Jacob Filipek

Associate Professor

UAMS
Last publication 2025 Last refreshed 2026-04-25

faculty

Peds Pediatrics, College of Medicine

2 h-index 10 pubs 7 cited

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Jacob Filipek's research focuses on various aspects of pediatric health, with a particular emphasis on infectious diseases, health disparities, and specific conditions affecting children. His work has investigated the demographic and clinical characteristics of pediatric COVID-19 cases in Arkansas. Filipek has also examined factors influencing patient discharge, such as preferred written language for patients with bronchiolitis, and explored resource utilization in pediatric populations, including a study on snakebites in urban and rural settings. His research extends to eating disorders, analyzing length of stay and readmission rates based on payor source. Additionally, Filipek has contributed to case reports detailing rare medical conditions in infants and adolescents, including Pasteurella multocida bacteremia, Lemierre’s syndrome, and a case of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus mimicking an eating disorder. He has also reported on complex pediatric cases, such as a PHACES patient with infantile hemangioma.

Metrics

  • h-index: 2
  • Publications: 10
  • Citations: 7

Selected Publications

  • Eating Disorder Length of Stay and Readmission Rate Differences Depending on Payor Source (2025)
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  • A Rare Cause of Lemierre’s Syndrome (2025)
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  • Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Mimicking a Possible Eating Disorder (2025)
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  • Snakebites and resource utilization in pediatric urban and rural populations in the United States: 2016–2023 (2025)
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  • Fever of Unknown Origin: A Case Report of Hepatic Phlegmon in an Immunocompetent Patient (2024)
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  • Impact of Preferred Written Language in Patients Discharged With Bronchiolitis From a Children’s Hospital (2024)
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  • Demographic and clinical characteristics of pediatric COVID-19 in Arkansas: March–December 2020 (2022)
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  • Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of Pediatric COVID-19 in Arkansas: March-December 2020 (2022)
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