Allison Cator, MD, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Department of Emergency Medicine, Children's Emergency Services
1540 E. Hospital Dr., CW 2-736
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
[email protected]

Available to mentor

Allison Cator, MD, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor
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  • About

    Dr. Cator is an Assistant Professor in the Departments of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics. She received her M.D. and Ph.D. degrees from the Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University. She completed Pediatric residency and Pediatric Emergency Medicine fellowship at the University of Michigan and joined our faculty in 2013. She is interested in mentorship of PEM fellows, having mentored several fellows’ scholarly projects, as well as fellow education, and is the director of the Evidence Based Medicine and Journal Club curricula for the PEM Fellowship.

    Dr. Cator also has an interest in multi-site research and has served as a site principal investigator or co-investigator for a number of studies through the PECARN network.

    Administrative Contact
    Mary Dombrowski
    [email protected]

    Links
    • https://medicine.umich.edu/dept/emergency-medicine
    Qualifications
    • Clinical Fellow
      University of Michigan–Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, 2013
    • Residency
      University of Michigan–Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, 2010
    • MD, PhD (Physiology and Biophysics)
      Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, 3333 Green Bay Rd., 2007
    • BSc
      University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, 1999
    Recent Publications See All Publications
    • Journal Article
      Disaster and Emergency Preparedness and the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Child Care Programs in Michigan: A Mixed-Methods Analysis.
      Budnik EM, Hashikawa AN, Cator A, Bradin S, Mangus CW. Disaster Med Public Health Prep, 2023 Apr 14; 17: e377 DOI:10.1017/dmp.2023.32
      PMID: 37057683
    • Journal Article
      Serious Bacterial Infections in Young Febrile Infants With Positive Urinalysis Results.
      Mahajan P, VanBuren JM, Tzimenatos L, Cruz AT, Vitale M, Powell EC, Leetch AN, Pickett ML, Brayer A, Nigrovic LE, Dayan PS, Atabaki SM, Ruddy RM, Rogers AJ, Greenberg R, Alpern ER, Tunik MG, Saunders M, Muenzer J, Levine DA, Hoyle JD, Lillis KG, Gattu R, Crain EF, Borgialli D, Bonsu B, Blumberg S, Anders J, Roosevelt G, Browne LR, Cohen DM, Linakis JG, Jaffe DM, Bennett JE, Schnadower D, Park G, Mistry RD, Glissmeyer EW, Cator A, Bogie A, Quayle KS, Ellison A, Balamuth F, Richards R, Ramilo O, Kuppermann N, Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN) . Pediatrics, 2022 Oct 1; 150 (4): DOI:10.1542/peds.2021-055633
      PMID: 36097858
    • Journal Article
      Can Comprehensive Respiratory Pathogen Panels be Used to Exclude Pertussis Infection?
      Mayhew CE, Cranford JA, Newton DW, Cator AD. J Emerg Med, 2021 May; 60 (5): 591 - 598. DOI:10.1016/j.jemermed.2020.10.053
      PMID: 33298358
    • Proceeding / Abstract / Poster
      Validation of A Prediction Rule For Serious Bacterial Infections (SBIs) In Febrile Infants < 60 Days In A Multicenter Network
      Kuppermann N, Dayan PS, Atabaki S, Bogie A, Cator A, Cohen D, Cruz AT, Glissmeyer EW, Leetch AN, Mistry RD, Nigrovic LE, Park G, Pickett M, Powell EC, Schnadower D, Tzimenatos L, Balamuth F, Ellison A, Quyale K, Ruddy RM, Vitale M, VanBuren J, Casper TC, Ramilo O, Mahajan P. Pediatrics, 2021 Mar 1; 147 (3_MeetingAbstract): 513 - 515. DOI:10.1542/peds.147.3ma5.513
    • Chapter
      Inborn Errors of Metabolism
      Cator A, Carney M. 2020 Tarascon Pediatric Emergency Pocketbook,
    • Journal Article
      Please Heel Me, I Can't Walk!
      Wendt WJ, Cator A, Hashikawa A. Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine, 2019 Dec 1; 20 (4): DOI:10.1016/j.cpem.2019.100723
    • Additional Scholarship
      Febrile Young Infant Clinical Practice Guideline
      Tribble A, Monroe K, Vredeveld J, Skoczylas M, Cator A. 2018
    • Journal Article
      Effect of using pediatric emergency department virtual observation on inpatient admissions and lengths of stay.
      Cator AD, Weber JS, Lozon MM, Macy ML. Acad Pediatr, 2014 14 (5): 510 - 516. DOI:10.1016/j.acap.2014.03.010
      PMID: 25169162