Melinda L. Fiedor-Hamilton, MD
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Titles:
Assistant Professor of Critical Care Medicine & Pediatrics Associate Director of Pediatric Programs at the WISER Center

Degrees:

POST GRADUATE EDUCATION
INSTITUTION AND LOCATION
DEGREE YEAR FIELD
Medical School: Creighton University School of Medicine MD 1996 Medicine
Residency:  
Penn State/Hershey Medical Center Intern /Resident 1999 Pediatrics
Fellowship:
 
Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh Fellow 2003 Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
Other:
 
University of Pittsburgh MS 2005 Medical Education
Board Certifications: Year
American Board of Pediatrics
2001

Research Grants :

Title Source of Support
T32 Research Grant with Safar Center for Resuscitation NIH
Laerdal Research Grant Laerdal

Administrative Titles:

Director of Pediatric Simulation, Peter M. Winter Institute for Simulation, Education, Research

Current Research Interest:

  • Simulation and processes of post-graduate medical education

Major Honors/Awards:

  • Primary pediatric advisor for the beta-testing project of SimBaby (Laerdal, Inc.), 2002-2005
  • “Application of Medical Simulation in the Pediatric Clinical Environment” Invited Speaker, 2nd Annual Safar Symposium, Pittsburgh, PA

Publications:

  • Fiedor-Hamilton-Hamilton M. “Pediatric Simulation: A Valuable Tool for Pediatric Medical Education”, Critical Care Medicine, 2004 Vol. 32, No. 2 (Suppl).
  • Nguyen T, Hall M, Han Y, Fiedor-Hamilton-Hamilton M, Hasset A, Lopez I, Watson RS, Lum L, and Carcillo J.
    “Microvascular Thrombosis in Pediatric Multiple Organ Failure: Is it a Therapeutic Target?”,
    Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, July 2001: Vol 2, (187-196).
  • Fiedor-Hamilton-Hamilton, M, DeVita, M. “Human Simulation & Crisis-Team Training” in Simulators in Critical Care and Beyond, Society of Critical Care Medicine, © 2004

Presentations at Major Meetings:

  • Fiedor-Hamilton, M., Kochanek, P. , Watson, RS., Schaefer, J.Angus, D. “Preliminary Evaluation of SimBaby, A Novel Pediatric Simulator”, presented at the 34th Society of Critical Care Medicine Educational and Scientific Symposium, Phoenix, AZ, Critical Care Medicine, 2004: 32(12).
  • Fiedor-Hamilton, M, Venkataraman, S, Davidson B, Sacchi A, “Effect of Heliox on Effective Tidal Volume in a Pediatric Lung Model” presented at the 32nd Society of Critical Care Medicine Educational Symposium, Critical Care Medicine, 2002, 30, No. 12 (Suppl).
  • Poster presentation at the Society of Critical Care Medicine 29th Educational and Scientific Symposium; Orlando, FL, February 2000.