Hillary W Petska, MD

• Milwaukee Child Advocacy Center
  619 W. Walnut Street
  Milwaukee, WI 53212
• Milwaukee Campus-Children's Wisconsin
  8915 W. Connell Court
  Milwaukee, WI 53226

Dr. Petska is a board-certified child abuse pediatrician and Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics. Her clinical practice is at the Children's Wisconsin Milwaukee-Campus and Milwaukee Child Advocacy Center where she evaluates children in foster care and children with suspected maltreatment. She also provides expert child abuse consultations and court testimony in cases of suspected child maltreatment.

In addition to working as a clinician, she is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the Medical College of Wisconsin. She teaches medical students, residents, fellows, and the community about injuries, child maltreatment, and medical conditions that may be mistaken for abuse or neglect. Research interests include child abuse prevention, improved detection of child maltreatment, drug endangerment, trauma-informed practice and public health.

Certifications

• Child Abuse Pediatrics, Pediatrics

Areas of Interest

• Child advocacy
• Child neglect
• Child physical abuse
• Child sexual abuse
• Children affected by violence
• Foster care
• Medical mimics of child maltreatment

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Education

• 2009, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, MD

Residencies

• 2012, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics - Pediatrics

Fellowships

• 2015, Medical College of Wisconsin - Child Abuse Pediatrics

Publications