Mark Cicero, MD
Associate Professor in Pediatrics (Emergency Medicine)Cards
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Associate Professor in Pediatrics (Emergency Medicine)
Director, Pediatric Disaster Preparedness; Principal Investigator, Pediatric Research in Disaster Education (PRIDE)
Biography
Mark X. Cicero MD, FAAP is an associate professor in the section of pediatric emergency medicine (PEM) at the Yale School of Medicine. Prior to this appointment, he completed medical school at State University of New York at Buffalo, pediatrics residency and chief residency at the Children’s Hospital of the King’s Daughters, and PEM fellowship at Yale. He has designed experiential and didactic curricula in pediatric disaster medicine, and has published original research about disaster medicine educational strategies. His research is sponsored by Emergency Medical Services for Children and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. He has served nationally as a consultant for prehospital and hospital pediatric disaster preparedness. Firsthand disaster experience includes hurricane Isabel in Norfolk VA, as well as an epidemic. He serves as the chair of the pediatrics committee of the National Association of EMS Physicians, and on the National Biodefense Science Board.
Appointments
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Associate Professor on TermPrimaryEmergency Medicine
Associate Professor on TermSecondary
Other Departments & Organizations
- Emergency Medical Services (EMS)
- Emergency Medicine
- Pediatric Emergency Medicine
- Pediatrics
- Yale Medicine
- Yale Ventures
Education & Training
- Fellow
- Yale University School of Medicine (2008)
- Resident
- Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters (2005)
- MD
- State University of New York at Buffalo (2001)
- BS
- Rochester Institute of Technology, Biology (1997)
Research
Publications
2025
Prehospital Trauma Compendium: Pediatric Severe and Inflicted Trauma – A Position Statement and Resource Document of NAEMSP
Cicero M, Adelgais K, Funaro M, Schissler K, Doswell A, Harris M, Jones R, Lester J, Martin-Gill C. Prehospital Trauma Compendium: Pediatric Severe and Inflicted Trauma – A Position Statement and Resource Document of NAEMSP. Prehospital Emergency Care 2025, ahead-of-print: 1-11. PMID: 39889234, DOI: 10.1080/10903127.2025.2457141.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEmergency medical servicesPrehospital evaluationOverall quality of careQuality of carePediatric trauma patientsPatterns of injuryMedical directorsMedical servicesInflicted traumaTrauma guidelinesPatient outcomesPosition statementTrauma patientsPrehospitalOverall qualityUnique physiologyPatientsTraumaSeverityCareNAEMSPPediatricCliniciansGuidelines
2024
Planning for Children in Disasters: Education and Strategies for the Best Outcomes.
Cicero M, Davis N, Henning A, Krug S. Planning for Children in Disasters: Education and Strategies for the Best Outcomes. NAM Perspectives 2024, 2024 PMID: 39830810, PMCID: PMC11741527, DOI: 10.31478/202409d.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2020
COVID-19
Isba R, Edge R, Auerbach M, Cicero MX, Jenner R, Setzer E, Broughton E, Keegan T. COVID-19. Pediatric Emergency Care 2020, 36: 10.1097/pec.0000000000002260. PMID: 32925702, PMCID: PMC7493767, DOI: 10.1097/pec.0000000000002260.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChildren's HospitalPaediatric emergency department attendancesYale-New Haven Children's HospitalRoyal Manchester Children's HospitalAcuity of illnessSARS-CoV-2/COVIDEmergency department attendancesOdds of admissionManchester Children's HospitalLikelihood of admissionCross-sectional studyDepartment attendancesOdds ratioWeek 13Week 1HospitalAdmissionAbsolute numberCOVID-19ChildrenAdolescentsAttendanceAttendance numbersAcuityIllnessImproving Pediatric Administrative Disaster Preparedness Through Simulated Disaster Huddles
Gross IT, Goldberg SA, Whitfill T, Liebling S, Garcia A, Alfano A, Hasdianda A, Cicero MX. Improving Pediatric Administrative Disaster Preparedness Through Simulated Disaster Huddles. Disaster Medicine And Public Health Preparedness 2020, 15: 352-357. PMID: 32172716, DOI: 10.1017/dmp.2020.10.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPediatric EDMass casualty incidentsEmergency department staffFunctional exercisePatient outcomesDisaster preparedness effortsDisaster preparednessDepartment staffFurther studiesDidactic sessionsCasualty incidentsOverall scoreAppropriate trainingPreparedness effortsHuddlesTraining paradigmPreparednessTabletop Application of SALT Triage to 10, 100, and 1000 Pediatric Victims
McGlynn N, Claudius I, Kaji AH, Fisher EH, Shaban A, Cicero MX, Santillanes G, Gausche-Hill M, Chang TP, Donofrio-Odmann JJ. Tabletop Application of SALT Triage to 10, 100, and 1000 Pediatric Victims. Prehospital And Disaster Medicine 2020, 35: 165-169. PMID: 32054549, DOI: 10.1017/s1049023x20000163.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInter-rater reliabilitySingle level 1 trauma centerLevel 1 trauma centerKappa testTrauma patients ageNumber of patientsLife-saving interventionsPoor inter-rater reliabilityHypothesis/ProblemCohen's kappa testPatient agePediatric patientsTrauma centerPediatric victimsPatientsTriage categorizationTriage processSALT triageTriageIncreasing percentageInjuryRaters
2019
Comparative Effectiveness of Analgesics to Reduce Acute Pain in the Prehospital Setting
Sobieraj DM, Martinez BK, Miao B, Cicero MX, Kamin R, Hernandez AV, Coleman CI, Baker WL. Comparative Effectiveness of Analgesics to Reduce Acute Pain in the Prehospital Setting. Prehospital Emergency Care 2019, 24: 163-174. PMID: 31476930, DOI: 10.1080/10903127.2019.1657213.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugsMore adverse eventsAcute painPrehospital settingAdverse eventsInitial analgesiaComparative effectivenessComparative harmAcute pain reliefHarms of opioidsTotal side effectsSevere acute painEmergency department settingAnti-inflammatory drugsStudy-level riskStrength of evidenceAdditional morphineInitial analgesicNonopioid analgesicsPain reliefPain scoresRespiratory depressionCochrane CENTRALMore drowsinessMore dizzinessEmergency Medical Responders and Adolescents With Autism Spectrum Disorder
Cheung V, McCarthy ML, Cicero MX, Leventhal JM, Weitzman C. Emergency Medical Responders and Adolescents With Autism Spectrum Disorder. Pediatric Emergency Care 2019, Publish Ahead of Print: 1. PMID: 29298245, DOI: 10.1097/pec.0000000000001322.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchA tabletop school bus rollover: Connecticut-wide drills to build pediatric disaster preparedness and promote a novel hospital disaster readiness checklist.
Cicero MX, Golloshi K, Gawel M, Parker J, Auerbach M, Violano P. A tabletop school bus rollover: Connecticut-wide drills to build pediatric disaster preparedness and promote a novel hospital disaster readiness checklist. American Journal Of Disaster Medicine 2019, 14: 75-87. PMID: 31637688, DOI: 10.5055/ajdm.2019.0318.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPediatric disaster preparednessEmergency medical servicesSurge capacityPediatric disaster responseAlternate care siteTabletop exerciseHospital disaster plansPublic health officialsPrehospital organizationsPediatric bedsPediatric guidelinesPediatric readinessHealthcare workersCare sitesNational guidelinesPrehospital responseHospital checklistsEMS personnelInpatient capacityConnecticut CoalitionHospitalHealth officialsDisaster preparednessMedical servicesComplete survey responses
2018
Tourniquet usage in prehospital care and resuscitation of pediatric trauma patients-Pediatric Trauma Society position statement.
Cunningham A, Auerbach M, Cicero M, Jafri M. Tourniquet usage in prehospital care and resuscitation of pediatric trauma patients-Pediatric Trauma Society position statement. The Journal Of Trauma And Acute Care Surgery 2018, 85: 665-667. PMID: 29462083, DOI: 10.1097/TA.0000000000001839.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCorrelation Between Paramedic Disaster Triage Accuracy in Screen-Based Simulations and Immersive Simulations
Cicero MX, Whitfill T, Walsh B, Diaz MCG, Arteaga GM, Scherzer DJ, Goldberg SA, Madhok M, Bowen A, Paesano G, Redlener M, Munjal K, Auerbach M. Correlation Between Paramedic Disaster Triage Accuracy in Screen-Based Simulations and Immersive Simulations. Prehospital Emergency Care 2018, 23: 83-89. PMID: 30130424, DOI: 10.1080/10903127.2018.1475530.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEmergency medical techniciansTriage accuracyEmergency medical services personnelEducational interventionMedical services personnelEvaluation of outcomesCohort studyMore patientsStudy completionCohort dataMedical techniciansMean numberSimilar improvementsPrevious studiesSignificant increaseAmount of improvementInterventionDisaster triageParticipants
Academic Achievements & Community Involvement
Clinical Care
Overview
Mark X. Cicero, MD, takes care of patients in the emergency department of Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital, where he ensures that patients and families will receive a high level of care. “Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital is well integrated with a terrific team of nurses, residents, fellows and allied health professionals. Patients benefit from our team effort and are a part of that team,” he says.
An associate professor of pediatrics (emergency medicine) and of emergency medicine at Yale School of Medicine, Dr. Cicero focuses his research on how children are treated during disasters. “Small and large scale disasters over the last 20 years have included disease outbreaks, terrorist attacks and gun violence. This has shown me that we need to do a better job caring for kids in disasters,” he says. His contributions have included the publication of original research about disaster medicine educational strategies.
Clinical Specialties
Board Certifications
Emergency Medicine
- Certification Organization
- AB of Emergency Medicine
- Original Certification Date
- 2017
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Media
News
- February 28, 2025
Find Yale Pediatrics at the 2025 Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) Meeting
- January 30, 2024Source: Toyota
Toyota’s Way Forward Fund Announces Grants to Advance Pediatric Research, Care
- February 28, 2022
Mark Cicero, MD, Selected as Inaugural Member of the National Advisory Committee on Children and Disasters
- November 12, 2020Source: SAGE Journals
Changes in pediatric emergency department visits for mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study
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