Ashley Foster, MD
Assistant Professor
Emergency Medicine
School of Medicine

Education & Training

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• Pediatric Emergency Medicine Boston Children's Hospital 06/2019
• Emergency Medicine University of California, San Francisco 06/2017
• MD Mayo Clinic School of Medicine 05/2013

Publications (54)

Top publication keywords:
PediatricsPsychomotor AgitationMedication ErrorsRestraint, PhysicalCivil DefenseChildHealth ExpendituresMental DisordersMental Health ServicesSelf-Injurious BehaviorEmergency Medical ServicesEmergency Service, HospitalHospitals, PediatricPsychotropic DrugsCost of Illness

• Comprehensiveness of State Insurance Laws and Perceived Access to Pediatric Mental Health Care.
  JAMA network open 2024 Foster AA, Hoffmann JA, Douglas MD, Monuteaux MC, Douglas KE, Benevides TW, Hudgins JD, Stewart AM
• Psychotropic Medication Administration in Pediatric Emergency Departments.
  Pediatrics 2024 Foster AA, Hoffmann JA, Qayyum Z, Porter JJ, Monuteaux M, Hudgins J
• Disparities in Pharmacologic Restraint Use in Pediatric Emergency Departments.
  Pediatrics 2023 Foster AA, Porter JJ, Monuteaux MC, Hoffmann JA, Li J, Lee LK, Hudgins JD
• Pediatric Readiness in the Emergency Department: Policy Statement.
  Journal of the American College of Surgeons 2026 Remick KE, Foster AA, Jensen AR, Williams RF, Stone E, Joseph M, Conners GP, Brown K, Gausche-Hill M, American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Committee On Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Section On Surgery…
• Expenditures for Pediatric Behavioral Health Care Over Time and Estimated Family Financial Burden.
  JAMA pediatrics 2026 Foster AA, Cushing AM, Hoffmann JA, Nash KA, Lee CM, Michelson KA

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• Pediatric Readiness in the Emergency Department: Policy Statement.
  Pediatrics 2026 Remick KE, Foster AA, Jensen AR, Williams RF, Stone E, Joseph M, Conners GP, Brown K, Gausche-Hill M, AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS, Committee on Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Section on Surgery, AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS, Pediatric Emergency Medicine Committee , EMERGENCY NURSES ASSOCIATION, Pediatric Committee , AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS, Committee on Trauma
• Pediatric Readiness in the Emergency Department: Policy Statement.
  Annals of emergency medicine 2026 Remick KE, Foster AA, Jensen AR, Williams RF, Stone E, Joseph M, Conners GP, Brown K, Gausche-Hill M, AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS, Committee on Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Section on Surgery, …
• Pediatric Readiness in the Emergency Department: Technical Report.
  Pediatrics 2026 Remick KE, Foster AA, Jensen AR, Williams RF, Stone E, Joseph M, Conners GP, Brown K, Gausche-Hill M, AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS, Committee on Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Section on Surgery, AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS, Pediatric Emergency Medicine Committee , EMERGENCY NURSES ASSOCIATION, Pediatric Committee, AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS, Committee on Trauma
• Pediatric Readiness in the Emergency Department: Policy Statement.
  Journal of emergency nursing 2026 Remick K, Foster AA, Jensen AR, Williams RF, Stone E, Joseph M, Conners G, Brown K, Gausche-Hill M
• Interrater Reliability in the Triage of Children With Mental and Behavioral Health Symptoms Using Two Triage Systems.
  Journal of emergency nursing 2026 Hoffmann JA, Denicolo K, Cobb P, Farley K, Brown M, Pergjika A, Janssen A, Cory D, Alpern ER, Grupp-Phelan J, Foster AA
• Safety Planning for Youth in the Emergency Department Who Have Suicide Risk.
  Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians open 2025 Foster AA, Hoffmann JA, Berg K, Cheng T, Claudius I, Dietrich AM, Hooley G, Lam SHF, Li J, Lin S, Mendez D, Mroczkowski M, Rice LE, Saidinejad M, Sandelich S, Santillanes G, Sulton C, Waseem M, Walls …
• Enhancing Agitation Care for Children in the Emergency Department.
  Academic pediatrics 2025 Foster AA, Georgadarellis AG, Goodman R, Duffy S, Saidinejad M, Li J
• Evaluating Diagnostic Strategies for Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury: A Literature-Based Clinical Decision Analysis.
  The Journal of pediatrics 2025 Mannix R, Hannon M, Hennelly K, Master C, Corwin D, Badawy M, Foster AA, Thomas D, Blackwell L, Reisner A, Manley G
• Pediatric Mental Health Boarding in US Emergency Departments, 2018-2022.
  Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians open 2025 Hoffmann JA, Foster AA, Gable CJ, Carlin KE, Pergjika A, Burkhart K, Schultz TR, Mullins S, Edemba D, Saidinejad M
• Impact of telemental health on suicide prevention care in U.S. emergency departments.
  Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine 2025 Doupnik SK, Bowden CF, Worsley D, Keating C, Foster AA, Quarshie W, Min J, Schulz P, Tani IJ, Meisel Z, Marcus SC
• Changes in Pediatric Inpatient Capabilities and Emergency Department Pediatric Readiness.
  JAMA network open 2025 Foster AA, Eisenberg J, Crady R, Hewes HA, Remick KE
• Youth Suicide Prevention in the Emergency Department: Lethal Means Counseling 101.
  Annals of emergency medicine 2025 Ketabchi B, Chaudhary S, Cieslak K, Das K, Foster AA, Haasz M, Hoffmann JA, Hueschen L, Lehto E, Mehta SD, Patel SJ, Pomerantz WJ, Pulcini CD, Stankovic C, Stewart A, Sudanagunta S, Ugalde IT, …
• The Association of Emergency Department Weighted Pediatric Readiness Score with Pediatric Inpatient Capabilities.
  The Journal of emergency medicine 2025 Eisenberg JR, Foster AA, Crady R, Remick K, Brumme K, Hewes HA
• In Pursuit of Calm: Strategies to Manage Pediatric Acute Agitation.
  Annals of emergency medicine 2025 Hoffmann JA, Foster AA
• Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of Mental Health Crisis Line Callers Who Were Transferred to 911.
  Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.) 2025 Goldman ML, Elser A, Yeh HH, McDaniel M, Ma L, Ahmedani BK, Foster AA
• Supporting Children's Mental Health Needs in Disasters.
  Pediatrics 2025 Hoffmann JA, Pergjika A, Burkhart K, Gable C, Foster AA, Saidinejad M, Covington T, Edemba D, Mullins S, Schreiber M, Beers LS
• Suicide Prevention and Telehealth in Children's Hospital Emergency Departments.
  Pediatric emergency care 2024 Doupnik SK, Bowden CF, Worsley D, Keating C, Cassidy K, Foster AA, Quarshie W, Min J, Meisel Z, Marcus SC
• Race, Neighborhood Disadvantage, and Prehospital Law Enforcement Handcuffing in Children With Behavioral Health Emergencies.
  JAMA network open 2024 Watkins K, Glomb NW, Trivedi TK, Leibovich SA, Cruz-Romero M, Daftary RK, Kornblith AE, Foster AA, Schriger DL, Sporer KA, Kellison C, Hong T, Grupp-Phelan J
• Pediatric Inpatient Psychiatric Capacity in the US, 2017 to 2020.
  JAMA pediatrics 2024 Cushing AM, Nash KA, Foster AA, Zima BT, West AE, Michelson KA, Hoffmann JA
• Association of emergency department characteristics with presence of recommended pediatric-specific behavioral health policies.
  Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians open 2024 Foster AA, Hoffmann JA, Crady R, Hewes HA, Li J, Cook LJ, Duffy S, Johnson M, Schreiber M, Saidinejad M
• Youth Crisis: The Current State and Future Directions.
  The Psychiatric clinics of North America 2024 Foster AA, Zabel M, Schober M
• Strategies for optimal management of pediatric acute agitation in emergency settings.
  Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians open 2024 Saidinejad M, Foster AA, Santillanes G, Li J, Wallin D, Barata IA, Joseph M, Rose E, Cheng T, Waseem M, Berg K, Hooley G, Ruttan T, Shahid S, Lam SHF, Amanullah S, Lin S, Heniff MS, Brown K, Gausche-…
• Optimizing Advanced Imaging of the Pediatric Patient in the Emergency Department: Technical Report.
  Pediatrics 2024 Marin JR, Lyons TW, Claudius I, Fallat ME, Aquino M, Ruttan T, Daugherty RJ, AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS Committee on Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Section on Radiology, AMERICAN COLLEGE OF …
• The hospital costs of high emergency department pediatric readiness.
  Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians open 2024 Remick KE, Gausche-Hill M, Lin A, Goldhaber-Fiebert JD, Lang B, Foster A, Burns B, Jenkins PC, Hewes HA, Kuppermann N, McConnell KJ, Marin J, Weyant C, Ford R, Babcock SR, Newgard CD, Pediatric …
• Accountability to Quality and Equity of Care for Children With Acute Agitation in the Emergency Department.
  Hospital pediatrics 2024 Nash KA, Tolliver DG, Foster AA
• Management of youth with suicidal ideation: Challenges and best practices for emergency departments.
  Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians open 2024 Santillanes G, Foster AA, Ishimine P, Berg K, Cheng T, Deitrich A, Heniff M, Hooley G, Pulcini C, Ruttan T, Sorrentino A, Waseem M, Saidinejad M
• Evaluation and management of suicidal ideation and self-harm in children in the emergency department.
  Pediatric emergency medicine practice 2024 Foster AA, Ketabchi B, Hoffmann JA
• Approach to acute agitation in the pediatric emergency department.
  Current opinion in pediatrics 2024 Foster AA, Saidinejad M, Li J
• A Qualitative Assessment of Barriers and Proposed Interventions to Improve Acute Agitation Management for Children With Mental and Behavioral Health Conditions in the Emergency Department.
  Journal of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry 2023 Hoffmann JA, Kshetrapal A, Pergjika A, Foster AA, Wnorowska JH, Johnson JK
• Review of pediatric emergency care and the COVID-19 pandemic.
  Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians open 2023 Foster AA, Walls TA, Alade KH, Brown K, Gausche-Hill M, Lin SD, Rose EA, Ruttan T, Shahid S, Sorrentino A, Stoner MJ, Waseem M, Saidinejad M, ACEP Pediatric Emergency Medicine Committee
• Physical restraint use in children with mental and behavioral health emergencies in the prehospital setting.
  Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians open 2023 Foster AA, Watkins K, Trivedi TK, Cruz-Romero M, Leibovich SA, Daftary RK, Kornblith AE, Grupp-Phelan J, Sporer KA, Kellison C, Glomb NW
• Pediatric emergency care coordinator workforce: A survey study.
  Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians open 2023 Foster AA, Li J, Wilkinson MH, Ely M, Gausche-Hill M, Newgard C, Remick K
• The cost of emergency care for children across differing levels of emergency department pediatric readiness.
  Health affairs scholar 2023 Newgard CD, Smith M, Lin A, McConnell KJ, Remick KE, Burd RS, Marin JR, Mann NC, Gausche-Hill M, Hewes HA, Child A, Lang B, Foster AA, Maughan B, Goldhaber-Fiebert JD, Pediatric Readiness Study Group
• Pediatric Agitation in the Emergency Department: A Survey of Pediatric Emergency Care Coordinators.
  Academic pediatrics 2023 Foster AA, Saidinejad M, Duffy S, Hoffmann JA, Goodman R, Monuteaux MC, Li J
• Saving Children's Lives by Improving Pediatric Readiness for Emergency Care.
  JAMA network open 2023 Foster AA, Hoffmann JA
• A Regional Intervention to Appoint Pediatric Emergency Care Coordinators in New England Emergency Departments.
  Pediatric emergency care 2022 Li J, Petrack EM, Boggs KM, Auerbach M, Foster AA, Sullivan AF, Camargo CA
• Emergency department staff perceptions about the care of children with mental health conditions.
  General hospital psychiatry 2021 Foster AA, Sundberg M, Williams DN, Li J
• Pharmacologic Restraint Use During Mental Health Visits in Pediatric Emergency Departments.
  The Journal of pediatrics 2021 Foster AA, Porter JJ, Monuteaux MC, Hoffmann JA, Hudgins JD
• Patient Factors Associated With the Decision to Transfer Adult Patients From a Pediatric Emergency Department for Definitive Care.
  Pediatric emergency care 2020 Kornblith AE, Foster AA, Cho CS, Wang RC, Jaffe DM
• Pediatric critical procedures in the emergency department.
  Clinical and experimental emergency medicine 2020 Foster AA, Eisenberg MA
• Quality Improvement in a Pandemic.
  Pediatric quality & safety 2020 Foster AA, Stack AM
• Ready or Not, Here I Come: Emergency Department Readiness for Pediatric Mental Health Visits.
  Pediatrics 2020 Hoffmann JA, Foster AA
• How ready are we? A statewide assessment of pediatric readiness policies.
  The American journal of emergency medicine 2020 Foster AA, Monuteaux MC, Li J
• The use of opioids in low acuity pediatric trauma patients.
  PloS one 2019 Foster AA, Porter JJ, Bourgeois FT, Mannix R
• A weighty matter: Obtaining and documenting pediatric weight in the emergency department.
  The American journal of emergency medicine 2019 Foster AA, Petrack EM, Boggs KM, Sullivan AF, Camargo CA, Li J
• Anaphylaxis Preparedness among Preschool Staff before and after an Educational Intervention.
  Journal of allergy 2015 Foster AA, Campbell RL, Lee S, Anderson JL
• Recurrent severe abdominal pain in the pediatric patient.
  The Journal of emergency medicine 2014 Homme JL, Foster AA
• Delusional infestation is typically comorbid with other psychiatric diagnoses: review of 54 patients receiving psychiatric evaluation at Mayo Clinic.
  Psychosomatics 2012 Hylwa SA, Foster AA, Bury JE, Davis MD, Pittelkow MR, Bostwick JM
• Delusional infestation: clinical presentation in 147 patients seen at Mayo Clinic.
  Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology 2012 Foster AA, Hylwa SA, Bury JE, Davis MD, Pittelkow MR, Bostwick JM