Maya Haasz, MD

Professional Titles

• Affiliate Faculty, Firearm Injury Prevention Initiative
• Affiliate Faculty, Injury and Violence Prevention Center
• Executive Member, AAP Council on Injury, Violence, and Poisoning Prevention

Recognitions

• LIC Bardsley Award, University of Colorado School of Medicine (2023)
  Nominated by a clinical mentee, selected among close to 100 student nominations speaking to preceptor humanism in patient care and excellence in teaching

Research Interests

My research focus is on firearm and lethal means safety, with the goal of decreasing firearm injuries in children and adolescents. My overall research objective is to identify the ideal means by which to deliver effective firearm storage and lethal means safety education in the Emergency Department.

Publications

• Haasz M, Ostro D, Scolnik D. Examining the Appropriateness and Motivations Behind Low-Acuity Pediatric Emergency Department Visits. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2018 Sep;34(9):647-649. PubMed PMID: 30180100
• Fein D, Haasz M. Urgent Care Medicine Secrets. Ed. Philadelphia: Elsevier, c2018. Robert Olympia, Rory O'Neill, Matthew Silvis. Print. Chapter 45, Fracture and dislocation reductions; p 279-283.
• Phillips R, Shahi N, Bensard D, Meier M, Shirek G, Goldsmith A, Recicar J, Haasz M, Schroeppel T, Moulton S. Guns, scalpels, and sutures: The cost of gunshot wounds in children and adolescents. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2020 Sep;89(3):558-564. PubMed PMID: 32833412
• Chui H, Caldwell J, Yordanova M, Cockovski V, Fredric D, Harel-Sterling M, Haasz M, Al-Ismaili Z, Pizzi M, Ma Q, Devarajan P, Goldstein SL, Zappitelli M. Tubular injury and cell-cycle arrest biomarkers to predict acute kidney injury in noncritically ill children receiving aminoglycosides. Biomark Med. 2020 Jul;14(10):879-894. PubMed PMID: 32808826
• Betz ME, Haasz M. Divergent and Unified: A Path Forward for Firearm Injury Prevention. J Am Coll Surg. 2021 Oct;233(4):576-577. PubMed PMID: 34563330
• Policy Pathways to Address American Youth Firearm Injury and Death. Sindhu P. Sudanagunta, MD, Emma C. Gilchrist, MPH, Maya Haasz, MD and Shale L. Wong, MD, MSPH. Eugene S. Farley, Jr Health Policy Center. University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. Brief #17 March 2021.
• Cafferty R, Ambroggio L, Leonard J, Schmidt S, Haasz M. Evaluating Provider Documentation of Suicide Risk Factors Among Youth Screening Positive for Suicide Risk in a Pediatric Emergency Department. Pediatric Emergency Care.
• Middelberg LK, Leonard JC, Shi J, Aranda A, Brown JC, Cochran CL, Eastep K, Gonzalez R, Haasz M, Herskovitz S, Hoffmann JA, Koral A, Lamoshi A, Levitte S, Lo YHJ, Montminy T, Novak I, Ng K, Novotny NM, Parrado RH, Ruan W, Shapiro J, Sinclair EM, Stewart AM, Talathi S, Tavarez MM, Townsend P, Zaytsev J, Rudolph B. High-Powered Magnet Exposures in Children: A Multi-Center Cohort Study. Pediatrics. 2022 Mar 1;149(3). PubMed PMID: 35112127
• Haasz, M., Boggs, J. M., Beidas, R. S., & Betz, M. E. (2022). Firearms, physicians, families, and kids: finding words that work. The Journal of pediatrics, S0022-3476(22)00478-4. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpeds.2022.05.029
• Betz ME, Haasz M. Divergent and Unified: A Path Forward for Firearm Injury Prevention. J Am Coll Surg. 2021 Oct;233(4):576-577. PubMed PMID: 34563330
• Stevens J, Leonard J, Reppucci M, Schroeppel T, Bensard D, Haasz M. Individual and Neighborhood Level Characteristics of Pediatric Firearm Injuries Presenting at Trauma Centers in Colorado. Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery: January 25, 2022. doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000003520
• Middelberg LK, Leonard JC, Shi J, Aranda A, Brown JC, Cochran CL, Eastep K, Gonzalez R, Haasz M, Herskovitz S, Hoffmann JA, Koral A, Lamoshi A, Levitte S, Lo YHJ, Montminy T, Novak I, Ng K, Novotny NM, Parrado RH, Ruan W, Shapiro J, Sinclair EM, Stewart AM, Talathi S, Tavarez MM, Townsend P, Zaytsev J, Rudolph B. High-Powered Magnet Exposures in Children: A Multi-Center Cohort Study. Pediatrics. 2022 Mar 1;149(3). PubMed PMID: 35112127
• Haasz M, Boggs JM, Beidas RS, Betz ME. Firearms, Physicians, Families, and Kids: Finding Words that Work. J Pediatr. 2022 Aug;247:133-137. PubMed PMID: 35605644
• Cafferty R, Ambroggio L, Leonard J, Schmidt S, Haasz M. Evaluating Provider Documentation of Suicide Risk Factors Among Youth Screening Positive for Suicide Risk in a Pediatric Emergency Department. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2022 Jul 1;38(7):317-320. PubMed PMID: 35608523
• Stevens J, Leonard J, Reppucci ML, Schroeppel T, Bensard D, Haasz M. Individual and neighborhood level characteristics of pediatric firearm injuries presenting at trauma centers in Colorado. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2022 Sep 1;93(3):385-393. PubMed PMID: 35998288
• Seewald LA, Myers M, Zimmerman MA, Walton MA, Cunningham RM, Rupp LA, Haasz M, Carter PM. Firearm safety counseling among caregivers of high-school age teens: Results from a National Survey. Prev Med. 2022 Sep 29;:107285. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 36183798
• Middelberg LK, Leonard JC, Shi J, Aranda A, Brown JC, Cochran CL, Eastep K, Haasz M, Hoffmann JA, Koral A, Lamoshi A, Levitte S, Lo YHJ, Montminy T, Myer S, Novotny NM, Parrado RH, Ruan W, Stewart AM, Talathi S, Tavarez MM, Townsend P, Zaytsev J, Rudolph B. Warning Labels and High-Powered Magnet Exposures. Pediatrics. 2022 Nov 1;150(5). PubMed PMID: 36189482
• Stevens J, Pickett K, Kaar J, Nolan M, Reppucci M, Corkum K, Hills-Dunlap J, Haasz M, Acker S. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on pediatric firearm injuries in Colorado. J Pediatr Surg. 2022 Oct 23. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2022.10.043. Epub ahead of print. PMCID: PMC9595415.
• Behrens D, Haasz M, Dodington J, Lee LK, Firearm Injury Prevention Advocacy: Lessons Learned and Future Directions, Pediatric Clinics of North America, Volume 70, Issue 1, 2023, Pages 67-82, ISSN 0031-3955, ISBN 9780323938457, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pcl.2022.09.002.
• Haasz M, Dulchavsky A, Stevens J, Nolan M, Leonard J, Phillips R, Knoepke C, Schroeppel T, Zuk J, Abbey W, Ambroggio L. Long-term physical and mental health outcomes of pediatric firearm-injured victims: A prospective cohort study. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2023 Oct 1;95(4):e31-e35. PubMed PMID: 37335171
• Haasz M, Myers MG, Rowhani-Rahbar A, Zimmerman MA, Seewald L, Sokol RL, Cunningham RM, Carter PM. Firearms Availability Among High-School Age Youth With Recent Depression or Suicidality. Pediatrics. 2023 Jun 1;151(6). PubMed PMID: 37212021
• Haasz M, Sigel E, Betz ME, Leonard J, Brooks-Russell A, Ambroggio L. Acceptability of Long Versus Short Firearm Safety Education Videos in the Emergency Department: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial. Ann Emerg Med. 2023 Oct;82(4):482-493. PubMed PMID: 37140494
• Sokol RL, Haasz M, Zimmerman MA, Cunningham RM, Carter PM. The association between witnessing firearm violence and firearm carriage: Results from a national study of teens. Prev Med. 2023 Jun;171:107516. PubMed PMID: 37086861
• McCarthy V, Wright-Kelly E, Steinhart B, Haasz M, Ma M, Brooks-Russell A. Assessment of Reported Time to Access a Loaded Gun Among Colorado Adolescents. JAMA Pediatr. 2023 May 1;177(5):543-545. PubMed PMID: 36972035
• Wong S, Sudanagunta S, Gilchrist E, Haasz M. Policy pathways to address American youth firearm injury and death. Ann Fam Med. 2022 Apr 1;20(20 Suppl 1). PubMed PMID: 36944041
• Stevens J, Pickett K, Kaar J, Nolan MM, Reppucci ML, Corkum K, Hills-Dunlap J, Haasz M, Acker S. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on pediatric firearm injuries in Colorado. J Pediatr Surg. 2023 Feb;58(2):344-349. PubMed PMID: 36411111
• Behrens D, Haasz M, Dodington J, Lee LK. Firearm Injury Prevention Advocacy: Lessons Learned and Future Directions. Pediatr Clin North Am. 2023 Feb;70(1):67-82. PubMed PMID: 36402472
• Middelberg LK, Leonard JC, Shi J, Aranda A, Brown JC, Cochran CL, Eastep K, Haasz M, Hoffmann JA, Koral A, Lamoshi A, Levitte S, Lo YHJ, Montminy T, Myer S, Novotny NM, Parrado RH, Ruan W, Stewart AM, Talathi S, Tavarez MM, Townsend P, Zaytsev J, Rudolph B. Warning Labels and High-Powered Magnet Exposures. Pediatrics. 2022 Nov 1;150(5). PubMed PMID: 36189482
• Middelberg LK, Leonard JC, Shi J, Aranda A, Brown JC, Cochran CL, Eastep K, Gonzalez R, Haasz M, Herskovitz S, Hoffmann JA, Koral A, Lamoshi A, Levitte S, Lo YHJ, Montminy T, Novak I, Ng K, Novotny NM, Parrado RH, Ruan W, Shapiro J, Sinclair EM, Stewart AM, Talathi S, Tavarez MM, Townsend P, Zaytsev J, Rudolph B. High-Powered Magnet Exposures in Children: A Multi-Center Cohort Study. Pediatrics. 2022 Mar 1;149(3). PubMed PMID: 35112127
• Hoffmann JA, Carter CP, Olsen CS, Chaudhari PP, Chaudhary S, Duffy S, Glomb N, Goyal MK, Grupp-Phelan J, Haasz M, Ketabchi B, Kravitz-Wirtz N, Lerner EB, Shihabuddin B, Wendt W, Cook LJ, Alpern ER. Pediatric Firearm Injury Emergency Department Visits From 2017 to 2022: A Multicenter Study. Pediatrics. 2023 Nov 6. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 37927086
• Haasz M, Boggs JM, Beidas RS, Betz ME. Firearms, Physicians, Families, and Kids: Finding Words that Work. J Pediatr. 2022 Aug;247:133-137. PubMed PMID: 35605644
• Cafferty R, Ambroggio L, Leonard J, Schmidt S, Haasz M. Evaluating Provider Documentation of Suicide Risk Factors Among Youth Screening Positive for Suicide Risk in a Pediatric Emergency Department. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2022 Jul 1;38(7):317-320. PubMed PMID: 35608523
• Stevens J, Leonard J, Reppucci ML, Schroeppel T, Bensard D, Haasz M. Individual and neighborhood level characteristics of pediatric firearm injuries presenting at trauma centers in Colorado. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2022 Sep 1;93(3):385-393. PubMed PMID: 35998288
• Seewald LA, Myers M, Zimmerman MA, Walton MA, Cunningham RM, Rupp LA, Haasz M, Carter PM. Firearm safety counseling among caregivers of high-school age teens: Results from a National Survey. Prev Med. 2022 Dec;165(Pt A):107285. PubMed PMID: 36183798
• Behrens D, Haasz M, Dodington J, Lee LK. Firearm Injury Prevention Advocacy: Lessons Learned and Future Directions. Pediatr Clin North Am. 2023 Feb;70(1):67-82. PubMed PMID: 36402472
• Maya Haasz, Kiesha Fraser Doh, Holly R. Hanson, Wendy J. Pomerantz, Nina Agarwal, Kristen Becksworth, Sofia Chaudhary, Lindsay Clukies, Eric W. Fleegler, Margaret K. Formica, Adrienne Gallardo, Andrew Kiragu, Danielle Laraque-Arena, Michael N. Levas, Marla C. Levine, Sandra Mckay, Terri McFadden, Kathy Monroe, Lois K. Lee, Pediatric firearm injuries and socioeconomic vulnerability before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, The American Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2024, ISSN 0735-6757, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajem.2024.11.028.
• Stevens J, Pickett K, Kaar J, Nolan MM, Reppucci ML, Corkum K, Hills-Dunlap J, Haasz M, Acker S. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on pediatric firearm injuries in Colorado. J Pediatr Surg. 2023 Feb;58(2):344-349. PubMed PMID: 36411111
• McCarthy V, Wright-Kelly E, Steinhart B, Haasz M, Ma M, Brooks-Russell A. Assessment of Reported Time to Access a Loaded Gun Among Colorado Adolescents. JAMA Pediatr. 2023 May 1;177(5):543-545. PubMed PMID: 36972035
• Sokol RL, Haasz M, Zimmerman MA, Cunningham RM, Carter PM. The association between witnessing firearm violence and firearm carriage: Results from a national study of teens. Prev Med. 2023 Jun;171:107516. PubMed PMID: 37086861
• Haasz M, Sigel E, Betz ME, Leonard J, Brooks-Russell A, Ambroggio L. Acceptability of Long Versus Short Firearm Safety Education Videos in the Emergency Department: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial. Ann Emerg Med. 2023 Oct;82(4):482-493. PubMed PMID: 37140494
• Haasz M, Myers MG, Rowhani-Rahbar A, Zimmerman MA, Seewald L, Sokol RL, Cunningham RM, Carter PM. Firearms Availability Among High-School Age Youth With Recent Depression or Suicidality. Pediatrics. 2023 Jun 1;151(6). PubMed PMID: 37212021
• Haasz M, Dulchavsky A, Stevens J, Nolan M, Leonard J, Phillips R, Knoepke C, Schroeppel T, Zuk J, Abbey W, Ambroggio L. Long-term physical and mental health outcomes of pediatric firearm-injured victims: A prospective cohort study. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2023 Oct 1;95(4):e31-e35. PubMed PMID: 37335171
• Hoffmann JA, Carter CP, Olsen CS, Chaudhari PP, Chaudhary S, Duffy S, Glomb N, Goyal MK, Grupp-Phelan J, Haasz M, Ketabchi B, Kravitz-Wirtz N, Lerner EB, Shihabuddin B, Wendt W, Cook LJ, Alpern ER. Pediatric Firearm Injury Emergency Department Visits From 2017 to 2022: A Multicenter Study. Pediatrics. 2023 Dec 1;152(6). PubMed PMID: 37927086
• Hanson HR, Formica M, Laraque-Arena D, Zonfrillo MR, Desai P, O'Neil JO, Unni P, Johnson EL, Cobb P, Agarwal M, Beckworth K, Schroter S, Strotmeyer S, Donnelly KA, Middelberg LK, Morse AM, Dodington J, Latuska RF, Anderson B, Lawson KA, Valente M, Levas MN, Kiragu AW, Monroe K, Ruest SM, Lee LK, Charyk Stewart T, Attridge MM, Haasz M, Jafri M, McIntire A, Rogers SC, Uspal NG, Blanchard A, Hazeltine MD, Riech T, Jennissen C, Model L, Fu Q, Clukies LD, Juang D, Ruda MT, Prince JM, Chao S, Yorkgitis BK, Pomerantz WJ. A multicenter evaluation of pediatric emergency department injury visits during the COVID-19 pandemic. Inj Epidemiol. 2023 Dec 13;10(1):66. PubMed PMID: 38093383
• Hoffmann JA, Carter CP, Olsen CS, Ashby D, Bouvay KL, Duffy SJ, Chamberlain JM, Chaudhary SS, Glomb NW, Grupp-Phelan J, Haasz M, O'Donnell EP, Saidinejad M, Shihabuddin BS, Tzimenatos L, Uspal NG, Zorc JJ, Cook LJ, Alpern ER. Pediatric mental health emergency department visits from 2017 to 2022: A multicenter study. Acad Emerg Med. 2024 Aug;31(8):739-754. PubMed PMID: 38563444
• Haasz M, Betz ME, Ambroggio L, Cafferty R, King CA, Wong S, Leonard J, Brooks-Russell A, Sigel E. Acceptability and feasibility of video-based firearm safety education in a Colorado emergency department for caregivers of adolescents in firearm-owning households. Inj Prev. 2024 Jul 24. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 39053924
• Sheline EK, Sigel EJ, Bunik ME, Leonard J, Dillon M, Haasz M. Which Types of Providers Have Firearm Discussions in a Pediatric Primary Care Clinic?. Acad Pediatr. 2024 Jul 25. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 39067784
• Cafferty R, Haasz M, Leonard J, Ambroggio L. Impact of COVID-19 and Public Health Measures on Positive Suicide Screens Among Emergency Department Children. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2024 Sep 1;40(9):e227-e232. PubMed PMID: 39178009
• Haasz M, Johnson RL, Simonetti JA, Betz ME, Cafferty R, Brooks-Russell A, Wright-Kelly E. Perceptions of Firearm Safety and Youth Suicide Among Adults With a Child in Their Home. Pediatrics. 2024 Oct 1;154(4). PubMed PMID: 39327955
• Hollo AA, Dillon M, Hoffmann JA, Blanchard A, Haasz M. Association between unintentional firearm injury characteristics and deaths in adolescents. Inj Epidemiol. 2024 Nov 4;11(1):60. PubMed PMID: 39497231
• Cafferty R, Dillon M, Goldwater B, Haasz M, Anthony B, O'Leary ST, Ambroggio L. Youth perceptions of electronic suicide screening in the pediatric emergency department. Acad Emerg Med. 2024 Oct 3. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 39363553

Practice Locations

Children's Hospital Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
13123 East 16th Ave
Aurora, CO 80045
720-777-1234

Hospital Affiliation

• Children's Hospital Colorado

Specialty Information

Specialties

• Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Board Certification