Health Sciences Clinical Professor
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UC Davis Children's Hospital
2315 Stockton Blvd.
Sacramento, CA 95817
Dr. Vance is a pediatric emergency medicine physician who practices in the Pediatric Emergency Department at the UC Davis Medical Center providing care to patients from the first day of life through the 21st birthday. Her care for patients spans the breadth of pediatric medicine from routine well child care to the most medically complex and severely injured.
Dr. Vance's research focuses on several areas related to the care of the critically ill pediatric patient including pediatric status epilepitus, pediatric gastroenteritis and pediatric sepsis.
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Emergency Medicine
UC Davis Children's Hospital
Trauma Program
B.S., Pacific Union College, Angwin CA 1978
M.D., University of Mississippi, Jackson MS 1985
Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, Los Angeles CA 1985-1986
Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, Los Angeles CA 1986-1988
Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, Los Angeles CA 1989-1991
Chancellor’s Achievement Award for Diversity and Community, 2019
The UC Davis 2018 Dean’s Team Award for Excellence in Multi-disciplinary Team contributions in the area of Research, 2018
The UC Davis Dean’s Team Award for Excellence in Departmental Mentoring, 2016
The UCDavis Dean’s Team Award for Excellence in Critical Care for multi-disciplinary team (Pediatric Trauma), 2014
Department of Pediatrics Outstanding Teaching Award, 2002
Department of Pediatrics Outstanding Role Model Award, 2000
Phi Kappa Phi, University of Mississippi, 1985
Alpha Omega Alpha, University Of Mississippi, 1985
Department of Surgery Award, University of Mississippi, 1985
Merck and Company Book Award University of Mississippi, 1985
Kaplan RL, Cruz AT, Michelson KA, McAneney C, Blackstone MM, Pruitt CM, Shah N, Noorbakhsh KA, Abramo TJ, Marble RD, Middelberg L, Smith K, Kannikeswaran N, Schnadower D, Srivastava G, Thompson AD, Lane RD, Freeman JF, Bergmann KR, Morientes O, Gerard J, Badaki-Makun O, Avva U, Chaudhari PP, Freedman SB, Samuels-Kalow M, Haines E, Strutt J, Khanna K, Vance C, Bajaj L. Neonatal Mastitis and Concurrent Serious Bacterial Infection. Pediatrics. 2021 Jul;148(1):e2021051322. doi:10.1542/peds.2021-051322. Epub 2021 Jun 29. PMID:34187909.
Freedman SB, Roskind CG, Schuh S, VanBuren JM, Norris JG, Tarr PI, Hurley K, Levine AC, Rogers A, Bhatt S, Gouin S, Mahajan P, Vance C, Powell EC, Farion KJ, Sapien R, O'Connell K, Poonai N, Schnadower D; Pediatric Emergency Research Canada and Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Networks. Comparing Pediatric Gastroenteritis Emergency Department Care in Canada and the United States. Pediatrics. 2021 Jun;147(6):e2020030890. doi:10.1542/peds.2020-030890. Epub 2021 May 20. PMID:34016656.
Poonai N, Powell EC, Schnadower D, Casper TC, Roskind CG, Olsen CS, Tarr PI, Mahajan P, Rogers AJ, Schuh S, Hurley KF, Gouin S, Vance C, Farion KJ, Sapien RE, O'Connell KJ, Levine AC, Bhatt S, Freedman SB; Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN) and Pediatric Emergency Research Canada (PERC). Variables Associated With Intravenous Rehydration and Hospitalization in Children With Acute Gastroenteritis: A Secondary Analysis of 2 Randomized Clinical Trials. JAMA Netw Open. 2021 Apr 1;4(4):e216433. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.6433. Erratum in: JAMA Netw Open. 2021 Jun 1;4(6):e2116800. PMID:33871616.
Schnadower D, Roskind CG, VanBuren JM, Powell EC, Norris JG, Tarr PI, Sapien RE, O'Connell KJ, Chun TH, Rogers AJ, Bhatt SR, Mahajan P, Gorelick MH, Vance C, Dean JM, Freedman SB; Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN). Factors Associated With Nonadherence in an Emergency Department-based Multicenter Randomized Clinical Trial of a Probiotic in Children With Acute Gastroenteritis. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2021 Jan 1;72(1):24-28. doi:10.1097/MPG.0000000000002904. PMID:32804911.
Schnadower D, Sapien RE, Casper TC, Vance C, Tarr PI, O'Connell KJ, Levine AC, Roskind CG, Rogers AJ, Bhatt SR, Mahajan P, Powell EC, Olsen CS, Gorelick MH, Dean JM, Freedman SB; Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN) Probiotics Study. Association between Age, Weight, and Dose and Clinical Response to Probiotics in Children with Acute Gastroenteritis. J Nutr. 2021 Jan 4;151(1):65-72. doi:10.1093/jn/nxaa313. PMID:33274370.
Chamberlain JM, Kapur J, Shinnar S, Elm J, Holsti M, Babcock L, Rogers A, Barsan W, Cloyd J, Lowenstein D, Bleck TP, Conwit R, Meinzer C, Cock H, Fountain NB, Underwood E, Connor JT, Silbergleit R, for the Neurological Emergencies Treatment Trials and the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network investigators. Efficacy of levetiracetam, fosphenytoin, and valproate for established status epilepticus by age group (ESETT): a double-blind, responsive-adaptive, randomized controlled trial. The Lancet. 2020 Apr 11;395(10231). doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30611-5.
Kapur J, Elm J, Chamberlain JM, Barsan W, Cloyd J, Lowenstein D, Shinnar S, Conwit R, Meinzer C, Cock H, Fountain N, Connor JT, Silbergleit R; NETT and PECARN Investigators. Randomized Trial of Three Anticonvulsant Medications for Status Epilepticus. N Engl J Med. 2019 Nov 28;381(22):2103-2113. doi:10.1056/NEJMoa1905795. PMID:31774955.
Poonai N, Powell EC, Schnadower D, Casper C, Roskind C, Olsen C, Tarr P, Mahajan P, Rogers AJ, Schuh S, Hurley K, Gouin S, Vance C, Farion K, Sapien RE, O’Connell KJ, Levine AC, Bhatt S, Freedman SB. LO34: Predictors of intravenous rehydration in children with acute gastroenteritis in the United States and Canada. Pediatrics & Child Health. 2019 May;24(Suppl 2):e45. doi:10.1093/pch/pxz066.117.
Schnadower D, Tarr PI, Casper TC, Gorelick MH, Dean JM, O'Connell KJ, Mahajan P, Levine AC, Bhatt SR, Roskind CG, Powell EC, Rogers AJ, Vance C, Sapien RE, Olsen CS, Metheney M, Dickey VP, Hall-Moore C, Freedman SB. Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG versus Placebo for Acute Gastroenteritis in Children. N Engl J Med. 2018 Nov 22;379(21):2002-2014. doi:10.1056/NEJMoa1802598. PMID:30462938.
Huckins DS, Copeland K, Self W, Vance C, Hendry P, Borg K, Gogain J. Diagnostic performance of a biomarker panel as a negative predictor for acute appendicitis in adult ED patients with abdominal pain. Am J Emerg Med. 2017 Mar;35(3):418-424. doi:10.1016/j.ajem.2016.11.027. Epub 2016 Nov 11. PMID:27876541.