• Attending physician, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Hurley Medical Center, Flint, Mich.

Education & Training

• Bachelor's Degree: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich.
• Medical School: University of Illinois College of Medicine, Peoria, Ill.
  
• Pediatric Residency: Virginia Commonwealth University - Children's Hospital of Richmond, Richmond, Va.
  
• Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Fellowship: Detroit Medical School - Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, Mich.
  

Certifications

• American Board of Pediatrics

Honors

• May 2013 Graduated Cum Laude, University of Michigan
• September 2019 Resident Teacher of the Month, Children’s Hospital of Richmond
• January 2024 Ashok and Ingrid Sarnaik FoundaƟon research travel grant recipient

Scholarly Activity

Peer-reviewed publications

• Schapka E, Gee J, Cyrus JW, Goldstein G, Greenfield K, Marinello M, Karam O. Lung Ultrasound versus Chest X-Ray for the Detecton of Fluid Overload in Critcally Ill Children: A Systematc Review. J Pediatr Intensive Care. 2021 Mar 23;11(3):177-182. doi:10.1055/s-0041-1725123.

• Costa MDC, Ashraf NS, Fischer S, Yang Y, Schapka E, Joshi G, McQuade TJ, Dharia RM, Dulchavsky M, Ouyang M, Cook D, Sun D, Larsen MJ, Gestwicki JE, Todi SV, Ivanova MI, Paulson HL. Unbiased screen identfies aripiprazole as a modulator of abundance of the polyglutamine disease protein, ataxin-3. Brain. 2016 Nov 1;139(11):2891-2908. doi:10.1093/brain/aww228.
• Kirkness CS, Ren J, Rainville E, McManus M, Miller N, Maurer B, Pflederer J, Smith V, Schapka E, Maurer P, Asche C. Pain with rest and actvity plays little role in patients discharged early after total knee arthroplasty (TKA). The Journal of Pain. 2015;16(4):S3. doi:10.1016/j.jpain.2015.01.023

Research presentations - recent

Schapka E, Thomas R, Sanil Y, Safa R. Shock index as a potential predictor of adverse outcomes in MIS-C. Abstract presented at Society of Critical Care Medicine Congress, January 2024, Phoenix, AZ.

Millan J, Patel H, Schapka E, Makonnen S, Pouncey S, Gee J, Thota M, Spriggs J, Hutchinson B, Hanson C, Silverman J. Standardizing the approach to IV access in the pediatric emergency department. Poster presented at VCU Health System Resident/Fellow Quality Improvement Day, June 2021, Richmond, VA.

Schapka E, Millan J, Patel H, Makonnen S, Pouncey S, Gee J, Thota M, Spriggs J, Hutchinson B, Hanson C, Silverman J. Improving ultrasound-guided peripheral intravenous access in the pediatric emergency department. Poster presented at VCU Health System Resident/Fellow Quality Improvement Day, June 2021, Richmond, VA.