Research
David Greenky, MD, FAAP, is a pediatric emergency medicine physician at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and an Assistant Professor at Emory University School of Medicine, with expertise in pediatric disaster and emergency preparedness. Dr. Greenky serves as principal investigator for the Gulf-7 Pediatric Disaster Network and as a co-investigator for the Regional Emerging Special Pathogen Treatment Centers. He is a physician leader for the Special Care Unit at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, a federally funded pediatric biocontainment unit dedicated to the care of children with special pathogens, and serves as Medical Director for Emergency Preparedness for the Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine. Nationally, he serves on the Executive Committee of the American Academy of Pediatrics Council on Children and Disasters. His academic work focuses on global pediatric preparedness and how international threats impact the local care of children in the emergency setting. He has contributed to national policy and peer-reviewed scholarship related to pediatric preparedness and disaster response. Prior to medicine, he worked in international security and preparedness efforts.
Research Interest Keywords
Pediatric disaster preparedness, emergency preparedness, travel medicine, special pathogen, triage travel screen