P,: Genome-wide gene expression profiles of the developing mouse hippocampus. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 15(98): 8862-7, July 17 2001.
Abstracts (includes Posters and Scientific Presentations)
2017
Khoon-Yen Tay, Megan Lavoie, Travis Whitfill, Lucas Butler, Marc Auerbach: Pennsylvania Prehospital Provider Pediatric Emergency Skills: A Self-Reported Needs Assessment. Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting, Poster Presentation, San Francisco, CA May 2017.
Lectures by Invitation
2018
Tay KY. "Belly Up! Controversies in Pediatric Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management", CHOP Disney CME course, Orlando, FL. Feb, 2018.
Tay KY. "Get with the Guidelines: Pediatric Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation 2018", CHOP Disney CME Course, Orlando, FL. Feb, 2018.
Tay KY. "Rules of the Game: Introduction to Simulation" CHOP Disney CME course, Orlando, FL. Feb, 2018.
2017
Tay KY. "To Tube or Not To Tube? Is That the Question? Pediatric Airway Management" Albert Einstein Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds, Philadelphia, PA. Dec, 2017.
Tay KY. "To Tube or Not To Tube: Is that the Question?", Innovations in Pediatric Emergency Medicine: Consensus, Controversy, and the Cutting Edge, Philadelphia, PA. Nov, 2017.
Tay KY. "To Tube or Not To Tube: Is That the Question?," CHOP-American Austrian Foundation Conference, Salzburg, Austria. Jun, 2017.
Tay KY. "Belly Up! Pediatric Abdominal Emergencies" CHOP-American Austrian Foundation Conference, Salzburg, Austria. Jun, 2017.
Tay KY. "Rules of the Game: Introduction to Simulation" CHOP-American Austrian Foundation Conference, Salzburg, Austria. Jun, 2017.
Tay KY. "It's All in the Eye of the Beholder: Visual Diagnosis" CHOP-American Austrian Foundation Conference, Salzburg, Austria. Jun, 2017.
Tay KY. "Get With The Guidelines: Pediatric CPR 2017", CHOP-American Austrian Foundation Conference, Salzburg, Austria. Jun, 2017.
2016
Tay KY. "Introduction to Simulation" CHOP PEM CME course, Philadelphia, PA. Nov, 2016.
Tay KY. "Know What to Look for Before Making Rash Decisions" Best Practices in Pediatric Emergency Nursing Conference, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. Sep, 2016.
Tay KY. "Pediatric Dental Trauma", Aria Combined Emergency Medicine-Family Practice Residency Grand Rounds, Langhorne, PA. May, 2016.
Editorials, Reviews, Chapters
2016
Khoon-Yen Tay; Mirna M'Farrej: Approach to the Ill Child Fleisher & Ludwig's Textbook of Pediatric Emergency Medicine 2016.
2015
Khoon-Yen Tay and Rakesh D. Mistry: General Approach to Neonates and Infants Less Than 12 Months of Age. Harwood-Nuss' Clinical Practice of Emergency Medicine, 6th ed. Allan B. Wolfson (eds.). Page: 1067-1072, 2015.