Carolyn M. Kercsmar, MD
Title
Co-Director, Pediatric Pulmonology Division; Director, Asthma Center
Appointment
Professor of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Email
carolyn.kercsmar@cchmc.org
Phone
513-636-6771
Credentials
BS: Biology, Baldwin-Wallace College, Cleveland, Ohio, 1972
MD: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, 1978
MS: Anatomy, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, 1978
Awards and Honors
- Best Doctors in America, 2002-2008
- Best Doctors in Northeast Ohio, Northern Ohio Live, 2001, 2006
- Best Doctors in Cleveland, Cleveland Magazine, 1998, 2002, 2006
- Best Doctors in Cincinnati, Cincy Magazine, 2008
- Golden Stethoscope Award, Rainbow Babies & Childrens Hospital, 2002
- Alumin Merit Award for Outstanding Accomplishments in Medicine; Baldwin Wallace College, 2001
Publications, Most Recent
Walders N, Kercsmar, CM, Schluchter M, Drotar D, Redline S, Kirchner HL. An interdisciplinary intervention for difficult to manage pediatric asthma.Chest 1129:292-99, 2006.
Vesper SJ, McKinstry C, Yang C, Haugland RA, Kercsmar CM, Yike I, Schluchter MD, Kirchner HL, Sobolewski J, Allan TA, Dearborn DG. Specific molds associated with asthma in water-damage homes.J Occup Environ Med, 48:852-858, 2006.
Kercsmar CM, Dearborn DG, Schluchter M, Xue, L, Kirchner HL, Sobelewski J, Greenberg, SJ, Vesper, SJ, Allan T. Reduction in asthma morbidity in children as a result of home remediation aimed at moisture reduction.Environ Health Perspect. 114:1574-1580,2006.
Lewis, B., Fulton, S., Short, E., Nelson, S., Lombardi, J., Rosenbaum, D., Kercsmar, C., Baley, J., Singer, L.T. A longitudinal case study of a child with mosaic trisomy 22: Language, cognitive, and behavioral outcomes, American Journal of Medical Genetics, 2007, 143(17), 2070-4.
Singer LT, Fulton S, Kirchner HL, Eisengart S, Lewis B, Short E, Min MO, Kercsmar C, Baley JE. Parenting Very Low Birth Weight Children at School Age: Maternal Stress and Coping.J Pediatr. In press, 2007.
Short EJ, Kirchner HL, Asaad GR, Fulton S, Lewis B, Eisengart S, Baley J, Kercsmar C, Min MO, Singer LT. Long-term Sequelae of Postnatal Surfactant and Corticosteroid Therapies for BPD J Perinatol. 2008 Jul;28(7):498-504. Epub 2008 Mar 27.
Szefler SL, Mirchell H, , Sorkness CA, Gergen PJ, O'Connor GT, Morgan WJ, Kattan M, Pongracic JA, Teach SJ, , Bloomberg GR, Eggleston PA, Gruchalla RS, Kercsmar CM, Liu, AH, Wildfire JJ, Busse WW. Management of asthma based on exhaled nitric oxide in addition to guidline-based treatment for inner-city adolescents and young adults: a rondomised controlled trial. Lancet. 372:1065-72, 2008.
Book Chapters
Kercsmar, C.M. Wheezing in the School-Aged Child. In: V. Chernick, TF Boat, and E.I. Kendig (eds), Disorders of the Respiratory Tract in Children, 6th Ed. Philadelphia, W.B. Saunders Co.,2006.
Presentations, Most Recent
Emergency and Critical Care Medicine: The Cutting Edge. Management of Acute Pediatric Asthma; Management of Complicated Pneumonia in Children. CME meeting, St. Maarten, Jan 31-Feb 4, 2005.
Transcending Frontiers in Pediatrics: Management of Acute Asthma; Management of Complicated Pneumonia; Chronic Cough: diagnosis and management; The Persistently Wheezing Infant and Toddler. CME meeting, Quito Ecuador, May 3-6, 2005.
Pediatric Grand Rounds: Inner City Asthma: Unique Characteristics. Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital, Cleveland Ohio, February 2, 2006.
Pediatric Pulmonary Grand rounds: New Strategies for Managing Asthma in the Inner City Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, OH. October 16, 2006.
Practical Pediatrics Course, American Academy of Pediatrics: What's New in Asthma Management?; Update on the Diagnosis and Management of Chronic Cough; Management of Complicated Parapneumonic Effusions. Vail, CO. January 11-14, 2007.
Pediatric Grand Rounds: Asthma Heterogeneity: One Size Does Not Fit All. Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital, Cleveland, OH January 18, 2007.
Pediatric Update: University of South Carolina. : Sleeping Through Math: Update on Pediatric Sleep Disorders, What's New in Asthma Management?, Update on the Management of Bronchiolitis, Management of Complicated Pneumonias and Parapneumonic Effusions. July 16-19, 2007, Hilton Head, SC.
Pediatic Grand Rounds, Annual Gory Lecture. "Impairment, Risk and Control, Oh My! The New Asthma Guidlines" Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, October 9, 2007
American Association for Respiratory Care, annual meeting. "Summary of Journal Conference:Meeting the Challenges of Asthma", "Infant and Toddler Pulmonary Function Testing", "Inner City Asthma", Orlando, FL, December 3-4, 2007
Pediatric Pulmonary Update (4th Annual) Meeting. Keynote speaker. "Management of Acute Asthma" and "A Practical Approach to the New EPR 3 Guidelines", Akron Children's Hospital, Akron OH, Sept 18, 2008
American Academy of Pediatrics, National Conference and Exhibition. "Building a Bridge: Use of Care Plan Oversight Codes in Managing A Chronic Disease." Boston, MA. October 13, 2008
Professional Organization Memberships
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- American Thoracic Society
- Society for Pediatric Research
- American Pediatric Society
Books
Kercsmar, CM. and T.F. Ferkol. Respiratory Distress. 2nd edition In: RM Kliegman, LA Greenbaum, PS Lye (eds.), Practical Strategies in Pediatric Diagnosis and Therapy. Philadelphia, WB Saunders Co.,2004
Kercsmar, C.M. Wheezing in the School-Aged Child. In: V. Chernick, TF Boat, and E.I. Kendig (eds), Disorders of the Respiratory Tract in Children, 6th Ed. Philadelphia, W.B. Saunders Co., 2006
Wood RE, Kercsmar CM, Fine KS. Pulmonology. In: BS Marino and KS Fine (eds), Blueprints: Pediatrics. 5th edition, Philadephia, Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams Wilkins, 2009.
Ross KR and Kercsmar CM. Severe Acute Asthma in the PICU. In: Kirpalani et al. (eds) Manual of Pediatic Intensive Care. Shelton CT, PMPH-USA, in press, 2009.
Kercsmar, CM. Meeting the Challenges of Asthma: Conference Summary. Respir Care. 2008 Jun;53(6):787-95
Sobande P and Kercsmar, CM. Inhaled corticosteroids in asthma management.; Respir Care. 2008 May;53(5):625-33; discussion 633-4.
Kercsmar CMand McDowell KM. Love it or Lev it: Levalbuterol for severe acute asthma; for now, leave it. J Pediatr. 2009; 155:163-64
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