Amy L. Drendel, DO, MS

Professor of Pediatrics and Medical Director, Children's Wisconsin Emergency Department Trauma Center

Locations

Children's Wisconsin - Milwaukee Campus
8915 W. Connell Ct.
Milwaukee, WI 53226

Education

DO, Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine, 1997
Residency, Pediatrics Rush Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical Center Center, 2002
MS, Medical College of Wisconsin
Fellowship, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, 2005

Research Interests

Dr. Drendel is a physician scientist committed to patient-oriented translational research. As a pediatric emergency medicine physician, her main research interest is the optimization of pain treatment for children. She was the principal investigator for one of the largest published pediatric clinical trial of at-home analgesic effectiveness for children with fractures and she has an in-depth understanding of the at-home pain experience. Dr. Drendel is currently the principal investigator for a prospective multi-center longitudinal comparative effectiveness study that aims to determine the most effective analgesic regimen for children with fracture pain and is funded by the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Drendel has been a co-investigator on 5 previous grants evaluating pediatric pain treatment effectiveness and has developed collaborative networks that position the team to perform large-scale innovative research. Prior research evaluated the variability in the treatment of pediatric pain; current goals include developing a comprehensive understanding of the pain experience for children from the Emergency Department to the at-home setting.

Primary research focus:

Outpatient pediatric pain experience
Treatment of pediatric acute pain in the Emergency Department
Pain assessment
Procedural pain

Does Mechanism of Injury Predict Trauma Center Need for Children?

(Lerner EB, Badawy M, Cushman JT, Drendel AL, Fumo N, Jones CMC, Shah MN, Gourlay DM.) Prehosp Emerg Care. 2021 Jan-Feb;25(1):95-102 PMID: 32119577 PMCID: PMC7641009 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85082410259 03/03/2020
A two-centre survey of caregiver perspectives on opioid use for children's acute pain management.

(Jun E, Ali S, Yaskina M, Dong K, Rajagopal M, Drendel AL, Fowler M, Poonai N, Pediatric Emergency Research Canada .) Paediatr Child Health. 2021 Feb;26(1):19-26 PMID: 33542771 PMCID: PMC7850273 12/30/2019
Bringing It All Together: A Review of the Challenges in Measuring Children's Satisfaction as a Key Component of Acute Pain Management.

(Hodapp JW, Ali S, Drendel AL.) Children (Basel). 2020 Nov 20;7(11) PMID: 33233508 PMCID: PMC7699486 11/26/2020
Adolescents' Awareness of and Attitudes Toward Expedited Partner Therapy Provided in the Emergency Department.

(Pickett ML, Hoehn EF, Visotcky AM, Norman B, Drendel AL.) Sex Transm Dis. 2020 11;47(11):754-759 PMID: 33045164 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85092886178 10/13/2020
Utilizing Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS) to Identify Pediatric Trauma Patients Needing Lifesaving Interventions (LSIs): A Retrospective Study.

(Ashby DW, Meyer MT, Gourlay DM, Balakrishnan B, Drendel AL.) Pediatr Emerg Care. 2020 Sep 08 PMID: 32910035 09/11/2020
Non-steroidal or opioid analgesia use for children with musculoskeletal injuries (the No OUCH study): statistical analysis plan.

(Heath A, Yaskina M, Hopkin G, Klassen TP, McCabe C, Offringa M, Pechlivanoglou P, Rios JD, Poonai N, Ali S, KidsCAN PERC Innovative Pediatric Clinical Trials No OUCH Study Group.) Trials. 2020 Sep 03;21(1):759 PMID: 32883371 PMCID: PMC7469310 09/05/2020
Opioid Prescription Patterns at Emergency Department Discharge for Children with Fractures.

(Drendel AL, Brousseau DC, Casper TC, Bajaj L, Alessandrini EA, Grundmeier RW, Chamberlain JM, Goyal MK, Olsen CS, Alpern ER.) Pain Med. 2020 09 01;21(9):1947-1954 PMID: 32022894 PMCID: PMC7553018 02/06/2020
Vaccinating in the Emergency Department, a Novel Approach to Improve Influenza Vaccination Rates via a Quality Improvement Initiative.

(Baumer-Mouradian SH, Kleinschmidt A, Servi A, Jaworski B, Lazarevic K, Kopetsky M, Nimmer M, Hanson T, Gray MP, Drendel AL.) Pediatr Qual Saf. 2020 Jul-Aug;5(4):e322 PMID: 32766495 PMCID: PMC7351463 08/09/2020
Study protocol for two complementary trials of non-steroidal or opioid analgesia use for children aged 6 to 17 years with musculoskeletal injuries (the No OUCH study).

(Ali S, Rajagopal M, Klassen T, Richer L, McCabe C, Willan A, Yaskina M, Heath A, Drendel AL, Offringa M, Gouin S, Stang A, Sawyer S, Bhatt M, Hickes S, Poonai N, KidsCAN PERC Innovative Pediatric Clinical Trials No OUCH Study Team.) BMJ Open. 2020 06 21;10(6):e035177 PMID: 32565458 PMCID: PMC7311068 06/23/2020
Implementation of a tablet-based suicide screening tool in an emergency department.

(Pickett ML, Krentz C, Nimmer M, Servi A, Schmitz A, Drendel AL.) Am J Emerg Med. 2020 Jun 20 PMID: 32641267 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85087994845 07/10/2020
Racial and Ethnic Differences in Emergency Department Pain Management of Children With Fractures.

(Goyal MK, Johnson TJ, Chamberlain JM, Cook L, Webb M, Drendel AL, Alessandrini E, Bajaj L, Lorch S, Grundmeier RW, Alpern ER, PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY CARE APPLIED RESEARCH NETWORK (PECARN).) Pediatrics. 2020 05;145(5) PMID: 32312910 PMCID: PMC7193974 04/22/2020
Knowledge, attitudes and practices of Canadian pediatric emergency physicians regarding short-term opioid use: a descriptive, cross-sectional survey.

(Fowler M, Ali S, Gouin S, Drendel AL, Poonai N, Yaskina M, Sivakumar M, Jun E, Dong K, for Pediatric Emergency Research Canada.) CMAJ Open. 2020 Jan-Mar;8(1):E148-E155 PMID: 32184278 PMCID: PMC7082107 03/19/2020

Pediatric Emergency Medicine