For Patients:
To request an appointment, call 800.678.KIDS (5437) or fill out our online form.

For Referring Physicians:
To refer a patient, call Children's Direct at 800.678.HELP (4357).

David M Jaffe, MD

Dr. Jaffe is the Medical Director for Pediatric Emergency Services. He sees patients in the emergency department at St. Louis Children's Hospital. Recognized as a "Best Doctor in America" in the 2010 issue of St. Louis Magazine.

Services: Emergency Medicine

Practice Name: Emergency Department

Gender: Male

Specialties:

Emergency Medicine-Pediatric - certified
Emergency Medicine - certified
*Pediatrics - certified

Hospitals:

St. Louis Children's Hospital

Academic Profile:

Washington University School of Medicine

For Patients:
To request an appointment, call 800.678.KIDS (5437) or fill out our online form.

For Referring Physicians:
To refer a patient, call Children's Direct at 800.678.HELP (4357).

Public transportation available | Handicap accessible

Education

Medical School: Pritzker School of Medicine University of Chicago
Residency: The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Fellowship: The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Health Plans Accepted

Admar	Aetna PPO
BCBS of IL HMO	BCBS of IL PPO
BCBS/Anthem(Blue Access Choice PPO	BCBS/Anthem(Blue Access PPO)
Cigna Open Access HMO/POS	Cigna PPO
CMR (Care Management Resources)	Community Care Network PPO
CorVel PPO	Coventry HMO/POS (formerly GHP)
First Health	Great Rivers Network
Great-West HMO/POS	Great-West PPO
Health Alliance HMO & PPO	Healthlink Open Access/HMO/POS
Healthlink PPO	Home State-MC+
Humana PPO/ChoiceCare Network	IPA Secondary to Medicare
Medicaid MO/ Missouri HealthNet	Medicare
PPO Next/HealthStar	Preferred Plan of MO PPO/Takecare
Primrose Tertiary/Quarternary	Private Health Care Systems PPO
ProAmerica PPO	Providers Network of America
Tricare/Triwest Prime HMO/POS	Tricare/Triwest Extra PPO
Union Pacific RR Emp. Health System	United Healthcare Choice/Choice+
United Healthcare PPO/ Options	United Healthcare Select/Select+POS
United Payors & Provider	USA Managed Care Org
Wellborn HMO

Evaluation of the Precision of Emergency Department Diagnoses in Young Children With Fever.Colvin JM, Jaffe DM, Muenzer JT.Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2011 Aug 25. [Epub ahead of print]

PMID:: 21868591; [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Related citations Factors associated with cervical spine injury in children after blunt trauma.Leonard JC, Kuppermann N, Olsen C, Babcock-Cimpello L, Brown K, Mahajan P, Adelgais KM, Anders J, Borgialli D, Donoghue A, Hoyle JD Jr, Kim E, Leonard JR, Lillis KA, Nigrovic LE, Powell EC, Rebella G, Reeves SD, Rogers AJ, Stankovic C, Teshome G, Jaffe DM; Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network.Ann Emerg Med. 2011 Aug;58(2):145-55. Epub 2010 Oct 29.

PMID:: 21035905; [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Related citations Evidence for a novel blood RNA diagnostic for pediatric appendicitis: the riboleukogram.Muenzer JT, Jaffe DM, Schwulst SJ, Dixon DJ, Schierding WS, Li Q, MacMillan SK, Oppedal D, Warner BW, Dillon PA, Lin N, Checchia PA, Cobb JP.Pediatr Emerg Care. 2010 May;26(5):333-8.

PMID:: 20404783; [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Related citations Final evaluation of the 2005 to 2007 National Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellows' Conferences.Jaffe DM, Knapp JF, Jeffe DB.Pediatr Emerg Care. 2009 May;25(5):295-300.

PMID:: 19404227; [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Related citations Outcomes evaluation of the 2005 National Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellows' Conference.Jaffe DM, Knapp JF, Jeffe DB.Pediatr Emerg Care. 2008 Apr;24(4):255-61.

PMID:: 18418268; [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Related citations Association of injury visits in children and child maltreatment reports.Spivey MI, Schnitzer PG, Kruse RL, Slusher P, Jaffe DM.J Emerg Med. 2009 Feb;36(2):207-14. Epub 2008 Apr 9.

PMID:: 18403164; [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Related citations Pilot study of oral montelukast added to standard therapy for acute asthma exacerbations in children aged 6 to 14 years.Nelson KA, Smith SR, Trinkaus K, Jaffe DM.Pediatr Emerg Care. 2008 Jan;24(1):21-7.

PMID:: 18165796; [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Related citations Asthma coaching in the pediatric emergency department.Smith SR, Jaffe DM, Highstein G, Fisher EB, Trinkaus KM, Strunk RC.Acad Emerg Med. 2006 Aug;13(8):835-9. Epub 2006 Jul 6.