Elizabeth M. Keating
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Elizabeth M. Keating, MD

Dr. Elizabeth Keating, MD, MSPH completed a Bachelor of Science in Biology at the University of Notre Dame. She received her medical degree from the Mayo School of Medicine, completed her Pediatrics and Global Child Health residency at Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children’s Hospital, and completed her Pediatric Emergency Medicine and Global Health fellowship at the University of Utah/Primary Children’s Hospital. She completed a Masters of Science in Public Health at the University of Utah. She is board certified in General Pediatrics and board eligible in Pediatric Emergency Medicine. She completed a Fogarty Global Health Fellowship funded by the NIH studying pediatric injuries in Moshi, Tanzania.

Dr. Keating is currently an Assistant Professor in the Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine at the University of Utah. She is board certified in General Pediatrics and Pediatric Emergency Medicine. She is the Program Director for the Pediatric Emergency Medicine-Global Health fellowship track. Her specific clinical and academic interests are in global pediatric injuries, the provision of acute care for children in resource-limited settings, reciprocal and ethical global health education, and health disparities. She sees patients in the Emergency Department and Rapid Treatment Unit at Primary Children’s Hospital.

Dr. Elizabeth Keating, MD, MSPH completed a Bachelor of Science in Biology at the University of Notre Dame. She received her medical degree from the Mayo School of Medicine, completed her Pediatrics and Global Child Health residency at Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children’s Hospital, and completed her Pediatric Emergency Medicine and Global Health fellowship at the University of Utah/Primary Children’s Hospital. She completed a Masters of Science in Public Health at the University of Utah. She is board certified in General Pediatrics and board eligible in Pediatric Emergency Medicine. She completed a Fogarty Global Health Fellowship funded by the NIH studying pediatric injuries in Moshi, Tanzania.

Dr. Keating is currently an Assistant Professor in the Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine at the University of Utah. She is board certified in General Pediatrics and Pediatric Emergency Medicine. She is the Program Director for the Pediatric Emergency Medicine-Global Health fellowship track. Her specific clinical and academic interests are in global pediatric injuries, the provision of acute care for children in resource-limited settings, reciprocal and ethical global health education, and health disparities. She sees patients in the Emergency Department and Rapid Treatment Unit at Primary Children’s Hospital.

Board Certification and Academic Information

Academic Departments Pediatrics -Assistant Professor
Academic Divisions Emergency Medicine

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Keating EM, Sakita F, Vonderohe M, Nkini G, Amiri I, Loutzenheiser K, Young B, Rent S, Staton CA, Mmbaga BT, Watt M (2023). Family caregiver perspectives on strengths and challenges in the care of pediatric injury patients at a tertiary referral hospital in Northern Tanzania. PloS one, 18(12), e0286836.
  2. Keating EM, Sakita F, Vlasic K, Amiri I, Nkini G, Nkoronko M, Young B, Birchall J, Watt MH, Staton CA, Mmbaga B (2023). Healthcare provider perspective on barriers and facilitators in the care of pediatric injury patients at a tertiary hospital in Northern Tanzania: A qualitative study. PLOS global public health, 3(11), e0002599.
  3. Rees CA, Rajesh G, Manji HK, Shari C, Kisenge R, Keating EM, Ogbuanu IU, Igunza KA, Omore R, Manji K (2023). Has Authorship in the Decolonizing Global Health Movement Been Colonized?. Annals of global health, 89(1), 42.
  4. Moshi B, Mahande MJ, Tupetz A, Keating EM, Vissoci JRN, Mwita WC, Nkenguye W, Vlasic K, Sakita FM, Shayo F, Smith ER, Staton CA, Mmbaga BT, Moshi (2025). Evaluation of the Patient-Specific Functional Scale for monitoring paediatric injury patients at a zonal referral hospital in Northern Tanzania. BMJ paediatrics open, 9(1),
  5. Hexom BJ, Quao NSA, Bandolin NS, Bonney J, Broccoli MC, Collier A, Dawson-Amoah NA, Dyal J, Kampalath V, Lee JA, Rees CA, de Oliveira Salvador GL, Strong JM, Kivlehan SM, Global Emergency Medicine Literature Review (GEMLR) Grou (2025). Global emergency medicine: A scoping review of the literature from 2023. Academic emergency medicine,
  6. Florin TA, Tancredi DJ, Ambroggio L, Babl FE, Dalziel SR, Eckerle M, Mintegi S, Neuman MI, Plint AC, Simon NJ, Kuppermann N, Pediatric Emergency Research Network (PERN) Pneumonia Study Grou (2025). Predicting paediatric pneumonia severity in the emergency department: a multinational prospective cohort study of the Pediatric Emergency Research Network. The Lancet. Child & adolescent health, 9(6), 383-392.
  7. Vlasic K, Mwakyembe T, Fleming I, Lewis G, Jayaraman S, Staton CA, Watt MH, Mmbaga BT, Keating E (2025). The time to care is now: a multidisciplinary call to action for addressing paediatric burn injuries globally. International health, 17(5), 609-611.
  8. Diasso-Adamou A, Gonzalez F, Geanacopoulos AT, Neuman MI, Rees CA, Phamduy TT, Chaudhari PP, Bergmann KR, Badaki-Makun O, Shapiro DJ, Eltorki M, Keating EM, Noorbakhsh KA, Ramgopal (2025). Pediatric Intravenous Fluid Use in the Emergency Department During Hurricane Helene. JAMA pediatrics,
  9. Brady S, Sakita F, Taddie M, VanDerslice JA, Nkini G, Kozhumam A, Nickenig Vissoci JR, Staton C, Mmbaga BT, Keating (2026). The effects of time and distance to definitive care on morbidity and mortality in pediatric injury patients in Northern Tanzania. Journal of tropical pediatrics, 72(1),
  10. Vlasic K, Mwakyembe T, Sakita F, Fleming I, Lewis G, Nkini G, Mmary N, Marandu D, Fino N, Holiday J, Watt MH, Staton CA, Keating EM, Mmbaga B (2026). A Characterization of Pediatric Burn Injury Patients Presenting to a Zonal Referral Hospital in Northern Tanzania. Journal of burn care & research, 47(1), 390-402.
  11. Moshi B, Keating EM, Mmbaga BT, Saxton A, Nickenig Vissoci JR, Mwita WC, Nkenguye W, Andongolile A, Puschel M, Shewiyo EJ, Sumbai FG, Kajoka HD, Vlasic K, Sakita FM, Shayo F, Staton CA, Mahande MJ, Smith ER, Moshi (2025). Estimation of Disability Adjusted Life Years in Pediatric Injury Patients at a Zonal Referral Hospital in Northern Tanzania. Sage open pediatrics, 12, 30502225251365185.
  12. Lee JA, Quao NSA, Collier A, Rees CA, Broccoli MC, Dawson-Amoah NA, Kampalath VN, Ciano J, Jacobson A, Jones J, Leanza J, Skarpiak B, Strong JM, Hexom BJ, Global Emergency Medicine Literature Review (GEMLR) Grou (2025). Global Emergency Medicine: A Scoping Review of the Literature From 2024. Academic emergency medicine,
  13. Tedford NJ, Mitao M, Peter TA, Minja L, de Oliveira GN, Mingo R, Nkini G, Staton C, Vissoci JRN, Mmbaga BT, Keating E (2026). Social drivers and pediatric injury outcomes in Northern Tanzania: A prospective pediatric injury registry secondary analysis. PLOS global public health, 6(2), e0005236.
  14. Rees CA, Fan LK, Kariuki J, Bassat Q, Akelo V, Igunza KA, Omore R, Ogbuanu IU, Kisenge R, Ray M, Udom U, Wishloff S, Ohlstrom D, Keating EM, Westbrook A, Manji KP, Duggan C (2025). Geographic and Gender Representation in Authors of Editorials on Publications from Low- and Middle-Income Countries. The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 114(1), 47-54.