Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology

Richard F. Ittenbach, PhD

Appointment

Research Associate Professor of Pediatrics

Email

richard.ittenbach@cchmc.org

Phone

513-803-0245

Fax

513-636-1254

Credentials

PhD: University of Alabama, 1989
MHS: Johns Hopkins University, 2001
MED: Auburn University, 1984
BS: Butler University, 1980

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Research

Mixed-methods designs
Scale development
Hierarchical linear models
Statistical consulting

Research Grants and Contracts

NIH (8/1/06-7/31/08), NSF (1/1/06-12/31/08). Developing a Measure of Voluntary Consent for Protocol-Based Treatment Decision, Biostatistician (PI: R. Nelson, CHOP).

Publications, Most Recent

Richard Ittenbach's publications as listed by PubMed.

Publications

Ballweg JA, Wernovsky G, Ittenbach RF, Bernbaum J, Gerdes M, Gallagher PR, et al. Hyperglycemia after infant cardiac surgery does not adversely impact neurodevelopmental outcome. Ann Thorac Surg, 2007;84(6), 2052-2058, PMID 18036934.

Tanel RE, Kirshbom PM, Paridon SM, Hartman DM, Burnham NB, McBride MG, Ittenbach RF, Spray TL, Gaynor JW. Long-term noninvasive arrhythmia assessment after total anomalous pulmonary venous connection repair. Am Heart J, 2007;153(2), 267-274, PMID 17239688.

Wernovsky G, Kuijpers M, Van Rossem MC, Marino BS, Ravishankar C, Dominguez T, Godinez RI, Dodds KM, Ittenbach RF, Nicolson SC, Bird GL, Gaynor JW, Spray TL, Tabbutt S. Postoperative course in the cardiac intensive care unit following the first stage of Norwood reconstruction. Cardiol Young, 2007;17(6), 652-665, PMID 17986364

Shillingford AJ, Ittenbach RF, Marino BS, Rychik J, Clancy RR, Spray TL, Gaynor JW, Wernovsky G. Aortic morphometry and microcephaly in neonates with hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Cardiology in the Young, 2007;17(2):189-195.

Trabulsi J, Ittenbach RF, Schall JI, Olsen IE, Yudkoff M, Daikhin Y, Zemel BS, Stallings VA. Evaluation of formulas for predicting energy requirements in preadolescent children with cystic fibrosis. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2007;85(1):144-151.

Werba B, Hobbie W, Kazak AE, Ittenbach RF, Reilly A, Meadows A. Classifying the Intensity of Pediatric Cancer Treatment Protocols: The Intensity of Treatment Rating Scale 2.0 (ITR-2). Pediatric Blood & Cancer, 2007;48(7):673-677.

Kan AR, Birbach M, Cohen MS, Ittenbach RF, Spray TL, Levy RJ, et al. Chronic hypoxemia increases ventricular brain natriuretic peptide precursors in neonatal swine. Ann Thorac Surg, 2008;85(2), 618-623, PMID 18222277

Ben Sivarajan V, Chrisant MR, Ittenbach RF, Clark BJ 3rd, Hanna BD, Paridon SM, Spray TL, Wernovsky G, Gaynor, JW. Prevalence and risk factors for tricuspid valve regurgitation after pediatric heart transplantation. J Heart Lung Transplant, 2008;27(5), 494-500, PMID 18442714

Schwalbe-Terilli, CR, Hartman, DH, Nagle, ML, Gallagher, PR, Ittenbach, RF, Burnham, NB, et al. Enteral feeding and caloric intake following neonatal cardiac surgery.Am J of Cril Care, 2009;18(1), 52-57, PMID 19116405

Hoehn KS, Nathan A, White LE, Ittenbach RF, Reynolds WW, Gaynor JW, Wernovsky G, Nicolson S, Nelson RM. Parental perception of time and decision-making in neonatal research. J Perinatol, 2009;1-4. PMID 1919445

Shillingford AJ, Glanzman MM, Ittenbach RF, Clancy RR, Gaynor JW, Wernovsky G. Inattention, hyperactivity, and school performance in a population of school-age children with complex congenital heart disease. Pediatrics, 2008;121(4), e759-767, PMID 18381503.

Zemel BS, Carey LB, Paulhamus DM, Stallings VA, Ittenbach RF. Quantifying calcium intake in school age children: Development and validation of the Calcium Counts!© Food Frequency Questionnaire. Am J Hum Biol. In press.

Marino BS, Tomlinson RS, Drotar D, Claybon E, Aguirre A, Ittenbach RF, Welkom JS, Helfaer MA, Wernovsky G, Shea JA. Quality-of-Life Concerns Differ Among Patients, Parents, and Healthcare Providers in Children and Adolescents With Congenital and Acquired Heart Disease. Pediatrics. In press.

Presentations, Most Recent

Hehir, D.A., Ittenbach, R.F., Sullivan, K., Hartman, D.M., Gallagher, P.R., Dominguez, T.E., Nicolson, S.C., Spray, T.L., & Gaynor. J. W. (2006, February). Serum Cytokine Levels do not Correlate with Changes in Respiratory Mechanics Following Cardiopulmonary Bypass in Neonates. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Pediatric Critical Care Colloqium, Snowbird, UT.

Schwalbe, C. R., Hartman, D. H., Nagle, M. L., Gallagher, P. R., Ittenbach, R. F., Burnham, N. B., Gaynor, J. W., & Ravishankar, C. (2006, February). Enteral feeding and caloric intake following neonatal cardiac surgery. Paper presented at the ninth annual meeting on Pediatric Cardiovascular Disease, Scottsdale, AZ.

Ittenbach, R. F., Cao, J. Giarelli, E., Levy, S. E., Mandell, D. S., & Pinto-Martin, J. (2006, March). Medicaid expenditures for children with autism: 1994 through 1999. Paper presented at the University of Pennsylvania/Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Research Perspectives in Autism meeting, Philadelphia, PA.

Khan, A. K., Birbach, M., Ittenbach, R. F., Khan, I. R., Cohen, M. S., Spray, T. S., Deutschman, C. S., Levy, R. J., Gaynor, J. W. (2006, March). Differential effect of hypoxemia on left ventricular atrial and brain natriuretic peptide levels in neonatal swine. Paper presented at the 16th annual Joseph R. Stokes, Jr., Fellows Research Poster Day, Philadelphia, PA.

Levy, S. E., Souders, M. C., Ittenbach, R. F., Pinto-Martin, J. (2006, March). Gastrointestinal abnormalities in children with autistic spectrum disorders. Paper presented at the University of Pennsylvania/Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Research Perspectives in Autism meeting, Philadelphia, PA.

Werba, B., Hobbie, W., Kazak, A., Reilly, A., Ittenbach, R., & Meadows, A. (2006, March). Rating the Intensity of Pediatric Cancer Treatment Protocols. Poster presented at the Eunice and Irving Leopold Annual Scientific Symposium and Retreat, University of Pennsylvania Abramson Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA.

Trabulsi, J, Schall, J. I., Ittenbach, R. F., Olsen, I. E., Zemel, B. S., & Stallings, V. A. (2006, April). Over-reporting of energy intake in preadolescent children with a nutrition-related chronic disease. Paper presented at the Sixth International Conference on Dietary Assessment Methods, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Werba, B., Carlson, C., Ginsberg, J., Hobbie, W. L., Ittenbach, R., Ogle, S., Rourke, M. T., Schwartz, L., Straton, J., & Kazak, A. E. (2006, April). Psychological adjustment in young adult survivors of childhood cancer: Health competence beliefs. Poster presented at the National Conference on Child Health Psychology, Gainesville, FL.

Werba, B., Carlson, C., Ginsberg, J., Hobbie, W., Ittenbach, R., Ogle, S., Rourke, M, Schwartz, L., Straton, J., Kazak, A. (2006, June). Health competence beliefs in young adult survivors of childhood cancer. Poster presented at the Ninth International Conference on Long-Term Complications of Treatment of Children and Adolescents for Cancer. Ontario, Canada.

Werba, B., Hobbie, W., Kazak, A., E., Reilly, A., Ittenbach, R. F., & Meadows, A. T. (2006, June). Rating the intensity of pediatric cancer treatment protocols. Poster presented at the Ninth International Conference on Long-Term Complications of Treatment of Children and Adolescents for Cancer. Ontario, Canada.

Schwartz, L., Carlson, C., Ginsberg, J., Hobbie, W. L., Ittenbach, R., Ogle, S., Rourke, M. T., Straton, J., Werba, B., & Kazak, A. E. (2006, August). Emerging areas of assessment with young adult survivors of childhood cancer. Poster presented at the 114th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, New Orleans, LA.

Khan, A. R., Birbach, M., Ittenbach, R. F., Gallagher, P. R., Cohen, M. S., Spray, T. L., Levy, R. J., & Gaynor, J. W. (2006, September). Chronic hypoxemia alone is sufficient to increase ventricular levels of brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) precursors in neonatal swine. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the European Association of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stockholm, Sweden.

Trabulsi J., Schall J.I., Ittenbach R.F., Olsen I.E., Zemel B.S., Stallings V.A. (2006, November). Evaluation of formulas for calculating energy requirements in preadolescent children with cystic fibrosis. Paper presented at the Nineteenth Annual North American Cystic Fibrosis Conference. Denver, CO, USA.

Ballweg, J. A., Wernovsky, G., Ittenbach, R. F., Bernbaum, J., Gerdes, M., Gallagher, P., Dominguez, T. E., Zackai, E., Clancy, R. R., Nicolson, S. C., Spray, T. L., & Gaynor, J. W. (2007, January). Hyperglycemia following infant cardiac surgery does not adversely impact neurdevelopmental outcome. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, San Diego, CA.

Baer, G. R., Ittenbach, R. F, & Nelson, R. M. (2007, March). The Interpersonal Physician Trust Scale is Reliable and Valid for Use in Parents of NICU Infants. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Society for Pediatric Research, Philadelphia, PA.

Schwartz, L., Werba, B., Carlson, C., Ginsberg, J., Hobbie, W. L., Ittenbach, R., Ogle, S., Rourke, M. T., Straton, J., & Kazak, A. E. (April 2007). Measurement and Correlates of Health Outcomes of Childhood Cancer Survivors. Paper presented at Regional Child Health Psychology conference. Cincinnati, OH.

Schwartz, L., Werba, B., Carlson, C., Ginsberg, J., Hobbie, W. L., Ittenbach, R., Mao, J., Ogle, S., Rourke, M. T., Straton, J., & Kazak, A. E. (August 2007). Outcomes of transitioning pediatric cancer survivors: Implications for care. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association. San Francisco, CA.

Werba, B., Schwartz, L., Carlson, C., Ginsberg, J., Hobbie, W. L., Ittenbach, R., Mao, J., Ogle, S., Rourke, M. T., & Kazak, A. E. (August 2007). Health concerns, beliefs and behaviors of 18-25 year old pediatric cancer survivors. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association. San Francisco, CA.

Gottliebson, W. M., Tipton, A. M., Hor, K. N., Fleck, R. J., Crotty, E., Wansapura, J., & Ittenbach, R. F. (January, 2008). Normal human ventricular volume and mass values in children ages 5 to 10 years using steady state free precession MRI. Paper to be presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, Los Angeles, CA.

Ittenbach, R. F., Zemel, B. Z., Carey, L. B., Paulhamus, D. M., Stallings, V. A. (February, 2008). Validation of Calcium Counts© Frequency Questionnaire in Young Children. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Boston, MA.

Hobbie, W. L., Kohr, L., Steinmiller, E., Xie, M., Ittenbach, R. F., & Lipman, T. (March, 2008). Research Among Advanced Practice Nurses: Perceived Barriers. Paper to be presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Nursing Research Society. Philadelphia, PA.

Ittenbach, R. F., & DeAngelis, F. W. (August, 2008). Percent effort vs. fee-for-service: Communicating with investigators about financial compensation. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Statistical Association, Denver, CO.

Ballweg, J. B., Nicolson, S. C., Zackai, E. H., Gallagher, P. R., Ittenbach, R. F., & Gaynor, J. W. (September, 2008). Early hyperglycemia after Norwood procedure does not affect neurodevelopmental outcome at one year of age. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the European Association of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Lisbon, Portugal.

Quartermain, M., Ittenbach, R. F., Flynn, T. B., Gaynor, J. W., Zhang, X., Nance, M. L., & Wernovsky, G. (November, 2008). Cardiopulmonary bypass does not cause neurocognitive decline in children and adolescents undergoing repair of acyanotic congenital heart disease. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Heart Association, New Orleans, LA.

Tomlinson, R. S., Ittenbach, R. F., Wernovsky, G., Helfaer, M. A., Mahony, L., Newburger, J., Mussatto, K., Tong, El, Jacobs, J. P., Bushakjian, E., Drotar, D., & Marino, B. S. (November, 2008). Indicators of disease severity predict long-term quality of life in the pediatric cardiac surgical population. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society, Miami Beach, FL.

Ittenbach, R. F., Reynolds, W. W., Miller, V. A., Zhang, X., Harris, D., Luce, M. F., Beauchamp, T. L., & Nelson, R. M. (February, 2009). Factor Structure Validity of the Decision Making Control Instrument. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Chicago, IL.

Ittenbach, R. F., Reynolds, W. W., Miller, V. A., Zhang, X., Harris, D., Luce, M. F., Beauchamp, T. L., & Nelson, R. M. (February, 2009). The Decision Making Control Instrument: A measure of perceived voluntary choice. Factor Structure Validity of the Decision Making Control Instrument. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Ethics in Human Research, Ottawa, Ontario.

Burnham, N., Ittenbach, R. F., Stallings, V. A., Gerdes, M., Zackai, E., Bernbaum, J., Wernovsky, G., Clancy, R. R., D'Agostino, J. A., McDonald-McGinn, D., Hartman, D., Raue, J., Hufford, J. Terrili, C. Nicolson, S. Spray, T. L., Gaynor, J. W. (May, 2009). Genetic factors are important determinants of impaired growth following infant cardiac surgery. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Thoracic Surgery, Boston, MA.

Ittenbach, R. F., Cassedy, A. E., Nick, T. G., & Shults, J. (August, 2009). Scale development on a limited budget. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Statistical Association, Washington, DC.

Shults, J., Ittenbach, R. F., & Nick, T. G. (August, 2009). Developing an independent research program on a limited budget and with limited time: Some ideas for biostatisticians. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Statistical Association, Washington, DC.