Department of Critical Care Medicine

Paul Leeds Rogers, MD

Titles:
Professor, CCM and Medicine
Vice Chair, Education
Program Director, MCCTP

Contact:
Email: rogerspl@ccm.upmc.edu

Degrees:

POST GRADUATE EDUCATION INSTITUTION AND LOCATION	DEGREE	YEAR	FIELD
University of Arkansas School of Medicine	MD	1978-1982	Medicine
Residency:
University of Virginia School of Medicine	Resident	1983-1985	Medicine
Fellowship:
National Institutes of Health, Bethesda MD	Fellow	1985-1987	Critical Care Medicine
Other:
Coursework toward MPH (biostatistics, epidemiology)		1993-1994
Board Certifications:			Year
American Board of Internal Medicine American Board of			1985
Medicine/Critical Care Medicine American Board of Internal			1987
Internal Medicine/Critical Care Medicine			1997

Administrative Title:

Educational:

11/88-Present University of Pittsburgh Director
School of Medicine Elective Clerkship
for Fourth-year Medical Students in Critical Care Medicine
9/96-Present University of Pittsburgh Director
School of Medicine Internal Medicine Fellowship in Critical Care
12/98-Present University of Pittsburgh Director
School of Medicine Multidisciplinary Critical Care Training Program
7/99-Present University of Pittsburgh Director
School of Medicine Mandatory Clerkship for
Third-year Medical Students in Critical Care Medicine
Service:
7/1/87-Present Presbyterian University Hospital Intensivist9/96-Present Veterans Affairs Medical Center Director
Surgical Intensive Care Unit
6/97-Present VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System Vice President
Critical Care Service Line

Major Honors/Awards:

Critical Care Medicine Faculty of the Year 1991
Critical Care Medicine Faculty of the Year 1992
Critical Care Medicine Faculty of the Year 1993
Critical Care Medicine Faculty of the Year 1994
Golden Apple Awarded by Graduating Medical School Class for
Excellence in Clinical Education 1995
University of Pittsburgh Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award 1996
Critical Care Medicine Clinical Teacher of the Year 1996
Critical Care Medicine Faculty of the Year 1997
Critical Care Medicine Clinical Teacher of the Year 1998
Society of Critical Care Medicine Presidential Citation Award 1999
Critical Care Medicine Faculty of the Year 2000
Selected to participate in Graduation Ceremonies by Senior Class 2001
University of Pittsburgh Alumni Faculty Recognition Award 2001
Golden Apple Awarded by Graduating Medical School Class for
Excellence in Clinical Education 2001
The Kenneth E. Schuit Award, Dean’s Award for Master Educator 2001
Golden Apple Awarded by Graduating Medical School Class for
Excellence in Clinical Education 2002

Research Grants:

Title	Source of Support
10/94-5/96 “Teaching medical students complex cognitive skills in the Intensive Care Unit” Principal Investigator: Paul L. Rogers, MD. Co-Investigators: Edward Thomas, MD; Herbert Jacobs, MD; and Robert Willinkein, MD.	Society for Education in Anesthesia
7/97-6/02 “Experimental Therapeutics in Critical Illness”. Principle Investigator: Michael R. Pinksy, MD. Co-Investigators: Charles W. Buffington, MD; Arthur M. Feldman, MD; Edwin K. Jackson, MD; Candance Johnson, MD; Valerian E. Kagan, PhD; Alan Koretsky, PhD; Judith Lave, PhD; Bruce R. Pitt, PhD; Edmund M. Ricci, PhD; Theresa L. Whiteside, MD, PhD; Ake Grenvik, MD, PhD; James V. Snyder, MD; and Paul L. Rogers, MD.	National Institutes of Health T32-HL
4/00-6/01 “Development of a Computerized-Based Aid for Evaluation of Student Performance” Principal Investigators: Paul Rogers, MD and Randy Wax, MD. Co-Investigator: Michael R. Pinsky, MD.	University of Pittsburgh Innovation in Education Award
4/00 “Feedback Improvement Strategy Hypothesis (FISH) Study: Does the addition of immediate, detailed, enriched feedback following simulated resuscitation scenarios improve eventual performance during resuscitation by medical students?” Principle Investigator: Randy Wax, MD. Co-Investigators: Paul L. Rogers, MD and Michael R. Pinsky, MD.	The Laerdal Foundation for Acute Medicine Salary Grant

Current Research Interest:

Presentations at Major Meetings:

6/02 The Simulator as a Teaching and Evaluation Tool. Scandinavian Society of Critical Care, Uppsala, Sweden.