Department of Critical Care Medicine

Richard A. Orr, MD

Titles:
Professor, CCM and Pediatrics

Degrees:

POST GRADUATE EDUCATION INSTITUTION AND LOCATION	DEGREE	YEAR	FIELD
West Virginia University Morgantown, WV	MD	1977	Medicine
Residency:
West Virginia University Hospital Morgantown, WV	Resident	1977-1980
Fellowship:
Division of Critical Care Medicine University Health Center of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA	Fellow	1980-1981	Critical Care Medicine
Board Certifications:			Year
American Board of Pediatrics			May 1982
Critical Care Medicine			May 1987
Critical Care Medicine Recertification			May 2002

Administrative Title:

July 1981-present, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Associate Director,
Intensive Care Unit, Pittsburgh, PA
March 1983-present, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Director
Pediatric Critical Care Transport, Pittsburgh, PA

Major Honors/Awards:

Instructor, Pediatric Advanced Life Support 1988-present
American Heart Association
American Academy of Pediatrics
Member, Executive Committee 1989-1992
Section on Critical Care Medicine
The American Academy of Pediatrics
Member, Executive Committee 1991-1996
Section on Transport Medicine
The American Academy of Pediatrics
AAP Representative and Board Member 1991-present
Commission on Accreditation of
Medical Transport Systems
Member at Large 1994 - 1996
Board of Trustees
Air Medical Physicians Association
Vice Chair, Commission on the Accreditation of 1996 - present
Medical Transport Systems
Chair, Pediatric Committee 2001 - present
National Association of EMS Physicians
Best Paper Award, American Academy of Pediatrics October 1992
Section of Transport Medicine, Annual Meeting
San Francisco
"Predicting the need for major interventions during pediatric
inter-hospital transport using pre-transport variables"
Pediatric Specialty Award January 1999
Society of Critical Care Medicine
San Francisco
"Pediatric specialty care teams are associated with reduced
morbidity during pediatric inter-facility transport"
Air Medical Physician of the Year Award October 2002
Air Medical Physicians Association Annual Meeting
Orlando, Fl

Research Grants:

Title	Source of Support
Grant # 1-MCH-424003-01-0 “Developing a Pediatric Severity of Illness Model for Transport System Evaluation and Triage”	Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMSC) Targeted Issues Grant Maternal and Child Health Bureau Health Resources and Services Administration Public Health Service
Grant # 1-1434-MC-00040-01 “Outcome Assessment in Interfacility Transport”	Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMSC) Targeted Issues Grant Maternal and Child Health Bureau Health Resources and Services Administration Public Health Service

Current Research Interest: