Pediatric Residency Program

Clinical

Procedural sedation; analgesia

Research

Medical education; quality improvement

Biography

Javier A. Gonzalez del Rey, MD, MEd, is currently associate director for the Division of Emergency Medicine and co-director of the Pediatric Residency Training Programs at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and professor of pediatrics for the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine.

He received his university and medical school education at the National University Pedro Henriquez Ureña in the Dominican Republic, completed his pediatric residency at the University of Connecticut Pediatric Primary Care Program, and fellowships training in general academic pediatrics and pediatric emergency medicine at the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. He is currently certified in pediatrics and pediatric emergency medicine. He has completed a Master of Medical Education and advanced training in quality improvement methodology (I2S2).

He has won numerous teaching awards including the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center 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. Under his leadership, the Cincinnati Children’s Residency Program received a nomination for “best practices” by the Pediatric RRC / ACGME. He was recently nominated and elected to the US Medical School's Alpha Omega Alpha Chapter and Golden Humanism Society for outstanding contributions to residents and medical students’ education.

He is currently a member of the National Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellows Conference and the organizer of many international educational exchange programs. He is currently a board member at the Association of Pediatric Program Directors and executive committee member at the American Academy of Pediatrics Section in Pediatric Emergency Medicine. He was a member and chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics PREP - EM Planning Committee course for 10 years. Gonzalez del Rey’s major areas of interests include resident and subspecialty medical education, and improvement science methodology applied to medical education and training.

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

Residency: Pediatric Primary Care Track, University of Connecticut, Waterbury, CT, 1985-1988.

Fellowships: Ambulatory and Community Pediatrics - Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 1988-1991.

Master Medical Education: University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 2002.

Certifications (Active): Pediatrics and Pediatric Emergency Medicine.

Mendoza FS, Walker LR, Stoll BJ, Fuentes-Afflick E, St Geme JW 3rd, Cheng TL, Gonzalez del Rey JA, Harris CE, Rimsza ME, Li J, Sectish TC. Diversity and Inclusion Training in Pediatric Departments. Pediatrics. 2015 Apr;135(4):707-13.

Warrick D, Gonzalez-del-Rey J, Hall D, Statile A, White C, Simmons J, Wong SP. Improving Resident Handoffs for Children Transitioning from the Intensive Care Unit. Hosp Pediatr. 2015 Mar;5(3):127-33.

González del Rey J. Papel de los padres en las urgencias pediátricas: ¿tradición, conflicto o mejoría? An Pediatr (Barc). 2015;82:1-3.

Daily J, FitzGerald M, Downing K, King E, Del Rey JG, Ittenbach R, Marino B. Important knowledge for parents of children with heart disease: parent, nurse, and physician views. Cardiol Young. 2015 Jan 20:1-9.

Starmer J et all, Landrigan CP, I-PASS Study Group. Changes in medical errors after implementation of a handoff program. N Engl J Med. 2014 Nov 6;371(19):1803-12.

Schumacher DJ, Spector N, Calaman S, West DC, Cruz M, Frohna J, Gonzalez del Rey J, Gustafson KK, Poynter SE, Rosenbluth G, Southgate WM, Vinci RJ, Sectish TC. Putting the Pediatrics Milestones into Practice: A Consensus Roadmap and Resource Analysis. Pediatrics. 2014 May;133(5):898-906.

Philibert I, Gonzalez Del Rey JA, Lannon C, Lieh-Lai M, Weiss KB. Quality improvement skills for pediatric residents: from lecture to implementation and sustainability. Acad Pediatr. 2014 Jan-Feb;14(1):40-6.

Fitzgerald M, Mallory M, Mittiga M, Schubert C, Schwartz H, Gonzalez J, Duma E, McAneney C. Experience-Based Guidance for Implementing a Direct Observation Checklist in a Pediatric Emergency Department Setting. J Grad Med Educ. 2012 Dec;4(4):521-4.

Benito J, Mintegi S, Ruddy R, Gonzalez del Rey J. Changing Clinical Practices and Education in Pediatric Emergency Medicine Through Global Health Partnerships. Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine. Mar 2012;(13)1:37-43.

Auger KA, Landrigan CP, Gonzalez del Rey JA, Sieplinga KR, Sucharew HJ, Simmons JM. Better Rested, but More Stressed?: Evidence of the Effects of Resident Work Hour Restrictions. Acad Pediatr. 2012 Jul-Aug;12(4):335-43.

Sue E. Poynter, MD, MEd Director, Pediatric Residency Training Program 513-636-4906 sue.poynter@cchmc.org

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Sue E. Poynter, MD, MEd

Director, Pediatric Residency Training Program

Medical Director, Division of Respiratory Care

Academic Affiliations

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone 513-636-4906

Fax 513-636-4259

Email sue.poynter@cchmc.org

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Graduate medical education; acute lung injury/ARDS

MD: Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, 1997.

Residency/Chief Residency: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 2001.

Fellowship: Critical Care, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 2004.

Certification: General Pediatrics, Pediatric Critical Care.

MEd: University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 2014.

Narayan AP, McPhillips HA, Anderson MS, Gardner L, Larrabee J, Poynter S, Mann KJ, Spector ND. Strengthening the associate program director workforce: needs assessment and recommendations. Acad Pediatr. 2014 Jul-Aug;14(4):332-4.

Schumacher DJ, Spector ND, Calaman S, West DC, Cruz M, Frohna JG, Gonzalez Del Rey J, Gustafson KK, Poynter SE, Rosenbluth G, Southgate WM, Vinci RJ, Sectish TC. Putting the Pediatrics Milestones Into Practice: A Consensus Roadmap and Resource Analysis. Pediatrics. 2014 May;133(5):898:906.

Willson DF, Thomas NJ, Tamburro R, Truemper E, Truwit J, Conaway M, Traul C, Egan EE; Pediatric Acute Lung and Sepsis Investigators Network. The relationship of fluid administration to outcome in the pediatric calfactant in acute respiratory distress syndrome trial. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2013 Sep;14(7):666-72.

Willson DF, Thomas NJ, Tamburro R, Truemper E, Truwit J, Conaway M, Traul C, Egan EE; Pediatric Acute Lung and Sepsis Investigators Network. Pediatric calfactant in acute respiratory distress syndrome trial. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2013 Sep;14(7):657-65.

Wong HR, Cvijanovich NZ, Allen GL, Thomas NJ, Freishtat RJ, Anas N, Meyer K, Checchia PA, Lin R, Shanley TP, Bigham MT, Wheeler DS, Doughty LA, Tegtmeyer K, Poynter SE, Kaplan JM, Chima RS, Stalets E, Basu RK, Varisco BM, Barr FE. Validation of a gene expression-based subclassification strategy for pediatric septic shock. Crit Care Med. 2011 Nov;39(11):2511-7.

Wheeler DS, Dunsmore KE, Denenberg AG, Muething L, Poynter SE, Wong HR. Biological activity of truncated C-terminus human heat shock protein 72. Immunol Lett. 2011 Mar 30;135(1-2):173-9.

Educational Leadership

Thomas G. DeWitt, MD, FAAP Director, Division of General and Community Pediatrics, Weihl Professor of Pediatrics 513-636-5932 tom.dewitt@cchmc.org

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Thomas G. DeWitt, MD, FAAP

Director, Division of General and Community Pediatrics, Weihl Professor of Pediatrics

Medical Director, Every Child Succeeds

Associate Chair for Education

Attending Physician, Division of Hospital Medicine

Academic Affiliations

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone 513-636-5932

Fax 513-803-9245

Email tom.dewitt@cchmc.org

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Generalist pediatrics; community-based education and research; faculty development; medical education research

Biography

Thomas G. DeWitt, MD, FAAP, is the Carl Weihl professor of pediatrics, director of the Division of General and Community Pediatrics, and associate chair for education in the Department of Pediatrics at the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center within the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. He has served as president of the Ambulatory Pediatric Association, chair of the steering committee of the American Academy of Pediatrics Pediatric Research in Office Settings (PROS) network and Committee on Pediatric Education, as well as on the National Academies of Science Board on Children, Youth, and Families. He currently sits on the United States Preventative Services Task Force and the ACGME Residency Review Committee for Pediatrics. He is nationally and internationally known for his publications and presentations in the areas of faculty development and community-based education and research.

MD: University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, 1976.

Residency: Yale, New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CN.

Chief Resident: Yale, New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CN.

Fellowship: General Academic Pediatrics, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CN.

Certification: Pediatrics, 1982.

Klein M, DeWitt TG. Reliability of parent-measured axillary temperatures. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2010 Apr;49(3):271-3.

Samaan ZM, Klein MD, Mansour ME, DeWitt TG. The impact of the electronic health record on an academic pediatric primary care center. J Ambul Care Manage. 2009 Jul-Sep;32(3):180-7.

DeWitt TG, Cheng TL. The role of Title VII funding in academic general pediatrics fellowships and leadership. Acad Med. 2008 Nov;83(11):1103-6.

DeWitt TG. Diversity in pediatrics: the challenge and the opportunity. Ambul Pediatr. 2008 Mar-Apr;8(2):73-6.

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

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 Oct;118(4):1371-9.

DeWitt TG. The application of social and adult learning theory to training in community pediatrics, social justice, and child advocacy. Pediatrics. 2003 Sep;112(3 Part 2):755-7.

Siegel RM, Kiely M, Bien JP, Joseph EC, Davis JB, Mendel SG, Pestian JP, DeWitt TG. Treatment of otitis media with observation and a safety-net antibiotic prescription. Pediatrics. 2003 Sep;112(3 Pt 1):527-31.

Mansour ME, Kotagal U, Rose B, Ho M, Brewer D, Roy-Chaudhury A, Hornung RW, Wade TJ, DeWitt TG. Health-related quality of life in urban elementary schoolchildren. Pediatrics. 2003 Jun;111(6 Pt 1):1372-81.

Melissa D. Klein, MD, MEd Director, Residency Primary Care and Community Pediatrics 513-636-4506 melissa.klein@cchmc.org

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Melissa D. Klein, MD, MEd

Director, Residency Primary Care and Community Pediatrics

Associate Program Director, Education Section, Division of General and Community Pediatrics

Director, General Pediatrics Master Educator Fellowship

Attending Physician, Division of Hospital Medicine

Academic Affiliations

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone 513-636-4506

Fax 513-636-4506

Email melissa.klein@cchmc.org

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Specialties

Medical education; health disparities; primary care pediatrics

Biography

Melissa Klein, MD, Med, is an associate professor in the Division of General and Community Pediatrics at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center within the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. She completed her medical training at Albany Medical College and her pediatric residency at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. She more recently earned her Master of Education at the University of Cincinnati. Her main interests are medical education, specifically related to teaching residents how to address social determinants of health in pediatric settings. She is involved in education within the institution as one of the associate directors of the Pediatric Residency Training Program and the education section director in the Division of General and Community Pediatrics.

Dr. Klein is also interested in investigating and addressing health disparities. As part of this role, she serves as the physician champion of education for Child HeLP, the Medical-Legal Partnership serving patients in the pediatric primary care centers. She is also involved a program, collaborating with the FreeStore FoodBank, to reduce food insecurity in infants seeking care in the outpatient primary care center.

MD: Albany Medical Center, Albany, NY, 1995.

Residency: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 1995-1998.

Chief Residency: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 1998-1999.

Certification: Pediatrics, 1999; recertification, 2006.

Klein MD, Alcamo AM, Beck AF, O’Toole JK, McLinden D, Henize A, Kahn RS. Can a Video Curriculum on the Social Determinants of Health Affect Residents’ Practice and Families’ Perceptions of Care? Acad Pediatr. 2014 Mar-Apr;14(2):159-66.

Klein MD, Schumacher DJ, Sandel M. Assessing and Managing the Social Determinants of Health: Defining an Entrustable Professional Activity to Assess Residents’ Ability to Meet Societal Needs. Acad Pediatr. 2014 Jan-Feb:4(1):10-3.

Klein M, O’Toole JK, McLinden D, DeWitt TG. Training Tomorrow’s Medical Education Leaders: Creating a General Pediatric Master Educator Fellowship. J Pediatr. 2013 Mar;162(3):440-441.

Klein M, Niebuhr V, D’Alessandro D. Innovative online faculty development utilizing the power of social media. Acad Pediatr. 2013 Nov-Dec;13(6):564-9.

O’Toole JK, Solan LG, Burkhardt MC, Klein MD. Watch and Learn: An Innovative Video Trigger Curriculum to Increase Resident Screening for Social Determinants of Health. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2013 Apr;52(4):344-50.

Klein MD, Beck AF, Henize AW, Parrish DS, Fink EE, Kahn RS. Doctors and Lawyers Collaborating to HeLP Children - Outcomes from a Successful Partnership between Professions. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2013 Aug;24(3):1063-73.

O’Toole JK, Burkhardt MC, Solan LG, Vaughn L, Klein MD. Resident Confidence Addressing Social History: Is It Influenced By Availability of Social-Legal Resources? Clin Pediatr (Phil). 2012 Jul;51(7):625-31.

Beck AF, Klein MD, Schaffzin JK, Tallent V, Gillam M, Kahn RS. Identifying and treating a substandard housing cluster using a medical-legal partnership. Pediatrics. 2012 Nov;130(5):831-8.

Demartini TL, Beck AF, Klein MD, Kahn RS. Access to Digital Technology Among Families Coming to Urban Pediatric Primary Care Clinics. Pediatrics. 2013 Jul;132(1):e142-8.

Burkhardt MC, Beck AF, Conway PH, Kahn RS, Klein MD. Enhancing Accurate Identification of Food Insecurity Using Quality Improvement Techniques. Pediatrics. 2012 Feb;129(2):e504-10.

Grants

Public Health Service Act, Title VII. Health Resources and Services Administration. Principal Investigator. Oct 2011 - Oct 2016. #D55HP23195.

Jennifer K. O'Toole, MD, MEd Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine, Pediatrics Residency Program 513-803-2009 jennifer.otoole@cchmc.org

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Jennifer K. O'Toole, MD, MEd

Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine, Pediatrics Residency Program

Medical Director of Education and Adult Care, Division of Hospital Medicine

Academic Affiliations

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

UC Department of Internal Medicine

Phone 513-803-2009

Email jennifer.otoole@cchmc.org

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Clinical & Research Interests

Clinical

Adult and pediatric hospital medicine

Research

Handoffs; medical education; patient and family centered care; care of adults in pediatric hospitals

Biography

Dr. Jennifer O’Toole is a pediatric and adult hospitalist at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and University of Cincinnati Medical Center, and an associate professor of pediatrics and internal medicine at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. Dr. O’Toole also holds a Master's of Education in curriculum and instruction from the University of Cincinnati College of Education.

Since 2008, Dr. O’Toole has served as the associate director of Cincinnati’s Combined Internal Medicine and Pediatrics Residency Program. In addition, she is the program director of the IMSTAR Medical Education Fellowship within the Department of Internal Medicine and medical director of education and adult care for the Division of Hospital Medicine at Cincinnati Children's. She is a graduate of the Academic Pediatric Association’s (APA) Educational Scholars Program and served as member representative on the Executive Committee of the national Medicine-Pediatric Program Directors Association from 2013-2015. She currently serves as co-chair of the APA’s Hospital Medicine Special Interest Group and is a member of the planning committee for the annual Pediatric Hospital Medicine Conference.

Her clinical and research interests include resident education, curriculum development and innovation, handoffs, and inpatient care for adults with congenital or complex healthcare needs admitted to pediatric hospitals. She is the site principal investigator for Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center in the I-PASS Institute. She serves as chair of the Educational Executive Committee for the Society of Hospital Medicine’s I-PASS Mentored Implementation Program and is a member of Educational Executive Committee for the Patient and Family Centered I-PASS Study.

BS: Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH, 1999.

MD: University of Buffalo School of Medicine, Buffalo, NY, 2003.

Residency: Internal Medicine / Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 2007.

Chief Residency: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 2008.

MEd: University of Cincinnati College of Education, Cincinnati, OH, 2012.

Certification: Pediatrics, 2007; Internal Medicine, 2008.

Warm EJ, Held J, Hellman M, Kelleher M, Kinnear B, Lee C, O’Toole JK, Mathis B, Mueller C, Sall D, Tolentino J, Schauer D. Entrusting Observable Practice Activities and Milestones Over the 36 Months of an Internal Medicine Residency. Academic Medicine. June 2016.

O’Toole JK, McLinden D, Sucharew H, Dewitt T, Klein MD. A Pilot Study of the Creation and Implementation of a Teaching Development Assessment Tool. Journal of Graduate Medical Education. 2015 Dec;7(4):638-42.

Kinnear B, O’Toole JK. The Care of Adults in Children’s Hospitals: Acknowledging the Aging Elephant in the Room. JAMA Pediatrics. 2015 Dec;169(12):1081-1082.

Auger K, Jerardi K, Simmons J, Davis M, O’Toole JK, Sucharew H. It's Complicated: Overcoming Statistical Challenges of Group Learning in Medical Education Research. Journal of Graduate Medical Education. 2015 Sep;7(3):326-330.

O’Toole JK, Friedland A, Gonzaga AM, Hartig JR, Holliday S, Lukela M, Moutsios SA, Kolarik R. The Practice Patterns of Recently Graduated Internal Medicine-Pediatric Hospitalists. Hospital Pediatrics. 2015 June;5(6):309-314.

O’Toole J, Bismilla Z, Everhart J. The I-PASS Handoff Program: A Standardized Approach to Transitions of Care That Improves Patient Safety. Academic Internal Medicine Insight. 2015 April;13(1).

Starmer A, Spector N, Srivastava R, West D, Rosenbluth G, Allen A, Noble E, Tse L, Dalal A, Keohane C, Lipsitz S, Rothschild J, Wien M, Yoon C, Zigmont K, Wilson K, O’Toole JK, et al. Changes in Medical Errors after Implementation of a Handoff Program. New England Journal of Medicine. 2014 Nov 6;371(19):1803-1812.

Solan L, Yau C, Sucharew H, O’Toole JK. A Structured Multi-Disciplinary Handoff Improves Communication. Hospital Pediatrics. 2014 Sept 1;4(5):311-315.

Starmer A, O’Toole JK, Rosenbluth G, Calaman S, et al. The I-PASS Resident Handoff Curriculum: An Innovative Multi-site Initiative to Improve Patient Handoffs. Academic Medicine. 2014 June;89(6):876-884.

O’Toole JK, West D, Starmer A, Yu C, et al. Placing Faculty Development “Front and Center” in a Multi-site Educational Initiative: Lessons from the I-PASS Handoff Study. Academic Pediatrics. 2014 May;14(3):221-224.

Grants

Bringing I-PASS to the Bedside: A Communication Bundle to Improve Patient Safety and Experience. Site Principal Investigator. Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI). Jan 2014–Dec 2016.

Charles J. Schubert, MD Director, Residency Global Child Health 513-636-7966 chuck.schubert@cchmc.org

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Charles J. Schubert, MD

Director, Residency Global Child Health

Academic Affiliations

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone 513-636-7966

Fax 513-636-7967

Email chuck.schubert@cchmc.org

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Global child health; service of underserved; vaccination program; vulnerable populations

Biography

Dr. Schubert is a professor of clinical pediatrics in the Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center within the UC Department of Pediatrics. He has always had an interest in delivering quality medical care to patients living in poverty both in this country and in Africa. He was one of the founders of Crossroad Health Center, a faith-based community health center located in one of Cincinnati’s poorest communities. His time in Africa included a year long stint at a mission hospital in rural Zambia where he not only provided clinical care but worked with staff in the area of leadership development. As associate program director for the Pediatric Residency Program, he is developing the Global Health Track for pediatric residents.

MD: University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 1979.

Residency: Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 1983-1987.

Certification: Pediatrics, 1987; Pediatric Emergency Medicine, 1996; Clinical Tropical Medicine, 2010.

Shapiro RA, Schubert CJ, Myers PA. Vaginal Discharge as an Indication of Gonorrhea and Chlamydia Infection. Pediatric Emergency Care. 1993 9(6):341-345.

Shapiro, R, Schubert, CJ, Siegel, R. Neisseria gonorrhea Infections in Girls Younger than 12 years of Age Evaluated for Vaginitis. Pediatrics. 1999 104(6):e72.

Bullock B, Schubert CJ, Brophy P, Johnson N, Reed M, Shapiro R. Etiology and Characteristics of Rib Fractures in Infants. Pediatrics. 2000 105(4) e48.

Schubert CJ, Chambers P. Building the Skill of Delivering Bad. Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine. 2005 6:165-172.

Yee EL, Staat MA, Azimi P, Bernstein DI, Ward RL, Schubert CJ, Matson DO, Turcios RM, Parashar U, Widdowson MA, Glass RI. The Burden of Rotavirus Disease among Children visiting Pediatric Emergency Departments in Cincinnati, Ohio and Oakland, California, 1999-2000. Pediatrics. 2008 Nov 122 (5) 971-77.

Schubert CJ, Valek B, Kiesler J, Klein MD. Teaching Advocacy to Physicians in Multicultural Settings. The Open Medical Journal. 2009 2:1-8.

Diers T, Montauk SL, Vaughn LM, Lehman C, Kiesler J, Schubert CJ, Smucker D, Valek B. Competencies for the Adaptable Physician: Training Residents to Care for Vulnerable Populations. The Open Medical Education Journal. 2009 2:26-35. 2009.

Gittelman MA, Pomerantz WJ, Schubert CJ. Implementing and evaluating an injury prevention curriculum within a pediatric residency program. J Trauma. 2010 69(4 Suppl):S239-44.

lyer S, Schubert C, Schoettker P, Reeves S. Use of Quality-improvement Methods to Improve Timeliness of Analgesic delivery. Pediatrics. 2011 Jan 127;1:e219-25.

Ndidi I. Unaka, MD Associate Director, Pediatric Residency Training Program 513-636-4506 ndidi.unaka@cchmc.org

Kathryn A. Wikenheiser-Brokamp, MD, PhD Director, Residency Research Program 513-803-0239 kathryn.wikenheiser-brokamp@cchmc.org

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Kathryn A. Wikenheiser-Brokamp, MD, PhD

Director, Residency Research Program

Associate Director, Medical Scientist Training Program

Academic Affiliations

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine

Phone 513-803-0239

Fax 513-636-7868

Email kathryn.wikenheiser-brokamp@cchmc.org

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Pathology; pulmonary pathology

BS: Mathematics/Natural Science, Secondary Education Minor, University of Mary, Bismarck, ND, 1988.

PhD: Developmental Biology, Developmental Biology and Medical Science Scholars Programs, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 1994.

MD: Medical Science Scholars Program, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 1996.

Residency: Anatomic Pathology, Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University-Barnes/Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, MO, 1996-2002.

Clinical Training/Postdoctoral Research: Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, 1999-2002.

Licensure: State of Ohio, 2003.

Certification: Anatomic Pathology, The American Board of Pathology, 1999.

Chlon TM, Hoskins EE, Mayhew CN, Wikenheiser-Brokamp KA, Davies SM, Mehta P, Myers KC, Wells JM, Wells SI. High-risk Human Papillomavirus E6 protein promotes reprogramming of Fanconi Anemia patient cells through repression of p53 but does not allow for sustained growth of induced Pluripotent Stem Cells. J Virol. 2014 Oct 1;88(19):11315-26.

Adams AK, Hallenbeck GE, Casper KA, Patil YJ, Wilson KM, Kimple RJ, Lambert PF, Witte DP, Xiao W, Gillison ML, Wikenheiser-Brokamp KA, Wise-Draper TM, Wells SI. DEK promotes HPV-positive and -negative head and neck cancer cell proliferation. Oncogene. 2-14 Mar 10;0:1.

Cundiff WB, McCormack FX, Wikenheiser-Brokamp K, Starnes S, Kotloff R, Benzaquen S. Successful management of a chronic, refractory bronchopleural fistula with endobronchial valves followed by talc pleurodesis. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2014 Feb 15;189(4):490-1.

Akeno N, Miller AL, Ma X, Wikenheiser-Brokamp KA. p53 suppresses carcinoma progression by inhibiting mTOR pathway activation. Oncogene. 2014 Jan 27.

Zafar MA, McCormack FX, Rahman S, Tencza C, Wikenheiser-Brokamp KA, Young LR, Shizukuda Y, Elwing JM. Pulmonary vascular shunts in exercise-intolerant patients with lymphangioleiomyomatosis. Am J Respir Cri. Care Med. 2013 Nov 1;188(9):1167-70.

McCormack FX, Wilmott C, Young LR, Wikenheiser-Brokamp K. An atoll variant that mocks. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2013 Jul 1;188(1): 110.

Meraj R, Wikenheiser-Brokamp KA, Young LR, Byrnes S, McCormack FX. Utility of transbronchial biopsy in the diagnosis of lymphangioleiomyomatosis. Front Med. 2012 Dec;6(4); 395-405.

Hill DA, Ivanovich J, Priest JR, Gurnett CA, Dehner LP, Desruisseau D, Jarzembowski JA, Wikenheiser-Brokamp KA, Suarez BK, Whelan AJ, Williams G, Bracamontes D, Messenger Y, Goodfellow PJ. DICER1 mutations in familial pleuropulmonary blastoma. Science. 2009 Aug 21;325(5943):965.

Simpson DS, Mason-Richie NA, Gettler CA, Wikenheiser-Brokamp KA. Retinoblastoma family proteins have distinct functions in pulmonary epithelial cells in vivo critical for suppressing cell growth and tumorigenesis. Cancer Res. 2009 Nov 15;69(22):8733-41.

Mason-Richie NA, Mistry MJ, Gettler CA Elayyadi A, Wikenheiser-Brokamp KA. Retinoblastoma function is essential for establishing lung epithelial quiescence after injury. Cancer Res. 2008 Jun 1;68(11):4068-76.

Chief Residents