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Philip J. Mattheis, MD

Title

Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrician

Appointment

Associate Professor

Email

philip.mattheis@cchmc.org

Phone

513-636-4611

Fax

513-636-3800

Credentials

Graduate Studies: Arctic Ecology, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1976

BA: Biology, Augustana College, Sioux Falls, SD

MD: University of South Dakota School of Medicine, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1984

Transitional Internship: Sioux Valley Hospital Sioux Falls, SD, 1989

Residency: Pediatrics Residency Department of Pediatrics, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Iowa City, IA, 1992

Fellowship: Division of Developmental Disabilities, Deptartment of Pediatrics, UIHC, Iowa City, IA, 1995

Research Grants and Contracts

Consultant to Montana's Children with Special Health Care Needs program to assist with development and management of regional clinics to deliver subspecialty services not otherwise available. Clinics supported included Cleft Palate, Down Syndrome, Cerebral Palsy, Genetics, and Metabolic conditions. Also contracted consultation with the Montana Division of Family Services regarding difficult cases of child abuse.

Frontier Community Services: Consulting physician member of diagnostic and treatment clinical team for individuals with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder and related developmental disabilities.

Denali Family Services (Service agency for children and families affected by mental health problems): Physician member of service teams for children and adolescents with mental health problems related to brain injury and other developmental conditions.

Anchorage Community Mental Health Services: Physician consultant to clinical service teams dealing with children, adolescents and adults affected by developmental disabilities, with special emphasis on consequences of complex trauma.

Publications, Most Recent

Max JE, Robin DA, Lindgren SD, Smith WL Jr, Sato Y, Mattheis PJ, Stierwalt JA, Castillo CS. "Traumatic brain injury in children and adolescents: psychiatric disorders at one year."J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci. 1998 Summer;10(3):290-7.

Max J, C Castillo, D Robin, S Lindgren, W Smith, Y Sato, P Mattheis, J Stierwalt, "Predictors of Family Functioning Following Traumatic Brain Injury in Children and Adolescents,"J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 1998 Jan; 37(1):83-90.

Max J, C Castillo, H Bokura, D Robin, S Lindgren, W Smith, Y Sato, P Mattheis, "Case study: obsessive compulsive disorder after severe traumatic brain injury in an adolescent."J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 1995 Jan; 34(1): 45-49.

Max J, S Lindgren, D Robin,W Smith, Y Sato, C Castillo, P Mattheis, J Stierwalt, "Traumatic Brain Injury in Children and Adolescents: Psychiatric Disorders in the Second three Months"J Nerv Ment Dis 1997 Jun; 185(6): 394-401.

Max J, W Smith, Y Sato, P Mattheis, C Castillo, S Lindgren, D Robin, Stierwalt J, "Traumatic Brain Injury in Children and Adolescents: Psychiatric Disorders in the First three Months."J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry, 1997 Jan, 36(1):94-102.

Mattheis PJ, "What New Families Need to Know: Demystifying the Diagnosis,"Proceedings of 1996 NDSS symposium, 1997

Mattheis PJ, "Alternative Therapies: From The Parent's Perspective,"Proceedings of 1996 NDSS symposium.

Professional Organization Memberships

American Academy of Pediatrics, Fellow
Down Syndrome Medical Interest Group
Society of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, Fellow

Books

Mattheis PJ, "FASD and ADHD: The Nuts and Bolts of Diagnosis and Treatment in the Real World" in O'Malley, K (ed), "ADHD and FASD. The Diagnostic, Natural History and Therapeutic Issues Through the Lifespan" (2006, in press, Nova Science Publishers)

Van Dyke DC, McBrien D, and Mattheis PJ "Psychosexual Behaviors, sexuality, and management issues in individuals with Down syndrome." Rondal,JA, Perera J Nadel L Down syndrome: Psychological, Psychobiological, and Socioeducational Perspectives . Colin Whurr, London 1996.

McBrien D, Mattheis PJ, and Van Dyke DC "Down Syndrome," ML Wolraich (ed) The Practical Assessment and Management of Children with Disorders of Development and Learning (2nd Ed), Year Book Medical Pub, Chicago 1996.

Van Dyke DC, Mattheis PJ, Eberly S, and Williamson J (eds), Medical and Surgical Care for Children with Down Syndrome; 1995 Woodbine House.

Mattheis PJ: "Neurology Issues in Down syndrome" in Van Dyke DC, et al (eds) Medical and Surgical care for Children with Down Syndrome; 1995, Woodbine House.

Mattheis PJ: "Diagnosing Down Syndrome," in A. Barclay (ed); The Third Ross Roundtable on Critical Issues in Family Medicine: Caring for Individuals With Down Syndrome and Their Families, Ross Labs 1995.

Healy A, Mattheis PJ, and Smith B: "Family Centered Care in an Inpatient Chronic Care Setting: Challenges to Implementation" S. Hostler (ed) Family Centered Care: An Approach to Implementation, 1994, Univ Virginia.

Special Interests

Down Syndrome: development of clinical practice guidelines and outcomes measures; development of a national registry of patient data; investigation of therapeutic interventions to affect speech, language, muscle tone, and long-term functional outcome; clinical reality and natural history of cognitive, behavioral, and functional change in adults with Down syndrome.
Service delivery to people with disabilities: with focus upon rural and logistically difficult environments, including native villages in the Alaskan bush; improving access to medical services for children and adults with disabilities. Actively engaged in exploring use of telemedicine to supplement onsite
clinical service.
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders: clinical diagnosis of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) and related conditions, including use of distance-spanning technology to expand availability of diagnostic and management resources. Long term management of problems experienced by brain injured individuals. Community-based service models vs. residential treatment center/psychotropic medications. Evaluation of dose-exposure on outcome in FASD. Impact of complex emotional trauma on children in foster care or adoptive placements, especially as complicated by brain injury.
Ethics: improvement of informed-consent process in prenatal diagnosis; application of family-centered perspective in provision of services to people with disabilities; ethics of intervention into maternal behavior in pregnancy.