Keith Cross, M.D., M.Sc. (he/him)

  • Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine

Biography

Dr. Keith Cross is a pediatric emergency medicine practitioner who treats all types of pediatric emergency cases, offering diagnostic testing, patient evaluation and stabilization, pain control, trauma care and resuscitation. The best part of his practice is making unhappy children happy again — and their parents too.

Outside of work, he enjoys travel, bicycling, martial arts and music.

Education and training

  • Degrees

    • M.D., 2003, University of California, San Dirgo
    • B.S., 1989, Stanford University
    • M.S., 1990, Stanford University
    • M.Sc., 2010, University of Louisville

  • Residency

    • Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Yale - New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT - 2007

  • Fellowship

    • Pediatric Emergency Medicine, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY - 2010

  • Certifications

    • Pediatric Emergency Medicine, American Board of Pediatrics, 2011
    • General Pediatrics, American Board of Pediatrics, 2007
    • Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine, 2007

Memberships and associations:

  • American Academy of Pediatrics
  • American College of Emergency Physicians

Areas of interest

  • Sedation and pain control, ultrasound, process and quality improvement, disaster management

Publications

Elsevier pure profile

Selected publications

  • Wang-Rodriguez J, Cross KP, Gallagher S, Djahanban M, Armstrong JM, Wiedner N, Shapiro DH. Male Breast Carcinoma: Correlation of ER, PR, Ki-67, Her2-Neu, and P53 with Treatment and Survival: A study of 65 cases. Modern Pathology, August 2002;15(8):853-861.
  • Cohen SR, Cho DC, Nichols SL, Simms C, Cross KP, Burstein D. American Society of Maxillofacial Surgeons Outcome Study: Preoperative and Postoperative Neurodevelopmental Findings in Single-Suture Craniosynostosis. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, September 2004;114(4):841-847.
  • Cross KP, Santucci KA. Transitional Medicine: Will Emergency Medicine Physicians Be Ready for the Growing Population of Adults with Congenital Heart Disease? Pediatric Emergency Care, December 2006; 22(12):775-781.
  • Cross KP, Randall K, Herr S. A 19-Month-Old Boy with Recurrent Respiratory Distress. Pediatric Emergency Care, February 2010; 22(6):134-138.
  • Cross KP, Cammack VH, Calhoun AW, Gracely EJ, Kim IK, Stevenson MD, Woods CR. Premature Departure from the pediatric emergency department: a cohort analysis of process- and patient-related factors. Pediatric Emergency Care, May 2010; 26(5):349-56.
  • Cross KP, Warkentine FH, Kim IK, Gracely EJ, Paul RI. Bedside Ultrasound Diagnosis of Clavicle Fractures in the Pediatric ED. Academic Emergency Medicine, July 2010; 17:687-693.
  • Cross KP, Gracely E, Stevenson MD, Woods CR. Identifying Key Metrics for Reducing Premature Departure from the Pediatric Emergency Department. Academic Emergency Medicine, November 2010; 17: 1197-1206.
  • Cross KP, Paul RI, Goldman RD. Single-dose dexamethasone for mild-to-moderate asthma exacerbations: effective, easy, and acceptable. Canadian Family Physician. October 2011; 57(10):1134-6. Review.
  • Chaar-Alvarez F, Warkentine F, Cross K, Herr S, Paul RI. “Bedside ultrasound diagnosis of non-angulated distal forearm fractures in the Pediatric Emergency Department.” Pediatric Emergency Care, November 2011; 27(11): 1027-32.
  • Cross KP, Cicero M. Independent Application of the Sacco Disaster Triage Method in Pediatric Trauma Patients. Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, August 2012; 27:306-311

Publications