Cindy G. Roskind, MD

Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Accepting New Patients
Treats Children
Virtual Urgent Care
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Overview

Dr. Roskind is a board-certified pediatric emergency medicine physician and an Associate Professor of Pediatrics (in Emergency Medicine) on the Educator Track at the Columbia University Irving Medical Center. She has more than 15 years of experience caring for acutely ill and injured children. 

Dr. Roskind is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.  She completed her residency in Pediatrics at the Babies Hospital, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, and fellowship training in Pediatric Emergency Medicine at NewYork- Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital, Columbia University Medical Center. She currently practices in the Pediatric Emergency Department at the NewYork Presbyterian-Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital.

Dr. Roskind has served as the Program Director of the Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship Program since 2012. Her primary academic interests are improving graduate medical education, mentoring future Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physicians, and teaching evidenced based practice.  She completed a certificate program in Adult Learning and Leadership at Teachers College, Columbia University and the Education Scholars Program through the Academic Pediatric Association. She has published in the area of trainee assessment, and holds national education leadership roles in the American Academy of Pediatrics Section of Emergency Medicine. Locally, she is the Co-Chair of the Department’s Faculty Development and Mentorship Committee. In addition to education scholarship, Dr. Roskind served as the site primary investigator for an NIH grant evaluating the use of probiotics in acute gastroenteritis and has published extensively in this area. 

Academic Appointments

  • Professor of Pediatrics (in Emergency Medicine) at CUMC

Hospital Affiliations

  • NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital

Gender

  • Female

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Insurance Accepted

Cigna

  • EPO
  • Great West (National)
  • HMO
  • POS
  • PPO

Emblem/GHI

  • Medicare Managed Care
  • PPO

Emblem/HIP

  • ConnectiCare
  • EPO
  • Essential Plan
  • HMO
  • Medicaid Managed Care
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • POS
  • PPO
  • Select Care (Exchange)
  • Vytra

Local 1199

  • Local 1199

MagnaCare (National)

  • MagnaCare

Medicare

  • Railroad
  • Traditional Medicare

Multiplan

  • Multiplan

UnitedHealthcare

  • Columbia University Employee Plan
  • Compass (Exchange)
  • Empire Plan
  • HMO
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • POS
  • PPO

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Credentials & Experience

Education & Training

  • Internship: Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of NewYork-Presbyterian
  • Residency: Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of NewYork-Presbyterian
  • Fellowship: Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center
  • Fellowship: Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of NewYork-Presbyterian

Board Certifications

  • Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Research

Clinical Trials

Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG versus Placebo for Acute Gastroenteritis in Children 

Grants

Impact of Emergency Medicine Department LGG Treatment of Pediatric Gastroenteritis: Randomized Clinical Trial, 2013-2018

Selected Publications

Kou M, Khanna K, Jamal N, Baghdassarian A, Carney M, Fein DM, Kim I, Langhan MI, Rose JA, Zuckerbraun NS, Roskind CG. Guiding Fellows to Practice Independently: Current Trends in Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellow Supervision.Pediatric Emergency Care. Accepted for publication, July 2021.11.

Roskind, CG, Leonard K, Baghdassarian A, Kou M, Lavasseur K, Rose J, Shabanova V, Zuckerbraun N, Vu T, Langhan M. Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellows’ Milestone Evaluations: Do they all meet the targets for graduation? AEM Education and Training. 2021:1;5(3): e10620.19. Schnadower D, Tarr PI, Casper C, 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. New England Journal of Medicine. 2018; 379: 2002-14.23.

Hsu D, Nypaver M, Fein DM, McAneney C, Santen S, Nagler J, Zuckerbraun N, Roskind CG, Reynolds S, Zaveri P, Stankovic C, House JB, Langhan M, Titus MO, Dahl-Grove D, Klasner AE, Ramirez J, Chang T, Jacobs E, Chapman J, Lumba-Brown A, Thompson T, Mittiga M, Eldridge C, Heffner V, Herman BE, Kennedy C, Madhok M, Kou M. Essentials of PEM Fellowship Part 2: The Profession in Entrustable Professional Activities. Pediatric Emergency Care. 2016; 32(6): 410-18.