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Javier A. Gonzalez del Rey, M.D. is a member of the faculty and staff in the Division of Emergency Medicine at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.

Javier A. Gonzalez del Rey, MD, MEd

Title

Associate Director, Division of Emergency Medicine

Director, Pediatric Residency Programs

Appointment

Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

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 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: 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.

Position History

Director Pediatric Residency Programs, 2002-2009.

Awards and Honors

Fellowship:

1991 "Fellow Teaching Award" Children's Hospital Medical Center

Faculty:

1990 “Honor Member Dominican Republic Pediatric Society”
Dominican Republic Pediatric Society & Clinica Infantil
Dr. Robert Reid Cabral
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
1995 “Faculty Teaching Award” Children’s Hospital Medical Center
1996 “Golden Apple Award” University of Cincinnati Department of Emerg Med
1997 “Faculty Teaching Award” Children’s Hospital Medical Center
1998 “Golden Apple Award” University of Cincinnati Department of Emerg Med
1999 “Golden Apple Award” University of Cincinnati Department of Emerg Med
1999 “Faculty Teaching Award” Children’s Hospital Medical Center
1999 “Division Teaching Award” Children´s Hospital Medical Center
2000 “Faculty Teaching Award” Children’s Hospital Medical Center
2000 “Mead Johnson Excellence in Teaching Award” Children’s Hospital Medical Center
2001 “Division Teaching Award” Children´s Hospital Medical Center
2001 “Mead Johnson Excellence in Teaching Award” Children’s Hospital Medical Center
2001 “Golden Apple Award” University of Cincinnati Department of Emerg Med
2004 “Division Teaching Award” Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
2007 “Division Teaching Award” Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

National

2007 “Parker J. Palmer – Courage to Teach Award” – ACGME National Award
2008 “Gold Humanism Honor Society” – The Arnold P. Gold Foundation
2008 “Service Quality Award Kaiser Permanent” for poster presentation at IHI National Conference: “Reducing Adverse Event Through Night Talks”

Research

Medical education; quality improvement

Publications, Most Recent

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.: 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.

Gonzalez del Rey JA et all. Resident Duty Hours: Enhancing Sleep, Supervision, and Safety. IOM National Committee for Residency Duty Hours – Report released December 2008.

Gonzalez del Rey J.A.: Procedures (Peritoneal Lavage, Needle Cricothyroidomoty, Percutaneous Tracheostomy, Thoracotomy, Insertion of a chest Tube and Thoracentesis). Fleisher G and
Ludwig S (ed) Textbook of Pediatric Emergency Medicine (6th Edition in Press).

Presentations, Most Recent

"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.

“Family-Centered Rounds: Teaching Tomorrow’s Pediatricians….” Jeff Simmons, M.D., Steve Muething, M.D, Javier Gonzalez del Rey, M.D., M.Ed. Workshop Presentation – Association of Pediatric Program Directors. May 4, 2007. Toronto, Canada.

"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.

“Communication 101: Eye Contact to Conflict Resolution”– Workshop PEM National Fellows Conference. March 15- 17, 2008, Marina del Rey, CA.

"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.

“Family-Centered Rounds (FCRs): Building Systems and Skills for Success at the Bedside of the Hospitalized Child in a Teaching Hospital” Jeffrey Simmons, MD, Javier Gonzalez del Rey, MD,MEd. Workshop presented at APPD-PAS Meeting, May 1st, 2008, Honolulu, Hawaii.

“Dr. Teofilo Gautier Catedra Magistral”. Dolor en Pediatria: Presente, Pasado y Futuro. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, June 5 – 7th, 2008.

AAP Review Course: PREP-EM (conferences in stings and bites, orthopaedic trauma related emergencies and case discussion sessions & how to prepare for boards). August 16 -20th, 2008. Boston, MA.

“Improvement Science Applied to Medical Education: From ACGME to Your Residency”. Workshop at the 2008 Regional Faculty and Educator Development Symposium. Carole Lannon, MD, MPH, Javier Gonzalez del Rey, MD, MEd. Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. September 12th, 2008, Cincinnati, OH.

“Becoming an Effective and Exciting Teacher” Ruddy R, Gonzalez del Rey JA. AAP National Conference and Exhibits. Workshop presentation. October 10th, 2008. Boston, MA.

“Responding to the IOM Recommendations and Approaches from other Nations”. National ACGME Conference: Promoting Good Learning and Safe, Effective Care: A Five-Year Review of the ACGME’s Common Duty Hour Standards. March 4 -5, 2009. Grapevine Texas.

“Responding to IOM Recommendations: Summary and Discussion”. National ACGME Conference: Shaping the Future. March 5 - 8, 2009. Grapevine Texas.

“Quality Improvement in daily operations”, “The Difficult Learner”, “Family Centereness in EM”. Presented at the XIV Annual Meeting of PEM Society. April 2 – 4th, 2009. Zaragoza, Spain.

Professional Organization Memberships

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.