Charles W. Pruitt
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Charles W. Pruitt, MD

Doctor Pruitt obtained his baccalaureate at Case Western Reserve University and his doctorate at The Ohio State University School of Medicine. He was trained in general pediatrics at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles of the University of Southern California and in pediatric emergency medicine at The Children’s Hospital Denver of the University of Colorado; he is certified by the American Board of Pediatrics in both specialties.

He is currently Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Utah and child advocacy coordinator for the Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine at Primary Children's Hospital. His research interests are focused primarily on injury prevention and child advocacy. He is a member of numerous professional and academic societies, has written several scientific articles, textbook chapters, and policy statements, and serves on a variety of national and regional expert and advisory committees.

He serves the American Academy of Pediatrics as a past president of the Utah Chapter, and subspecialty representative of the Committee On Federal Government Affairs. He successfully promoted passage of a statewide booster seat law, developed an innovative water safety program, and coordinated the construction of a state-of-the-art safe playground in South Salt Lake City.

He is an active community leader as an elected member of Millcreek City's, Mount Olympus Community Council and recently ran for the Utah State Senate.

Doctor Pruitt obtained his baccalaureate at Case Western Reserve University and his doctorate at The Ohio State University School of Medicine. He was trained in general pediatrics at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles of the University of Southern California and in pediatric emergency medicine at The Children’s Hospital Denver of the University of Colorado; he is certified by the American Board of Pediatrics in both specialties.

He is currently Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Utah and child advocacy coordinator for the Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine at Primary Children's Hospital. His research interests are focused primarily on injury prevention and child advocacy. He is a member of numerous professional and academic societies, has written several scientific articles, textbook chapters, and policy statements, and serves on a variety of national and regional expert and advisory committees.

He serves the American Academy of Pediatrics as a past president of the Utah Chapter, and subspecialty representative of the Committee On Federal Government Affairs. He successfully promoted passage of a statewide booster seat law, developed an innovative water safety program, and coordinated the construction of a state-of-the-art safe playground in South Salt Lake City.

He is an active community leader as an elected member of Millcreek City's, Mount Olympus Community Council and recently ran for the Utah State Senate.

Board Certification and Academic Information

Academic Departments Pediatrics -Professor (Clinical)
Academic Divisions Emergency Medicine

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Petronis KA, Welch JC, Pruitt CW (2009). Independent risk factors for beach-related injuries in children. Clin Pediatr (Phila), 48(5), 534-8.
  2. Ryan S, Dudley N, Green M, Pruitt C, Jackman (2018). Altered Mental Status at High Altitude.LID - e20173973 [pii]LID - 10.1542/peds.2017-3973 [doi]. Pediatrics, 142(2),
  3. Shaw KN, Ruddy RM, Olsen CS, Lillis KA, Mahajan PV, Dean JM, Chamberlain JM; Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network. Collaborators (98) Tunik M, Nigrovic L, Lillis K, Mahajan P, Kharbanda A, Shaw K, Powell E, Chamberlain J, Ruddy R, Hoyle J, Foerster A, Monroe D, Borgialli D, Atherly-John Y, Gorelick M, Andrada E, Stanley R, Conners G, Pruitt C, Jaffe D, Lichenstein R, Kuppermann N, Alpern E, Anders J, Borgialli D, Chamberlain J, Cimpello L, Crain E, Dayan P, Dean JM, Gorelick M, Hoyle J, Jaffe D, Lichenstein R, Lillis K, Mahajan P, Monroe D, Nigrovic L, Powell E, Ruddy R, Stanley R, Tunik M, Kavanaugh D, Park H, Davis A, Dean JM, Edwards A, Gramse H, Holubkov R, Donaldson A, Olson C, Zuspan S, Brown K, Goldfarb S, Kim E, Krug S, Monroe D, Nelson D, Rincon H, Zuspan S, Gorelick M, Borgialli D, Cimpello L, Donaldson A, Foltin G, Moler F, Shreve K, Jaffe D, Alpern L, Chamberlain J, Dayan P, Dean JM, Holubkov R, Nigrovic L, Powell E, Stanley R, Tunik M, Lillis K, Alessandrini E, Crain E, Enriquez R, Fjelstad M, Lichenstein R, Mahajan P, McDuffie R, Ruddy R, Wade J, Walker A, Schalick W, Hoyle J, Atabaki S, Call K, Foerster A, Gramse H, Jones A, Kwok M, Maio R, Pusic M (2009). Pediatric patient safety in emergency departments: unit characteristics and staff perceptions. Pediatrics, 124(2), 485-493.
  4. Poirier MP, Pruitt C (2003). Factors used by pediatric emergency medicine program directors to select their fellows. Pediatric emergency care, 19(3), 157-61.
  5. Rogers SC, Pruitt CW, Crouch DJ, Caravati E (2010). Rapid urine drug screens: diphenhydramine and methadone cross-reactivity. Pediatric emergency care, 26(9), 665-6.
  6. Chamberlain JM, Shaw KN, Lillis KA, Mahajan PV, Ruddy RM, Lichenstein R, Olsen CS, Dean JM; Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network. Collaborators (94) Nigrovic L, Lillis K, Mahajan P, Sonnett M, Shaw K, Powell E, Brown K, Hoyle J, Borgialli D, Atherly-John Y, Gorelick M, Andrada E, Stanley R, Conners G, Pruitt C, Jaffe D, Lichenstein R, Dayan P, Alpern E, Bajaj L, Brown K, Borgialli D, Chamberlain J, Dean JM, Gorelick M, Jaffe D, Kuppermann N, Kwok M, Lichenstein R, Lillis K, Mahajan P, Monroe D, Nigrovic L, Powell E, Rogers A, Ruddy R, Stanley R, Tunik M, Kavanaugh D, Park H, Dean JM, Gramse H, Holubkov R, Donaldson A, Olson C, Zuspan S, Enriquez R, Brown K, Goldfarb S, Crain E, Kim E, Krug S, Monroe D, Nelson D, Berlyant M, Zuspan S, Gorelick M, Alpern L, Anders J, Borgialli D, Cimpello L, Donaldson A, Foltin G, Moler F, Shreve K, Nigrovic L, Chamberlain J, Dayan P, Dean JM, Holubkov R, Jaffe D, Powell E, Shaw K, Stanley R, Tunik M, Lillis K, Alessandrini E, Blumberg S, Enriquez R, Lichenstein R, Mahajan P, McDuffie R, Ruddy R, Thomas B, Wade J, Schalick W, Hoyle J, Atabaki S, Call K, Gramse H, Kwok M, Rogers A, Schnadower D, Kuppermann N (2013). Creating an infrastructure for safety event reporting and analysis in a multicenter pediatric emergency department network. Pediatric emergency care, 29(2), 125-130.
  7. Shaw KN, Lillis KA, Ruddy RM, Mahajan PV, Lichenstein R, Olsen CS, Chamberlain JM; Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network. Collaborators (95) Nigrovic L, Lillis K, Mahajan P, Kharbanda A, Shaw K, Powell E, Chamberlain J, Ruddy R, Hoyle J, Borgialli D, Atherly-John Y, Gorelick M, Andrada E, Stanley R, Conners G, Pruitt C, Jaffe D, Lichenstein R, Dayan P, Alpern E, Bajaj L, Brown K, Borgialli D, Chamberlain J, Dean JM, Gorelick M, Jaffe D, Kuppermann N, Kwok M, Lichenstein R, Lillis K, Mahajan P, Monroe D, Nigrovic L, Powell E, Rogers A, Ruddy R, Stanley R, Tunik M, Kavanaugh D, Park H, Dean JM, Gramse H, Holubkov R, Donaldson A, Olson C, Zuspan S, Enriquez R, Brown K, Goldfarb S, Crain E, Kim E, Krug S, Monroe D, Nelson D, Berlyant M, Zuspan S, Gorelick M, Alpern L, Anders J, Borgialli D, Babcock Cimpello L, Donaldson A, Foltin G, Moler F, Shreve K, Jaffe D, Chamberlain J, Dayan P, Dean M, Holubkov R, Nigrovic L, Powell E, Shaw K, Stanley R, Tunik M, Lillis K, Alessandrini E, Blumberg S, Enriquez R, Lichenstein R, Mahajan P, McDuffie R, Ruddy R, Thomas B, Wade J, Schalick W, Hoyle J, Atabaki S, Call K, Gramse H, Kwok M, Rogers A, Schnadower D, Kuppermann N (2013). Reported medication events in a paediatric emergency research network: sharing to improve patient safety. Emergency medicine journal, 30(10), 815-819.
  8. Maniktala A, Pruitt CW, Poirier M (2004). Deaths In a Non-Trauma Center Pediatric Emergency Department: A Ten-Year Experience. 1(2),
  9. Mello MJ, Baird J, Bromberg JR, Spirito A, Zonfrillo MR, Lee LK, Christison-Lagay ER, Ruest SM, Pruitt CW, Lawson KA, Kiragu AW, Nasr I, Aidlen JT, Ebel BE, Maxson RT, Scott K, Becker S (2022). Variability in opioid pain medication prescribing for adolescent trauma patients in a sample of US pediatric trauma centers. Trauma surgery & acute care open, 7(1), e000894.
  10. Bromberg JR, Nimaja E, Kiragu AW, Lawson KA, Lee L, Nasr IW, Pruitt C, Ruest SM, Mello M (2022). Developing and Implementing Electronic Consent Procedures in Response to Covid-19 Restrictions. Ethics & human research, 44(4), 39-44.
  11. Mello MJ, Lee LK, Christison-Lagay E, Spirito A, Becker S, Bromberg J, Ruest S, Zonfrillo MR, Scott K, Pruitt C, Lawson K, Nasr I, Aidlen J, Baird (2023). Counseling for opioids prescribed at discharge of hospitalized adolescent trauma patients. Injury epidemiology, 10(Suppl 1), 53.
  12. Mello MJ, Becker SJ, Spirito A, Bromberg JR, Wills H, Barczyk A, Lee L, Pruitt C, Ebel BE, Zonfrillo MR, Nimaja E, Scott K, Kiragu A, Nasr IW, Aidlen JT, Maxson RT, Baird (2020). Screening Adolescent Trauma Patients for Substance Use at 10 Pediatric Trauma Centers. Journal of trauma nursing, 27(6), 313-318.
  13. Mello MJ, Baird J, Spirito A, Scott K, Zonfrillo MR, Lee LK, Kiragu A, Christison-Lagay E, Bromberg J, Ruest S, Pruitt C, Lawson KA, Nasr IW, Aidlen JT, Maxson RT, Becker (2024). Adolescents' Perceptions of Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment Service at Pediatric Trauma Centers. Substance use, 18, 29768357241272356.
  14. Mello MJ, Baird J, Spirito A, Lee LK, Kiragu A, Scott K, Zonfrillo MR, Christison-Lagay E, Bromberg J, Ruest S, Pruitt C, Lawson KA, Nasr IW, Aidlen JT, Maxson RT, Becker (2024). Implementing Screening, Brief Interventions, and Referral to Treatment at Pediatric Trauma Centers: A Step Wedge Cluster Randomized Trial. Journal of pediatric surgery,
  15. Scott K, Mello MJ, Almonte G, Lemus EA, Bromberg JR, Baird J, Spirito A, Zonfrillo MR, Lawson K, Lee LK, Christison-Lagay E, Ruest S, Aidlen J, Kiragu A, Pruitt C, Nasr I, Maxson RT, Ebel B, Becker S (2025). A qualitative process evaluation of SBIRT implementation in pediatric trauma centers using the Science to Service Laboratory implementation strategy. Implementation science communications, 6(1), 13.

Book Chapter

  1. Samudra K, Pruitt Charle (2009). Psychosocial Emergencies. 184-189.
  2. Pruitt C (2003). Bites.
  3. Keller A, Martini R, Pruitt C (2011). Conversion Disorder.
  4. Samudra K, Pruitt C (2011). Eating Disorders.
  5. Charles W. Pruit (2017). Psychosocial Emergencies.
  6. Charles W. Pruit (2013). Psychosocial Emergencies. 265-271.
  7. Samudra K, Pruitt C (2019). Eating Disorders.
  8. Keller A, Martini R, Pruitt C (2019). Conversion Disorder.
  9. Samudra K, Pruitt C (2024). Eating Disorders.
  10. Keller A, Pruitt C (2024). Conversion Disorder (Functional Neurologic Symptom Disorder).

Case Report

  1. Poirier MP, Isaacman DJ, Digiulio G, Monroe K, Pruitt C (2002). Betwixt and between. Pediatric emergency care, 18(5), 378-81.

Editorial

  1. Charles Pruit (2016). My view: The right way forward for Utah’s families and foster youths. http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865664767/My-view-The-right-way-forward-for-Utah7s-families-and-foster-youths.html,
  2. Charles W. Pruitt, MD, FAA (2018). Taking Action Against Tobacco. https://www.deseret.com/platform/amp/2018/8/27/20652012/guest-opinion-taking-action-against-tobacco,
  3. Pruitt CW, Mandle (2017). Congress, Stand by Your Commitment to Kids. https://www.deseretnews.com/article/865689154/Op-ed-Congress-stand-by-your-commitment-to-kids.html,

Abstract

  1. Rogers SC, Pruitt CW, Crouch DJ, and Caravati EM (2007). Rapid Urine Drug Screens: Dephenhydramine and Methadone Cross-reactivity [Abstract]. Clin Toxicol, 45.
  2. Rogers SC, Pruitt CW, Crouch DJ, Caravati EM (2007). Rapid Urine Drug Screens: Diphenhydramine and Methadone Cross-Reactivity [Abstract]. Clin Toxicol, 45.
  3. Keriwala R, Pruitt CW, Isaacman DJ, Doobinin D (2002). Injury Prevention Knowledge of Parent in a Pediatric Emergency Department. Journal of investigative medicine, 50, #549.
  4. Kirk JK, Welch JC, Pruitt C (2005). Beach Safety Day: An Oceanfront Injury Prevention Project. Journal of investigative medicine, 53(S320), #382.
  5. Palacio I, Welch JC, Pruitt C (2005). Lifeguard Surveillance: An Oceanfront Injury Prevention Project. Journal of investigative medicine, 53(S270), #99.
  6. Maiers K, Weise J, Welch JC, James L, Mason J, Pruitt C (2004). Independent Risk Factors for Beach Related Injuries in Children. Journal of investigative medicine, 52(S286), #1647.

Other

  1. Pruitt CW (consultant), Rep. E Weigh (2019). House Bill 87 (substitute): Safe Storage of Firearms Amendments.
  2. Pruitt CW (consultant), Sen. L Escamill (2019). Senate Bill 143, Public Education Vision Screening.
  3. Pruitt CW (consultant), Sen. A Christiansen, Rep. J Dunniga (2019). Senate Bill 96 Fourth Substitute -- Medicaid Expansion Adjustments.
  4. Pruitt CW (consultant), Rep. R War (2019). House Bill 210 -- Medicaid Expansion Program Revisions.
  5. Pruitt CW (consultant), Rep. R War (2018). House Bill12 Family Planning Services Amendments.
  6. Pruitt CW (consultant), Rep. Eliaso (2018). House Bill 325 Primary Care Network Amendments (Rep. Eliason).
  7. Pruitt CW (consultant), Rep. Red (2018). House Bill 326 Intergenerational Poverty Initiative.
  8. Pruitt CW (consultant), Sen. Vicker (2018). Senate Bill 162 Intergenerational Poverty Matching ¿ Education Savings Plan.
  9. Pruitt C (2016). The ABC's of Professional Membership.
  10. Pruitt C (2017). Advocacy/Burnout/Coalition-building/Dissemination/Education.
  11. Pruitt C (2017). Future Leaders.

Video/Film/CD/Web/Podcast

  1. Pruitt CW, O'Malley (1997). Eliminating Aspirin ASAPee, Toxicology Case of the Month. 25,
  2. Pruitt C (2010). "Let's Talk About...RSV". RSV Social network educational video produced by Primary Children's Hospital, Department of Public Relations.