Eric Sigel, MD

Professional Titles

• Professor of Pediatrics
• Fellowship Director Adolescent Medicine

Research Interests

Publications

• Hua LL, Lee J, Rahmandar MH, Sigel EJ. Suicide and Suicide Risk in Adolescents. Pediatrics. 2024 Jan 1;153(1). PubMed PMID: 38073403
• Gastineau KAB, Bell R, Hanes A, McKay S, Sigel E, Popescu F, Sommer EC, Barkin S. One Step Closer to Safer: Counseling Outcomes from American Academy of Pediatrics Firearm Safe Storage Education Training. J Pediatr. 2024 Jan;264:113767. PubMed PMID: 37802387
• Stanley IH, Eisenhauer IF, Brooks-Russell A, Sigel EJ. Gun Carrying Among Military-Connected Youth With Past-Year Suicidal Ideation and Suicide Plans. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Jul 1;7(7):e2424916. PubMed PMID: 39083277
• 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;25(1):102546. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 39067784
• Soto M, Sigel EJ. The Effects of an Electronic Medical Record Prompt on Documentation of Firearm Screening in and Adolescent Primary Care Setting. J Adolesc Health. 2024 Oct;75(4):680-682. PubMed PMID: 39066747
• 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
• Wright-Kelly E, Buck-Atkinson JT, Betz ME, Little K, Little JS, Kingston BE, Sigel E, Arredondo-Mattson S. Firearm businesses as partners in suicide prevention: a cross-sectional study of the Gun Shop Project in Colorado, USA. Inj Prev. 2024 Jul 15. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 39009435
• Sigel EJ, Ladika A, Mattson SA. Evaluating the function and psychometric properties of a violence risk screening tool in a community sample of adolescents. Aggress Behav. 2024 Jan;50(1):e22122. PubMed PMID: 38268386
• Gastineau KAB, Bell R, Hanes A, McKay S, Sigel E, Popescu F, Sommer EC, Barkin S. One Step Closer to Safer: Counseling Outcomes from American Academy of Pediatrics Firearm Safe Storage Education Training. J Pediatr. 2024 Jan;264:113767. PubMed PMID: 37802387
• Thackeray J, Livingston N, Ragavan MI, Schaechter J, Sigel E. Intimate Partner Violence: Role of the Pediatrician. Pediatrics. 2023 Jul 1;152(1). PubMed PMID: 37337842
• 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
• Pitts BH, Sheeder J, Sigel E, Love-Osborne K, Woods J. Informing Use of the Patient Health Questionnaire-2 to Detect Moderate or Greater Depression Symptoms in Adolescents and Young Adults in Outpatient Primary Care. J Adolesc Health. 2023 Aug;73(2):331-337. PubMed PMID: 37125985
• Sigel EJ, Arredondo Mattson S, Runyan CW. Utilizing the Electronic Medical Record to Enhance Health Care Provider Delivery of Messages About the Safe Storage of Firearms. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2023 Sep;62(8):894-900. PubMed PMID: 36694403
• Culyba AJ, Sigel E, Westers N, Barondeau J, Trent M, Coyne-Beasley T. Freedom to Play, Learn, Live, and Thrive: A Youth-Serving Professional Call to Action to Address Firearm Violence. J Adolesc Health. 2023 Feb;72(2):177-178. PubMed PMID: 36351863
• Culyba AJ, Sigel E, Westers N, Barondeau J, Trent M, Coyne-Beasley T. Freedom to Play, Learn, Live, and Thrive: A Youth-Serving Professional Call to Action to Address Firearm Violence. J Adolesc Health. 2022 Nov 6. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 36351863
• Roche JS, Philyaw-Kotov ML, Sigel E, Eisman AB, Tzilos Wernette G, Resnicow K, Carter PM, Cunningham RM, Walton MA. Implementation of a youth violence prevention programme in primary care. Inj Prev. 2022 Jun;28(3):231-237. PubMed PMID: 34716179
• Mattson SA, Sigel E, Mercado MC. Risk and Protective Factors Associated with Youth Firearm Access, Possession or Carrying. Am J Crim Justice. 2020 Feb;45(5):844-864. PubMed PMID: 33013151
• Culyba AJ, Sigel E. Firearms and substance use: bringing synergy to counseling and intervention. Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse. 2020 May 3;46(3):263-265. PubMed PMID: 32338070
• Position Paper: Preventing Firearm Violence in Youth Through Evidence -Informed Strategies. The Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine. Sigel ES, Culyba A, et al. J Adolescent health 66 (2020) 260-64
• Ngo QM, Sigel E, Moon A, Stein SF, Massey LS, Rivara F, King C, Ilgen M, Cunningham R, Walton MA. State of the science: a scoping review of primary prevention of firearm injuries among children and adolescents. J Behav Med. 2019 Aug;42(4):811-829. PubMed PMID: 31367940
• Sigel EJ, Mattson SA, Mercado MC. Increased Violence Involvement and Other Behavioral and Mental Health Factors Among Youth With Firearm Access. J Adolesc Health. 2019 Jul;65(1):63-71. PubMed PMID: 30956138
• Cunningham RM, Carter PM, Ranney ML, Walton M, Zeoli AM, Alpern ER, Branas C, Beidas RS, Ehrlich PF, Goyal MK, Goldstick JE, Hemenway D, Hargarten SW, King CA, Massey L, Ngo Q, Pizarro J, Prosser L, Rowhani-Rahbar A, Rivara F, Rupp LA, Sigel E, Savolainen J, Zimmerman MA. Prevention of Firearm Injuries Among Children and Adolescents: Consensus-Driven Research Agenda from the Firearm Safety Among Children and Teens (FACTS) Consortium. JAMA Pediatr. 2019 Jun 10. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 31180470
• Eating disorders. In: Hay WW Jr., Levin MJ, Deterding RR, Abzug MJ. editors. Current pediatric diagnosis and treatment. 24th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill; 2018.
• Masho SW, Schoeny ME, Webster D, Sigel E. Outcomes, Data, and Indicators of Violence at the Community Level. J Prim Prev. 2016 Apr;37(2):121-39. PubMed PMID: 26965102
• Kingston BE, Mihalic SF, Sigel EJ. Building an evidence-based multitiered system of supports for high-risk youth and communities. Am J Orthopsychiatry. 2016 Mar;86(2):132-43. PubMed PMID: 26963183
• Morehouse S, Sigel E. Addressing youth violence in the primary health care setting. Adolesc Med State Art Rev, 2016;27(2) 219-235.
• Sigel E. Addressing firearm violence in the primary health care setting. Adolesc Med State Art Rev. 2016;27(2) 323-340
• Sigel EJ, Ladika A. Impact of Violence Risk on Adolescent Physical and Mental Health. J Adolescent Health 2015; 56(2)(S1) p S12.
• Sigel E, Harpin SB, Tung G. Increasing documentation and referral for youth at risk for violence through the primary health care setting. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2015 May;54(5):451-7. PubMed PMID: 25305258
• Monge MC, Forman SF, McKenzie NM, Rosen DS, Mammel KA, Callahan ST, Hehn R, Rome ES, Kapphahn CJ, Carlson JL, Romano ME, Malizio JB, Bravender TD, Sigel EJ, Rouse MR, Graham DA, Jay MS, Hergenroeder AC, Fisher MM, Golden NH, Woods ER. Use of Psychopharmacologic Medications in Adolescents With Restrictive Eating Disorders: Analysis of Data From the National Eating Disorder Quality Improvement Collaborative. J Adolesc Health. 2015 Jul;57(1):66-72. PubMed PMID: 26095410
• Sigel E, Harpin SB, Tung G. Increasing Documentation and Referral for Youth at Risk for Violence Through the Primary Health Care Setting. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2014 Oct 9. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 25305258
• Forman SF, McKenzie N, Hehn R, Monge MC, Kapphahn CJ, Mammel KA, Callahan ST, Sigel EJ, Bravender T, Romano M, Rome ES, Robinson KA, Fisher M, Malizio JB, Rosen DS, Hergenroeder AC, Buckelew SM, Jay MS, Lindenbaum J, Rickert VI, Garber A, Golden NH, Woods ER. Predictors of outcome at 1 year in adolescents with DSM-5 restrictive eating disorders: report of the national eating disorders quality improvement collaborative. J Adolesc Health. 2014 Dec;55(6):750-6. PubMed PMID: 25200345
• Sigel EJ and Harpin S. Primary Care Practitioners’ Detection of Youth Violence Involvement Clin Pediatr 2013 May;52 (5) 411-17.
• Violence Risk Screening: Predicting Cyber Violence Perpetration and Victimization Journal of Adolescent Health Volume 52, Issue 2, Supplement 1 , Page S53, February 2013 .
• Media Use of Adolescent Women With Eating Disorders: Is There More to It Than What Meets the Senses? Journal of Adolescent Health Volume 52, Issue 2, Supplement 1 , Page S42, February 2013 .
• Violence Risk Screening: Predicting Cyber Violence Perpetration and Victimization. Society for the Advancement of Violence and Injury Research. Platform Presentation: June 6, 2013
• Sigel EJ. Violence Risk Screening: Predicting Cyberviolence Perpetration and Victimization. J. Adolescent Health; 52 (2) Supplement 1 52 February 2013
• Sigel EJ, Harpin SB; Primary Care Practitioners Detection of Youth Violence Involvement Clinical Pediatrics in press

Professional Memberships

• Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine, MD
• American Academy of Pediatrics, Violence Prevention Subcommittee FAAP
• Society for the Advancement of Violence and Injury Research, Member, Science Committee

Practice Locations

• Children's Hospital Colorado

Specialty Information

• Pediatrics, Board Certification (1992, 2006)
• Adolescent Medicine, Board Certification (1997, 2014)

• Child and Teen Health - Teen Health
• Substance Abuse - Alcoholism
• Substance Abuse
• Substance Abuse - Drug Abuse
• Substance Abuse - Smoking Cessation
• Complementary and Alternative Therapies
• Mental Health and Behavior - Anxiety
• Mental Health and Behavior
• Mental Health and Behavior - Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity
• Mental Health and Behavior - Bipolar Disorder
• Mental Health and Behavior - Eating Disorders
• Mental Health and Behavior - Depression
• Mental Health and Behavior - Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
• Mental Health and Behavior - Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
• Mental Health and Behavior - Stress
• Primary Care
• Symptoms and Manifestations
• Symptoms and Manifestations - Abdominal Pain
• Symptoms and Manifestations - Chronic Fatigue
• Symptoms and Manifestations - Headache
• Symptoms and Manifestations - Nausea and Vomiting
• Symptoms and Manifestations - Pain
• Child and Teen Health