Erin Carlton, MD, MSc

Erin Carlton, M.D., is a Clinical Associate Professor in Pediatric Critical Care at the University of Michigan and health services researcher at the Susan B. Meister Child Health Evaluation and Research (CHEAR) Center. Dr. Carlton received her M.D. from the University of Toledo and trained in pediatrics at the University of Colorado. She completed her pediatric critical care medicine fellowship at the University of Michigan/C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital. Dr. Carlton received further research training in Health and Healthcare Research at the Institute for Health Policy and Innovation at University of Michigan.

Dr. Carlton’s research focuses on improving long-term outcomes after pediatric critical illness, specifically sepsis. She strives to understand the factors influencing pediatric sepsis survivorship, with a long-term goal of developing and testing clinical interventions to mitigate post-sepsis morbidity. Additionally, her work aims to understand and mitigate the financial toxicity of pediatric critical illness.

Education

M.S., Health and Healthcare Research, University of Michigan, 2019
M.D., University of Toledo College of Medicine, 2012
B.S., Cellular and Molecular Biology, Kent State University, 2006