
Eric D. McCollum, MD, MPH
Pediatric Pulmonology
- Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Faculty
About Eric D. McCollum
Primary Academic Title
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Background
Dr. Eric McCollum is a pediatric pulmonologist at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. He has expertise in global child respiratory health with more than ten years of clinical and research experience in low-resource settings in southern Africa and south Asia.
After having lived in Malawi for five years as a clinician with the Baylor Pediatric AIDS Corps and as a NIH Fogarty International Clinical Research Fellow, Dr. McCollum is now primarily based in the countries of Lesotho and Bangladesh. He is the principal investigator of a NIH K01 International Research Scientist Development Award, through the Fogarty International Center, examining the role of pulse oximetry in Bangladeshi children with clinical pneumonia.
Dr. McCollum is also a co-investigator for a study comprehensively examining the effectiveness of the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in rural Bangladeshi children. In the southern African country of Malawi Dr. McCollum is the principal investigator of a randomized controlled trial investigating the effectiveness of bubble continuous positive airway pressure in children hospitalized with severe clinical pneumonia. He has successfully designed, led, or co-led several multi-site studies in developing countries throughout Africa and Asia including the novel application of pulse oximetry for children with clinical pneumonia by rural Malawian frontline health workers and digital auscultation as a respiratory diagnostic in six low-resource countries participating in the Pneumonia Etiology Research for Child Health study.
Dr. McCollum has been recognized globally for his contributions to child respiratory health. He has won multiple early career investigator awards and is currently a member of the World Health Organization Technical Support Network for pneumococcal conjugate vaccine impact studies and a member of the World Health Organization expert global working group for the World Health Organization chest radiograph guidelines for children. He holds a joint faculty appointment in the Department of International Health at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health.
Clinical Trials Summary
CPAP Improving Mortality for Pneumonia in African Children Trial (IMPACT)
Recent News Articles and Media Coverage
Research Interests
air pollution and respiratory health outcomes in developing countries, asthma in low resource settings, child pneumonia in developing countries, digital auscultation as a pediatric respiratory diagnostic in low resource settings, Global health, non-invasive ventilation in developing countries, oxygen delivery in low resource settings, pneumococcal conjugate vaccine effectiveness in low resource settings, pulse oximetry in developing countries
Lab Website
Eric McCollum Lab
- Research in the Eric McCollum Lab focuses on pediatric pulmonary medicine, particularly pulmonary diseases among children in undeveloped, low-resource countries. We are taking part in the IMPACT trial, which looks at the impact of bubble continuous positive airway pressure (bCPAP) on the mortality of Malawian children with pneumonia.
Selected Publications
McCollum ED, King C, Deula, R, Zadutsa B, Mankhambo L, Nambiar B, Makwenda C, Masache G, Lufesi N, Mwansambo C, Costello A, and T. Colbourn. Pulse oximetry for children with pneumonia treated as outpatients in rural Malawi. Bull World Health Organ. 2016 Dec 1;94(12):893-902. PMCID: PMC5153930
McCollum ED, King C, Hammitt L.L., Ginsburg A.S., Colbourn T, Baqui A.H., and K.L. O’Brien. Reducing child pneumonia mortality in the Sustainable Development era. Lancet Resp Med. 2016 Dec;4(12):932-933. doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(16)30371-X.
McCollum ED, Nambiar B, Deula R, Zadutsa B, Bondo A, King C, Beard J, Liyaya H, Mankhambo L, Lazzerini M, Makwenda C, Masache G, Bar-Zeev N, Kazembe PN, Mwansambo C, Lufesi N, Costello A, Armstrong B, and T. Colbourn. Impact of the 13-valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine on Clinical and Hypoxemic Childhood Pneumonia over Three Years in Central Malawi: An observational study. PLoS ONE. 2017 Jan 4;12(1):e0168209. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0168209. PMCID: PMC5215454
McCollum ED, Park DE, Watson NL, Buck WC, Bunthi C, Devendra A, Ebruke B, Elhilali M, Emmanouilidou D, Garcia-Prats AJ, Githinji L, Lokman H, Madhi SA, Moore DP, Mulindwa J, Olson D, Awori JO, Vandepitte WP, Verwey C, West JE, Knoll MD, O'Brien KL, Feikin DR, Hammitt LL. Listening panel performance and characteristics of lung sounds digitally recorded from children 1-59 months old enrolled in the Pneumonia Etiology for Child Health (PERCH) case-control study. BMJ Open Respir Res. 2017. In press.
Emmanouilidou D, McCollum ED, Park DE, Elhilali M. Computerized Lung Sound Screening for Pediatric Auscultation in Noisy Field Environments. IEEE Trans Biomed Eng. 2017. In press.
Honors
- Abstract Award, American Thoracic Society International Conference
- Fogarty International Clinical Research Fellowship Alumni Travel Award, National Institutes of Health
- Young Investigator Award, 19th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections
- International Child Tuberculosis Training Scholarship
- International Workshop of HIV Pediatrics Scholarship
- Susan J. Mellette Scholarship
- The Medical Class of 1966 Scholarship
- Commonwealth Award
- National Scholar/Athlete Award, U.S. Army Reserves
- Sons of the American Revolution Citizenship Award
- Faculty Award
Memberships
- American Thoracic Society
- American Academy of Pediatrics
Professional Activities
- Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Member - Advisory Panel
- World Health Organization - Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health, Member - Technical Working Group
- World Health Organization - Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health, Member - Technical Support Network
- World Health Organization - Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health, Sub-Committee Chair/Report Guarantor
- World Health Organization - Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health, Member - Scientific Advisory Panel
Locations
- The Johns Hopkins Hospital
- 1800 Orleans Street, Baltimore, MD 21287
- phone: 410-955-5000
- fax: 410-955-5001
Expertise
Education
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Fellowship, Pediatrics, 2015Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Residency, Pediatrics, 2006Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
Medical Education, MD, 2003Board Certifications
Pediatric Pulmonology
American Board of Pediatrics, 2016Pediatrics
American Board of Pediatrics, 2006Insurance
- Aetna
- CareFirst
- Cigna
- First Health
- Geisinger Health Plan
- HealthSmart/Accel
- Humana
- Johns Hopkins Health Plans
- MultiPlan
- Pennsylvania's Preferred Health Networks (PPHN)
- Point Comfort Underwriters
- Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS)
- UnitedHealthcare
- Veteran Affairs Community Care Network (Optum-VACCN)