Joseph M Darby, MD
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Titles:
Professor, CCM and Surgery

Contact:
Email: darbyjm@ccm.upmc.edu

Degrees:

POST GRADUATE EDUCATION
INSTITUTION AND LOCATION
DEGREE YEAR FIELD
University of Illinois MD 1981 Medicine
Residency:  
University of Texas Resident 1981-1984 Internal Medicine
Fellowship:
 
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA Fellow 1984-1986 Critical Care Medicine
Other:
 
Coursework toward MPH (biostatistics, epidemiology)   1993-1994  
Board Certifications: Year
ABIM – Internal Medicine
1984
ABIM – Critical Care Medicine 1987

Administrative Title:

  • Medical Director, Trauma Intensive Care Unit, Presbyterian-University Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA

Major Honors/Awards:

  • Excellence in Teaching Award, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Pittsburgh (2002)
  • First Annual Surgical Educator Award, Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh (2004)
  • Faculty of the Year Award, Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh (2004)

Publications:

  • Darby J, Yonas H, Gur D, Latchaw RE.  Xenon-enhanced Computed Tomography in Brain Death. Archives of Neurology 44:551-554, 1987.
  • Darby J, Stein K, Grenvik A, Stuart S.  Approach to management of the heart-beating brain dead organ donor.  JAMA 261(15):2222-2228,1989.
  • Darby JM, Nemoto EM, Yonas H, Yao L, Melick JA, Boston JR. Local Cerebral blood flow measured by xenon-enhanced CT during cryogenic brain edema and intracranial hypertension in monkeys. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab 13:763-772, 1993.
  • Darby JM, Linden P, Pasculle W, Saul M.  Utilization and diagnostic yield of blood cultures in a surgical intensive care unit.  Crit Care Med 25:989-994, 1997.
  • Powner DJ, Darby JM. Current considerations in the issue of brain death. Neurosurgery 45 (5): 1222-1227, 1999.
  • Kerr ME, Weber BB, Serieika SM, Darby J, Marion DW, Orndoff PA.  Effect of endotracheal suctioning on cerebral oxygenation in traumatic brain injured patients. Critical Care Medicine 27 (12): 2777-2781, 1999.
  • Powner DJ, Kellum JA, Darby JM.  Abnormalities in fluids, electrolytes, and metabolism of organ donors.  Prog Transplant 2000; 10(2):88-95.
    Powner DJ, Kellum JA, Darby JM. Concepts of the strong ion difference applied to large volume resuscitation. J Intensive Care Med, 16: 169-176, 2001.
  • Powner DJ, Darby JM, Kellum JA.  Proposed treatment guidelines for donor care.  Progress in Transplantation 2004; 14:16-28.
  • Powner DJ, Darby JM, Crommett JW, Levine RL.  Therapeutic hypertension: principles and methods.  Neurosurg Rev  27:227-235, 2004.