EMPLOYMENT & APPOINTMENTS:



2001 present Pediatrician, Childrens Intensive Caring

1999 2000 Director, Pediatric Sedation Program Mercy Childrens Hospital Ohio


1997 2000 Medical Director, Pediatric Critical Care Mercy Childrens Hospital Ohio


1997 2001 Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Critical Care Mercy Childrens Hospital Ohio



1995 1997 Assistant Director, Pediatric Critical Care Medical College Hospital Ohio



1994 1997 Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Critical Care Medical College Hospital Ohio



FELLOWSHIP:



1992 1994 Chief Fellow, Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship Wayne State University/ Childrens Hospital of Michigan Detroit, Michigan



1991 1994 Fellow, Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship Wayne State University/Childrens Hospital of Michigan Detroit, Michigan



RESIDENCY:



1988 1991 Resident, Pediatric Residency Wayne State University/St. Johns Hospital & Medical Center Detroit, Michigan



EDUCATION & TRAINING:



1985 1988 Doctor of Medicine, American University of the Caribbean Montserrat, British West Indies



1981 1984 Bachelor of Science, Youngstown State University Youngstown, Ohio



1978 - 1981 High School Diploma, Roy C. Start High School - Toledo, OH



CERTIFICATES/LICENSURES:



Licensure: 1994 to present Ohio

1988 to present - Michigan



Specialty Certification:

2000 Instructor, Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)

1996 American Board of Pediatrics, Critical Care #00661

1992 American Board of Pediatrics - #49591

1989 Federal Licensing Examination Certification

1987 National Board Certification (ECFMG)





SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS:


2001 - Present Academy of Medicine

1988 Present American Academy of Pediatrics





HOSPITAL COMMITTEES:



1997 2000 Pediatric Advisory Board St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center Ohio

1997 2000 ICU Committee St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center Ohio

1996 1997 Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Chairman Search Committee Medical College of Ohio Ohio

1996 1997 Surgery Chairman Search Committee Medical College of Ohio Ohio

1995 2000 Mortality and Morbidity Committee

1995 2000 Quality Improvement, Referral Resources

1995 1997 Best Consulting Practices Sub-Committee

1995 1997 Director, Pediatric Mock Code Committee

1995 1997 Director, Bereavement Committee

1994 2000 Quality Management Task Force

1994 2000 Multidisciplinary ICU Committee

1994 1997 Central Line Committee





Texts:


1.Intensive Thinking: Pediatric Critical Care, 2nd edition. September, 2001



2. Intensive Thinking: Pediatric Critical Care. November, 1999



3."A Pocket Guide to Mechanical

Ventilation and Other Measures of Respiratory Support for Pediatric

and Adult Patients. August 2000



Manuscripts in Peer Reviewed Journals:



1.Predicting Outcome in Children with Severe Acute Respiratory Failure Treated with High-Frequency Ventilation. Critical Care Medicine, October 1996.



2. Idiopathic Pulmonary Hemorrhage in Infancy: Clinical Features and Management. CHEST, October 1996.



3. Alterations in Myocardial-Specific Creatine Phosphokinase in Children with Severe Reactive Airway Disease Treated with Intravenous Isoproterenol. Ped Asthma & Immunology, Volume X, No. 1, Spring 1996.



Manuscripts in Preparation:



1.High-Frequency Jet Ventilation vs Conventional Ventilation in the Animal Model.



Abstracts:



1. Predicting Outcome in Children with Severe Acute Respiratory Failure Treated with High-Frequency Ventilation. Critical Care Medicine, January 1995.



2. Under-Utilization of Gonadal Lead Shield Prophylaxis During Roentgenographic Examination in the Pediatric Population. CHEST, August 1994.



3. Efficacy of High-Frequency Ventilation (HFV) in the Treatment of Children with Pulmonary Hemorrhage (PH). CHEST, August 1994.



4. Efficacy of High-Frequency Ventilation (HFV) in Children with Severe Acute Respiratory Failure (SARF). Critical Care Medicine, May 1993.



5. Efficacy of High-Frequency Ventilation (HFV) in Children with Severe Acute Respiratory Failure (SARF). CHEST, August 1993.



6. Efficacy of High-Frequency Ventilation (HFV) in Children with Severe Acute Respiratory Failure (SARF). Society of Pediatric Research Meeting; Washington, D.C; 1993.





Invited Lectures/Articles



10/01 The Mother's Center of Toledo; Lecturer: "How to keep your child out of the hospital"



07/01 Modern Stork Webzine; Medical Contributor: "When to take your child to see the doctor"



12/00 - present

Web Pages Plus Magazine; Medical Contributor: Children's Intensive Caring the medical website



11/00 - present

Ask Dr. Mike; Parent questions and answers



07/00 Presidents Leadership Association Annual Banquet Keynote Speaker Qualities of Leadership Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio



03/00 Bowling Green State University Pediatric Childhood Trauma Mercy Childrens Hospital Toledo, Ohio



11/99 Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS), St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center Emergency Medicine Residency Program -Toledo, Ohio



08/99 Pediatric Near Drowning St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center Toledo, Ohio



03/99 Pediatric Conscious Sedation & Analgesia Conference Holiday Inn French Quarter Toledo, Ohio



11/98 Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS), St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center Emergency Medicine Residency Program -Toledo, Ohio



02/98 Life Flight, St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center Toledo, Ohio: Pediatric Trauma: Theyre Not Just Little People



01/98 Emergency medicine Residency Program, St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center - Toledo, Ohio: Advanced Pediatric Life Support Course - Approach to the Critically Ill Child



09/97 Emergency medicine Grand Rounds, St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center - Toledo, Ohio: Pediatric Sedation, Analgesia & Paralysis



01/97 Pediatric Grand Rounds, Medical College Hospitals, Medical College of Ohio - Toledo, Ohio: State of the Art Technology - Do We Really Need It?



04/96 Pediatric Grand Rounds, Medical College Hospitals, Medical College of Ohio - Toledo, Ohio: Brain Resuscitation



03/96 16th International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, Brussels Congress Center - Brussels, Belgium



03/96 Pediatric Research Conference High-Frequency and Liquid Ventilation, Medical College of Ohio - Toledo, Ohio



03/96 Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS), Medical College Hospitals, Medical College of Ohio - Toledo, Ohio



02/96 25th Educational and Scientific Symposium, Power of Partnerships - New Orleans, Louisiana



02/96 Pediatric Trauma Care Symposium, Into the Year 2000, Medical College of Ohio - Toledo, Ohio: Current Concepts in Resuscitation



01/96 Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS), Medical College Hospitals, Medical College of Ohio - Toledo, Ohio



12/95 Pediatric Grand Rounds, Medical College Hospitals, Medical College of Ohio - Toledo, Ohio: Whats New in Pediatric Critical Care



11/95 Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS), Medical College Hospitals, Medical College of Ohio - Toledo, Ohio



11/95 2nd Annual Symposium on Respiratory Critical Care: New Approaches for Adult and Pediatric Respiratory Critical Care - Medical College of Ohio, The Toledo Hospital & Childrens Medical Center of Northwest Ohio, in cooperation with Ohio Society for Respiratory Care, American Lung Association of Ohio, Northwest Branch, located at Eleanor N. Dana Conference Center and Toledo Hilton Hotel - Toledo, Ohio: Surfactant Therapy



10/95 Arrhythmia Interpretation and Management Course, Medical College Hospitals, Medical College of Ohio - Toledo, Ohio: EKG Changes in the MI Patient (Ischemia, Injury, Infarction) - Pediatric Concepts