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Kirsten Bechtel, MD

Professor of Pediatrics (Emergency Medicine) and of Emergency Medicine

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Kirsten Bechtel, MD

Pediatric Emergency Medicine
100 York Street Suite 1F
New Haven, CT 06511
United States

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Medical Director, Pediatric Sexual Assault Forensic Examiner (SAFE) Program

Chairperson, Yale Traffic Safety Subcommittee

Co-Chairperson, State of Connecticut Child Fatality Review Panel

Principal Investigator, Injury Free Coalition for Kids at Yale-New Haven Children's Hospital

Award	Awarding Organization	Date
David Leffell Prize for Clinical Excellence	Yale Medicine	2021
Ather Ali Award for Humanism in Medicine	Department of Pediatrics Yale School of Medicine	2020
Eton Ivy Award	Yale University-Office of New Haven Affairs and City of New Haven	2015
Partners Award	Children In Placement New Haven CT	2010
Invitation by the Surgeon General Multidisciplinary Workshop Child Maltreatment Prevention Bethesda MD		2005
Child Advocacy Award	Children In Placement New Haven CT	2004
Public Service Award	Secretary of the State of Connecticut	2003

Organization	Role	Date
American Academy of Pediatrics Grand Rounds	Editorial Board	2020 - Present
American Academy of Pediatrics Section of Child Death Review and Prevention	Executive Committee Member	2019 - Present