Dominique Ploin is a pediatrician at the Hôpital Femme Mère Enfant in Lyon-Bron, France, where he works in the pediatric emergency department. With a background in both pediatrics and public health, he aims to improve care for acute diseases. His research focuses on the epidemiology of viral respiratory infections (CIRI, Inserm, Lyon, France) and improving the IV ketamine-based procedural sedation program.