Heather Machen

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Heather Machen

Heather Machen, MD

Director, Pediatric Emergency Medicine

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About Me

Originally from Greenwich, Dr. Machen returned there with her two children to join Stamford Health as the new Director of Pediatric Emergency Medicine.

She spent the last nine years as a pediatric emergency medicine physician at Texas Children’s.

Dr. Machen has a special interest in global health and travels internationally providing clinical care and lecturing on pediatric emergency medicine.

Languages

English, Fluent French, and Medical Spanish

Specialties

  • Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Credentials

Medical School

St. George's University

Residency

Inova Fairfax Children's Hospital

Fellowship

Schneider Children's Hospital

Published Work

*Outcomes of Patients with Respiratory Distress Treated with
Bubble CPAP on a Pediatric Ward in Malawi. ” Machen, H. E.,
Mwanza, Z. V., Brown, J. K., Kawaza, K. M., Newberry, L., Richards-
Kortum, R. R., Oden, Z. M., Molyneux, E. M.; J. Trop. Pediatr. 2015
Sep 13.

*A high-value, low-cost bubble continuous positive airway
pressure system for low-resource settings: technical assessment
and initial case reports.” Brown, J., Machen, H., Kawaza, K.,
Mwanza, Z., Iniguez, S., Lang, H., Gest, A., Kennedy, N., Miros, R.,
Richards-Kortum, R., Molyneux, E., Oden, M.; PLoS ONE. 2013.

*What’s new in global pediatric emergency medicine?” Machen, H.E.; Curr Opin Pediatr. 2010 Jun.

Affiliations

  • American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
  • American College of Emergency
    Physicians (ACEP)
  • African Federation of Emergency
    Medicine (AFEM)
  • American Academy of Emergency
    Medicine in India (AAEMI)

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