Joel Fein, MD, MPH, is a professor of pediatrics and emergency medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and an attending physician and senior advisor for advocacy and health equity for the Division of Emergency Medicine at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). He is co-director of the Center for Violence Prevention at CHOP (www.chop.edu/violence) and founded the CHOP Violence Intervention Program, one of the earliest pediatric Hospital-based Violence Intervention Programs (HVIPs) in the nation. Nationally, Dr. Fein is the upcoming chair of the board of directors of the Health Alliance for Violence Intervention (the HAVI), where he also co-leads the Research and Evaluation Workgroup.  Locally, Dr. Fein is a member of the Philadelphia College of Physicians, is on the board of directors of the Philadelphia Anti-Drug Anti-Violence Network (PAAN), and has led or served on a number of citywide committees related to violence prevention. Dr. Fein has received funding from the NIH, CDC, and Department of Health and Human Services and has published more than 140 peer-reviewed research papers on topics including violence prevention, pain management, and mental health in the emergency setting.