Ran D Goldman

MD

Investigator, BC Children's Hospital
Co-Head, Division of Translational Therapeutics, Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia

My research focuses on pediatric pain management, acute pain, and pharmacology. Children requiring emergency care have unique and specific needs, especially those with serious and life-threatening emergencies. The field of pediatric emergency medicine has rapidly evolved over the last two decades. Its unique role has dramatically changed the face of the pediatric sub-specialty and set new challenges for therapeutic treatments. This program looks into different aspects of medical therapeutics in the pediatric emergency setting:

Treatment of Infectious Diseases – Dosing and length of treatment with antibiotics

Toxicology – Accidental and non-accidental overdose

Medical Errors – Determining causes and finding ways for prevention

Adverse Events – Side effects of common over the counter and prescribed drugs; monitoring modalities while under pharmacologic treatment

Quality Management – Parental and patient compliance with prescribed medications in the emergency setting

Therapeutic management of pain and sedation in children – Pain management and sedation for procedures in the emergency department and/or post ED visit

Complementary and Alternative Medicine – Utilization, indications, physician and family attitude, and adverse events

Translational Therapeutics – From bench to bedside – pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of new drugs