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Keiko M Tarquinio, MD

Gender
Female
Language
English, Japanese

Primary Specialty

Critical Care


Education

Board Certification
Am Bd Pediatrics (Sub: Pediatric Critical Care Medicine), American Board of Pediatrics
Medical School:
Tokoyo Women's Medical University
Residency:
Shands Children's Hospital-Univ of FL
Fellowship:
Univeristy of Florida College of Medicine

Publications

Pubmed Profile

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Introduction

Keiko Tarquinio, MD, is a Critical Care Medicine Physician at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and Associate Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine at Emory University School of Medicine. Prior to joining Children’s, Dr. Tarquinio was an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Hasbro Children’s Hospital/Brown University in Providence, R.I.

Dr. Tarquinio currently serves as a site principal investigator for the Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators (PALISI) Network and is leading multi-center studies such as the National Emergency Airway Registry for Children (NEAR4KIDS), Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness for Preventing Laboratory-Confirmed severe Influenza Associated Illness (PICFLU-VE) and Understanding Coronavirus 2019 Disease in US Children (Overcoming COVID-19 studies), Pediatric Intensive Care Influenza Network (PICFLU) and Catheter-Related Early Thromboprophylaxis with Enoxaparin (CRETE) studies. She is also involved in Capstone Projects over 5 years supervising biomedical engineering projects to fill the gap between clinical needs with GA Tech BME students.

Dr. Tarquinio’s research interests include the antimicrobial effect on medical devices (nanotechnology and assessment of medical biofilm) and the airway microbiome.

Focus of Practice

  • Critical Care Medicine

Areas of Interest

  • Airway Microbiome
  • Material Engineering- nano modification on polymer surface for bacteria adhesion
  • Women in Medicine
  • Career development for trainees and young faculty
  • Multi-center collaborations in research

Locations

Childrens Physician Group - Critical Care

Egleston Hospital, 1405 Clifton Rd NE 4th Floor Atlanta, GA 30322 Get Directions 404-785-2311

Childrens Physician Group - Sedation Services

Childrens at Webb Bridge, 3155 North Point Pkwy Suite 150 Alpharetta, GA 30005 Get Directions

Childrens Physician Group - Sedation Services

Egleston hospital, 1405 Clifton Road NE Atlanta, GA 30322 Get Directions

Professional Affiliations

  • Society of Critical Care Medicine
  • American Academy of Pediatrics

Research & Publications

Dr. Tarquinio’s research interests include the antimicrobial effect on medical devices (nanotechnology and assessment of medical biofilm) and the airway microbiome.