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Marion R. Sills, MD, MPH

Marion R. Sills, MD, MPH, is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at The University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center and serves as an Attending Physician in the Emergency Department at The Children's Hospital. She has authored numerous abstracts, manuscripts, and textbook chapters on a variety of pediatric and emergency medicine topics. She is a health services researcher with interests in Emergency Department overcrowding, predictors of Emergency Department utilization, and other health care safety-net issues.