Barbara M. Walsh, MD

Clinical Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

Barbara M. Walsh, MD is a Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics in Emergency Medicine at the Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine. In addition to traditional medical training, she has received training at the University of Massachusetts by earning a Teaching with Simulation Faculty Development Certificate and by attending an Instructor Workshop in Medical Simulation at Harvard Medical School. In the course of her career Dr. Walsh has worked in a variety of roles in the field of pediatrics including as a Discussion leader, Co-course developer, Program director, and as a Faculty leader. She is a noted lecturer in the medical field and has given over fifty lectures and presentations. She is licensed in both New York and Massachusetts. Dr. Walsh runs the COMET program - community outreach mobile education training which is a comprehensive in situ high fidelity simulation program for inter-professional teams to participate in high risk, low frequency resuscitation events to work on team work, communication, systems issues. It is a comprehensive patient quality and safety initiative that Dr. Walsh has created and run since 2010. It encompasses all disciplines and units of medical practice and is run nationally.

Dr. Walsh is Director of Mobile Outreach and In Situ Simulation as well as the Associate Director/Pediatrics at the Solomont Simulation Center at Boston Medical center where she directs all in situ training and education for interdisciplinary providers.

Publications

  • Published 5/7/2025

    Firn ET, Jonas R, Douglass LM, Walsh BM. Using an in-situ Simulation Model to Identify Deviations from Guideline-Based Management of Pediatric Status Epilepticus in Community Emergency Departments. Open Access Emerg Med. 2025; 17:165-171. PMID: 40357448.

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  • Published 8/1/2023

    Auerbach MA, Whitfill T, Montgomery E, Leung J, Kessler D, Gross IT, Walsh BM, Fiedor Hamilton M, Gawel M, Kant S, Janofsky S, Brown LL, Walls TA, Alletag M, Sessa A, Arteaga GM, Keilman A, Van Ittersum W, Rutman MS, Zaveri P, Good G, Schoen JC, Lavoie M, Mannenbach M, Bigham L, Dudas RA, Rutledge C, Okada PJ, Moegling M, Anderson I, Tay KY, Scherzer DJ, Vora S, Gaither S, Fenster D, Jones D, Aebersold M, Chatfield J, Knight L, Berg M, Makharashvili A, Katznelson J, Mathias E, Lutfi R, Abu-Sultaneh S, Burns B, Padlipsky P, Lee J, Butler L, Alander S, Thomas A, Bhatnagar A, Jafri FN, Crellin J, Abulebda K. Factors Associated With Improved Pediatric Resuscitative Care in General Emergency Departments. Pediatrics. 2023 Aug 01; 152(2). PMID: 37416979.

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  • Published 4/5/2022

    Gross IT, Clapper TC, Ramachandra G, Thomas A, Ades A, Walsh B, Kreuzer F, Elkin R, Wagner M, Whitfill T, Chang TP, Duff JP, Deutsch ES, Loellgen RM, Palaganas JC, Fayyaz J, Kessler D, Calhoun AW. Setting an Agenda: Results of a Consensus Process on Research Directions in Distance Simulation. Simul Healthc. 2023 Apr 01; 18(2):100-107. PMID: 36989108.

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  • Published 3/2/2022

    Boyle TP, Dugas JN, Liu J, Stapleton SN, Medzon R, Walsh BM, Corey P, Shubitowski L, Horne JR, O'Connell R, Williams G, Nelson KP, Nadkarni VM, Camargo CA, Feldman JA. Adaptation of a Simulation Model and Checklist to Assess Pediatric Emergency Care Performance by Prehospital Teams. Simul Healthc. 2023 Apr 01; 18(2):82-89. PMID: 35238848.

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  • Published 10/12/2020

    Diaz MCG, Walsh BM. Telesimulation-based education during COVID-19. Clin Teach. 2021 04; 18(2):121-125. PMID: 33043589.

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Education

  • University of Massachusetts Medical School, MD
  • Brandeis University, BA

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