Critical Care

Steven G. Kernie, MD Academic Title(s): Director, Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine; Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Pathology and Cell Biology Contact Information: Tel: (212) 305-8458 Fax: (212) 342-2293 Email: sk3516@columbia.edu

Education

• Stanford University, Stanford, California
  
• University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, M.D.

• Pediatric Resident, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
• Pediatric Chief Resident, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
• Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX

Interests/Specialties:

• Neurocritical care
• Neural stem cells
• Traumatic brain injury
• Fellowship training
• Translational research

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John Scott Baird, MD Academic Title(s): Transport Program Director, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics Contact Information: Tel: (212) 305-8458 Fax: (212) 342-2293 Email: jsb106@columbia.edu

Education

• University of California Irvine, B.A. and B.S., 1973
• California State University Humboldt, M.S., 1976
• Columbia University, M.D., 1985
  

• Intern and resident, Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Los Angeles County/University of Southern California Medical Center, 1986-1990
• Fellow, Pediatric Critical Care, New York Hospital/Cornell Medical Center, 1994-1997

Interests/Specialties:

• Continuous renal replacement therapy in children
• Respiratory failure in children
• Pediatric pulmonary embolus

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Katherine Biagas, MD FCCM FAAP Academic Title(s): Associate Director, Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Fellowship Director, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Associate Medical Director, Simulation Program New York Presbyterian Hospital Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics Contact Information: Tel: (212) 305-8458 Fax: (212) 342-2293 Email: kb316@columbia.edu

Education

• University of Chicago, AB, 1982
• University of Pittsburgh, MD, 1986
  

• Intern and Resident, Pediatrics, Northwestern University, McGaw Medical Center, 1986-1989
• Fellow, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, 1989-1992

Awards and Honors:

• Gender Equity Teaching Award, American Medical Women’s Association and the Medical School Class of 2002, Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons
• Putting Patients First Award, New York Presbyterian Hospital
• Presidential Citation, Society of Critical Care Medicine – awarded 3 times
• Pediatric Chief Residents’ Appreciation Award, Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital

Interests/Specialties:

• Post graduate education of residents and fellows in critical care medicine
• Management and functional outcomes of children with critical neurologic injury
• Management of critical illness associated hyperglycemia
• Educational programs and curriculum development using simulation training

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Joshua Cappell, MD, PhD Academic Title(s): Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Neurology Contact Information: Tel: (212) 305-8366 Fax: (212) 342-2293 Email: jc1430@columbia.edu

Education

• New York University, B.A., Physics 1990
• New York University, Ph.D., Neuroscience and Physiology, 2003
• New York University, M.D., 1998

• Internship: Pediatrics, Mount Sinai Hospital, NY 1998-9
• Residency: Pediatrics, Mount Sinai Hospital, NY 1999-2000
• Neurology, Columbia University Medical Center 2001-2
• Clinical Fellowship: Pediatric Neurology, Columbia University Medical Center 2002-4
• Clinical Fellowship: Pediatric Critical Care, Columbia University Medical Center 2008-11

Awards and Honors:

• Stephen Q. Shaffer Award for Humanism in Neurology, Neurological Inst.of NY, 2007
• Wortis Prize for Excellence in Neurology and Psychiatry, NYU School of Med., 1998
• Samuel F.B. Morse Medal for Achievement in Physics, New York University, 1990

Interests/Specialties:

• Pediatric NeuroCritical Care
• Neuromonitoring and Neuroelectrophysiology
• Neurologic Aspects of Systemic Pediatric Illnesses

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Dennis Coffey, MD Academic Title(s): Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics Contact Information: Tel: (212) 305-8458 Fax: (212) 342-2293 Email: dc2332@columbia.edu

Education

• Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
  
• University of Medicine and Dentistry, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, NJ

• Pediatric Residency, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC
  
• Critical Care Fellowship, New York Hospital, Cornell University, New York, NY

Interests/Specialties:

• Renal replacement in multi-organ failure
• Lung protective ventilation strategies
• Delivery of pediatric critical care in the community hospital setting

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George Hardart, MD, MPH Academic Title(s): Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics and Bioethics Division of Pediatric Critical Care Department of Pediatrics Director of Pediatric Clinical Bioethics Center for Bioethics Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons Contact Information: Tel: (212) 305-8458 Fax: (212) 342-2293 Email: gh2115@columbia.edu

Education

• Notre Dame, South Bend, IN
  
• Masters in Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA
• University of Virginia School of Medicine

• Anesthesia Residency, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
• Pediatric Residency, Johns Hopkins Medical School, Baltimore, MD
  
• Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship, Children's Hospital Boston, MA
• Health Care Services Research Fellowship, Children's Hospital, Boston, MA
• Fellowship in Medical Ethics, Harvard Medical School, Boston MA
• Fellowship in Community Pediatrics and Child Advocacy, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY

Interests/Specialties:

• Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care
• Pediatric Anesthesia
• Medical ethics
• Ethics of organ transplantation
• Family interests in medical decision-making
• Clinical epidemiology

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R. Stanley Hum, MD FRCPC Academic Title(s): Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics Contact Information: Tel: (212) 305-8458 Fax: (212) 342-2293 Email: rsh2117@columbia.edu

Education

• University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, BASc, 1995
• University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, MD, 1999
• Columbia University, New York, USA, MA, 2009

• Intern and resident, Pediatrics, Baystate Medical Center, Springfied, MA, USA 1999-2002
• Fellow, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, British Columbia’s Children’s Hospital, Vancouver, Canada 2002-2004
• Fellow, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada, 2004-2005

Interests/Specialties:

• Biomedical informatics in pediatric critical care medicine
• Handover communications in PICU
• Clinical decision support tools
• New media for education

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E. Heidi Jerome, MD Academic Title(s): Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics Medical Director of Sedation Service, Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital of New York-Presbyterian Contact Information: Tel: (212) 305-8458 Fax: (212) 342-2293 Email: ej91@columbia.edu

Education

• Williams College, Williamstown, MA
  
• University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN

• Anesthesia Residency, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
  
• Pediatric Residency, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, NY
• Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco, CA

Interests/Specialties:

• Lung injury
• Lung edema

Pooja Kulkarni (Nawathe), MD Academic Title(s): Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics Contact Information: Tel: (212) 305-8458 Fax: (212) 342-2293 Email: pk2272@columbia.edu

Education

• Ramnarian Ruia College, India, S.Y.J.C, 1996
• Topiwala National Medical College, India, M.B.B.S., 2002

• Intern and resident, Pediatrics, Wayne State University/ Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, Michigan, 2004-2007
• Fellow, Pediatric Critical Care, Columbia University Medical Center/ New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY, 2007-2010

Awards and Honors:

• Young Investigator finalist at the Eastern Society of Pediatric Research Conference 2010
• Young Investigator Award finalist in Section of Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery at the American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference 2010

Interests/Specialties:

• Sinus node dysfunction in Long QT syndrome
• Biological Pacemaker
• Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis
• Fellow and resident education

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Marilyn Morris, MD, MPH Academic Title(s): Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics Contact Information: Tel: (212) 305-8458 Fax: (212) 342-2293 Email: mcm2113@columbia.edu

Education

• Dartmouth College, B.A., 1992
• Tufts University, MD, 1997
• Columbia University, MPH, 2006

• Intern and resident in Pediatrics, Mount Sinai Hospital 1997-2000
• Fellow, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia 2000-2003

Interests/Specialties:

• Informed consent for pediatric research in emergency settings
• Ethics of non-therapeutic research involving children

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Kristin L. Ognibene, MD, MS Academic Title(s): Associate Fellowship Director, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine; Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics Contact Information: Tel: (212) 305-8458 Fax: (212) 342-2293 Email: ko2006@columbia.edu

Education

• New York University, BA, 1997
• University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey – New Jersey Medical School, MD, 2001
• Mailman School of Public Health – Columbia University, MS, 2006

• Intern and resident in Pediatrics, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, 2001-2004
• Fellow, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, 2005-2008

Interests/Specialties:

• Hyperglycemia in critical illness
• Effects of hypoglycemia in critical illness
• Use of simulation in Critical Care

Thyyar Ravindranath, MD Academic Title(s): Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics Contact Information: Tel: (212)305-8458 Fax: (212) 342-2293 Email: tr2148@columbia.edu

Education

• Kilpauk Medical College, Chennai, India, MBBS, 1976
• Kilpauk Medical College, MS (General Surgery), 1980

• Intern & resident, Pediatrics, Cook County Children’s Hospital, Chicago, IL. 1981-1984
• Fellow, Pediatric Critical Care, Children’s Medical Center, Dallas, TX. 1984-1986

Awards and Honors:

• 2009, Physician of the year award nominee, Morgan Staley Children’s Hospital

Interests/Specialties:

• Inflammation
• Sepsis
• Critical Care nutrition

Charles L. Schleien, MD, MBA Academic Title(s): Executive Vice Chairman of Pediatrics Professor of Pediatrics and Anesthesiology Contact Information: Tel: (212) 305-7112 Fax: (212) 305-3020 Email: cs600@columbia.edu

Education

• Queens College of the City University of New York, Flushing, NY
  
• Masters of Business Administration, Columbia Business School, New York, NY
• Mt. Sinai School Of Medicine, New York, NY

• Pediatric Residency, Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
  
• Anesthesia Residency, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
• Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

Interests/Specialties:

• Pediatric Critical Care medicine
• Pediatric Anesthesiology
• Sedation and pain in children
• Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
• Hypothermia
• Neuro-resuscitation
• Pediatric Bioethics
• Health Care Economics

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Anita I. Sen, MD Academic Title(s): Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics Contact Information: Tel: (212) 305-8458 Fax: (212) 342-2293 Email: ais13@columbia.edu

Education

• Yale College, BS 1995
• Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, MD 2001

• Intern and Resident in Pediatrics, Mount Sinai Hospital, 2001-2004
• Fellow, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, 2005-2008

Interests/Specialties:

• Acute lung injury
• Resident education
• Pediatric emergency response systems
• Rare lung diseases

Arthur Smerling, MD Academic Title(s): Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit Director, Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics and Anesthesiology Contact Information: Tel: (212) 305-8458 Fax: (212) 342-2293 Email: ajs8@columbia.edu

Education

• Yeshiva University, New York, NY
  
• University Of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

• Anesthesia Residency, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY
  
• Pediatric Residency, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Hospital Medical Center, Bronx, NY
• Pediatric Anesthesia and Critical Care Fellowship, The Children's Hospital, Boston, MA

Interests/Specialties:

• Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care
• Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesia
• Treatment of pulmonary hypertension in the Operating Room and Intensive Care Unit

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