CURRICULUM VITAE
BIOGRAPHICAL
NAME: Richard Andrew Orr, M.D. FCCM FAAP
HOME ADDRESS: 316 Abbey Brook Lane
Venetia, PA 15367
HOME PHONE: (724) 924‑2438
E-MAIL ADDRESS: orrmd51@gmail.com
BUSINESS ADDRESS: Department of Critical Care Medicine
3550 Terrace Street
Scaife Hall, Suite 600
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
BUSINESS PHONE: (412) 647-3135
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EDUCATION AND TRAINING
UNDERGRADUATE:
1969 ‑ 1973 West Virginia University B.A., 1973 Biology
Morgantown, WV
GRADUATE:
1973 ‑ 1977 West Virginia University M.D., 1977 Medicine
School of Medicine
Morgantown, WV
POST‑GRADUATE:
1977 ‑ 1978 Pediatric Internship Dr. William Klingberg
West Virginia University Hospital
Morgantown, WV
1978 ‑ 1980 Pediatric Residency Dr. William Klingberg
West Virginia University Hospital
Morgantown, WV
1980 ‑ 1981 Pediatric CCM Fellowship Dr. Antonio Galvis
Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Pittsburgh, PA
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APPOINTMENTS AND POSITIONS
ACADEMIC:
1981 ‑ 1995 University of Pittsburgh Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Anesthesiology
Pittsburgh, PA
1982‑ 1995 University of Pittsburgh Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Pediatrics
Pittsburgh, PA
1995 - 2005 University of Pittsburgh Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Pediatrics
Pittsburgh, PA
1991 - 2002 University of Pittsburgh Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Anesthesiology
Pittsburgh, PA
2002 - 2005 University of Pittsburgh Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Critical Care Medicine
Pittsburgh, PA
2005 – 2017 University of Pittsburgh Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Critical Care Medicine
Pittsburgh, PA
2005 – 2017 University of Pittsburgh Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Pediatrics
Pittsburgh, PA
2017 – present Retired from clinical medicine
NON‑ACADEMIC:
July 1981 ‑ Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Associate Director
July 2003 Pittsburgh, PA Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
July 2003- Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Attending Physician
July 2015 Pittsburgh, PA Cardiac Intensive Care Unit
July 1981‑ Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Medical Director
July 1986 Pittsburgh, PA Respiratory Therapy
March 1983 ‑ Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Director of Pediatric
March 2006 Pittsburgh, PA Critical Care Transport
March 2006 - Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Senior Advisor
July 2015 Pittsburgh, PA Critical Care Transport
July 2011 - 2017 Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh Physician Provider
Pittsburgh, PA Procedural Sedation Service
2017 – present Retired from clinical medicine
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CERTIFICATION AND LICENSURE
SPECIALTY CERTIFICATION:
Certifying Board
1982 Diplomat, American Board of Pediatrics, #27538
1987 American Board of Pediatrics, Critical Care Medicine # 117
1995, 2002, American Board of Pediatrics, Re-certification in Critical Care Medicine
2012
MEDICAL OR OTHER PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE:
West Virginia Licensure (Inactive)
Pennsylvania Licensure (Active Retired)
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MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL AND SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES
1982 - present American Academy of Pediatrics
1982 - present Society of Critical Care Medicine
1984 - 2002 Association of Air Medical Services
1992 - present Air Medical Physicians Association
1995 - 2005 National Association of EMS Physicians
HONORS
October 1992 Best Paper Award, American Academy of Pediatrics
Section on Transport Medicine, Annual Meeting
San Francisco, CA
"Predicting the need for major interventions during
pediatric inter-hospital transport using pre-transport variables"
January 1999 Pediatric Specialty Award
Society of Critical Care Medicine
San Francisco, CA
“Pediatric specialty care teams are associated with reduced
morbidity during pediatric inter-facility transport”
October 2002 Air Medical Physician of the Year Award
Air Medical Physicians Association
Annual Meeting
Orlando, Fl
February 2004 Annual Scientific Award
Society of Critical Care Medicine
33rd Critical Care Congress
“Shock Is Under-reported in Children Transported for Respiratory
Distress: A Multi-Center Study
Session on Epidemiology and Outcomes Research- Pediatrics
November 2004 C. Robert Chambliss, MD Best Paper Award
American Academy of Pediatrics
National Conference & Exhibition
Section on Transport Medicine
San Francisco, CA
“Incidence, Mortality, and Morbidity of Shock in the Pediatric Interfacility Transport Setting: A Multi-Center Study
Presenter: Bradley Kuch, BS, RRT
Mentor: Richard A. Orr, MD
November 2004 Best In- Training Award
American Academy of Pediatrics
National Conference & Exhibition
Section on Transport Medicine
San Francisco, CA
“A Pediatric Severity of Illness Model for Interfacility Transport Systems”
Presenter: Kimberly Roth, MD
Mentor: Richard A. Orr, MD
January 2006 Induction into the American College of Critical Care Medicine (FCCM)
ACCM Convocation and Awards Ceremony
35th Annual Critical Care Congress
Society of Critical Care Medicine
San Francisco, CA
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PUBLICATIONS
1. ORIGINAL PEER REVIEWED ARTICLES
1. Schieber RA, Namnoum A, Snyder A, Saville AL, Orr RA: Accuracy of expiratory C02 measurements on small subjects using the coaxial and circle breathing circuits. J Clin Monit. 1985; 1(3):149‑155.
2. Schieber RA, Namnoum A, Sugden A, Shiu GK, Orr RA, Cook DR: Hemodynamic effects of isoflurane in the newborn piglet: comparison with halothane. Anesth Analg 1986; 65(6):633‑638.
3. Frattallone JM, Fuhrman FP, Kochanek PM, Orr RA, Siewers RD, Thompson AE, Trento A: Management of pulmonary barotrauma by extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, apnea and lung rest. J. Peds 1988; 112(5):787-789.
4. Trento A, Thompson A, Siewers R, Orr R, Kochanek P, Fuhrman B, Beerman L, Fischer D, Griffith B, Hardesty R: Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for newborn respiratory failure: New Trends J. Thoracic Cardiovasc Surg 1988; 96(4):542-547.
5. Venkataraman ST, Orr RA, Thompson AE: Percutaneous Infraclavicular Subclavian Catheterization in Critically Ill Infants and Children - A Prospective Study. J. Peds 1988; 113(3):480-485.
6. Lawless S, Orr RA, Killian A, Egar M, Fuhrman B: A new pigtail catheter for pleural drainage in pediatric patients. Crit Care Med 1989; 17(2):173-175.
7. Lawless S, Orr RA: Axillary arterial monitoring in pediatric patients. Pediatrics 1989; 84(2):273-275.
8. Fuhrman BP, Smith-Wright DL, Venkataraman S, Orr RA, Howland DF: Proximal mean airway pressure: A good estimator of mean alveolar pressure during continuous positive pressure breathing. Crit Care Med 1989; 17(7):666-670.
9. Day S, McCloskey K, Orr RA, Bolte R, Notterman D, Hackel A: Pediatric inter-hospital critical care transport: Consensus of a national leadership conference. Pediatrics 1991; 88(4):696-704.
10. Orr RA, Kennedy KJ: Pediatric transport. Issues in air-medical transport. Emergency Care Quarterly 1991; 6:33-46.
11. Orr RA, Dimand RJ, Venkataraman ST, Karr VA, Kennedy KJ: Diazepam and intubation in emergency treatment of seizures in children. Ann Emerg Med 1991; 20(9):1009-1013.
12. McCloskey KA, Orr RA: Pediatric transport issues in emergency medicine. Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America 1991; 9(3): 475-489.
13. Venkataraman ST, Orr RA: Intrahospital transport of critically ill patients. Critical Care Clinics 1992; 8(3):525-531.
14. Nakayama DK, Venkataraman ST, Orr RA, Thompson AE: Emergency airway management in pediatric trauma. Trauma Quarterly 1992; 8:22-34.
15. Venkataraman ST, Rubenstein JS, Orr RA: Inter-hospital transport: A pediatric perspective. Critical Care Clinics 1992; 8(3):515-523.
16. McCloskey K, Faries G, King W. Orr RA, Plouff R: Variables predicting the need for a pediatric critical care transport team. Ped Emerg Care 1992; 8(1):1-3.
17. Bhende MS, Thompson AE, Orr RA: Utility of an end-tidal CO2 detector during stabilization and transport of critically ill children. Pediatrics 1992; 89(6 Pt 1):1042-1044.
18. Nakayama DK, Waggoner T, Venkataraman ST, Gardner M, Lynch JM, Orr RA: The use of drugs in emergency airway management in pediatric trauma. Ann Surg 1992; 216(2):205-211.
19. Orr RA, Venkataraman ST, Cinoman MI, Hogue BL, Singleton CA, McCloskey KA: Pre-transport pediatric risk of mortality score (PRISM) underestimates the requirement for intensive care or major interventions during interhospital transport. Crit Care Med 1994; 22(1):101-107.
20. Bhende MS, Karr VA, Wiltsie DC, Orr RA: Evaluation of a portable infrared end-tidal carbon dioxide monitor during pediatric inter-hospital transport. Pediatrics 1995; 95(6):875-878.
21. Clark RSB, Orr RA, Atkinson CS, Pang D: Retinal hemorrhages with spinal cord arteriovenous malformation. Clin Pediatr 1995; 34(5):281-283.
22. Wallen E, Venkataraman ST, Grosso MJ, Kiene K, Orr RA: Intrahospital transport of critically ill pediatric patients. Crit Care Med 1995; 23(9):1588-1595.
23. Kanter RK, Edge WE, Caldwell CR, Nocera MA, Orr RA: Pediatric mortality probability estimated from pre-ICU severity of illness. Pediatrics 1997; 99(1):59-63.
24. Venkataraman ST, Thompson AE, Orr RA: Femoral vascular catheterization in critically ill infants and children. Clinical Pediatrics 1997; 36(6):311-319.
25. Orr RA: Advanced airway management by pre-hospital personnel: Dangerous or necessary? Int Anesthesiol Clin 1997; 35(3):31-44.
26. Ragosta KG, Gretz MJ, Orr RA: Revisiting epiglottitis: A protocol and the value of lateral neck radiographs. Journal of the American Osteopathic Association 1997; 97(4):227-229.
27. Kofos DM, Thompson AE, Orr RA: Telemedicine in pediatric transport: A feasibility trial. Pediatrics 1998; 102(5): e58.
28. Orr RA, Venkataraman ST, McCloskey KA, Janosky JE, Dragotta M, Bills D, King WD: Measurement of pediatric illness severity using simple pretransport variables, Prehospital Emergency Care 2001; 5(2):127-133.
29. Woodward GA, Insoft RM, Pearson-Shaver AL , Jaimovich D, Orr RA , Chambliss ER, Abramo TJ, Bose C, Gomez MA, Westergaard F; The state of pediatric interfacility transport: Pediatric Emergency Care 2002; 18(1): 38-43.
30. Han YY, Carcillo JA, Dragotta MA, Bills DM, Watson RS, Westerman ME, Orr RA: Early reversal of pediatric-neonatal septic shock by community physicians is associated with improved outcome. Pediatrics 2003; 112(4):793-799.
31. Warren J, Fromm RE Jr, Orr RA, Rotello LC, Horst HM: Guidelines for the inter- and intrahospital transport of critically ill patients. Crit Care Med 2004; 32(1):256-62.
32. Phipps LM, Thomas NJ, Gilmore RK, Raymond JA, Bittner TR, Orr RA, Robertson CL: Prospective assessment of guidelines for determining appropriate depth of endotracheal tube placement in children. Pediatr Crit Care Med 2005; 6(5):519-22.
33. Han YY, Carcillo JA, Venkataraman ST, Clark RSB, Watson RS, Nguyen TC, Bayir H, Orr, RA: Unexpected increased mortality after implementation of a commercially sold computerized physician order entry system. Pediatrics 2005; 116(6):1506-1512.
34. Chrysostomou C, DiFilippo S, Manrique A, Schmitt CG, Orr RA, Casta A, Suchoza E, Janosky J, Davis P, Munoz: Use of dexmedetomidine in children after cardiac and thoracic surgery. Pediatr Crit Care Med 2006; 7(2):126-131.
35. Manrique AM, Feingold B, DiFilippo S, Orr R, Kuch BA, Munoz R. Extubation after cardiothoracic surgery in neonates, children, and young adults: one year of institutional experience. Pediatr Crit Care Med 2007;8(6):552-5.
36. Nguyen TC, Han YY, Kiss JE, Hall MW, Hassett AC, Jaffe R, Orr RA, Janosky J, Carcillo JA. Intensive plasma exchange increases a disintegrin and metalloprotease with thrombospondin motifs-13 activity and reverses organ dysfunction in children with thrombocytopenia-associated multiple organ failure. Crit Care Med 2008; 36(10) :2878-87.
37. Chrysostomou C, Sanchez de Toledo J, Avolio T, Motoa M, Berry D, Morell V, Orr R, Munoz R. Dexmedetomidine use in a pediatric cardiac intensive care unit: can we use it in infants after cardiac surgery? Pediatr Crit Care Med 2009; 10(6): 1-7.
38. Orr RA, Felmet KA, Han Y, McCloskey KA, Dragotta MA, Bills DM, Kuch BA, Watson RS. Pediatric specialized transport teams are associated with improved outcomes. Pediatrics 2009; 124(1): 40-48.
39. Carcillo JA, Kuch BA, Han Y, Day S, Greenwald BM, McCloskey KA, Pearson-Shaver AL, Orr RA. Mortality and functional morbidity after use of PALS/APLS by community physicians. Pediatrics 2009; 124(2):500-508.
40. Manrique AM, Arroya M, Lin Y, El Khoudary SR, Colvin E, Lichtenstein S, Chrysostomou C, Orr R, Jooste E, Davis P, Wearden P, Morell V, Munoz R. Magnesium supplementation during cardiopulmonary bypass to prevent junctional ectopic tachycardia after pediatric cardiac surgery: a randomized controlled study. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2010;139(1):162-9.e2.
41. Lazol JP, Lichtenstein SE, Jooste EH, Shiderly D, Kudchadker NA, Tatum GH, Orr RA, Wearden PD, Morell VO, Munoz RA, Chrysostomou C. Effect of dexmedetomidine on pulmonary artery pressure after congenital heart disease. Pediatr Crit Care Med 2010; 11(5): 589-92.
42. Sanchez de Toledo, J, Gunawardena S, Munoz R, Orr R, Berry, D, Sonderman S, Krallman S, Shiderly D, Wang L, Wearden P, Morell VO, Chrysostomou C. Do neonates, infants and young children need a higher dose of enoxaparin in the cardiac intensive care unit? Cardiology in the Young 2010; 20(2): 138-143.
43. Chrysostomou C, Komarlu R, Lichtenstein S, Shiderly D, Arora G, Orr R, Wearden PD, Morell VO, Munoz R, Jooste EH: Electrocardiographic effects of dexmedetomidine in patients with congenital heart disease. Intensive Care Medicine 2010; 36(5): 836-842.
44. Kissoon N, Orr RA, Carcillo JA. Updated American College of Critical Care Medicine – pediatric advanced life support guidelines for management of pediatric and neonatal septic shock: relevance to the emergency care clinician. Ped Emerg Care 2010; 26(11):867-869.
45. Chrysostomou C, Sanchez-de-Toledo J, Wearden P, Jooste EH, Lichtenstein SE, Callahan PM, Suresh T, O'Malley E, Shiderly D, Haney J, Yoshida M, Orr R, Munoz R, Morell, VO. Perioperative use of dexmedetomidine is associated with decreased incidence of ventricular and supraventricular tachyarrhythmias after congenital cardiac operations. Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2011; 92(3):964-72.
46. Krushansky E, Burbano N, Morell V, Moguillansky D, Kim Y, Orr R, Chrysostomou C, Munoz R. Preoperative management in patients with single ventricle physiology. Congenital Heart Disease 2012; 7(2):96-102.
47. Baker K, Sanchez-de-Toledo J, Munoz R, Orr R, Kiray S, Shiderly D, Clemens M, Wearden P, Morell VO, Chrysostomou C. Critical congenital heart disease – utility of routine screening for chromosomal and other extracardiac malformations. Congenital Heart Disease 2012; 7(2):145-50.
48. Burbano NH, Otero AV, Berry DE, Orr RA, Munoz RA. Discontinuation of prolonged infusions of dexmedetomidine in critically ill children with heart disease. Intensive Care Medicine 2012; 38(2): 300-7.
49. Ravel,JS, Wearden PD, Orr RA, Kiss JE. Plasma exchange in a 13-year-old male with acute intravascular hemolysis and acute kidney injury after placement of a ventricular assist device. J Clin Apher. 2012;27(5):274-277.
50. Wedel SK, Orr RA, Frakes MA, Conn AK. Improving the incomplete infrastructure for interhospital patient transfer. Crit Care Med 2013; 41(2):e21-2.
51. Sarnaik SM, Saladino RA, Manole M, Pitetti RA, Arora G, Kuch BA, Orr RA, Felmet KA. Diastolic hypotension in an unrecognized risk factor for -agonist-associated myocardial injury in children with asthma. Pediatr Crit Care Med 2013; 14 (6): e273-9.
2. OTHER PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
1. Orr RA, The PRISM score: A new pediatric risk of mortality assessment. [Commentary] Crit Care Outlook 1989; 2:8.
2. Kuch BA. Carcillo JA. Han YY. Orr RA. Definitions of pediatric septic shock.[comment]. Pediat Crit Care Med 2005; 6(4):501.
3. Kuch BA, Munoz R, Orr RA, and Watson RS: Unplanned transport events and severity of illness: are we conveying the whole picture? Pediatrics 2007; 119(3): 648-9.
4. Orr RA. Commercial aviation: Are there unrecognized risks for infants and toddlers? Pediatr Crit Care Med 2014; 15:790-2.
3. OTHER NON-PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
1. Orr RA, Dalton HJ: Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation and Right-Sided Brain Lesions. [letter] Pediatrics 1989; 83(4 Pt 2):635-636.
2. Orr RA, Venkataraman ST, Cinoman MI, Hogue BL, Singleton CA, McCloskey KA: Pediatric risk of mortality score underestimates the requirement for intensive care during inter-hospital transport [A reply to letter to the editor]. Crit Care Med 1994; 22; 2029-2030.
3. Carcillo JA, Orr RA, Bell M, Joffe A, Maffei FA, Sullivan J, Han YY, Thomas J. A call for full public disclosure and moratorium on donation after cardiac death in children. [Letter to the editor]. Pediatr Crit Care Med 2010; 11(5):641-643.
4. BOOKS, BOOK CHAPTERS AND MONOGRAPHS
Books:
1. McCloskey K, Hackel A, Notterman D, Orr R, Whitfield J, Dudgeon D, Jablonowski A: Guidelines for Air and Ground Transport of Neonatal and Pediatric Patients, (Manual), AAP Task Force on Inter-hospital Transport, American Academy of Pediatrics, 1993.
2. McCloskey K, Orr R, (eds). Pediatric Transport Medicine. Mosby-Year Book, St. Louis, 1995.
3. Orr RA: Task force on interhospital transport: Guidelines for air and ground transport of neonatal and pediatric patients. Subcommittee of Revision of Interhospital Transport Guidelines, American Academy of Pediatrics, 1999.
4. Frazer E, Orr RA: Accreditation. In: Guidelines for Air and Ground Transport of Neonatal and Pediatric Patients. Edited by Woodward GA, Insoft RM, and Kleinman ME. 3rd edition. Section on Transport Medicine. American Academy of Pediatrics, 2007.
5. Committee on the Future of Emergency Care in the United States Health System: Hospital-based emergency care: At the breaking point. Institute of Medicine of the National Academies. The National Academies Press, Washington, DC, May 2007.
6. Committee on the Future of Emergency Care in the United States Health System: Emergency medical services: At the crossroads. Institute of Medicine of the National Academies. The National Academies Press, Washington, DC, May 2007.
7. Committee on the Future of Emergency Care in the United States Health System: Emergency care for children: Growing pains. Institute of Medicine of the National Academies. The National Academies Press, Washington, DC, May 2007.
Book Chapters:
1. Orr RA, Hovan T: Tracheotomy in the Pediatric ICU. In: Tracheotomy, Edited by EN Myers and SE Stool, Churchill Livingstone, Inc., 1985.
2. Orr RA, McCloskey KA: Mobilizing critical care for inter-hospital and intra-hospital transport. In: Critical Care State of the Art, Society of Critical Care Medicine, Edited by W Shoemaker and P Lumb, Fullerton, CA, 11: 303-320, 1990.
3. Orr RA, McCloskey KA, Karr KA: Pediatric Transport. In: Pediatric Critical Care, Edited by BP Fuhrman and JJ Zimmerman, C. V. Mosby Company, St. Louis, 59-65, 1992.
4. Orr R: Transport of Critically Ill and Injured Children; In Pediatric Critical Care Clinical Review Series Part 3, Edited by Gioia and Yeh, Chapter 4, Society of Critical Care Medicine, Fullerton, CA, 33-45, 1992.
5. Orr RA, McCloskey KA, Britten AG: Transportation of Critically Ill Children. In: Textbook of Pediatric Intensive Care, Edited by MC Rogers, Volume Two, Second Edition, Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore, 1571-1587, 1992.
6. McCloskey K, Orr R: Interhospital Transport; In Emergency Medical Services for Children: The Role of the Primary Care Provider; Edited by Ludwig, pp 69-88, American Academy of Pediatrics, Elk Grove, IL, 69-88, 1992.
7. McCloskey KA, Orr RA: Inter-hospital transport; In: Pediatric Emergency Medicine: Concepts & Clinical Practice, Edited by RM Barkin, St. Louis: Mosby Year-Book Co., 889-936, 1992.
8. Venkataraman ST, Orr RA: Mechanical ventilation and respiratory care. In: Pediatric Critical Care, Edited by BP Fuhrman and JJ Zimmerman, C.V. Mosby Company, St. Louis, MO. pp. 519-544, 1992.
9. Orr RA: Physiology of Air Transport. In: Evaluation, Stabilization, and Transport of the Critically Ill Child, Edited by BY Aoki and K McCloskey, Mosby Year Book, St. Louis, MO. Chapter 13, 321-328, 1992.
10. Orr RA: Medicolegal Issues in Interhospital Transport. In: Evaluation, Stabilization, and Transport of the Critically Ill Child, Edited by BY Aoki and K McCloskey, Mosby Year Book, St. Louis, MO. Chapter 14, pp. 329-334, 1992.
11. Uhl MW, Orr RA: Near-Drowning. In: Gellis & Kagan's Current Pediatric Therapy, Edited by FD Burg, JR Inglefinger and ER Wald, W. B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia, PA. 776-778, 1993.
12. McCloskey KA, Orr RA: Pediatric inter-hospital transport. In: Textbook of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Edited by GR Fleisher and S Ludwig, 3d ed. Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 93-98, 1993.
13. Orr RA, Karr VA: Assessing pre-transport severity of illness. In: Pediatric Transport Medicine, Edited by KA McCloskey and RA Orr, Mosby Year-Book, Inc., St. Louis, MO. Chapter 14, 123-131, 1995.
14. Venkataraman ST, Wallen E, Orr R: Intra-hospital transport. In: Pediatric Transport Medicine, Edited by KA McCloskey and RA Orr, Mosby, Year-Book, Inc., St. Louis, MO, Chapter 44, 592-602, 1995.
15. Cinoman MI, Orr RA: Neonatal and Pediatric Transport Program. In: Textbook of Critical Care, Edited by SM Ayers, A Grenvik, PR Holbrook and WC Shoemaker, Third edition, W. B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia, PA, 79-85, 1995.
16. McCloskey KA, Orr R: Transportation of Critically Ill Children. In: Textbook of Pediatric Intensive Care, Edited by MC Rogers, Third Edition, Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore, MD. 77-95, 1996.
17. McCloskey KA, Orr RA: Inter-hospital Transport. In: Barkin RM, ed: Pediatric Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice, St. Louis: Mosby-Year Book, Inc., 42-45, 1997.
18. Taylor DH, McCloskey KA, Orr R: Inter-hospital Transport of the PICU Patient. In: Essentials of Pediatric Intensive Care, Edited by DL Levin and FC Morriss, 2nd edition, Churchill Livingstone, New York, 1159-1171, 1997.
19. Orr RA, McCloskey KA, Venkataraman SV: Pediatric Transport. In: Pediatric Critical Care, Edited by BP Fuhrman and JJ Zimmerman, 2nd edition, C. V. Mosby Company, St. Louis, 62-69, 1998.
20. Venkataraman SV, Orr RA: Mechanical Ventilation and Respiratory Care. In: Pediatric Critical Care, Edited by BP Fuhrman and JJ Zimmerman, 2nd edition, C. V. Mosby Company, St. Louis, 538-561, 1998.
21. Orr RA, Cole J, Roth K: Transport Medicine. In: Textbook of Critical Care, Edited by MP Fink, E Abraham, JL Vincent, PM Kochanek, 5th edition, pp 2225-2232. Elsevier Saunders, 2005.
22. Orr RA, Han YY, Roth K: Pediatric transport: Shifting the paradigm to improve patient outcome. In: Pediatric Critical Care, Edited by Fuhrman BP and Zimmerman J, 3rd edition. Mosby Elsevier, Philadelphia, 141-150, 2006.
23. Carcillo JA, Piva JP, Thomas NJ, Han YY, Lin JC, Orr RA: Shock and shock syndromes. In Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Edited by Slonim AD and Pollack MM, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, 438- 471, 2006.
24. Sasser SM, Hunt RC, Bailey R, Krohmer J, Cantrill S, Gerold K, Johnson M, Kellerman A, Lenaghan P, Morris J, Myers B, Orr R, Peters T, Schmidt P. National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. In a Moment’s Notice: Surge Capacity for Terrorist Bombings. Atlanta: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2007.
25. Kleinman ME, Donoghue AJ, Orr RA, Kissoon N: Transport. In Rogers’ Textbook of Pediatric Intensive Care, Edited by Nichols DG, Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, pp. 340-355, 2008.
26. Kleinman ME, Donoghue AJ, Orr RA, Kissoon N: Stabilization and Transport. In Rogers’ Textbook of Pediatric Care, Edited by Nichols DG, Shaffner DH, 5th edition, Wolters Kluwer Health, Philadelphia, pp. 348-362, 2016.
5. PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS
1. Venkataraman ST, Orr RA, Howland DF, Fuhrman BP: Airway and alveolar pressures during continuous positive pressure breathing (CPPB) with severe airway obstruction. Crit Care Med 1987; 15:392.
2. Venkataraman ST, Orr RA, Howland DF, Fuhrman BP: Severe airway obstruction: airway and alveolar pressures during continuous positive pressure breathing. Pediatr Res 1987; 2l: 207A.
3. Fuhrman BP, Venkataraman ST, Orr RA, Howland DF: Airway and alveolar pressures during continuous positive pressure breathing (CPPB): Significance of Auto-PEEP Am Rev Resp Dis 1987; l35: A2l9.
4. Frattallone J, Fuhrman B, Kochanek P, Orr R, Siewers R, Thompson A, Trento A: Treatment of air leak during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: total apneic lung rest. Clin Res 1987; 35(6):9l2A.
5. Frattallone J, Fuhrman B, Kochanek P, Orr R, Siewers R, Thompson A, Trento A: Treatment of air leak during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: total apneic lung rest. Clin Res 1987; 35:9l2A.
6. Orr RA, Dimand RJ, Venkataraman S, Karr VA, Kennedy KJ: Diazepam and the need for intubation in the pediatric prehospital setting. Ann Emerg Med 1988; l7:398.
7. Dimand RJ, Orr RA, Venkataraman ST, Karr VA, Kennedy KJ: Respiratory complications with diazepam in the pediatric pre-hospital setting. Pediatr Res 1988 ; 23:23lA.
8. Orr R, Venkataraman S, Hogue B. Singleton C: Physiologic Stability Index (PSI) is a Poor Predictor in Triage of Patients for Pediatric Transport. AeroMedical Journal 1988; 3:67.
9. Dimand R, Singleton C, Orr R: Transportation of Patients Referred to a Pediatric Critical Care Program: l Year's Experience in over 500 patients. AeroMedical Journal 1988; 3:58.
10. Orr RA, Venkataraman ST, Singleton CA: Pediatric Risk of Mortality (PRISM) is a Poor Predictor in Triage of Patients for Pediatric Transport. Crit Care Med 1989; 17:S122.
11. Orr RA, Venkataraman ST, Singleton CA: Pediatric Risk of Mortality (PRISM) Score: A Poor Predictor in Triage of Patients for Pediatric Transport. Ann Emerg Med 1989; 18:170.
12. Pearson-Shaver AL, Durant RH, Orr RA: Patient information exchanged prior to pediatric critical care transport. Clin Res 1990; 38(1):47A.
13. Bhende MS, Thompson AE, Orr RA: Utility of a disposable end-tidal CO2 detector during transport of critically ill children. Ped Emerg Care 1990;222.
14. Faries G, McCloskey K, King W, Orr R, Plouff R: Variables predicting need for a pediatric transport team. The Journal of Air Medical Transport 1990; 9:64.
15. Wallen EA, Venkataraman ST, Orr RA, Grosso MJ, Kiene K: Adverse events during intrahospital transport. Crit Care Med 1991; 19:S79.
16. Orr RA, Venkataraman ST, McCloskey KA, King WD, Cinoman MA: Predicting the need for major interventions during pediatric inter-hospital transport using pre-transport variables. Ped Emerg Care 1992; 371.
17. McCloskey K, Orr R, Hardwick W: Pediatric transport by teams transporting patients of all ages. Ped Emerg Care 1992; 8(5):307.
18. Orr R, Venkataraman S, McCloskey K, King W, Cinoman M: Predicting the need for major interventions during pediatric inter-hospital transport using pre-transport variable. Ped Emerg Care 1992; 8:371.
19. McCloskey K, Orr R, Hardwick W: Pediatric transport by teams transporting patients of all ages. Ped Emerg Care 1992; 8:307.
20. Kanter RK, Edge W, Caldwell CR, Nocera MA, Orr RA: Mortality probability estimated from pre-PICU severity of illness. Crit Care Med 1993; 21:4.
21. Bhende MS, Karr V, Wiltsie D, Orr RA: Evaluation of a portable infrared end-tidal CO2 monitor during pediatric transport. Ped Emerg Care 1993; 9:324.
22. Orr R, Venkataraman S, McCloskey K, Brandenstein M, Janosky J: Four simple pre-transport variables accurately predict in-hospital mortality. Crit Care Med 1995; 23: A224.
23. Orr RA, Venkataraman ST, McCloskey KA, Janosky J: Validation of a Simple Pre-transport Scoring Index. Ped Emerg Care 1995; 11: 328.
24. Kofos DM, Thompson AE, Orr RA: Telemedicine in pediatric transport: A feasibility Trial. Crit Care Med 1997; 25:A54.
25. Kofos D, Pitetti R, Orr R, Thompson A: Telemedicine in pediatric transport: A feasibility study. Pediatrics 1998; 102:E58.
26. Orr R, Venkataraman S, Seidberg N, Dragotta M, McCloskey K, Janosky J: Pediatric specialty care teams are associated with reduced morbidity during pediatric interfacility transport. Crit Care Med 1999; 27: A30.
27. McCloskey K, Orr R, Venkataraman S, Seidberg N, Dragotta N, Janosky J: Pediatric specialty care teams are associated with reduced morbidity during interfacility transport. Pediatrics 1999; 104:S687.
28. Orr RA, Kuch B, Carcillo J, Han Y, McCloskey K, Day S, Greenwald B, Pearson-Shaver A: Shock is under-reported in children transported for respiratory distress: A Multi-Center Study. Crit Care Med 2003; 31: A18.
29. Han Yong Y, Pediatric Critical Care, Carcillo JA, Venkataraman ST, Clark RS, Watson RS, Orr RA: Unexpected increased mortality after computerized physician order entry implementation: biologically plausible or confounded observation. Crit Care Med 2003; 31: A60.
30. Lin JC, Juch BA, Felmet KA, Han YY, Orr RA, Watson RS, Ladzinski DI, Carcillo JA: “Best-Practice” outcome attained with implementation of ACCM guidelines for resuscitation of neonatal and pediatric septic shock: an Utstein-Style Analysis. Crit Care Med 2003; 31: A78.
31. Roth KR, Pitetti RD, Orr RA, et a.: Predicting mortality and measuring morbidity in pediatric transport. Crit Care Med 2005; 32:A5.
32. Kuch BA, Munoz R, Orr RA: Interfacility transport of infants and children with congenital heart disease: A multi-center analysis. Cardiol Young. 2006;16.
33. Sarnaik S, Kuch BA, Venkataraman S, Orr RA, Manole M, Suciu G, Felmet K: Incidence of diastolic hypotension in children treated with inhaled albuterol. Crit Care Med 2006; 34:12.
34. Kuch BA, Watson RS, Munoz R, Orr RA: Comparison of pediatric specialty teams and non-specialty teams for the interfacility transport of infants and children with cardiac disease: A multi-center study. Pediatr Crit Care Med 2007; 8:A5
35. Chrysostomou C, Avolio T, Orr R, Berry D, Morell V, Munoz R: Dexmedetomidine use in a pediatric cardiac intensive care unit: Can we safely use it in infants after cardiac surgery? Pediatr Crit Care Med 2007;8:A308.
36. Miller E, Kuch B, Felmet K, Orr R: Efficacy of peripheral epinephrine infusions during pediatric and neonatal interfacility transports. Crit Care Med 2010; 38: A469.
37. Sanchez de Toledo J, Chrysostomou C, Au A, Orr R, Watson S, Lichtenstein S, Morell V, Munoz R, Bell, M: Early predictors of neurologic outcomes after pediatric heart surgery. Crit Care Med 2010; 38: A324.
6. ABSTRACTS (not published in Scientific Journals)
Poster Presentations
1. Venkataraman S, Thompson AE, Orr RA: Femoral arterial and venous catheterizations in infants and children -- A prospective study. Presented at the San Diego Pediatric Critical Care Symposium, San Diego, California, March l987.
2. Frattallone J, Fuhrman B, Kochanek P, Orr R, Siewers R, Thompson A, Trento A: Treatment of air leak during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: total apneic lung rest. Presented at the Midwest SPR, Chicago, IL, November l987.
3. Faries G, McCloskey K, King W, Orr R, Plouff R: Variables predicting need for a pediatric transport team. Presented at the Ambulatory Pediatric Association Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA, May 1990.
4. Faries G, McCloskey K, King W, Orr R, Plouff R: Variables predicting need for a pediatric transport team. Presented at the Association for Air Medical Services Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN, September, 1990.
5. Kofos D, Pitetti R, David H, Orr R, Thompson A: Telemedicine in pediatric transport: A feasibility trial. Presented at the 26th Annual Educational and Scientific Symposium, Society of Critical Care Medicine, San Diego, CA, February, 1997.
6. Kaminski ML, Han YY, Kuch BA, Chaplik AL, Orr RA: An evaluation of clinical factors associated with increased physician utilization during pediatric interfacility transport. Presented at the American Academy of Pediatrics 2003 Annual Meeting, Section on Transport Medicine, New Orleans, LA, November 2003.
7. Kuch BA, Han YY, Britton PG, Fair A, Chaplik AL, Orr RA: Blood pressure transiently increases during rapid sequence intubation (RSI) with etomidate plus neuromuscular blockade (NMB) during pediatric interfacility transport. Presented at the American Academy of Pediatrics 2003 Annual Meeting, Section on Transport Medicine, New Orleans, LA, November 2003.
8. Kuch BA, Han YY, Munoz R, Orr RA: Descriptive analysis of infants and children with cardiac disease who require interfacility transport: A multicenter study. Presented at the American Academy of Pediatrics 2006 National Conference and Exhibition, Washington, DC, 2006.
9. Sarnaik S, Kuch BA, Venkataraman S, Orr RA, Manole M, Suciu G, Felmet K: Incidence of diastolic hypotension in children treated with inhaled albuterol. Presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting, Toronto, 2007.
10. Kuch BA, Munoz R, Orr RA: Interfacility transport of infants and children with congenital heart disease: A multi-center analysis. Presented at the 5th World Congress on Pediatric Critical Care, Geneva, Switzerland, 2007
11. Miller E, Kuch B, Felmet K, Orr R: Efficacy of peripheral epinephrine infusions during pediatric and neonatal interfacility transports. Presented at the 40th Critical Care Congress, Society of Critical Care Medicine, San Diego, California, 2011.
Oral/Podium Presentations
1. Venkataraman S, Orr RA, Thompson AE: Percutaneous subclavian venous catheterization in pediatric patients. Presented at the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Critical Care Medicine, Washington, DC, l986.
2. Frattallone JM, Fuhrman BP, Thompson AE, Kochanek PM, Orr RA, Siewers RD, Trento A: Management of life-threatening air leaks during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) with apnea and lung rest. Presented at the Children's Hospital National Medical Center 4th Annual ECMO Symposium.
3. Dimand RJ, Orr RA, Venkataraman S, Karr VA, Kennedy KJ: Diazepam and the need for intubation in the pediatric prehospital setting. Presented at the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Critical Care Medicine, San Francisco, CA, October, l988
4. Orr RA, Venkataraman ST, McCloskey KA, King WD: Predicting the need for skilled care during pediatric inter-hospital transport using pre-transport variables. Presented at the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Critical Care Medicine, Boston, MA, 1990.
5. Orr RA, Venkataraman SV, McCloskey KA, King WD, Cinoman MI: Predicting the need for major interventions during pediatric interhospital transport using pre-transport variables. Presented at the Section on Critical Care/Section on Transport Medicine joint session, American Academy of Pediatrics Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, October 11, 1992.
6. McCloskey K, Orr R, Hardwick W: Pediatric transport by teams transporting patients of all ages. Presented at the AAP Section on Pediatric Emergency Medicine meeting, San Francisco, CA, October 9-11, 1992.
7. Kanter RK, Edge W, Caldwell CR, Nocera MA, Orr RA: Mortality probability estimated from pre-PICU severity of illness. Presented at 22nd Educational and Scientific Symposium, Society for Critical Care Medicine, New York, NY, June 1993.
8. Orr R, Venkataraman S, McCloskey K, Brandenstein M, Janosky J: Validation of a simple pre-transport scoring index. Presented at AirMed 1996, Munich, Germany, June 1996.
9. Kofos D, Pitetti R, Davis H, Orr R, Thompson A: Telemedicine in pediatric transport: A feasibility trial. Presented at the 1996 Pediatric Critical Care Colloquium, Milwaukee, WI, October 1996.
10. Orr R, Venkataraman S, McCloskey K, Brandenstein M, Janosky J: Four simple pre-transport variables accurately predict in-hospital mortality. Presented at the 24th Educational and Scientific Symposium, Society of Critical Care Medicine, San Francisco, CA. 1994.
11. Orr R, Venkataraman S, McCloskey K, Brandenstein M, Janosky J: Validation of a simple pre-transport scoring index. Presented at the 1995 Annual Meeting, American Academy of Pediatrics, Section on Emergency Medicine, San Francisco, CA, October 1995.
12. Orr R, Venkataraman S, Seidberg N, Dragotta M, McCloskey K, Janosky J: Pediatric specialty care teams are associated with reduced morbidity during pediatric interfacility transport. Presented at the 28th Educational and Scientific Symposium, Society of Critical Care Medicine, San Francisco, CA, January 1999.
13. McCloskey K, Orr R, Venkataraman S, Seidberg N, Dragotta M, Janosky J: Pediatric specialty care teams are associated with reduced morbidity during pediatric interfacility transport. Presented at the America Academy of Pediatrics 1999 Annual Meeting, Section on Emergency Medicine, Washington, D.C., October 1999.
14. Dragotta MA, Han YY, Kuch BA, Bills DM, Orr RA: A safe and efficacious strategy to triage physician utilization during pediatric interfacility transport. Presented at the American Academy of Pediatrics 2003 Annual Meeting, Section on Transport Medicine, New Orleans, LA, November 2003.
15. Orr RA, Kuch B, Carcillo J, Han Y, McCloskey K, Day S, Greenwald B, Pearson-Shaver A: Shock is under-reported in children transported for respiratory distress: A Multi-Center Study. Presented at the 32nd Educational and Scientific Symposium, Society of Critical Care Medicine, Orlando, FL, February 2004.
16. Han Yong Y, Pediatric Critical Care, Carcillo JA, Venkataraman ST, Clark RS, Watson RS, Orr RA: Unexpected increased mortality after computerized physician order entry implementation: biologically plausible or confounded observation Presented at the 32nd Educational and Scientific Symposium, Society of Critical Care Medicine, Orlando, FL, February 2004.
17. Lin JC, Kuch BA, Felmet KA, Han YY, Orr RA, Watson RS, Ladzinski DI, Carcillo JA: “Best-Practice” outcome attained with implementation of ACCM guidelines for resuscitation of neonatal and pediatric septic shock: an Utstein-Style Analysis. Presented at the 32nd Educational and Scientific Symposium, Society of Critical Care Medicine, Orlando, FL, February 2004.
18. Roth KR, Cassidy LD, Pitetti RD, McCloskey KA, Day S, Greenwald B, Pearson-Shaver A, Orr RA: A pediatric severity of illness model for interfacility transport systems. Presented at the American Academy of Pediatrics 2004 National Conference and Exhibition, San Francisco, CA, October 2004.
19. Kuch BA, Carcillo JA, Han YY, McCloskey KA, Day S, Greenwald B, Pearson-Shaver A, Orr RA: Incidence, mortality, and morbidity of shock in the pediatric interfacility transport setting: A multi-center study. Presented at the American Academy of Pediatrics 2004 National Conference and Exhibition, San Francisco, CA, October 2004.
20. Sarnaik S, Kuch BA, Venkataraman S, Orr RA, Manole M, Suciu G, Felmet K: Incidence of diastolic hypotension in children treated with inhaled albuterol. Presented at the 34th Educational and Scientific Symposium, Society of Critical Care Medicine, San Francisco, CA, January 2006.
21. Chrysostomou C, Avolio T, Orr R, Berry D, Morell V, Munoz R: Dexmedetomidine use in a pediatric cardiac intensive care unit: Can we safely use it in infants after cardiac surgery? Presented at the 5th World Congress on Pediatric Critical Care, Geneva, Switzerland, 2007.
22. Sanchez de Toledo J, Chrysostomou C, Au A, Orr R, Watson S, Lichtenstein S, Morell V, Munoz R, Bell, M: Early predictors of neurologic outcomes after pediatric heart surgery. Presented at the 40th Critical Care Congress, Society of Critical Care Medicine, San Diego, California, 2011.
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PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
TEACHING: (Note: Before my retirement in 2017 from full time clinical medicine and faculty, dates, titles, and breakdown of teaching groups were not required on the CV. I do not have these data).
‑‑ Delivery of pediatric CCM and CICU fellowship didactic program
‑‑ Periodic lecture series for Pediatric Critical Care nursing staff development courses
-- Periodic lecture series for Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Nursing Fellowship
-- Organization and delivery of pediatric pre‑ and inter-hospital transport orientation for nurses, residents, and fellows
‑‑ Organization and delivery of pediatric transport case conferences
RESEARCH
Current Grant Support: None
Pending Grant Support: None
Prior Grant Support:
Diazepam and Intubation Principal 1989 Research Seed Grant
In Emergency Treatment Investigator University Anesthesiology & of Seizures in Children 100% CCM Foundation $500
Predicting the Need for Principal 1990 Laerdal Foundation for Acute Skilled Care During Pediatric Investigator Medicine
Interhospital Transport 100% Stavanger, Norway
$11,200
Multicenter Validation of Principal 1995 Laerdal Foundation for Acute
Pediatric Transport Investigator Medicine
Scoring Index 100% Stavanger, Norway
$7,500
Grant # 1-MCH-424003-01-0 Principal 1996-1999 Emergency Medical Services
“Developing a Pediatric Investigator & For Children (EMSC)
Severity of Illness Model Project Director Targeted Issues Grant
for Transport System 100% Maternal and Child Health Evaluation and Triage” Bureau
Project Period - 3 years Health Resources and $290,049 Services Administration Public Health Service
Grant # 1-1434-MC-00040-01 Principal 1999-2002 Emergency Medical Services
“Outcome Assessment in Investigator & for Children (EMSC)
Children Requiring Project Director Targeted Issues Grant
Interfacility Transport” 100% Maternal & Child Health
Bureau
$297,000 Public Health Service
Non-Funded Research: None
Other Related Research Activities
1992 - 1996 Reviewer, The Journal of Air Medical Transport
LIST of CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS: None – Retired 2017
INVITED SEMINARS AND LECTURESHIPS
Local Presentations
1983 Pediatric Transport
Pediatric Grand Rounds
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
1985 Vascular Access in Infants and Children
Grand Rounds
Center for Emergency Medicine
Pittsburgh, PA
1986 High Frequency Ventilation
Grand Rounds
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
1986 Upper Airway Obstruction in Infants and Children
Grand Rounds
Center for Emergency Medicine
Pittsburgh, PA
1987 High Frequency Ventilation
Grand Rounds
Magee Women's Hospital
Pittsburgh, PA
1987 Problems in Pediatric Transport
Grand Rounds
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
2009 ECMO Case Scenarios
Neonatology Grand Rounds
Magee Women’s Hospital
Pittsburgh, PA
Regional Presentations
October 1984 Pediatric Transport
Indiana Hospital
Indiana, PA
November 1984 Pediatric Transport
Aliquippa Hospital
Aliquippa, PA
July 1985 Pediatric Transport
Jefferson Center Hospital ‑ South Hills Health System
Pittsburgh, PA
October 1986 Problems in Pediatric Transport
Grand Rounds
Department of Pediatrics, West Virginia University
School of Medicine
Morgantown, WV
September 1988 Treatment of Pediatric Asthma in the ICU
15th Annual Seminar in Pulmonary Physiology and Medicine
Pittsburgh, PA
January 1989 Dedicated Transport Team to Improve Response to the Community and Promote Excellence in Patient Care and Research
Administrative Proposal
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
April 1989 Management in the Pediatric ICU
Eastern Trauma Forum 1989
Pittsburgh, PA
March 1992 Update on Pediatric Critical Care Transport
Pediatric Grand Rounds
Department of Pediatrics
WVU School of Medicine
Morgantown, WV
May 1992 Transporting Pediatric Patients
Issues in Interfacility Transport
8th Annual Conference and Scientific Assembly
National Association of EMS Physicians
Pittsburgh, PA
April 1993 Pediatric Respiratory Failure
Center for Emergency Medicine
Conference for Flight Crews
May 1994 Managing Seizures in Children
Teaching Conference for Flight Crews
Center for Emergency Medicine
Pittsburgh, PA
May 1995 1) Pediatric Respiratory Failure
2) Seizures
STAT MedEvac
Center for Emergency Medicine
Pittsburgh, PA
September 1995 Pre-transport Stabilization
Faculty Conference
Armstrong County Memorial Hospital
Kittanning, PA
September 1995 Pre-transport Stabilization
Pediatric Grand Rounds
Mercy Hospital
Pittsburgh, PA
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September 1996 Pre-transport Stabilization
Guest Speaker
Butler Memorial Hospital
Butler, PA
August 1999 Pediatric Patients: Special Considerations
National Critical Care Medical Emergency
Technician-Paramedic Course, Center for Emergency Medicine
Pittsburgh, PA
November 1999 Improving Outcomes Through Pediatric Specialty Care Transport
Pediatric Grand Rounds,
Conemaugh Regional Medical Center,
Johnstown, PA.
March 2000 Recognizing and Managing Shock in Children
EMS Update 2000
Conference & Exhibit
Seven Springs Mountain Resort
Champion, PA
March 2000 Pediatric/Neonatal Seizure Management
EMS Update 2000
Conference & Exhibit
Seven Springs Mountain Resort
Champion, PA
October 2000 Pediatric Shock
Stat Med Evac Nursing Educational Symposium
Meadville, PA
February 2001 Management of Shock
Stat Med Evac Prehospital Education Day
East Liverpool, OH
November 2002 Septic Shock: What's new in the Pre-ICU Management for Infants and Children
STAT MedEvac Education Symposium
Seven Springs Resort
Champion, PA
October 2003 Improving Outcome Through Pediatric Specialized Transport
Pediatric Education Day
Charleston Area Medical Center
Charleston, WV
November 2004 Pediatric Septic Shock
STAT MedEvac Education Symposium
Seven Springs Resort
Champion, PA
November 2006 Pediatric Congenital Heart Disease: Which Lesions are Time-Critical?
STAT MedEvac Flight Team Educational Seminar
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Pittsburgh, PA
March 2009 Pediatric Shock: Changing the Paradigm to Improve Survival
Plenary Speaker
9th Annual John M. Templeton, Jr. Pediatric Trauma Symposium
Pittsburgh, PA
National Presentations
May 1986 1) Aviation Medicine for Transport Team Members
2) Preparation for Air and Ground Transport
Update in Neonatal‑Perinatal Medicine
Grant Medical Center
Columbus, OH
November 1986 Post‑operative Management of Liver Transplants
Children's Health Center
St. Joseph's Hospital
Phoenix, AZ
May 1988 Pediatric Transport
17th Annual SCCM Educational & Scientific Symposium
Orlando, FL
May 1989 Pediatrics in Pre-Hospital Care
18th Annual SCCM Educational & Scientific Symposium
New Orleans, LA
November 1989 Medical Issues
Pediatric Transport Seminar
AIRMED 1989
1989 Scientific Session of the Association of Air Medical Services
Phoenix, AZ
June 1990 Mobilizing Critical Care for Inter-Hospital and Intra-Hospital Transport
Plenary Session Speaker
19th Annual SCCM Educational & Scientific Symposium
San Francisco, CA
March 1991 Setting Up a Pediatric Transport Team
Conference: Little People, Big Problems: Issues in Pediatric and Neonatal Transport
Children's Memorial Medical Center
Chicago, IL
May 1991 Transport of Critically Ill and Injured Children
Pediatric Critical Care Clinical Review Series
Society of Critical Care Medicine
Washington, DC
June 1991 Issues in Pediatric Transport
National Neonatal - Pediatric Transport Conference
Children's Hospital
Columbus, OH
October 1991 Panel: Team Composition and Training Requirements
Joint S