Maya Haasz, MD
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics-Emergency Medicine

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Medical School:
  • MD, McGill University Faculty of Medicine (2006)
Residency:
  • Montreal Children's Hospital, Pediatrics (2009)
Fellowships:
  • The Hospital for Sick Children - University of Toronto, Pediatric Emergency Medicine (2011)
Department: Pediatrics-Emergency Medicine

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

  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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.
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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

General Information

Medical Schools:
  • MD, McGill University Faculty of Medicine (2006)
Residency Programs:
  • Montreal Children's Hospital, Pediatrics (2009)
Fellowships:
  • The Hospital for Sick Children - University of Toronto, Pediatric Emergency Medicine (2011)
Department: Pediatrics-Emergency Medicine
Contact Us
CU Anschutz
Fitzsimons Building

13001 East 17th Place
Campus Box C290
Aurora, CO 80045

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