Christine Rizkalla, MD, FAAP

Christine Rizkalla is a pediatric emergency medicine attending physician at Maimonides Medical Center. She graduated from Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai and trained in pediatrics at Children’s Hospital at Montefiore (CHAM). This was followed by a fellowship in pediatric emergency medicine at CHAM. She has a keen interest in exploring health inequities, patient advocacy, and pediatric pain management. She currently serves as an associate program director for the pediatric emergency medicine fellowship and has trained countless residents and fellows throughout her career. 

Selected Scholarly Activity:

Okereke, M., Zerzan, J., Fruchter, E., Pallos, V., Seegers, M., Quereshi, M., ... & Rizkalla, C. (2022). Educating and empowering inner-city high school students in bleeding control. Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, 23(2), 186.

Gaba, M., Vazquez, H., Homel, P., Likourezos, A., See, F., Thompson, J., & Rizkalla, C. (2021). Language barriers and timely analgesia for long bone fractures in a pediatric emergency department. Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, 22(2), 225.

Rizkalla, C., Arroyo, A., Zerzan, J., O’Keefe, M., Okereke, M., Dickman, E., ... & Marshall, J. (2020). Urban emergency department response to measles outbreak. Annals of emergency medicine, 76(1), 78-84.

Rizkalla, C., Bauman, L. J., & Avner, J. R. (2010). Structural impediments to condom access in a high HIV/STI-risk area. Journal of environmental and public health, 2010.

Clinical Trials

The Effect of Pretreatment With Intravenous Lidocaine for Intravenous Contrast NCT05143489