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University of Cincinnati Department of Pediatrics

Javier A. Gonzalez del Rey, MD, MEd

Title

Associate Director, Division of Emergency Medicine

Appointment

Professor of Clinical Pediatrics

Email

javier.gonzalez@cchmc.org

Phone

513-636-4906

Fax

513-636-7905

Bio

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 the 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.

Credentials

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

Residency / Chief Resident: University of Connecticut, Waterbury, Conn.

Fellowships: Ambulatory and Community Pediatrics, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1989; Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1991.

Certification: Pediatrics and Pediatric Emergency Medicine - 1987 / 1992; recertified 2007

Awards and Honors

  • Division Teaching Award, Children´s Hospital Medical Center
  • Mead Johnson Excellence in Teaching Award, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
  • Golden Apple Award, University of Cincinnati Department of Emergency Medicine
  • Facutly Teaching Award, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
  • Parker J. Palmer Courage to Teach Award, ACGME National Award
  • Gold Humanism Honor Society, The Arnold P. Gold Foundation

Publications, Most Recent

Samuel C. Blackman, Gonzalez del Rey JA: Hematologic Emergencias: Acute Anemia. Clin Ped Emerg Med 2005. Volumen 6(3):124- 137.

Michelle D. Stevenson, Christine M. Bivins, Kitty O'Brien, JA Gonzalez del Rey: Child Life Intervention during Angiocatheter Insertion in the Pediatric Emergency Department.Ped Emerg Care 2005; 21(11): 712-718.

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; 118(4):1371 - 1379.

Muething SE, Kotagal UR, Schoettker PJ, Gonzalez del Rey JA, DeWitt TG "Family-centered bedside rounds: a new approach to patient care and teaching Experience."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.

Gonzalez del Rey J.A., DiGiulio G.A. Pediatric Lacerations in Trott A., ed. Wounds and Lacerations. Elsevier Mosby, Philadelphia, PA, 2005.

Friedman MJ, Gonzalez del Rey J.A. Clinical Practice of Emergency Medicine Nursing. Chapter 250 Immunizations. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2005.

Douglas W. Carlson, MD, Gregg DiGiulio, MD, Timothy G. Givens, MD, Javier A. Gonzalez del Rey, MD, et al. Illustrated Techniques of Pediatric Emergency Procedures in Textbook of Pediatric Emergency Medicine. Fleisher G and Ludwig S (ed) Textbook of Pediatric Emergency Medicine (5th Edition). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2005.

Gonzalez del Rey J.A.: Pelvic Trauma and Genitourinaty Injury in Pediatric Emergency Medicine Secrets. Steven M. Selbst and Kate Kronan, Hanley & Belfus (2nd Edition).

Gonzalez del Rey J. End Tidal CO2 Monitoring, in Henretig F & King C, ed. Textbook of Pediatric Emergency Procedures. Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore. 2007.

Mittiga MR, Gonzalez del Rey JA, Ruddy RM: Pediatric Conditions. In: Knoop, Storrow, Stack, and Thurman (eds); The Atlas of Emergency Medicine, 3rd edition. McGraw-Hill, New York, NY.

Presentations, Most Recent

Creative Education: Thinking outside the box. Gonzalez del Rey JA, Ludwig S. PEM Nacional Fellows Conference. Marina del Rey, CA March 5-7, 2005.

APLS – Course Director. Multiple Conferences and Working Stations. Official AAP/ACEP Course translated in Spanish. Bilbao, Spain May 26 – 27, 2005.

Animal Bites & Insect Stings – Emergency Management of STDs. Keynote Speaker. 2nd Annual Paediatric Emergency Medicine Conference, Toronto Sick Kids Hospital. Toronto, Canada. September 16-18, 2005.

Pediatric Emergency Medicine Course. Multiple conference / Course Director. Hospital Infantil Dr. Robert Reid Cabral. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. September 29 – 30, 2005.

Effective Presentations (Residents Conference) – Microburst Teaching (Faculty Workshop) – The Art of Feedback (Fellows Workshop). Children's Mercy Hospital. October 13-14th, 2005. Kansas City, MO.

"The Art Of Feedback" – Workshop PEM National Fellows Conference. March 26 -27, 2006 Arlington, Virgina.

AAP Review Course: PREP-EM (conferences in stings and bites, STD, orthopaedic trauma related emergencies and case discussion sessions in respiratory distress, trauma and fever). August 12 -16, 2006. Washington, DC.

"Teaching Workshop – Adult Learning and Evaluation Process" – Baylor College of Medicine, PEM Faculty, Department of Pediatrics. Texas' Children's Hospital. January 12, 2007. Houston, Texas.

"The Problem Learner: Fixed them now or pay later" – Workshop at PEM National Fellows Conference. February 24 - 26, 2007 Miami, Florida.

"How to Be an Effectice Clinician Educator for Generation Y." Neonatology Grand Rounds. Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. August 31st, 2007 Cincinnati, Ohio.

Pediatric Emergency Medicine Course. Multiple conference / Course Director. Hospital Infantil Dr. Robert Reid Cabral. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. September 27 – 9, 2007.

Generation Gaps in Medical Education. Workshop at the 2007 Regional Faculty and Educator Development Symposium: The Challenges of Teaching Health Care Professionals in the 21st Century. Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. October 5th, 2007.

The Effective Presentation for Generation "Y." Workshop at the Child Neurology Society Meeting. Quebec City, Canada. October 12th, 2007.

Pediatric – Emergency Medicine Grands Rounds: "A long day in the ED: From Evidence to Bedside...and some Controversies in Between." Indiana Universtiy Emergency Medicine / Riley's Children's Hospital. October 23 & 24th, 2007.

"Denny Professor Conference Series" at University of North Carolina Children's Hospital. 2 Days conferences / workshops in educational topics. February 14 – 15th, 2008. Durham, North Carolina.

"Promoting PFCC in Residents' Learning and Involvement in Patient Care." Presented at the ACGME Family Centered Care Education Meeting. April 4 – 5, 2008. Chicago, Illinois.

Professional Organization Memberships

  • American Academy of Pediatrics
  • Ambulatory Pediatric Association
  • Association Pediatric Program Directors

Abstracts

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? In: Program and abstracts of the Pediatric Academic Societies' Annual Meeting, Washington DC, May 14-17, 2005.

MD Stevenson, CM Bivins, K O'Brien, J Gonzalez del Rey: Child life Intervention During Angiocatheter Insertion in the Pediatric Emergency Department. Oral Presentation at the Emergency Medicine I Original Science Abstracts Platform Session at the Pediatric Academic Societies' Annual Meeting, May 1, 2004.

JA Gonzalez del Rey, L Vaughn, RC Baker: Teaching Skills for Clinical Fellows: Can We do Better. Accepted for Poster Presentation SPR, Boston, MA, May 2000.

Gittelman MA, Mahabee-Gittens EM, Gonzalez del Rey JA: Medical Jargon: How much do parents really understand? Accepted for Poster Presentation SPR, Boston, MA, May 2000.

Special Interests

Medical education, training

Related Areas

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