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Susan L. Bratton, MD

Languages spoken: English

Academic Information

Departments Primary - Pediatrics

Divisions: Critical Care

Dr. Bratton received her medical degree from the University of Arkansas Health Sciences University, completed her Pediatric residency at Primary Children´s Medical Center, and her Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Fellowship at the University of Washington. She was on the faculty at the University of Washington, Oregon Health Sciences and the University of Michigan before coming to the University of Utah. She also received additional training in epidemiology at the University of Washington School of Public Health. . Dr. Bratton is board-certified in Pediatrics and Pediatric Critical Care Medicine by the American Board of Pediatrics.

She is currently a Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Utah and is in the Division of Critical Care Medicine at Primary Children´s Medical Center.

Her academic interests focus on epidemiology and pediatric critical care and she has worked extensively of traumatic brain injury, use of ECMO in pediatric critical medicine and health disparities.

Education History

Undergraduate Rice University
 BA
Professional Medical University of Arkansas
 MD
Internship University of Arkansas
 Intern
Residency University of Arkansas
 Resident
Residency University of Utah School of Medicine
 Resident
Fellowship Children's Hospital and Medical Center
 Fellow
Graduate Training University of Washington
 Master's

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Working ZM, Hsiao M, Sanders JC, Bratton SL, D'Astous J (2015). Spontaneous Fatal Intraoperative Rupture of Great Vessel During Growing Rod Lengthening: Do Children With Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Require the Availability of Vascular Expertise? A Case Report and Review of the Literature. Journal of pediatric orthopedics, 37(1), e4-e9. (Read full article)
  2. Hamele M, Stockmann C, Cirulis M, Riva-Cambrin J, Metzger R, Bennett TD, Bratton S (2015). Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury. Journal of neurotrauma, 33(9), 832-9. (Read full article)
  3. Smith AG, Andrews S, Bratton SL, Sheetz J, Feudtner C, Zhong W, Maloney C (2015). Pediatric palliative care and inpatient hospital costs: a longitudinal cohort study. Pediatrics, 135(4), 694-700. (Read full article)
  4. Bennett TD, Bratton SL, Riva-Cambrin J, Scaife ER, Nance ML, Prince JS, Wilkes J, Keenan H (2015). Cervical spine imaging in hospitalized children with traumatic brain injury. Pediatric emergency care, 31(4), 243-9. (Read full article)
  5. Keele L, Keenan HT, Bratton S (2016). The Effect of Palliative Care Team Design on Referrals to Pediatric Palliative Care. Journal of palliative medicine, 19(3), 286-291. (Read full article)
  6. Bennett EE, Sweney J, Aguayo C, Myrick C, Matheny Antommaria AH, Bratton S (2015). Pediatric Organ Donation Potential at a Children's Hospital. Pediatric critical care medicine, 16(9), 814-20. (Read full article)
  7. Williams CN, Riva-Cambrin J, Presson AP, Bratton S (2015). Hyponatremia and poor cognitive outcome following pediatric brain tumor surgery. Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics, 15(5), 480-7. (Read full article)
  8. Williams CN, Riva-Cambrin J, Bratton S (2015). Etiology of postoperative hyponatremia following pediatric intracranial tumor surgery. Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics, 1-7. (Read full article)

Editorial

  1. Bailly DK, Bratton S (2015). Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, dialysis, and mortality: let's agree to agree. Pediatric critical care medicine, 16(2), 192-3. (Read full article)