Christopher Paul Hickie MD PhD

Hospitalist

Physician

PO Box 1510Higley, AZ 85236

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Summary

I am a pediatrician. I care for children. I am very concerned about the rise of the anti-vaccine movement in the US since 2000. I believe not enough is being done to sanction publicly anti-vaccine physicians in the US, who are pivotal in scaring parents out of vaccinating.

Education & Training

University of Arizona College of Medicine-TucsonResidency, Pediatrics, 2000 - 2003
Uconn School Of MedicineClass of 2000
Yale University School of MedicinePost Doctoral Fellowship, 1994 - 1996
University Of Texas-Houston Graduate School of Biomedical SciencePh.D., Neuroscience, 1988 - 1994
Harvey Mudd CollegeB.S., Physics, Cum laude, 1983 - 1987

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Certifications & Licensure

AZ State Medical License 2003 - 2026
American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Brown-Coxe Postdoctoral Fellowship Yale University School of Medicine, 1995
NRSA Predoctoral Fellowship University of Texas Houston Graduate School Of Biomedical Science, 1992
First place, poster session UT-GSBS research symposium, 1990

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

24 citations
The Synapse Between LE Sensory Neurons and Gill Motoneurons Makes Only a Small Contribution to the Aplysia Gill-withdrawal Reflex
Christopher Hickie, Lawrence B. Cohen, Pavel M. Balaban
The European Journal of Neuroscience. 1997-04-01
25 citations
Motor neuronal control of tail-directed and head-directed siphon responses in Aplysia californica.
C. Hickie, E. T. Walters
Journal of Neurophysiology. 1995-07-01

Other

Please address anti-vaccinationist pediatricians within the AAP
Hickie, C, Pediatrics
https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/138/3/e20162146.comments#please-address-anti-vaccinationist-pediatricians-within-the-aap
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2016-2146 [see comments] - 9/14/2016
Functional and motor neuronal analysis of defensive siphon responses in Aplysia californica. Ph.D. Dissertation.
C. Hickie, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
1/1/1994

Press Mentions

ASU Autism Professor Promotes Anti-Vaccine Film Despite Doctors' ProtestsApril 25th, 2016
Legislation Would Force Arizona Schools to List Immunization Rates for Infectious DiseasesFebruary 8th, 2016
Sears and Gordon: Should Misleading Vaccine Advice Have Professional Consequences?February 3rd, 2015