Board Certified in Pediatrics with advanced critical care training and a dual residency background in Med-Peds firm comfort with inpatient care, especially in the stabilization and management of critically ill neonates and Confident technical ability to serve in facilities without a robust support staff. Dedicated to delivering high-quality, evidence-based patient care in both rural and urban hospital systems exercising flexibility, ingenuity, and Developed and coordinated a pediatric hospitalist program that required collaboration among medical, administrative, and nursing staff. Extensive experience with protocol development and EMR system integration.
Skills & Expertise
Critical care medicine, Pediatric resuscitation, Electronic health records, Healthcare administration, Pediatric hospitalist, Neonatal resuscitation, Information systems
Education & Training
University of North Carolina HospitalsFellowship, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, 2012 - 2014
University of MassachusettsResidency, Internal Medicine/Pediatrics, 2008 - 2012
University of Massachusetts Medical SchoolClass of 2008
Boston University School of MedicineM.S., Medical Science, 2004
Providence CollegeB.S., Biology, Magna Cum Laude, 2002
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Journal Articles
The importance of fluid management in acute lung injury secondary to septic shock
Sylvia, M. and Bateman, S., Murphy CV, Schramm GE, Doherty JA, Reichley RM, Gajic O, Afessa B, Micek ST, Kollef MH, Chest, 1/1/2009
Lectures
Comparison of Success Rates Using Video Laryngoscopy versus Direct Laryngoscopy by Residents During a Simulated Pediatric Emergency
San Diego, CA - 1/27/2012
Bohnensprossen - The Case of JM (A pathological case of an adult male diagnosed with O104 E coli HUS, first case in the U.S. during German outbreak)
1/2/2011
Approach to a Liver Mass: A Review of Hepatoblastoma
1/26/2010
10 year old with bloody diarrhea (A review of Campylobacter colitis, infectious v. inflammatory bowel disease, and literature surrounding indications for colonoscopy w...
1/14/2010
Bicarbonate Supplementation Slows Progression of CKD and Improves Nutritional Status (a critical review of Brito-Ashurst)
1/27/2009
Impact of Electronic Media on Imagination, Play, and Creativity
1/11/2009
Comparison of a New Rapid Immuno-Dot (ID) Method vs. Standard ELISA Testing for Antibody to Varicella, Measles, Rubella, Tetanus and Diphtheria (V,M,R,T,D) in Refugees
Boston, MA - 1/1/2004
Smoking is a Risk Factor for Increased Aneurysm Size, Multiplicity, and Decreased Age at Presentation in Patients with Intracranial Aneurysm