Every day, public health is making an impact. In the past fiscal year alone, CHOP’s Center for Public Health Readiness & Response: ☎️Managed 60,000+ poisoning cases 🏠Helped safely manage 40,000+ cases at home 🏥Supported 10,000+ hospital toxicology consultations

Health Cares About Domestic Violence Day (HCADV Day) is a nationally recognized day of awareness and action, held every year on the second Wednesday of October.

💡 Why the shoes clue? At 8 months, a child can’t tell you their feet hurt. Pain with putting on shoes may be the clue to tender, swollen feet. Treatment is generally supportive: hydration + pain control. Episodes typically resolve without permanent joint damage.

Dactylitis occurs when sickled RBCs obstruct blood flow in the small bones of the hands and feet, causing vaso-occlusion and ischemia. 👀 Look for painful, swollen, warm hands or feet. Infants may present with fussiness, decreased movement, or refusal to bear weight.

Thank you for participating in our QOW! The answer is 3️⃣ Dactylitis (hand-foot syndrome). Dactylitis is often one of the earliest manifestations of sickle cell disease—especially HbSS—and is most common in the first 6–12 months of life.

We're thrilled to have Dr. Bick join our team and look forward to the enthusiasm, creativity, and dedication she will bring to CHOP's pediatric emergency medicine community. Welcome, Katie!

A fun fact about Dr. Bick: she's recently married and had a beach wedding in California, where she celebrated by doing the worm in her wedding dress and jumping into the ocean at the end of the night!

Outside of medicine, Katie enjoys: ⛳ golf 🎾 tennis 🍽️ cooking 🥾 hiking 🌳 spending time outdoors 🎲 board games

Dr. Bick's professional interests: resident medical education with a focus on clinical reasoning, health equity, legislative advocacy, & innovative educational initiatives. She's also helping launch a CHOP podcast on clinical pathways, combining education & clinical excellence.

She completed her pediatric residency training through the Boston Combined Residency Program at Boston Children's Hospital and Boston Medical Center.

Originally from Orange County, California, Dr. Bick earned her Bachelor of Arts in Human Biology and Master of Science in Community Health and Prevention Research from Stanford University before receiving her medical degree from the Keck School of Medicine of USC.

Happy Fellow Friday! Please join us in welcoming our newest PEM Fellow, Katie Bick, MD, MS, to the CHOP Pediatric Emergency Department! 🎉

Outside of medicine, Dr. Kerstetter enjoys: 📚 Reading 🎾 Playing tennis ⚾🟠and cheering on the Philadelphia Phillies. We are so excited to have Dr. Kerstetter join the PEM group and look forward to the expertise, dedication, and perspective she will bring to CHOP. Welcome, Jessica!

Kerstetter's professional interests include the care of both adult and pediatric incarcerated patients and pediatric education for emergency medicine residents. She is passionate about advancing equitable and compassionate care while helping train the next generation of emergency physicians.

Kerstetter completed her undergraduate studies at the University of Pittsburgh before earning both her Master of Arts in Urban Bioethics and medical degree from Temple University. She then went on to complete her Emergency Medicine residency at Emory University. 💉🩺 Dr.

Happy Fellow Friday! Please join us in welcoming our newest PEM Fellow, Jessica Kerstetter, MD, MA, to the CHOP Pediatric Emergency Department! 🎉🥳 Originally from Selinsgrove, PA, Dr.