Rachel Cafferty, MD

Publications

• 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. 2021
• Hoffman J, Krass P, Rodean J, Bardach N, Cafferty R, Coker T, Cutler G, Hall M, Morse R, Nash K, Parikh K, Zima B. Follow-Up after Pediatric Mental Health Emergency Visits. Pediatrics (accepted for publication June 2022)
• Cafferty R, Haasz M, Leonard J, Ambroggio L. Increased Rates of Positive Routine Suicide Screens Among Youth in the ED During COVID-19.
• Cafferty R, Topoz I, Haasz M, Leonard J, Ambroggio L. Implementing Suicide Risk Factor Screening in a Pediatric Emergency Department.
• Cafferty R, Haasz M, Leonard J, Ambroggio L. Increased Rates of Positive Routine Suicide Screens Among Youth in the ED During COVID-19.
• Cafferty R, Topoz I, Haasz M, Leonard J, Ambroggio L. Implementing Suicide Risk Factor Screening in a Pediatric Emergency Department.
• Hoffmann JA, Krass P, Rodean J, Bardach NS, Cafferty R, Coker TR, Cutler GJ, Hall M, Morse RB, Nash KA, Parikh K, Zima BT. Association of Outpatient Follow-up after Pediatric Mental Health ED Visits with Return Encounters.
• Hoffman J, Krass P, Rodean J, Bardach N, Cafferty R, Coker T, Cutler G, Hall M, Morse R, Nash K, Parikh K, Zima B. Follow-Up after Pediatric Mental Health Emergency Visits. Pediatrics. 2023 Mar 1;151(3):e2022057383. doi: 10.1542/peds.2022-057383. PMID: 36775807
• Cafferty R, Haasz M, Leonard J, Ambroggio L. Impact of COVID-19 and Public Health Measures on Positive Suicide Screens Among Emergency Department Children. Pediatric Emergency Care. 2023 (accepted, forthcoming)
• 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
• 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
• 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, 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
• Cafferty R. For such a time as this. Acad Emerg Med. 2024 May 30. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 38813927
• Cafferty R, Grupp-Phelan J, Anthony B. Children and Adolescents With Suicidal Ideation and the Emergency Department. JAMA. 2024 Jan 16;331(3):193-194. PubMed PMID: 38153704

Professional Memberships

• American Academy of Pediatrics, Section of Emergency Medicine, Fellow

Practice Locations

• Children's Hospital Colorado

Specialty Information

• Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Board Certification
• Pediatrics, Board Certification (2018)

• Emergency Care