Medical College of Georgia
Department of Emergency Medicine
College of Allied Health Sciences
Department of Physician Assistant
Medical College of Georgia
Department of Pediatrics
The Graduate School
College of Allied Health Sciences
Department of Physician Assistant Program
Appointment Date: 1998
Dr. Wilde is a Professor of Emergency Medicine and Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Augusta University in Augusta, Georgia. He completed his undergraduate degree at Duke University, medical school at Indiana University, residency in Pediatrics at the Medical College of Virginia, and fellowships in both Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Pediatric Emergency Medicine at the Johns Hopkins Children’s Hospital. His primary research and teaching interests are influenza, meningitis, the appropriate use of antibiotics, and medicolegal issues. He has authored over 60 journal articles and textbook chapters. He is a frequent invited lecturer for Medical Education meetings at the local, regional and national level.
Dr. Wilde holds current Board Certification in Pediatrics, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, and Pediatric Emergency Medicine. He is a full-time attending physician in the Pediatric Emergency Department at the Children’s Hospital of Georgia.
Dr. Wilde served for several years as Director of the Georgia chapter of CDC’s “Get Smart” (about antibiotics) program. He has also been active in Pandemic Flu planning at the local, regional, and State level. He served for six years as a writer on the Pediatric Review and Education Program (PREP) for the American Academy of Pediatrics, then spent an additional six years as co-editor of PREP-EM, an emergency medicine spin-off of PREP that is used by physicians world-wide. Dr. Wilde travels frequently with the Department of Emergency Medicine’s international teams, volunteering his time in mission settings in Africa, South America, and Asia.
Specialty Focus: Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Influenza, Medicolegal topics, Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Influenza, MRSA, Pediatric Infectious Diseases
