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Leticia Ryan

Leticia Ryan, MD, MPH

Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Johns Hopkins Affiliations:
  • Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Faculty

Languages

  • English

14 Insurances Accepted

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Gender

Female

About Leticia Ryan

Professional Titles

  • Director, Pediatric Emergency Medicine
  • Medical Director of Injury Prevention
  • Director of Research, Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Primary Academic Title

Associate Professor of Pediatrics

Background

Dr. Leticia Manning Ryan is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and has a joint appointment in the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Her areas of clinical expertise include pediatric emergency medicine. 

Dr. Ryan received her medical degree with honors from the University of Vermont College of Medicine and a master’s degree in public health, from the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services. She completed her clinical training (residency in pediatrics, chief residency in pediatrics, fellowship in pediatric emergency medicine) from 1999-2006 at Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, DC where she remained as a faculty member until 2013.

Dr. Ryan’s research focuses on injury and violence prevention and has been funded through the National Institutes of Health and national and regional foundations.  She completed a K23 Career Development Award to study the role of bone health in pediatric fractures and is a selected participant in the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Interdisciplinary Research Leaders Program. Dr. Ryan has authored or co-authored more than forty articles and book chapters in the fields of injury and emergency medicine.

Centers and Institutes

Johns Hopkins Children's Center

Research Interests

Child health disparities, Injury epidemiology, Injury prevention

Research Summary

Dr. Ryan’s research focuses on childhood injury prevention and child health disparities. 

Selected Publications

  • Ryan LM, Johnson SL, Jones V, Fein JA, Cheng TL. Is household composition associated with repeat fight injuries in urban adolescents? Journal of Interpersonal Violence. [In press]

  • Ryan LM, Solomon BS, Ziegfeld S, Gielen A, Malloy L, Foster D, Smith KC, McDonald E. Promoting Bike Helmet Safety for Urban Children Through a Culturally Tailored Educational Video. Health Promotion Practice 2019; e-publication ahead of print. 

    Available at: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1524839918822271

  • Ryan LM, Teach S, Singer S, Wood R, Freishtat RJ, Wright JL, McCarter R, Tosi L, Chamberlain JM. Bone mineral density and vitamin D status among African American children with forearm fractures. Pediatrics 2012; 130: e553-e560.

  • Mangus C, Klein BL, Miller M, Stewart D, Ryan LM. Repeat Radiographic Imaging in Patients with Long Bone Fractures Transferred to a Pediatric Trauma Center. Journal of Investigative Medicine 2019; 67: 59-62.

  • Wood R, Rucker A, Lall A, Teach S, Chamberlain J, Ryan LM. Home fire safety practices in an urban pediatric emergency department population. Pediatric Emergency Care 2016; 32: 763-767.

Honors

  • K23 Career Development Award, National Institutes of Health
  • First Place in the Short Video category, for "You Make the Call", a bike helmet promotion video created through the funded project, Promoting Bike Helmet Safety for Baltimore City Children through a Culturally Tailored Educational Video in the Primary Care Setting., Safety Media Awards at the 2018 World Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion
  • Honorable Mention in the Evaluation category for "You Make the Call", a bike helmet promotion video created through the funded project, Promoting Bike Helmet Safety for Baltimore City Children through a Culturally Tailored Educational Video in the Primary Care Setting., Safety Media Awards at the 2018 World Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion
  • Elected to membership in the Society for Pediatric Research

Locations

  1. The Johns Hopkins Hospital
    • 1800 Orleans Street, Baltimore, MD 21287

    Expertise

    Education

    GWU Milken School of Public Health

    Graduate School, Epidemiology, 2011

    Children's National Hospital

    Fellowship, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, 2006

    Children's National Hospital

    Residency, Pediatrics, 2003

    Children's National Hospital

    Residency, Pediatrics, 2002

    University of Vermont College of Medicine

    Medical Education, MD, 1999

    Board Certifications

    Pediatric Emergency Medicine

    American Board of Pediatrics, 2009

    Pediatrics

    American Board of Pediatrics, 2002

    Insurance

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    • Pennsylvania's Preferred Health Networks (PPHN)
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    • Veteran Affairs Community Care Network (Optum-VACCN)