Bijan W. Ketabchi, MD, MPH

Originally from Cincinnati, OH, Bijan Ketabchi completed medical school in Los Angeles at the Keck School of Medicine of USC before returning to his hometown for residency in General Pediatrics at Cincinnati Children's Hospital. His passion for suicide prevention began during residency training and continued to grow as he pursued fellowship in Pediatric Emergency Medicine. During fellowship he obtained his MPH and designed & completed a RCT around the distribution of gun locks in the ED setting for children with mental health concerns. This and other work led to Bijan receiving the Injury Prevention Champion award for the state of Ohio and a leadership role on the AAP's Section on Emergency Medicine Advocacy Subcommittee. His fervor for improving delivery of mental health care in the ED was the impetus for him to develop a first-of-its-kind year-long fellowship in Emergency Psychiatry in partnership with the Divisions of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry and Emergency Medicine at Cincinnati Children's Hospital. Bijan is currently Pediatric Emergency Medicine faculty at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the Perelman School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania wherere his academic efforts are focused on suicide prevention, mental health advocacy, and agitation management.