Keith Conover, M.D., FACEP

March 27, 2022

 

Biographical

Name:

Keith Conover (no middle name)

 

 

Home Address:

55 Sigrid Drive
Carnegie, PA  15106-3062

 

 

 

Home Phone:

412-276-1980

 

 

Business Address:


             
             

Department of Emergency Medicine, UPMC Mercy
1400 Locust St.
Pittsburgh, PA 15219-5166

E-Mail Address:

kconover@pitt.edu

Business Phone:

412-232-8382

Business Fax:

(412) 232-5569

Education and Training

UNDERGRADUATE

 

 

9/71 to 8/76

University of Virginia,
Charlottesville, VA

B.A.

 

Major studies:

w Environmental Sciences
w Music

 

Minor studies[1]:

w Social Psychology
w Physics

POST-BACCALAUREATE UNDERGRADUATE

 

9/76 to 5/80

University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA

 

MEDICAL SCHOOL

 

 

7/80 to 6/84

George Washington University
Medical School
2300 I Street, NW
Washington, DC 20037
202-994-3506

M.D.

POSTGRADUATE:

INTERNSHIP

DIRECTOR

7/85 to 6/87

George Washington University
Medical Center
2150 Pennsylvania Ave, NW
Suite 5-422
Washington, DC 20037
(202) 741-2235

Claude Joyner, M.D.

 

RESIDENCY

 

7/84 to 6/85

Allegheny General Hospital
Internal Medicine Residency Office
Level 2
320 East North Ave.
Pittsburgh, PA 15212
(412) 359-4970

Jorge Rios, M.D.


Appointments and Positions

DATES

INSTITUTION/ORGANIZATION

POSITION

Academic

2021-date

 

1991-2021

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA

Clinical Associate Professor

 

Clinical Assistant Professor

1993-1996

Duquesne University, Rangos School of Health Sciences, Dept. of Physician Assistant, Pittsburgh, PA

Adjunct Clinical Instructor

1996-2006

Assistant Professor

10/17/2000-1/31/2011

Department of Internal Medicine / Emergency Medicine, Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, Erie, PA

Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor

1/31/2011-5/31/2013

Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor

Non-Academic Teaching

6/87-1991

University of Pittsburgh Affiliated Residency in Emergency Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA

Teaching physician (no academic appointment)

7/88-3/90

Department of Internal Medicine, Mercy Hospital of Pittsburgh

Ward teaching physician (no academic appointment)

11/92-11/99

Mercy Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; Wilderness EMS Institute

Director and Preceptor, Wilderness EMS Rotation (for R-2/3/4 EM residents)

1995-2011

Pennsylvania College of Emergency Physicians

Associate Course Director, International Emergency Department Information Systems Symposium

5/05-5/11

Member, Board of Directors

1995-date

member, Emergency Medical Services/Disaster Committee

2003-2008

Chair, Emergency Medical Services/Disaster Committee

1996-1998

Center for Emergency Medicine of Western Pennsylvania and U.S. Department of Transportation, NHTSA.

Subject Matter Expert, Environmental Emergencies and Rescue Awareness, national EMT-Paramedic revision project

Non-Academic

12/85-1997

Sewickley Valley Hospital, 720 Blackburn Road, Sewickley, PA 15143 412.741.6600

Attending Staff, ­Emergency Department (part-time)

6/87-date

Mercy Hospital of Pittsburgh (changed to UPMC Mercy in 2009), 1400 Locust St., Pittsburgh, PA, 15219-5166; was initially Emergency Medicine Association of Pittsburgh, but in 7/08 switched to University of Pittsburgh Physicians

Active Staff, Department of Emergency Medicine

6/94-12/03

Mercy Providence Hospital, 1004 Arch St., Pittsburgh, PA 15212

Active Staff, Department of Emergency Medicine

3/97-6/97

The Western Pennsylvania Hospital, 4800 Friendship Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15224

Associate Staff, Emergency Department (part-time, a few shifts, as per coverage arrangement with the Emergency Medicine Association of Pittsburgh group at Mercy)

3/97-6/97

Uniontown Hospital, 500 West Berkeley Street, Uniontown, PA 15401, (724) 430-5000

Courtesy Staff, Emergency Department (part-time, a few shifts, as per coverage arrangement with  the Emergency Medicine Association of Pittsburgh group at Mercy)

11/03/-12/04

UPMC Northwest Hospital

Emergency Medicine Staff

8/05-5/09

Magee-Women’s Hospital, 300 Halket St., Pittsburgh, PA  15213-3180

Active Staff, Emergency Department

12/05-6/08

Monongahela Valley Hospital, 1163 Country Club Road, Monongahela, PA  15063-1095, (724) 258-1988

Courtesy Staff, Emergency Department

10/09-9/11

Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center, 1086 Franklin Street, Johnstown, PA  15905-4398

Courtesy Staff, Teaching Faculty for Emergency Medicine Residency

1/11-1/18

MedExpress Urgent Care

Attending Physician

11/03-12/05

Ohio Valley General Hospital, 25 Heckel Road, McKees Rocks, PA 15136

Active Staff, Emergency Department

Other

1972-76

Yosemite National Park, Shenandoah National Park, National Capital Parks, and C&O Canal National Historical Park

Park Ranger (summer seasonal)

 


Certification and Licensure

American Board of Internal Medicine

Passed exam September 1987; diploma issued January 1988

116603

no expiration date

American Board of Emergency Medicine

Met credentialing requirements September 1995
Passed written ABEM exam November 6, 1995 (score: 92).
Passed oral exam 5/21/96 
Board certification issued 7/15/96
Renewed 2017

950749

12/31/2026

Medical Licensure

Number

Expiration

Pennsylvania Medical Physician and Surgeon

MD-034564

12/31/2020

Pennsylvania Medical Command Physician

1748

3/31/2022

Pennsylvania Health Professional (EMS) Physician

010702

permanent

Pennsylvania Prehospital Physician

010702

12/31/21

 

Membership in Professional
and Scientific Societies

Date    

Society

1967-date

National Speleological Society

1983-1992

National Association of EMTs

1985-date

Wilderness Medical Society

1987-2010

National Association of EMS Physicians

1987-date

ASTM

1989-date

American College of Emergency Physicians

Honors

Date    

Type of Honor

Institution

1970

National Merit Letter of Commendation

National Merit Scholarship Program

1971

Scholarship to tour Europe with orchestra (playing French horn)

International Festival of Youth Orchestras Foundation, London

1/84

Service Award

Potomac Appalachian Trail Club, Washington, DC

1/84

Commendation (Mountain Rescue)

Director, U.S. National Park Service, Washington, DC

11/92

Outstanding Presentation Award

Center for Emergency Medicine of Western Pennsylvania

10/96

Fellowship

American College of Emergency Physicians

9/97

“Golden Rule” award

Mercy Hospital of Pittsburgh

1/01

First Annual Achievement in Emergency Medical Informatics Award

Emergency Medical Informatics Section, American College of Emergency Physicians

10/03

“Putting People First” service excellence award

Mercy Hospital of Pittsburgh

3/08

Outstanding Achievement Award: NDMS Response Team Distinguished Member of the Year, DMAT PA-1 (2007)

National Disaster Medical System

4/09

Outstanding Achievement Award

Pennsylvania Chapter, American College of Emergency Physicians

10/10

Customer Service Award

Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center

6/12

Lifetime Achievement Award

Mountain Rescue Association

5/13

Lifetime Achievement Award

Appalachian Search and Rescue Conference

11/15

Elected Fellow

Allegheny Mountain Rescue Group, Appalachian Search and Rescue Conference

4/18

Elected first Fellow

Appalachian Search and Rescue Conference


Publications

Published in Refereed Medical Journals

1.      Feied CF, Handler JA, Smith MS, Gillam M, Kanhouwa M, Rothenhaus R, Conover K, Shannon T. Clinical information systems: instant ubiquitous clinical data for error reduction and improved clinical outcomes. Acad Emerg Med 2004;11(11):1162-9.

2.      Conover K.  EMTs should be able to clear the cervical spine in the wilderness [editorial]. Journal of Wilderness Medicine 1992;3(4):339-343.

3.      Conover K.  Chemical burn from automotive air bag [letter].  Annals of Emergency Medicine 1992 Jun;21(6):770.

4.      Conover K.  Eppur si muove [letter].  Nature 1993; 364:96.

5.      Conover K.  Cervical Spine Injury [letter].  Journal of Wilderness Medicine 1995; 6(1).

6.      Conover K. Earache. Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America 2013;31:413-42.

7.      Millin, M. G., et al. (2017). “Medical Oversight, Educational Core Content, and Proposed Scopes of Practice of Wilderness EMS Providers: A Joint Project Developed by Wilderness EMS Educators, Medical Directors, and Regulators Using a Delphi Approach.” Prehospital Emergency Care 21(6): 673-681.

Monographs, Books, and Book Chapters:

1.      Conover K.  Belaying.  Huntsville, AL: National Speleological Society, 1975.  (NSS Caver Information Series) 8 pages

2.      Conover K, ed.  Ground Search and Rescue Manual.  Richmond, VA: Virginia Wing, Civil Air Patrol, 1979, 152 pages

3.      Conover K. Environmental Emergencies in the Wilderness Context.  in:  Stewart CE.  Environmental Emergencies.  Williams and Wilkins, 1990

4.      Conover K.  Wilderness.  In:  Kuehl AE, ed. National Association of EMS Physicians’ Prehospital Systems and Medical Oversight, 2E.  St. Louis: Mosby, 1994.

5.      Forgey WW [ed]. Wilderness Medical Society Practice Guidelines for Wilderness Emergency Care (formerly Position Statements).  Merrillville, IN:  ICS Books, 1995. [acknowledged contributor]

6.      American Red Cross. First Aid—When Help is Delayed. Washington, DC:  ARC, 1996. [acknowledged contributor].

7.      American Red Cross. Emergency Response, 2E. Washington, DC:  ARC, 1996. [acknowledged contributor as Medical Director of Wilderness EMS Institute].

8.      Stewart C, Conover K.  Rescue. In: Pons P, Cason D. Paramedic Field Care: A Complaint-Based Approach.  Dallas: American College of Emergency Physicians Paramedic Textbook, 1997.

9.      Conover K.  Wilderness.  In:  Kuehl AE, ed. National Association of EMS Physicians’ Prehospital Systems and Medical Oversight, 3E.  St. Louis: Mosby, 2001.

10.    Conover K, and others.  Medical Kits.  Initial In-Cave Actions.  Hypothermia.  Entrapment.  In:  On Call:  A Manual of U.S. Cave Rescue Techniques.  Huntsville, AL:  National Speleological Society, 2001.

11.     Conover, K. Computer Tracking System Functional Requirements. In: The Emergency Department Manual, Supplement to Emergency Department Manual: Clinical and Administrative Forms, Checklists & Guidelines, Emergency Department Compliance Manual, 2003 edition, Aspen Publishers, 2003.

12.    Prehospital Trauma Life Support Committee, National Association of EMTs, Committee on Trauma, American College of Surgeons. PHTLS: Basic and Advanced Prehospital Trauma Life Support, 6E. (Named editorial reviewer) St. Louis, MO: Mosby, 2004.

13.     Conover K, et al. “Backcountry Trauma.” In: Prehospital Trauma Life Support Committee, National Association of EMTs, Committee on Trauma, American College of Surgeons. PHTLS: Basic and Advanced Prehospital Trauma Life Support, 7E, 2006.

14.    Conover, K. “Cave Rescue” in: Hawkins S., ed., Wilderness EMS, 2017, Wolters-Kluwer.

15.     Conover, K., Circh R, Koester R. “Search & Rescue and non-Snow/Glacier Mountaineering Rescue” in: Hawkins S., ed., Wilderness EMS, 2017, Wolters-Kluwer

Other Publications:

1.      Conover K.  Hiking Medicine.  American Hiker 1984; (May):4-6.

2.      Conover K.  Hiking Medicine: I. Potomac Appalachian 1984; 13(9):67.

3.      Conover K.  Hiking Medicine: II. Potomac Appalachian 1984; 13(10):6-7.

4.      National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, US Department of Transportation. Emergency Medical Technician – Paramedic: National Standard Curriculum (Second Edition):  Instructor’s Lesson Plans.  US Govt. Printing Ofc., 1986.  (Contributor to Div. 4, Sec. 7 [Toxicology, Alcoholism, and Drug Abuse] 9 [Environmental Injuries], and Div. 7, Sec. 5 [Rescue]).

5.      Conover K.  Automatically configuring the arrow keys on entering and leaving WordStar. FOGHORN (monthly CP/M publication of the First Osborne Group) 1986; 5(4):45-47

6.      Conover K.  Footnote programs: review and comparison; Foghorn (monthly CP/M publication of the First Osborne Group) 1986; 5(5)

7.      Conover K.  Making CP/M think it has some MS-DOS capabilities.  Foghorn (monthly CP/M publication of the First Osborne Group) 1986; 5(5)

8.      Conover K.  [ibuprofen; dextromethorphan]. [letter] Wilderness Medicine Newsletter 1991; 2(1):12.

9.      Conover K.  Hypothermia and Cave Rescue.  The Muddy Litter Letter: The Official Newsletter of the Cave Rescue Section of the National Speleological Society 1992; 1(15):3-11.

10.    Conover K.  Wilderness Emergency Medicine Curriculum.   The Muddy Litter Letter: The Official Newsletter of the Cave Rescue Section of the National Speleological Society 1992; 1(15):13-15.

11.     Conover K.  Snakebites, tourniquets, and ipecac [letter].  Wilderness Medicine Newsletter 1992; 3(1):6-7.

12.    Conover K.  Prevention is key to wilderness safety [letter]. Emergency Medicine News 1992; 14(9):3.

13.     Conover K.  Pain-killers in the wilderness [letter].  Wilderness Medicine Newsletter 1992; 3(5):7.

14.    Conover K.  Why we need Wilderness EMT courses.  Keystone Star (Pennsylvania Emergency Health Services Council) 1992; 2(1):19-24.

15.     Conover K.  More on pain in the wilderness [letter].  Wilderness Medicine Newsletter 1992; 3(6):10-12.

16.    Conover K.  Oral Fluids and Cave Rescue.  Wilderness Response:  The Official Publication of the Rescue Section of the National Speleological Society 1992; 1(1):4,10-12

17.    Conover K.  Wilderness EMS Case Reports:  Case Report #1:  Lethal Body Entrapment in a Cave.  Wilderness Medicine Letter (the official newsletter of the Wilderness Medical Society) 1993; 10(2):1,8-9.

18.    Conover K. The Nuances of Cave Rescue [letter]. Emergency Medicine News 1993; 15(5):42.

19.    Conover K.  Burns [letter].  Wilderness Medicine Newsletter 1993; 4(3):12.

20.   Conover K.  Physician proscribes antichill pills [letter].  Science News 1993; 144(13):195.

21.    Conover K.  Letter from a friend.  [ ubj.: anaphylaxis] [letter].  Wilderness Medicine Newsletter 1993; 4(5):6.

22.    Conover K.  Reply to articles on hypothermia [letter].  The Muddy Litter Letter: The Official Newsletter of the Cave Rescue Section of the National Speleological Society 1994; 17a:4-5.

23.    Conover K.  Medical Considerations for Patient Tie-ins.  The Muddy Litter Letter: The Official Newsletter of the Cave Rescue Section of the National Speleological Society 1994; 17a:5-7.

24.    Conover K.  Wilderness EMS Case Report #2:  Caver in a Crevice.  Wilderness Medicine Letter (the official newsletter of the Wilderness Medical Society) 1994; 11(4):1,12-14.

25.    Conover K.  Principles of Wilderness EMS:  Caver in a Crevice. [featured reprint of above article] Wilderness Medicine Newsletter 1994; 5(6):1-4.

26.    Conover K.  Crevice Entrapment:  Medical Aspects.  The Muddy Litter Letter: The Official Newsletter of the Cave Rescue Section of the National Speleological Society 1994; 21:5-8

27.    Conover K. Debriding Helps for Patients Who Step on Nails. [letter]. Emergency Medicine News 1995; 17(1):15-16.

28.    Conover K.  Wilderness EMS Case Report #3:  A Backpacker Falls.  Wilderness Medicine Letter (the official newsletter of the Wilderness Medical Society) 1995; 12(3):1,6-9.

29.    Conover K.  Us vs. Them? [letter] Skeptical Inquirer: The Magazine for Science and Reason (published by the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal) 1995;19(3):61.

30.    Conover K.  Crevice entrapment:  medical aspects. Wilderness Medicine Newsletter 1995; 6(2):5-7 [reprint of above article]

31.     Conover K. Misprostol contraindication [letter]. Emergency Medicine News 1995;17(8):43.

32.    Conover K.  Exposing psychic sleuths.  Skeptical Inquirer 1995; 19(6):63.

33.    Conover K.  Representativeness [letter].  Skeptical Inquirer 1996; 20(4):62-63.

34.    Conover K.  Pennsylvania ACEP Computer Symposium Notes.  Computers in Emergency Medicine 1997;4(3):2,4.

35.    Conover K. The charcoal vest: A hypothermia treatment device for search and rescue teams. Wilderness Medicine Newsletter 1998; 9(3):1-4.

36.    Conover K. The Art of Search. Mountain Rescue Association Rescue Forum No. 29, August 1998

37.    Conover K. Contract Management and ACEP News [letter]. ACEP News (American College of Emergency Physicians) 1999;18(3 March):3.

38.    Conover K. The charcoal vest hypothermia treatment device. Mountain Rescue Association Rescue Forum No 31, April 1999.

39.    Conover K. Oral Fluids and Cave Rescue. Wilderness Medicine Newsletter 2000; 11(2): 4,5,7.

40.   Conover, K. Emergency Portable Lighting for Hospital Disasters. Section News: Section of Disaster Medicine, American College of Emergency Physicians. 2003;12(1):5.8.10

41.    Conover, K. Water Disinfection Update: Mixed Oxidants. Section News: Section of Disaster Medicine, American College of Emergency Physicians. 2005;14(1):5-6

42.    Conover, K. Human-Computer Interfaces in the ED (ongoing series). Section News: Section of Emergency Medical Informatics, American College of Emergency Physicians.

43.    Conover, K. Self-Sufficiency, Command and Control for Medical Disaster Responders: the Wilderness Search and Rescue Perspective. Section News: Section of Disaster Medicine, American College of Emergency Physicians  2006: 15(5), reprinted in All-Section Newsletter, Best of the Best 2005-2006, American College of Emergency Physicians: 7-8, 28; reprinted in Wild Med News E-letter, Wilderness Medical Associates, November 2006.

44.   Conover, K. Informatics Acronym Salad: A-C. Emergency Medical Informatics Section Newsletter – December 2008 – Vol 14, American College of Emergency Physicians

45.    Appalachian Search and Rescue (self-published wilderness search and rescue textbook); published chapter-by-chapter as completed starting in 2019, freely available under a Creative Commons license at http://www.conovers.org/ftp/AppSAR.


Professional Activities

Teaching

    UPSOM-Related Teaching Activities*

Date

Activity

HOURS

Sponsor/Location

2/12

Advanced Cardiac Life Support

5 hours

UPMC Mercy

5/12

Weekly ED Resident Lecture: Vertigo

1 hour

UPMC Mercy

11/12

Pediatric Advanced Life Support

5 hours

UPMC Mercy

11/12

Pediatric Advanced Life Support Renewal

5 hours

UPMC Mercy

12/12

Advanced Cardiac Life Support – Experienced Provider

5 hours

UPMC Mercy

12/12

Advanced Cardiac Life Support

5 hours

UPMC Mercy

12/12

Advanced Cardiac Life Support

5 hours

UPMC Mercy

1/13

ENT Emergencies (EM Resident Inservice Review)

3 hours

UPSOM EM Residency

3/13

Advanced Cardiac Life Support

5 hours

UPMC Mercy

6/13

Plant Contact Dermatitis

1 hour

UPSOM EM Residency

6/13

Advanced Cardiac Life Support

5 hours

UPMC Mercy

6/13

Advanced Cardiac Life Support

5 hours

UPMC Mercy

7/13

Pediatric Advanced Life Support

5 hours

UPMC Mercy

7/13

EM Journal Club (facilitator)

2 hours

UPSOM EM Residency

8/13

Weekly ED Resident Lecture: Open Fractures

1 hour

UPSOM EM Residency

9/13

UPSOM Wilderness Medical Society Student Interest Section Lecture: Ticks and tickborne diseases

1 hour

UPSOM

9/13

Pediatric Advanced Life Support

5 hours

UPMC Mercy

9/13

Disaster Preparedness for Medical Responders

2 hours

UPSOM Global Health Residency

11/13

Advanced Cardiac Life Support

5 hours

UPMC Mercy

11/13

Pediatric Advanced Life Support

5 hours

UPMC Mercy

11/13

EM Journal Club (facilitator)

2 hours

UPSOM EM Residency

1/14

Second Year EM Resident Leadership Seminar (facilitator)

3 hours

UPSOM EM Residency

1/14

EM Journal Club (facilitator)

2 hours

UPSOM EM Residency

3/14

Oral Board Exam Simulation

7 hours

UPSOM EM Residency

4/14

EM Journal Club (facilitator)

2 hours

UPSOM EM Residency

5/14

Second Year EM Resident Leadership Seminar (facilitator)

3 hours

UPSOM EM Residency

5/14

Wilderness EMS Lecture Day

4 hours

UPSOM EMS Fellowship

9/14

Pediatric Advanced Life Support

5 hours

UPSOM EM Residency

10/14

UPSOM Wilderness Medical Society Student Interest Section Field Exercise

6 hours

UPSOM

11/14

Wilderness EMS Lecture Day

4 hours

UPSOM EMS Fellowship

11/14

Wilderness EMS Day Field Exercise

8 hours

UPSOM EMS Fellowship

1/15

EM Grand Rounds: Diarrhea

1 hour

UPSOM EM Residency

2/15

Second Year EM Resident Leadership Seminar (facilitator)

3 hours

UPSOM EM Residency

2/15

MS-I elective: bystander first aid, didactic/simulation

2 hours

UPSOM

3/15

Advanced Cardiac Life Support

5 hours

UPMC Mercy

5/15

MS-2 Preclerkship Course

6 hours

UPSOM

5/15

MS-1 wilderness first aid class with clinicopathologic correlation with course material

4 hours

UPSOM

5/15

UPSOM Wilderness Medical Society Student Interest Section Noon Lecture: Survival and Medical Kits

1 hour

UPSOM

7/15

Pediatric Advanced Life Support

5 hours

UPMC Mercy

7/15

Advanced Cardiac Life Support

5 hours

UPMC Mercy

9/15

Wilderness EMS Lecture Day

4 hours

UPSOM EMS Fellowship

10/15

Disaster Response

1 hour

UPSOM Global Health Residency

10/15

Advanced Cardiac Life Support

5 hours

UPMC Mercy

10/15

Wilderness EMS Day Field Exercise

8 hours

UPSOM EMS Fellowship

11/15

Pediatric Advanced Life Support

4 hours

UPMC Mercy

1/16

Advanced Cardiac Life Support

4 hours

UPMC Mercy

2/16

MS-I elective: bystander first aid, didactic/simulation

2 hours

UPSOM

4/16

Pediatric Advanced Life Support

4 hours

UPMC Mercy

9/16

Wilderness EMS Lecture Day

4 hours

UPSOM EMS Fellowship

10/16

Wilderness EMS Day Field Exercise

10 hours

UPSOM EMS Fellowship

11/16

Pediatric Advanced Life Support

4 hours

UPMC Mercy

12/16

EM Journal Club (facilitator)              

2 hours

UPSOM EM Residency

9/17

MS-1/2 Suturing Lab

2 hours

UPSOM

12/17

Wilderness EMS Day Field Exercise

10 hours

UPSOM EMS Fellowship

12/17

EM Journal Club (facilitator)              

2 hours

UPSOM EM Residency

1/18

Wilderness Search and Rescue/Medicine Field Exercise

4 hours

Pitt EM Undergrad Program

1/18

Wilderness Search and Rescue/Medicine Field Exercise

8 hours

Pitt EM Undergrad Program

2/18

Pediatric Advanced Life Support

4 hours

UPMC Mercy

2/18

Advanced Cardiac Life Support

4 hours

UPMC Mercy

2/18

Austere Medicine

2 hours

UPSOM Resuscitation Area of Concentration

2/18

MS-I elective: bystander first aid, didactic/simulation

2 hours

UPSOM

3/18

UPMC AnywhereCare Clinical Review: Pharmacology

1 hour

UPP-EM

4/18

Advanced Cardiac Life Support

4 hours

UPMC Mercy

4/18

Advanced Cardiac Life Support

4 hours

UPMC Mercy

7/18

Pediatric Advanced Life Support

4 hours

UPMC Mercy

7/18

Pediatric Advanced Life Support

4 hours

UPMC Mercy

10/18

Wilderness EMS Lecture Day

4 hours

UPSOM EMS Fellowship

10/18

UPMC Mercy Internal Medicine noon conference: pulmonary embolism

1 hour

UPMC Mercy

10/18

Austere EMS

2 hours

Pitt Student EMS

10/18

Wilderness EMS Day Field Exercise

10 hours

UPSOM EMS Fellowship

12/18

Advanced Cardiac Life Support

4 hours

UPSOM EM Residency

1/19

Advanced Cardiac Life Support

4 hours

UPMC Mercy

2/19

Advanced Cardiac Life Support

4 hours

UPMC Mercy

2/19

MS-I elective: bystander first aid, didactic/simulation

2 hours

UPSOM

3/19

Advanced Cardiac Life Support

4 hours

UPMC Mercy

9/19

Wilderness EMS Lecture Day

2 hours

UPSOM EMS Fellowship

9/19

Teaching UPMC EMR to emergency physicians at UPMC Sunbury

44 hours

UPMC

10/19

Precepting PittEM Undergrad Student

4 hours

Pitt EM Undergrad Program

10/19

Wilderness EMS Day Field Exercise

10 hours

UPSOM EMS Fellowship

10/19

Advanced Cardiac Life Support

4 hours

UPMC Mercy

11/19

Pediatric Advanced Life Support

4 hours

UPMC Mercy

11/19

Advanced Cardiac Life Support

4 hours

UPMC Mercy

12/19

Austere EMS at eMERgenCY conference

2 hours

UPMC Mercy

1/20

MS-1/2 Suturing Lab

2 hours

UPSOM

3/20

MS-I elective: bystander first aid, didactic/simulation

2 hours

UPSOM

6/20

MS-2 Preclerkship Course

6 hours

UPSOM

8/20

MS-1 Introduction to Being a Physician

8 hours

UPSOM

8/20

Wilderness EMS Didactics

2 hours

UPSOM EMS Fellowship

9/20

Critical Care Neuro cases for PGY-1 EM residents

4 hours

UPSOM EM Residency

9/20

ACLS

4 hours

UPMC Mercy

10/20

2020 Interprofessional Forum

4 hours

University of Pittsburgh Schools of Dental Medicine, Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Public Health and Social Work

10/20

University of Pittsburgh Interprofessional Covid 19 Nursing Home Challenge (judge)

4 hours

University of Pittsburgh Schools of Dental Medicine, Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Public Health and Social Work

2/21

Bystander Emergency Response: Wilderness Cases (MS-1 elective)

2 hours

19 MS-1 students

3/21

MS-I Suturing Elective

2 hours

3 MS-1 students

3/21

UPSOM EM Residency Emergency Medicine Education Conference small group facilitator

4 hours

20 EM residents

5/21

UPSOM MS-2 Preclerkship Course

5 hours

4 groups of 10 students each for 1 hour and 15 minutes

6/21

Advanced Cardiac Life Support                         

4 hours

UPMC Mercy nurses and APPs

6/21

Wilderness EMS Day

5 hours

2 EMS Fellows

7/21

Advanced Cardiac Life Support, 3 courses

8 hours

10 UPMC Mercy and UPMC Children’s nurses

8/21

“Introduction to Being a Physician”

7 hours

7 MS-1 students

8/21

EM Journal Club: aerosolized ketamine

2 hour

10 EM residents and medical students

9/21

EM Journal Club: Zofran and Pregnancy

2 hours

10 EM residents and medical students

10/21

Suture Lab MA-1 elective

2 hours

23 MS-1 and MS-2 students

10/21

“Austere EMS”

1.5 hours

45 Pitt undergraduate students

12/21

EMS Day: presented “Austere EMS” lecture and facilitated small group discussions

2 hours

36 Emergency Medicine residents

2/22

Taught ACLS

2 hours

10 UPMC nurses

2/22

Bystander Emergency Response MS-1 elective

2 hours

16 MS-1 students

                                                                                                                  

Research

DateS

Journal

Position

1989-date

Wilderness & Environmental Medicine

Peer Reviewer

2019-date

Prehospital Emergency Care

Peer Reviewer

2019-date

Journal of Search and Rescue

Peer Reviewer

Other than assiduously enrolling patients in studies since the 1980s, and as peer reviewer for Wilderness & Environmental Medicine, Prehospital Emergency Care, and Journal of Search and Rescue, no significant research involvement

 

 

Invited Presentations*

Date

Presentation

Sponsor/Location

10/87

Wilderness EMT/Paramedic Pilot Class (2 lecture and 6 practical hours)

Virginia Division of Emergency Medical Services

7/87

Survival for Flight Crews

Life Flight, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA

8/87

Grand Rounds: “Personal Computers and the Emergency Physician”

Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds, Department of Emergency Medicine

11/88

Wilderness EMT/Paramedic (11 lecture and 9 practical hours)

Center for Emergency Medicine of Western Pennsylvania

5/89

Wilderness EMT/Paramedic (15 lecture and 12 practical hours)

Center for Emergency Medicine of Western Pennsylvania

1988

Grand Rounds: “Nikola Tesla and Medical Quackery”

Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds, Department of Emergency Medicine

1989

Grand Rounds:  ­“Frostbite”

Shadyside Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA

3/90

Wilderness EMT/Paramedic (14 lecture and 9 practical hours)

Center for Emergency Medicine of Western Pennsylvania

6/90

“History of the Wilderness EMT”

National Assn. of EMS Physicians Annual Meeting

7/90

Regional Aeromedical Case Review and Lecture:  Severe Hypothermia

Center for Emergency Medicine, Special Treatment and Transport (STAT)

10/90

“Wilderness Medicine”

International Congress on Emergency and Trauma Medicine

11/90

Advanced Cave Rescue Medical Training

National Cave Rescue Commission, Eastern Region, Morgantown, WV

11/90

Wilderness EMT/Paramedic (18 lecture and 12 practical hours)

Center for Emergency Medicine of Western Pennsylvania

2/91

“Wilderness Rescue”

Trauma Tactics 1991, Park City, UT

3/91

“Hypothermia”

Sierras Emergency Care Conference 1991, Lake Tahoe

4/91

Wilderness EMT/Paramedic (12 lecture and 16 practical hours)

Center for Emergency Medicine of Western Pennsylvania

4/91

Search and rescue Orientation for EMT-Paramedics

Erie, PA, Emergency Medical Services

5/91

Mountain Rescue Orientation

Center for Emergency Medicine of Western Pennsylvania Career-track Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedic Class

6/91

“Disaster Management: Search and Rescue” (EMS Grand Rounds)

Mercy Hospital of Pittsburgh

7/91

“Wilderness Emergency Medicine Curriculum Development”

First World Congress on Wilderness Medicine, Whistler, British Columbia

2/92

EMS Grand Rounds: “Wilderness Rescue”, Grand Rounds:  “Medical Control of Wilderness EMS,” and Journal Club:  “Resuscitation of the Patient with Accidental Hypothermia”

York Memorial Hospital, Emergency Department and Residency in Emergency Medicine, York, PA

6/92

“Medical Considerations for Cave Rescue” (part of two-week National Cave Rescue Commission class; was rated by students as best instructor)

Eastern Region, National Cave Rescue Commission, Dailey, WV

11/92

Wilderness EMT/Paramedic; Wilderness Command Physician (30 lecture and 16 practical hours)

Center for Emergency Medicine of Western Pennsylvania

3/93

“Wilderness Trauma”

1993 Pennsylvania Basic Trauma Life Support State Conference, Gettysburg, PA

3/93

“Controversies in Frostbite and Hypothermia Management”

Mercy Hospital/Wisconsin ACEP Fifth Emergency Care Conference, Crested Butte, CO

4/93

Wilderness EMT/Paramedic (6 lecture and 12 practical hours)

Center for Emergency Medicine of Western Pennsylvania

6/93

Cave Rescue Basic Team Member class, medical portions (4 hours)

Eastern Region, National Cave Rescue Commission

11/93

Wilderness EMT/Paramedic (6 lecture and 12 practical hours)

Center for Emergency Medicine of Western Pennsylvania

11/93

Wilderness Command Physician (12 lecture and 5 practical hours)

Center for Emergency Medicine of Western Pennsylvania

11/93

“Winter Emergencies”

Sewickley Valley Hospital

11/93

“Alternative Health Care, Quacks, and Emergency Medicine”

Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds, Department of Emergency Medicine

1/94

Lectures: “Arterial Blood Gas Interpretation”

Duquesne University PA Program

4/94

Wilderness EMT/Paramedic (8 lecture and 18 practical hours)

Wilderness EMS Institute

6/94

Wilderness EMT/Paramedic (6 lecture and 6 practical hours) and Basic Team Member class (1 hour)

Eastern Region, National Cave Rescue Commission

7/94

Testimony:  Wilderness EMS needs

Pennsylvania House of Delegates Health and Welfare Committee

8/3/94

“Heat Emergencies”

EMS Grand Rounds, Mercy Providence Hospital

9/94

“Wilderness EMS in Maryland”

Region I, Maryland Institute for EMS Systems (MIEMSS)

11/94

“Kids, Cold, and Trauma”

Childrens Hospital of Pittsburgh, Trauma Conference

11/94

Wilderness EMT/Paramedic (7 lecture and 6 practical hours)

Center for Emergency Medicine of Western Pennsylvania/Wilderness EMS Institute

11/94

Wilderness Command Physician class (12 lecture and 4 practical hours)

Center for Emergency Medicine of Western Pennsylvania/Wilderness EMS Institute

2/95

“Improvising Emergency Care –What to do when you ain’t got much to work with”

Center for Emergency Medicine, “Emergency Medicine – Tools and Talent Conference”

2/95

“Wilderness EMS:  Interstate Issues”

Atlantic EMS Council Meeting, Washington, DC

3/95

Wilderness EMT/Paramedic (7 lecture and 4 practical hours)

Center for Emergency Medicine of Western Pennsylvania/Wilderness EMS Institute

3/95

Wilderness Command Physician (4 lecture hours)

Center for Emergency Medicine of Western Pennsylvania/Wilderness EMS Institute

4/95

“Animal Bites”

1995 Pennsylvania Basic Trauma Life Support State Conference, Wilkes-Barre, PA

4/95

“Principles of Wilderness Emergency Medicine” (8-hour pre-conference workshop)

EMS Care ’95 (Maryland State EMS Conference)

4/95

Wilderness EMT (8 small group and practical hours)

Quest/Bloomsburg State Univ./Geisenger Medical Center

5/95

“Wilderness EMS Interstate Issues:  Update”

Atlantic EMS Council, Washington, DC

5/98

“Wilderness EMS:  Medical Control Issues”

Medical Advisory Committee, Pennsylvania Emergency Health Services Council

5/95

“State Search and Rescue Council and State SAR System: role in medical disasters”

Disaster Committee, Allegheny County EMS Council

6/95

Topics in Wilderness Emergency Medicine:  Wound Management

Center for Emergency Medicine of Western Pennsylvania,  Mercy Hospital, Wilderness EMS Institute

6/95

Wilderness EMT (Course Coordinator)

National Cave Rescue Commission, Eastern Region

7/95

“Crevice Entrapment: Medical and Psychological Aspects”

1995 annual conference, National Speleological Society

8/95

“Non-discogenic Acute Sciatica:  The Piriformis Syndrome”

Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds, Department of Emergency Medicine.

8/95

“Wilderness Education, How to Reach the Public: The National Cave Rescue Commission Orientation to Cave Rescue Fifteen-Year Experience”

“Organizational Cooperation in Wilderness Medicine, Toward True Congress: Wilderness Medicine vs. Emergency Medical Services”

Second World Congress on Wilderness Medicine (Wilderness Medical Society, International Society of Travel Medicine, and International Society for Mountain Medicine), Aspen, Colorado

9/95

“Wilderness Trauma:  Principles and Pearls”

Wilderness EMS Institute, Topics in Wilderness Emergency Medicine lecture series

9/95

“The U.S. Wilderness EMT Curriculum Development Programme

“Principles of Wilderness EMS”

“C-Spine Clearance and other Wilderness Protocols”

Countryside Management Association/Paramedic UK/South Wales Search and Rescue Association: National Mountain Rescue Conference 1995, Cardiff, South Wales, United Kingdom

10/95

“Hypothermia and Frostbite in the Pediatric Population”

Grand Rounds, Department of Pediatrics, Mercy Hospital of Pittsburgh

10/95

“Principles of Wilderness Emergency Medical Services”

West Virginia Annual State EMS Conference 1995

11/95

EMS Grand Rounds/Topics in Wilderness Emergency Medicine:  “Hypothermia: Pearls and Pitfalls.”

Mercy Hospital of Pittsburgh and Wilderness EMS Institute

12/95

“Computerizing the ED:  an Introduction to ED Computing”
“Tracking Systems for the ED”  (moderator)

“First Annual Emergency Department Informatics Seminar: How to Computerize your ED the Right Way” (Pennsylvania Chapter, American College of Emergency Physicians), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

2/96

“Acute Diarrhea: 1996 Update”

“Hot Topics in Emergency Medicine,” Hawk’s Cay, Florida

5/96

“Wilderness Medicine: Case Studies”

“Wilderness Medicine 1996,” Lehigh Valley Medical Center (invited as featured speaker but unable to attend due to family medical emergency.)

9/96

“Why We Do What We Do:  Mountain Rescue and the Psyche.”

One of two keynote addresses, 1996 annual British/Irish Mountain Rescue Conference, Dublin, Ireland; other keynote address delivered by Irish President Mary Robinson.

9/96

Wilderness EMT and Wilderness Command Physician classes (first ones in Ireland)

Irish Mountain Rescue Association and Irish Civil Defence, Dublin, Eire

10/96

Wilderness Emergency Medical Technician class (8 lecture and 8 practical hours)

Center for Emergency Medicine of Western Pennsylvania/Wilderness EMS Institute

11/96

“Computerizing the ED: Do it Now: Emergency Informatics for the 21st Century” and
“Workshop:  Emergency Medicine Informatics”

Chang Gung Hospital and Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China, 20th anniversary conference “Filling the Cracks in Emergent Care:  Emergency Medicine and Trauma Surgery”

12/96

“Confessions of a User:  Moderated Panel Discussion Between an Emergency Physician, a Nurse, and Two MIS Officers”

“ED Tracking Systems:  The Problem and Interface Design”

“ED Tracking Systems:  Moderated Panel Discussion with User Representatives for Nine ED Tracking Systems”

“Second Annual ED Informatics Symposium:  Computerize Your ED the Right Way.”  American College of Emergency Physicians and Pennsylvania Chapter, ACEP.

1/97

Wilderness EMT (8 lecture + small group hours)

Maryland Institute for EMS Systems (MIEMSS) and Wilderness EMS Institute

1/97

Wilderness Medicine

Medical Student Interest Group: Emergency Medicine. School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh.

4/97

Acute Diarrhea -  1997 Update

Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds, Department of Emergency Medicine

5/97

Medical Myths in the ED

Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds, Department of Emergency Medicine

9/97

“Casualty Care Developments: Bringing the Hospital to the Patient, Part II”

Mountain Rescue Council of England and Wales, Annual Conference, University of Derby

9/97

Wilderness EMT and Wilderness Command Physician classes

Irish Mountain Rescue Association, Dublin, Eire

9/97

Cave Rescue – Advanced Medical Practicum

Irish Cave Rescue Organisation, Co. Clair, Eire

9/97

Emergency Medicine in China

Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds, Department of Emergency Medicine

10/97

“The history of backcountry care” (keynote address) &
”What to do when the Golden Hour is shot”

North Country (New Hampshire state) EMS Conference, North Conway

11/97

“Wilderness EMS”

Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds, Department of Emergency Medicine.

12/97

Third Annual Emergency Department Informatics Seminar (senior member of conference committee, moderator for two panels, and lectured on tracking systems and user interface design)

American College of Emergency Physicians

4/98

“Medical Command for Wilderness/Backcountry EMS”

Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds, Department of Emergency Medicine

4/98

“Computers in the ED: How Can They Help Me? Choosing Tracking and Charting Systems”

25th Annual Scientific Assembly, Pennsylvania Chapter, ACEP

5/98

“Search and Rescue Trauma Care – What To Do When the Golden Hour’s Shot” and “History of Wilderness EMS”

SAREX-98:  1998 Pennsylvania State Search and Rescue Weekend.

7/98

“Suggestion, Guided Imagery, and Hypnosis for the Emergency Department” (with Richard Busch, DCH)

Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds, Department of Emergency Medicine

7/98

“Clearing the Spine in the Field” “When Do You Start CPR?” “Hypothermia Wraps” “Ethical and Legal Aspects of Wilderness EMS Legislation” “Developing Educational Objectives and Performance Standards for Wilderness Medicine Providers” “Do we need standardization and accreditation of similarly-named wilderness medical programs?” [debate topic]

Wilderness Medical Society, 1998 Scientific Assembly and Colloquium on “Critical Issues in Wilderness Medicine Education”

8/98

“Wilderness Medicine for the Pediatrician”

Pediatric Faculty grand rounds, Mercy Hospital of Pittsburgh

9/98

“Computer ED Tracking and Charting Systems – How to Decide?”

EM Grand Rounds, CEM

11/98

“Medical Aspects of Cave Rescue”

Speleological Union of Ireland/Irish Cave Rescue Organisation annual symposium, Bally Vaughn, Co Clare, Eire

11/98

“Wilderness Emergency Medical Services”

Irish Mountain Rescue Association Wilderness EMT Course, Co Dublin, Eire

12/98

“Tracking Systems,” “User Interface Design,” “Niche vs. Universal Systems,“ and “Confessions of a User”

1998 ED Information Systems Symposium, American College of Emergency Physicians/PaACEP

1/99

“Wilderness EMS:  The Wilderness is Closer Than You Think.”

Annual Scientific Assembly, National Association of EMS Physicians, Marco Island, FL

1/99

“Environment Emergencies for the Pediatric Resident: Hypothermia and Frostbite”

Pediatric Residency Emergency Medicine Conference Series, Mercy Hospital of Pittsburgh

3/99

“Hypothermia and Frostbite”

Continuing Paramedic Education Series, Somerset Area Ambulance, Somerset, Pennsylvania.

7/99

“ENT Emergencies”

Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds, Department of Emergency Medicine

8/99

“Legal Aspects of Rescue and Wilderness EMS”

1999 National Cave Rescue Commission annual training college (with Earl Maxwell, West Virginia State Prosecuting Attorney, Elkins, WV)

8/99

“Bites and Stings” “Dislocations” “Surgical Procedures”

1999 National Cave Rescue Commission annual Medical Specialist Level 3 (Wilderness EMT) course

9/99

“Against Medical Advice – the legal principles”

EM Grand Rounds, Center for Emergency Medicine of Western Pennsylvania

9/99

“Ocular Emergencies”

Current Concepts 1999 Emergency Nursing Conference, Emergency Medicine Association of Pittsburgh

11/99

“Winter Emergencies”

EMS Grand Rounds, Mercy Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh

11/99

“Modern Medicine, Primitive Places”

1999 Regional Trauma Meeting, British Association for Immediate Care and Faculty of Prehospital Care, Royal College of Surgeons (Edin.), Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Birmingham, England

11/99

Wilderness Command Physician course and Wilderness EMT lectures and practical exercises (first in U.K.)

Outward Bound school Aberdovey, Wales

3/00

“Orthopedics in the Wilderness”

Wilderness Medical Society Medical Student Section, University of Pittsburgh

6/00

Acute Cave Orthopedics – or “What Do We Do with a Broken Caver?”

Annual Convention, National Speleological Society

9/00

“SAR 101 – or search and rescue for the uninterested”

CEM Grand Rounds first hour presentation and CEM Prehospital Grand Rounds

10/00

“ED Automation”

Current Concepts 2000 ED Nursing Conference

11/00

Wilderness EMT and Wilderness Command Physician Classes (first ones in Scotland)

Mountain Rescue Scotland, Glenmore Lodge, the Cairngorms, Scotland, U.K.

1/01

“Computer Terminology” “User Interface Design” “Tracking Systems”

Sixth National ED Information Systems Symposium, Las Vegas

1/01

“SAR 101 – or search and rescue for the uninterested”

Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA

4/01

”SAR 101:  Search and Rescue for the Uninterested.”

“Tools and Talent” – 2001 annual EMS Conference, Center for Emergency Medicine of Western Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, PA

12/01

“Terminology” “User Interface Design” “Tracking Systems” “Deinstallation”

Seventh National ED Information Systems Symposium, New Orleans

12/01

“Noncardiac Chest Pain”

eMERgenCY EMS Conference. Mercy Hospital of Pittsburgh

10/02

“Overcrowding and Nursing Shortages in the ED – What Can Be Done?”

Current Concepts 2002 Emergency Nursing Conference, Mercy Hospital of Pittsburgh and Emergency Medicine Association of Pittsburgh

12/02

“Upper Extremity Orthopedics”

Pediatric Emergency class, Department of Pediatrics, Mercy Hospital of Pittsburgh

12/02

“The Bleeding Edge” (coordinator for advanced track)
”User Interface Essentials”

Eighth National ED Information Systems Symposium, San Diego

3/03

“Backcountry Orthopedics”

Wilderness Medical Society Student Section, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

4/03

“How the Internet Can Help You Realtime”

Annual Scientific Assembly, Pennsylvania Chapter, American College of Emergency Physicians

7/03

“Heat-Related Illness”

Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds, University of Pittsburgh Affiliated Residency in Emergency Medicine

12/03

“Computer-based Practitioner Order Entry” “Tracking the past and future” “Creating your own EDIS system.

Ninth National ED Information Systems Symposium, New Orleans (Assistant Course Director)

2/04

“Out in the Cold: Medical Aspects of Cold Exposure”

Pediatric Grand Rounds, Mercy Hospital of Pittsburgh

2/04

“I’LL SUE YOU FOR KIDNAPPING!: Signing Out Against Medical Advice and Medical Restraint In The ED”

 

Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds, University of Pittsburgh Affiliated Residency in Emergency Medicine

2/04

“Prehospital Clearing of the Cervical Spine”

EMS Grand Rounds, Mercy Hospital of Pittsburgh

4/04

EMS Advances “Disaster Preparedness: How Prepared is the Pit Doc?”

Annual Scientific Meeting, Pennsylvania Chapter, American College of Emergency Physicians

5/04

“Killer ‘A’s: Allergy, Angioedema, and Anaphylaxis”

Prehospital Grand Rounds, Ohio Valley General Hospital, McKee’s Rocks, PA

12/04

“Toxic Shock, Cellulitis, Necrotizing Fasciitis, an’ ‘at”

Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds, University of Pittsburgh Affiliated Residency in Emergency Medicine

12/04

Advanced Track: “Are any new technologies really going to really change the way we do our work in the ED? Disruptive Technologies.” and “Should your ED’s software be free? Open Source software and sales tactics.”

10th National Emergency Department Information Systems Symposium, Chicago, IL: Pennsylvania Chapter, American College of Emergency Physicians

5/05

“User Interaction Design and
Emergency Department Workflow: A Worst-Case
Scenario for Developers”

TEPR 2005: The Medical Records Institute conference on Electronic Patient Records

9/05

“Dental Skills Lab”

Annual Conference, American College of Emergency Physicians, Washington, DC

10/05

“National Disaster Medical System: Hurricane Katrina”

The 14th Annual Emergency Nursing: Current Concepts Seminar, Pittsburgh, PA

12/05

Advanced Track: “Disruptive Technology: What new technology should change your ED this year?” and “This computer system stinks! Usability, User Interface Design and Workflow: what can the ED staff do?”

11th National Emergency Department Information Systems Symposium, Phoenix, AZ: Pennsylvania Chapter, American College of Emergency Physicians

2/05

Disaster Response: Katrina

Tools and Talent EMS Conference, Emergency Medical Services Institute, Seven Springs Resort, Pennsylvania.

12/05

“Out in the Cold: Hypothermia, Frostbite, Non-Freezing Cold Injury.”

Mercy Hospital, Prehospital Services; at Independence EMS, Beaver County.

2/06

“Disaster Medicine: Strike Team Operations”

The Tools and the Talent, annual Center for Emergency Medicine of Western Pennsylvania EMS/emergency nursing conference.

3/06

“Disaster Medicine: DMAT Orientation”

EMSI Annual EMS Conference, Emergency Medical Services Institute, Seven Sprints, PA

4/06

“Wilderness First Aid”

Recreational Equipment, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA

7/06

“Secondary Triage”

Disaster Medical Assistance Team PA-1 Team Training

7/06

“Preparing Yourself for Disaster”

Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds, Department of Emergency Medicine

10/06

“Dental Skills Lab”

Annual Conference, American College of Emergency Physicians, New Orleans, LA

12/06

“EDIS Live”

12th National Emergency Department Information Systems Symposium, Orlando, FL: Pennsylvania Chapter, American College of Emergency Physicians

5/07

“Why we do what we do”

Keynote address, 2007 annual Pennsylvania Search and Rescue Conference, Pennsylvania Search and Rescue Council.

5/07

“Advanced SAR Medical Cases”

2007 annual Pennsylvania Search and Rescue Conference, Pennsylvania Search and Rescue Council.

6/07

 “arterial blood gas analysis”

University of Pittsburgh CRNP Critical Care course

6/07

“Land Navigation for EMS”

Camping for Con-Ed, Mercy Hospital of Pittsburgh

10/07

“Dental Skills Lab”

Annual Conference, American College of Emergency Physicians, Seattle, WA

12/07

“User Interaction Design” “EDIS Live: An Interactive Forum” “IT vs. Disasters”:

13th National Emergency Department Information Systems Symposium, New Orleans, LA: Pennsylvania Chapter, American College of Emergency Physicians

3/08

“EMS Self Sufficiency for Disasters”

EMS Update, Seven Springs, PA

4/08

“IT in the ED: A Worst-Case Scenario Every Time”

Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Virtual Conference 2008

5/08

“Advanced Search and Rescue Medical Case Review” “Self-Sufficiency for Disasters”

2008 Annual SAREX, Pennsylvania Search and Rescue Council.

8/08

“EMS Self-Sufficiency for Disasters” (half-day preconference workshop)

Annual Pennsylvania EMS Conference

10/08

“Dental Skills Lab”

Annual Conference, American College of Emergency Physicians, Chicago, IL

3/09

“Altered Standards of Care”

Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds, Department of Emergency Medicine

3/09

“Visual Usability”

University of Pittsburgh Medical Informatics Course BIOINF 2117 Applied Medical Informatics (CRN 37483)

3/10

“Visual Usability”

University of Pittsburgh Medical Informatics Course BIOINF 2117 Applied Medical Informatics (CRN 37483)

4/10

“Altered Standards of Care”

Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds, Department of Emergency Medicine

5/09

Wound and Soft Tissue Infections: Disaster Management”

Disaster Medical Assistance Team PA-1 Skills Day

5/10

“Dr. Strong! Restraint in the ED”

Conemaugh EM Residency Grand Rounds

6/10

“Transient Global Amnesia”

Conemaugh EM Residency Grand Rounds

8/10

“Acute Diarrhea”

Conemaugh EM Residency Grand Rounds

8/09

“AMA, 302, and Medical Restraint”

Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds, Department of Emergency Medicine

9/10

“Water-Borne Diseases and Water Purification”

DMAT PA-1 team training

11/09

“Blast Injuries”

DMAT PA-1 team training

10/10

“Dental Procedures”

Annual Scientific Meeting, American College of Emergency Physicians, Las Vegas, NV

11/10

“Talk to Me: Communication Technologies in the ED” “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum: The Keith and Todd Show” “Documentation for Compliance and Cash” “Data that Matters: Quality and Core Measures”

International Emergency Department Information Systems Symposium, Miami, FL

3/11

“Visual Usability”

University of Pittsburgh Medical Informatics Course BIOINF 2117 Applied Medical Informatics (CRN 37483)

4/11

“Respiratory Emergencies”

DMAT PA-1 team training

10/11

“Medical Disaster Self-Sufficiency”

Global Health Residency, University of Pittsburgh

10/11

“Dental Procedures”

Annual Scientific Meeting, American College of Emergency Physicians, San Francisco, CA

1/12

“Hypothermia and Frostbite”

DMAT PA-1 team training

3/12

“Austere EMS: Boosting your IQ”

EMS Update 2012, Emergency Medical Services Institute

3/12

“Ticks and Tickborne Diseases”

Allegheny Mountain Rescue Group training

6/12

“Plant Contact Dermatitis” “Ticks and Tickborne Diseases”

MedExpress Annual Educational Conference

8/12

“Plant Contact Dermatitis”

DMAT PA-1 team training

10/12

“Dental Procedures”

Annual Scientific Meeting, American College of Emergency Physicians, Denver, CO

12/12

“Ticks and Tickborne Diseases”

DMAT PA-1 team training

1/13

“ENT Emergencies”

Inservice Review, University of Pittsburgh EM Residency

6/13

“Plant Contact Dermatitis”

Emergency Grand Rounds, University of Pittsburgh

8/13, 9/13

“Austere EMS”

PA State Emergency Medical Services Conference; Lancaster, PA; Altoona, PA.

9/13

“Disaster Preparedness for Medical Personnel”

University of Pittsburgh Global Health Residency

10/13

“Dental Emergencies”

Annual Scientific Meeting, American College of Emergency Physicians, Seattle, WA

10/14

“Dental Emergencies”

Annual Scientific Meeting, American College of Emergency Physicians, Chicago, IL

10/15

“Dental Emergencies”

Annual Scientific Meeting, American College of Emergency Physicians, Boston, MA

11/15

“Austere EMS”

Maine Committee on Trauma Annual Conference

3/17

“Austere EMS”

EMS Update 2017, 7 Springs

9/17

“Lyme Disease”

UPMC AnywhereCare Clinical Review

1/18

“Basket Hitch vs Wrap-3, Pull-2 Anchors”

Appalachian Search and Rescue Conference Annual Retreat Conference

2/18

“Austere Medicine”

Resuscitation Area of Concentration, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

11/19

“Disaster Medical Self-Sufficiency”

University of Pittsburgh Student Emergency Medical Services

1/20

“Modified Basket Hitch” and “New Tech for Semi-Technical Evacuations”

Appalachian Search and Rescue Conference Annual Retreat Conference

1/20

“Tickborne Diseases”

National Disaster Medical System, DMATs PA-1/OH-1 Continuing Medical Education

10/20

“Austere EMS” “Ticks and Tickborne Diseases”

Annual Meeting, Appalachian Search and Rescue Conference

10/20

“Disaster Medical Response”

University of Pittsburgh Doctors without Borders Student Chapter and Global Health Student Association

10/20

“Acute Diarrhea”

National Disaster Medical System, DMATs PA-1-OH-1 continuing medical education

1/21

“Communications 101, 102, 103, 104”

Appalachian Search and Rescue Conference annual Winter Retreat

3/21

“DMAT Communications”

National Disaster Medical System, DMATs PA-1-OH-1 continuing medical education

10/21

“Cave Rescue”

Eastern Region, National Cave Rescue Commission “Introduction to Cave Rescue” (2-day class)

12/21

“Austere EMS”

UPSOM EM Residency Emergency Medicine Education Conference

3/22

“Hypothermia Update”

Appalachian Search and Rescue Conference Tuesday Training

11/22

“Austere EMS”

International Trauma Life Support Conference, Tampa, FL (invited)

 

 

                                                                                  


Service

ORGANIZATION

DATES

RESPONSIBILITIES

Blue Ridge Mountain Rescue Group, ASRC

1972-1976

Founder and Chair

 

1972-1980

Field Team Leader, Incident Commander

 

1977-1980

Training Officer

 

1977-1980

Wilderness EMT Instructor

Appalachian Search and Rescue Conference (500-member search and rescue organization, VA/WV/MD/PA/OH)

1972-1975

Founder and Director of Operations

1972-1975

Vice President

1985-2014

Medical Director for Pennsylvania

1972-95, 2003-08, 2015-date

Member, Board of Directors

2006-8, 2015-17

Vice-Chair, Board of Directors

2013-date

Archivist

2017-2020

President/Board of Directors Chair

 

2019-date

Chair, Publications Committee

Potomac Appalachian Trail Club, Washington, DC

1972-84

Appalachian Trail:  Shelter Overseer, Trail Overseer, (first) Trail Patrol (“Ridgerunner”), Maps Committee Member

Outing Club, University of Virginia

1973-5

President

Intercollegiate Outing Club Association

1974-75

Executive Secretary

Western Albemarle Rescue Squad, Crozet, VA

1977-1980

Crew Chief (volunteer)

Virginia Division of Emergency Medical Services, Charlottesville and Northern Virginia

1977-1985

EMT Instructor

Shenandoah Mountain Rescue Group, ASRC

1980-1983

Founder and Chair

 

1980-1984

Field Team Leader, Incident Commander

 

1982-1984

Training Officer

Northern Virginia Community College, Annandale, VA

1982-1985

Paramedic Instructor

American Hiking Society, Washington DC

1983-1985

Moderator, Wilderness Medicine Seminars (at annual Conference)

Center for Emergency Medicine and Allegheny General Hospital

1984-1995

Paramedic Instructor (12-18 hours/year)

Allegheny Mountain Rescue Group, ASRC

1985-1986

Founder and Chair

 

1985-1988

Training Officer, Incident Commander

 

1985-date

Field Team Leader

Pennsylvania Search and Rescue Council

1986-1988

Founder and first President

 

1990-1995

Secretary

 

1995-1999

Member, Board of Directors

ASTM Committee F-30 on EMS

1987-date

Member

 

1991-93

Member, D.O.T.-funded Accelerated Standards Development Task Group on EMT-Paramedic

 

1994-96       

Chair, Task Group on EMT-Prehospital

National Association of EMS Physicians

1987-2004

Rural Affairs Committee (previously, Non-Urban Committee)

 

1992-1994

Education Committee

 

1997-2004

Standards and Practices Committee

Pennsylvania Emergency Health Services Council

1987-2005

Member, Rescue and Hazardous Materials Task Force

 

1994-1999

Chair, Wilderness EMT Subcommittee, Medical Advisory Committee

 

1995-2009

Member, Medical Advisory Committee

 

2002

Act 45 Task Group

 

2002-2004

Led Task Group that created the Joint Position Statement: Guidelines for Hospital Ambulance-Diversion Policies of the Pennsylvania Emergency Health Services Council and Medical Advisory Committee and the Pennsylvania Chapter, American College of Emergency Physicians: http://www.conovers.org/ftp/diversion.pdf

 

2008-2010

EMS Information Task Force

 

2012-date

Special Operations Work Group

Mercy Hospital of Pittsburgh/UPMC Mercy

1988-1989

Interim Director, Urgent Care Center

 

1989-1997

Infection Control Committee Member

 

1989-2006

Emergency Preparedness Workteam (managed major revision of hospital’s disaster plan in 1994)

 

1992-2002

Information Systems Coordinator, Department of Emergency Medicine

 

1997-2012

Medical Records/Health Information Management Committee (led redesign of hospital’s standing order set)

 

2002-2008

Member, Medical Informatics Committee

ASTM Committee F-32 on Search and Rescue

1989-1997

Chair, Task Group on Personnel Assessment

 

1994-1997

Chair, Task Group on Incident Command System Unified Command

 

1994-1997

Chair, Subcommittee on Personnel, Training, and Education

 

1994-1997

Member, Executive Committee

Eastern Region, National Cave Rescue Commission

2022-date

Teaching Specialist

 

1989-date

Staff

 

2013-date

Medical Advisor

 

9/94-2013

Assistant Medical Director

 

7/93-9/94

Medical Director

 

9/89-7/93

Region Medical Coordinator

Eastern/Appalachian Region, Mountain Rescue Association (NC/TN/VA/WV/MD/PA/NY)

1990-1992

Chair

“Dogwood Half-Hundred” 50K Wilderness Foot Race, VA/WV

1991

Medical Director

Wilderness Medical Society

1992-1996

Section Editor, “Wilderness EMS Case Reports,” Wilderness Medicine Letter

 

1997-2005

Web Committee

Wilderness EMS Institute

1993-2005

Medical Director

Allegheny County EMS Council

1994-2005

Disaster Committee

UPSOM, Wilderness Medical Society Student Interest Section

1995-date

Faculty Advisor

Borough of Green Tree

1996-2000

Nature Center trails supervisor

Pennsylvania College of Emergency Physicians

1996-date

Member, EMS Committee

 

1997-2006

Member, Web Committee

 

2003-2009

Chair, EMS Committee

 

2005-2011

Member, Board of Directors

Department of Homeland Security, National Disaster Medical System

2002-date

Supervisory Medical Officer, PA-1 Disaster Medical Assistance Team

 

2004-date

Chief Medical Officer/Team Medical Director, PA-1 Disaster Medical Assistance Team

Joint Readiness Center (Pittsburgh Air Force base realignment)

2005-2010

member, Medical Subcommittee

Borough of Carnegie

2005-date

2021-date

Member, Planning Commission

Chair, Planning Commission

American College of Emergency Physicians

2007-2008

EMS Committee member

 

2005-2011

Legislative Council member

Homeland Security Institute, Department of Homeland Security

2009

Member, advisory working group on Austere Emergency Medical Services

UPSOM EMS Fellowship

2014-date

Developed and conduct Wilderness EMS didactic and practical curriculum

National Disaster Life Support Foundation

2018-date

Subject Matter Expert, Basic Disaster Life Support and Advanced Disaster Life Support classes, section leader for ADLS Preparations and Implementation of Surge Operations - Phases, Conventional, Contingency and Crisis

 



[1] The University of Virginia does not officially recognize "minors" but these were areas of particular interest and additional concentrated study.

* Only last 8 years listed; numbers of students and residents vary and do not have precise counts. ACLS and PALS courses generally have 5-8 students for each contact hour, with mix of attending and resident physicians, APPs, nurses and allied health personnel. Does not include bedside student and resident teaching in the ED which occurs essentially every shift.

* Does not include non-featured presentations at UPMC Mercy or University of Pittsburgh Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds (e.g., core content, cases), ATLS/ACLS/PALS teaching, or frequent teaching appearances for Appalachian Search and Rescue Conference, Allegheny Mountain Rescue Group, National Cave Rescue Commission, Pennsylvania Search and Rescue Council or Appalachian Search and Rescue Conference. Does not include bedside teaching and mini-lectures for medical students and residents in the Emergency Department @ UPMC Mercy since becoming faculty in 1987.