Dr. Kristen Breslin will be leading a case discussion on respiratory illness in resource limited environments.
Kristen Breslin, MD, MPH, is an attending in the Divisions of Emergency and Hospitalist Medicine at Children’s National. She received her medical degree from Harvard Medical School and completed her pediatric residency at the Boston Combined Residency Program. She finished her Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship at Children’s National while completing her Master’s in Public Health at George Washington University.
Dr. Breslin volunteers annually in Roatán, Honduras, providing both clinical care and education through partnerships with Clinica Esperanza, Public Hospital Roatán and the Roatán Volunteer Pediatric Clinic (RVPC). She has also contributed her clinical and teaching expertise to projects in Haiti, through Project Medishare in the central plateau and through the CRUDEM Foundation at Hôpital Sacré Coeur in Milot.
She is a Global Health Faculty Mentor for pediatric residents, and can serve as a faculty contact for residents interested in doing work in Honduras and Haiti. Dr. Breslin has a particular interest in addressing issues and systems which affect delivery of care. She aims to improve access and timeliness of care provision in resource limited acute care pediatric settings, and is actively engaged in educating and training the next generation of global health providers here at Children’s.
Session Objectives:
- Develop a differential diagnosis for children presenting with respiratory distress in developing countries
- Outline the evaluation, diagnosis and management of patients in limited resource settings
- Describe WHO guidelines for managing acute lower respiratory tract infections in children
