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Javier A. Gonzalez del Rey, MD, MEd

Director, Pediatric Residency Programs

Associate Director, Division of Emergency Medicine

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone: 513-636-4906

Fax: 513-636-7905

Email: javier.gonzalez@cchmc.org

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Clinical Interests

Procedural sedation; analgesia

Research Interests

Medical education; quality improvement

Biography

Javier A. Gonzalez del Rey, MD, MEd., is currently Professor of Pediatrics, Associate Director / Division of Emergency Medicine, and Director of Pediatric Residency Training Programs at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center / University of Cincinnati College of Medicine.

Dr. Gonzalez del Rey’s major areas of interests include resident and subspecialty medical education and international pediatric training. He has won numerous teaching awards including the Cincinnati Children's Faculty Teaching Award, the University of Cincinnati, Department of Emergency Medicine Golden Apple Award, and most recently the “Parker J. Palmer Courage to Teach Award” by the Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education (ACGME).

He received his university and medical school education at the National University Pedro Henriquez Urena in the Dominican Republic, completed his pediatric residency at the University of Connecticut Pediatric Primary Care Program, and his Fellowship training in General Academic Pediatrics and Pediatric Emergency Medicine at Cincinnati Children’s. He is currently certified in Pediatrics and Pediatric Emergency Medicine. He has completed a Master’s of Medical Education.

He is currently a member of the National PEM Fellows Conference Planning Committee, the Chair of the AAP PREP-EM course, member of the Institute of Medicine Committee on Optimizing GME Trainee Hours and Work Schedules to Improve Patient Safety and, the organizer of many international educational exchange programs.

Education and Training

MD: National University Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, 1984.

Residency / Chief Resident: Pediatric Primary Care Track, University of Connecticut, Waterbury, Conn., 1985 - 1988.

Fellowships: Ambulatory and Community Pediatrics - Pediatric Emergency, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1988-1991; Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1991.

Master Medical Education: University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2002.

Certification: Pediatrics and Pediatric Emergency Medicine (Acitve) - 1987 / 1992; recertified 2007.

Publications

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Sun GH, Harmych BM, Dickson JM, Gonzalez del Rey JA, Myer CM 3rd, Greinwald JH Jr. Characteristics of children diagnosed as having coagulopathies following posttonsillectomy bleeding. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2011 Jan;137(1):65-8.

Muething SE, Kotagal UR, Schoettker PJ, Gonzalez del Rey J, DeWitt TG. Family-centered bedside rounds: a new approach to patient care and teaching. Pediatrics. 2007 Apr;119(4):829-32.

Brinkman WB, Geraghty SR, Lanphear BP, Khoury JC, Gonzalez del Rey JA, Dewitt TG, Britto MT. Effect of multisource feedback on resident communication skills and professionalism: a randomized controlled trial. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2007 Jan;161(1):44-9.

Brinkman WB, Geraghty SR, Lanphear BP, Khoury JC, Gonzalez del Rey JA, DeWitt TG, Britto MT. Evaluation of resident communication skills and professionalism: a matter of perspective? Pediatrics. 2006 Oct;118(4):1371-9.

Stevenson MD, Bivins CM, O'Brien K, Gonzalez del Rey JA. Child life intervention during angiocatheter insertion in the pediatric emergency department. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2005 Nov;21(11):712-8.

Gittelman MA, Mahabee-Gittens EM, Gonzalez-del-Rey J. Common medical terms defined by parents: are we speaking the same language? Pediatr Emerg Care. 2004 Nov;20(11):754-8.

Gittelman MA, Gonzalez-del-Rey J, Brody AS, DiGiulio GA. Clinical predictors for the selective use of chest radiographs in pediatric blunt trauma evaluations. J Trauma. 2003 Oct;55(4):670-6.

Luria JW, Gonzalez-del-Rey JA, DiGiulio GA, McAneney CM, Olson JJ, Ruddy RM. Effectiveness of oral or nebulized dexamethasone for children with mild croup. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2001 Dec;155(12):1340-5.

Mahabee-Gittens EM, Grupp-Phelan J, Luria JW, Gonzalez del Rey JA. Is routine heparin lock placement beneficial in the evaluation and treatment of febrile children? J Emerg Nurs. 2001 Aug;27(4):335-9.

Gonzalez del Rey JA, Poirier MP, Digiulio GA. Evaluation of an ambu-bag valve with a self-contained, colorimetric end-tidal CO2 system in the detection of airway mishaps: an animal trial. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2000 Apr;16(2):121-3.

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