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Lee E. Morrow, M.D., M.Sc.

Creighton University Medical Center

Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

601 North 30th Street, Suite 3820

Omaha, NE 68131

Work Phone: (402) 449-4486

Pager: (402) 956-5824

FAX: (402) 280-5256

E-mail: lmorrow@creighton.edu

Professional Experience

• Assistant Professor of Medicine, Creighton University School of Medicine

- January 1, 2003, to present

- 20% Patient Care, 80% Clinical Research

• Assistant Professor of Pharmacy, Creighton University School of Pharmacy and Health Professions

- October 17, 2006, to present

- Secondary appointment

• Clinical Instructor of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine

- July 1, 2002 - December 31, 2002

- 20% Patient Care, 80% Clinical Research

Clinical Training

Fellowship

0. Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri

- July 1, 1999 – June 30, 2002

- Board Certified, Pulmonary Medicine, November 6, 2002

- Board Certified, Critical Care Medicine, November 5, 2003

Residency

1. Memorial Medical Center, Savannah, Georgia

- July 1, 1996 – June 30, 1999

- Board Certified, Internal Medicine, September 12, 1999

Education

Medical School

2. University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA

M.D. (5/10/1996)

Graduate School

3. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

M.Sc. in Clinical Research Design and Statistical Analysis (4/27/2003)

Undergraduate

4. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

B.S. in Biology (5/1/1992)

Board Certification

• ABIM, Internal Medicine (1999 – Present)

• ABIM, Pulmonary Medicine (2002 – Present)

ABIM, Critical Care Medicine (2003 – Present)

Active Hospital Privileges

• Creighton University Medical Center, Omaha, NE (2003 – Present)

• Myrtue Memorial Hospital, Harlan, IA (2005 – Present)

• Boys Town National Research Hospital, Omaha, NE (2007 – Present)

• Memorial Community Hospital, Blair, NE (2007 – Present)

Continuing Education

• The Healthcare Associated Pneumonia Summit, Group Leader

Dallas, TX (12/15/2006 – 12/17/2006)

• Metro Omaha Medical Society’s Leadership Institute

Omaha, NE (10/21/2005 – 10/22/2005)

• Creighton University “Teaching with Technology” Fellowship

Omaha, NE (2/9/2004 – 4/12/2004)

• Core Faculty, Creighton’s Center for Practice Improvement and Outcomes Research Omaha, NE (1/1/2003 – Present)

• National Lung Health Education “Train the Trainer” Program

Dallas, TX (6/26/2003)

• Practicum in Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing

Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA (3/27/2003)

Administration

Hospital Committees

• Member, Research Advisory Committee: 2007 – Present

• Member, CME Planning Subcommittee: 2006 – Present

• Member, Graduate Medical Education Committee: 2005 – Present

• Member, Health Sciences Research Committee: 2005 – Present

• Chairman, Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee: 2005 – Present

• Member, Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee: 2004 – Present

Professional Societies

• American Thoracic Society Critical Care Assembly Scientific Program Committee 2005 – Present

• Founder and Chair, Annual Integrating Evidence Based Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Into Clinical Practice CME Conference, 2005 – Present

• Co-Founder and Co-Chair, Omaha City-Wide Pulmonary Physicians Conference, 2003 – Present

Education

• Fellowship Program Director: July 2007 – Present

• Associate Fellowship Program Director: July 2005 – June 2007

• IDC 101 and IDC 102 (Molecular and Cellular Biology) Clinical Case Director and Faculty: 2004 – 2006

• Medicine 483 (Medical Statistics) Co-Course Master and Faculty: 2004 – Present

• Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Conference Director: 2003 – Present

Awards

Clinical Awards

5. Guide to America’s Top Physicians, 2007

6. Best of the U.S. Physicians, 2006

7. Omaha’s Best Doctors, 2005

8. Best Doctors in America, 2005

9. Washington University Pulmonary & Critical Care Chief Fellow, 2001-2002

10. Memorial Medical Center Hospital-Wide Resident of the Year Award, 1999

11. Memorial Medical Center Department of Internal Medicine Resident of the Year Award, 1999

12. Memorial Medical Center Internal Medicine Chief Resident, 1998-1999

Research Awards

13. CHEST Foundation Young Investigator Award, 2005

14. Creighton University Department of Internal Medicine Excellence in Research Recognition, 2005

15. Winner, National Research Poster Competition, American College of Physicians 80th Annual Session, 1999

16. Winner, American College of Physicians Region IX Research Competition, 1999

17. First Place, Memorial Medical Center Research Competition, 1999

18. Winner, American College of Physicians Region IX Research Competition, 1998

19. First Place, Memorial Medical Center Research Competition, 1998

20. American Federation for Clinical Research Award, 1994

21. University of Iowa College of Medicine Research Externship, 1993

22. University of Michigan Department of Physiology Research Stipend, 1992

23. University of Michigan Department of Physiology Research Stipend, 1991

Teaching Awards

24. Creighton University Golden Apple Nomination, 2006

25. Creighton University Internal Medicine Residents’ Teaching Service Award, 2005

26. Creighton University Department of Internal Medicine Excellence in Medical Education Recognition, 2005

27. Creighton University Golden Apple Nomination (two nominations), 2005

28. Creighton University Internal Medicine Residents’ Teaching Service Award, 2004

29. Creighton University Golden Apple Nomination, 2004

30. Creighton University Department of Internal Medicine Excellence in Medical Education Recognition, 2004

31. Creighton University Golden Apple Nomination, 2003

32. Creighton University Internal Medicine Residents’ Teaching Service Award, 2003

33. Mercer University School of Medicine Internal Medicine Teaching Resident of the Year, 1998-1999

34. Mercer University School of Medicine Internal Medicine Teaching Resident of the Year, 1997-1998

Professional Society Awards

35. CHEST Foundation Young Investigator Award, 2005

36. American College of Chest Physicians’ Humanitarian Recognition Award 2005

37. Elected to Fellowship in the American College of Chest Physicians, 2004

38. American College of Chest Physicians 5th Leadership Development for Academic Physicians Program Recipient, 2003

Peer Review Service

Scientific Journal Editorial Board

39. Clinical Medicine: Respiratory and Pulmonary Medicine

Scientific Journal Reviews

40. CHEST

41. CME Scholar

42. Critical Care Medicine

43. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases

44. Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment

45. Nutrition: The International Journal of Applied and Basic Nutritional Sciences

46. Respiratory Care

Scientific Abstract Reviews

47. American College of Chest Physicians, Annual Program Assembly, Scientific Abstract Review Committee, 2005-Present

48. American Thoracic Society, Critical Care Assembly, Scientific Program Abstract Review Committee, 2004-Present

49. Society of Critical Care Medicine, Critical Care Congress, Congress Abstract Review Committee, 2007-Present

Academic Grant Reviews

50. American Institute of Biological Science, Medical Research Program

51. Health Future Foundation Faculty Development Grant

52. Society of Critical Care Medicine, Research Committee

Peer-Reviewed Publications

• Morrow LE, Malesker MA. A 70-Year Old Woman With Septic Shock. Submitted to Chest: under peer review.

• Le R, Morrow LE. Obstructive Sleep Apnea. Submitted to MedScape General Medicine: under peer review.

• Cai W, Malesker MA, Morrow LE, Schuller D. Use of Methylxanthines to Improve Oxygenation Following Acute Cervical Spine Injury. Submitted to Annals of Pharmacotherapy: under review.

• Wear R, Morrow LE, Malesker MA. Limited Access to Effective Antidote Therapy in Acute Colchicine Overdose. Submitted to Pharmacotherapy: under review.

• Morrow LE, Kollef MH, Niederman MS, Leeper KV, Anzueto A. Predictors of Mortality in Patients with Ventilator Associated Pneumonia: A Multicenter Experience. Submitted to Critical Care Medicine: under review.

• Morrow LE. The Clinical and Microbiologic Features of Healthcare-Associated Pneumonia are More Similar to Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia than Community-Acquired Pneumonia. Clinical Infectious Diseases. In Press.

• Isakow W, Morrow LE, Kollef MH. Probiotics for Preventing and Treating Nosocomial Infections: Review of Current Evidence and Recommendations. Chest. 2007; 132(1):286-294.

• Morrow LE, Malesker MA. The HCAP Handicap: What hospitalists need to know about healthcare-associated pneumonia. The Hospitalist. 2007; 11(4):27-29.

• Morrow LE, Wear R, Malesker MA. Contemporary Limitations in the Management of Acute Isoniazid Toxicity with Pyridoxine. Pharmacotherapy. 2006; 26(10):1529-32.

• Kollef M, Morrow LE, Niederman MS, Leeper KV, Anzueto A, Benz-Scott L, Rodino FJ. Clinical Characteristics and Treatment Patterns Among Patients With Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia. Chest. 2006; 129(5):1210-8.

• Morrow LE, Malesker MA, Tilleman J. Management of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension. Hospital Pharmacist. 2005; 12(10):18-38.

• Farrington KL, Morrow LE. Antimicrobial Metals: A Non-Antibiotic Approach to Nosocomial Infections. Respiratory Therapy. 2005; 18(9):22-26.

53. Yusen RD, Morrow LE, and Brown KL. Health-Related Quality of Life After Lung Volume Reduction Surgery. Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2002; 14(4):1-10.

• Morrow LE and Grimsley EW. Cardiology Quiz. Resident and Staff Physician. 2001; 47(1):28.

• Acosta B, DiBenedetto R, Rahimi A, Acosta MF, Cuadra O, Van Nguyen A, and Morrow LE. Hemodynamic Effects of Non-Invasive Bilevel Positive Airway Pressure on Patients with Chronic Congestive Heart Failure with Systolic Dysfunction. Chest. 2000; 118(4)1004-9.

54. Morrow LE, Grimsley EW. Long-Term Diuretic Therapy in Hypertensive Patients: Effects on Serum Homocysteine, Vitamin B-6, Vitamin B-12, and Red Blood Cell Folate Concentrations. Southern Medical Journal. 1999; 92(9):866-70.

55. Morrow LE, McClellan JL, Klir JJ, Kluger MJ. The CNS site of glucocorticoid negative feedback during LPS- and psychological stress-induced fevers. American Journal of Physiology. 1996; 271(3 Pt 2):R732-7.

56. McClellan JL, Klir JJ, Morrow LE, Kluger MJ. Central effects of glucocorticoid receptor antagonist RU-38486 on lipopolysaccharide and stress-induced fever. American Journal of Physiology. 1994; 267(3 Pt 2):R705-11.

57. Morrow LE, McClellan JL, Conn CA, Kluger MJ. Glucocorticoids alter fever and IL-6 responses to psychological stress and to lipopolysaccharide. American Journal of Physiology. 1993; 264(5 Pt 2):R1010-6.

Invited Publications

58. Morrow, LE. ICU Syndrome. Audio-Digest Psychiatry. 2007;36(18).

59. Morrow LE, Malesker MA. Acid-Base Disturbances. In: Chisolm-Burns MA, Wells BG, Schwinghammer TL, Malone PM, Kolesar JM, Rotschafer JC, DiPiro JT. Pharmacotherapy Principals and Practice. New York: McGraw Hill. 2007.

60. Malesker MA, Morrow LE. Fluids and Electrolytes. In: Chisolm-Burns MA, Wells BG, Schwinghammer TL, Malone PM, Kolesar JM, Rotschafer JC, DiPiro JT. Pharmacotherapy Principals and Practice. New York: McGraw Hill. 2007.

61. Morrow LE, Schuller D. Tracheobronchitis in the ICU, in Infectious Diseases in Critical Care. Springer Press. New York. 2007.

62. Shifren A, Morrow LE. Interstitial Lung Diseases, in The Washington Manual Subspecialty Consult Series: Pulmonary Medicine Subspecialty Consult. Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins. New York. 2006.

63. Schuller D, Morrow LE. Pulmonary Complications Following Coronary Revascularization. Current Opinions in Cardiology. 2000;15:309-15.

64. Morrow LE. Homocysteine: More Questions than Answers. Nutrition. 2000; 16(9):780-1.

Abstracts

65. Morrow LE, Vennapusa F, Vanderloo M, Malesker MA. Epidemiology of Renal Insufficiency in Geriatric Patients with Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia. Chest. In press.

66. Morrow LE, Vennapusa F, Vanderloo M, Malesker MA. Epidemiology of Renal Insufficiency in Patients with Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2007: 175;A325.

67. Morrow LE, Malesker MA, Farrington KL. Diagnostic Criteria and Intensity of Surveillance Affect Reportable Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Rates. Chest. 2006: 130(4);101S.

68. Malesker MA, Morrow LE, Hilleman D. Cost-Effectiveness of Intensive Insulin Therapy in Critically Ill Patients: A Meta-Analysis. Critical Care Medicine. 2005: 33(12);A83.

69. Morrow LE, Kollef MH, Leeper KV, Anzueto A, Benz-Scott L, Rodino FJ, Niederman MS. Predictors of Death Among Patients with Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia. Chest. 2005: 128(4);142S.

70. Morrow LE, Kollef MH, Bowers JB, Casale TB. Probiotic Manipulation of the Native Flora in Critically Ill Patients: An Opportunity for Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Prophylaxis? Chest. 2005: 128(4);144S.

71. Kollef MH, Leeper KV, Anzueto A, Morrow LE, Benz-Scott L, Rodino F, Niederman MS. Clinical and Treatment Patterns Among 398 Patients with Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia: Final Results of the Assessment of Local Antimicrobial Resistance Measures (ALARM) Study. Chest. 2005: 128(4);142S.

72. Chakinala MM, Hachem RR, Morrow LE, Yusen RD, Patterson GA, Trulock EP. Long-Term Outcomes of Single and Bilateral Lung Transplantation for Adults with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension. Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 2005: 24(2);S55.

73. Kollef MH, Niederman MS, Leeper KV, Morrow LE, Anzueto A, Benz-Scott L, Rodino F. Escalation/De-escalation of Initial Empiric Ventilator Associated Pneumonia Therapy. Chest. 2004: 126(4);718S.

74. Sankarapandian B, Thambidorai SK, Bandara M, Dodla S, Morrow LE. Colchicine Overdose: Not Just Diarrhea. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2004; 19(Supp. 1);43.

75. Ryan SC, Morrow LE, Meyers BF, Thompson P, Hachem RR, Chakinala MM, Patterson GA, Trulock EP, Yusen RD. The Impact of Lung Transplantation on the Survival of Patients with Cystic Fibrosis. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2004: 169(7);A269.

76. Sankarapandian B, Marsh A, Bandara M, Thambidorai S, Morrow LE, Lund R, Dunlay R. Complex Acid-Base Disturbance in a Pregnant Female. American Journal of Kidney Disease. 2004; 43:A41.

77. Morrow LE, Trulock EP, Thompson P, Bennett L, Yusen RD. Survival of Patients with Primary Pulmonary Hypertension Wait-Listed for Lung Transplant. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2003; 167(7);A611.

78. Morrow LE, Trulock EP, Meyers BF, Patterson GA, Scavuzzo M, Yusen RD. Predictors of Death for Patients with Primary Pulmonary Hypertension Wait-Listed for Lung Transplantation. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2002; 165(7);A559.

Completed Research Support - Government

• Role: Fellow (PI: Michael J. Holtzman, MD, Dept. of Medicine)

Source: NIH-National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, 5 T32 HL007317-24

Type: Federal training grant

Title: Institutional National Research Service Award

Dates: January 1, 2001 – December 31, 2002

• Role: Research Trainee (PI: Donald Heistad, MD)

Source: NIH-National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, 5 T35 HL007485-14

Type: Federal training grant

Title: Short-Term Institutional Research Training Grant

Dates: May 1, 1993 – July 31, 1993

Completed Research Support - Private

79. Role: Primary Investigator

Source: Creighton University Health Futures Foundation

Type: University-sponsored, investigator-initiated, single center trial

Title: Probiotic Prophylaxis of Ventilator Associated Pneumonia

Dates: August 1, 2003 – July 31, 2006 Role: Primary Investigator

80. Role: Primary Investigator

Source: The Association of Subspecialty Professors – The American College of Chest Physicians

Type: Private foundation-sponsored, investigator-initiated, single center trial

Title: A Multidisciplinary Intervention to Optimize the Recovery of Elderly Patients Hospitalized with Community Acquired Pneumonia

Dates: July 1, 2004 – June 30, 2006

81. Role: Primary Investigator

Source: C.R. Bard Inc.

Type: Industry-sponsored, multicenter trial

Title: Multicenter Clinical Trial of the Bard Silver-Coated Endotracheal Tube to Reduce Ventilator Associated Pneumonia (VAP). Protocol Number 5003A

Dates: July 1, 2003 – March 10, 2006

82. Role: Subinvestigator

Source: Johnson and Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development

Type: Industry-sponsored, multicenter trial

Title: A randomized, double blind, placebo-controlled study to determine the efficacy and safety of epoetin alfa in critically ill subjects

Dates: January 20, 2005 – December 31, 2005

83. Role: Subinvestigator

Source: Discover Laboratories, Inc.

Type: Industry-sponsored, multicenter trial

Title: A multicenter, randomized, controlled trial comparing the safety and effectiveness of surfaxin (lucinactant) delivered via bronchopulmonary segmental lavage to standard of care in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)

Dates: January 19, 2005 – December 31, 2005

84. Role: Primary Investigator

Source: Elan Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Type: Industry-sponsored, multicenter trial

Title: Assessment of Local Antimicrobial Resistance Measures (ALARM)

Dates: July 1, 2003 – December 31, 2004

85. Role: Primary Investigator

Source: Spanish Health Institute

Type: Foreign foundation-sponsored, multicenter trial

Title: Second International Study of Mechanical Ventilation

Dates: April 1, 2004 – April 30, 2004

86. Role: Subinvestigator

Source: Organon, Inc.

Type: Industry-sponsored, multicenter trial

Title: A multicenter, multinational, randomized, open-label study comparing the efficacy and safety of once daily Org31540/SR90107A versus adjusted-dose intravenous unfractionated heparin in the initial treatment of acute symptomatic pulmonary embolism. Study Number 63123

Dates: 2000 – 2002

87. Role: Subinvestigator

Source: Sanofi-Synthelabo, Inc.

Type: Industry-sponsored, multicenter trial

Title: A multicenter, randomized, double-blinded study comparing the efficacy and safety of once daily Org31540/SR90107A versus twice daily enoxaparin in the initial treatment of acute symptomatic deep venous thrombosis. Protocol Number ECF 2441

Dates: 2000 – 2002

88. Role: Subinvestigator

Source: Rhone Poulenc Rorer Pharmaceutical

Type: Industry-sponsored, multicenter trial

Title: Open-Label, Comparative, Randomized, Multicenter Phase III Study of Intravenous Treatment of Synercid 7.5 mg/kg q 8 Hours Plus Aztreonam 2 g q 8 Hours versus Standard Therapy in the Treatment of 190 Adult Evaluable Hospitalized Patients with Nosocomial Pneumonia Due, at Least in Part, to Gram Positive Cocci

Dates: July 1, 1998 – June 30, 1999

89. Role: Subinvestigator

Source: Roche Pharmaceuticals

Type: Industry-sponsored, multicenter trial

Title: A Prospective, Open-Label, Randomized by Physician, Parallel Group, Multicenter Study to Asses the Pharmacoeconomic and Medical Outcomes in Patients with Community Acquired Pneumonia Treated with a Practice Guideline Recommending Early Hospital Discharge Facilitated with the Use of Rocephin Versus a Regimen of “Usual Care”

Dates: July 1, 1998 – June 30, 1999

90. Role: Subinvestigator

Source: Astra Zeneca International

Type: Industry-sponsored, multicenter trial

Title: Multicenter Nonrandomized Trial of Intravenous Merrem (Meropenem, ICI 194,660) for the Treatment of Hospital Acquired Pneumonia

Dates: July 1, 1998 – June 30, 1999

Current Research Support - Government

91. Role: Primary Investigator

Source: NIH-National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, 1 K23 HL84191-01

Type: Federal career-development award

Title: Probiotic Prophylaxis of Ventilator Associated Pneumonia

Dates: August 8, 2005 – August 7, 2010

92. Role: Primary Investigator

Source: LB-691 (The Nebraska Tobacco Settlement)

Type: Private foundation-sponsored, investigator-initiated, single center trial

Title: Probiotic Prophylaxis of Pneumonia

Dates: November 1, 2004 – Present

Current Research Support - Private

93. Role: Primary Investigator

Source: Ortho-McNeil Janssen, LLC

Type: Industry-sponsored, multicenter trial

Title: A phase 2, open-label, non-comparative study of Doripenem in the treatment of nosocomial and ventilator-associated pneumonia in hospitals where Pseudomonas aeruginosa may be a prevalent pathogen (Protocol Number: DORIINI2002; Phase 2)

Dates: July 1, 2007 – Present

94. Role: Primary Investigator

Source: ALTANA Pharma AG

Type: Industry-sponsored, multicenter trial

Title: Venticute in patients with pneumonia or aspiration of gastric contents leading to intubation, mechanical ventilation, and severe oxygenation impairment (The VALID Study)

Dates: May 1, 2007 – Present

95. Role: Subinvestigator

Source: ALTANA Pharma AG

Type: Industry-sponsored, multicenter trial

Title: Effect of Roflumilast on exacerbation rate in patients with COPD. The HERMES Study

Dates: January 1, 2006 – Present

96. Role: Primary Investigator

Source: Pfizer, Inc.

Type: Industry-sponsored, multicenter trial

Title: Linezolid in the treatment of subjects with nosocomial pneumonia proven to be due to Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (The ZEPHyR Study)

Dates: November 1, 2005 – Present

97. Role: Primary Investigator

Source: Hospira Global Medical Affairs

Type: Industry-sponsored, multicenter trial

Title: A phase 4, randomized, double-blind, multi-center, comparator study evaluating the safety and efficacy of dexmedetomidine compared to IV midazolam in ICU subjects requiring greater than 24 hours of continuous sedation

Dates: September 28, 2005 – Present

98. Role: Subinvestigator

Source: GlaxoSmithKline

Type: Industry-sponsored, multicenter trial

Title: Randomized double-blind parallel group 52-week study to compare the effect of the Fluticasone propionate/Salmeterol discus combination product 250/50 mcg BID with Salmeterol discus 50 mcg bid on the annual rate of moderate/severe exacerbations in subjects with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Dates: January 14, 2005 – Present

Scientific Meeting Presentations

• Poster Presentation, “Epidemiology of Renal Insufficiency in Geriatric Patients with Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia.” American College of Chest Physicians, Chicago, IL, 2007.

• Poster Presentation and Thematic Poster Discussion, “Epidemiology of Renal Insufficiency in Patients with Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia.” American Thoracic Society, San Francisco, CA, 2007.

• Thematic Poster Session Moderator, “ICU Management and Outcomes.” American Thoracic Society, San Francisco, CA, 2007.

• Plenary Session Research Presentation, “The Benefits of Probiotics in Critical Care.” Society of Critical Care Medicine, Orlando, FL, 2007.

• Poster Presentation, “Prescription Stimulant Abuse and Cardiac Arrest.” Society of Critical Care Medicine, Orlando, FL, 2007.

• Poster Presentation, “Cost Effectiveness of Intensive Insulin Therapy in Critically Ill Patients: A Meta-Analysis.” American College of Clinical Pharmacy, St. Louis, MO, 2006.

• Oral Research Presentation, “Diagnostic Criteria and Intensity of Surveillance Affect Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Rates.” American College of Chest Physicians, Salt Lake City, UT, 2006.

• Poster Session Moderator, “Miscellaneous Topics in Sepsis.” American Thoracic Society, San Diego, CA, 2006.

• Poster Presentation, “Effects of The Pneumonia Specific Geriatric Assessment on Hospital Length of Stay and Return to Independent Living.” American Geriatrics Society, Chicago, IL, 2006.

• Poster Presentation, “Cost Effectiveness of Intensive Insulin Therapy in Critically Ill Patients: A Meta-Analysis.” Society of Critical Care Medicine, San Francisco, CA, 2006.

99. Oral Research Presentation, “Predictors of Death Among Patients with Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia.” American College of Chest Physicians, Montreal, Canada, 2005.

• Oral Research Presentation, “Probiotic Manipulation of the Native Flora in Critically Ill Patients: An Opportunity for Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Prophylaxis?” American College of Chest Physicians, Montreal, Canada, 2005.

• Oral Research Presentation, “Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG Prophylaxis of Ventilator Associated Pneumonia.” American College of Chest Physicians, Montreal, Canada, 2005.

• Symposium Chair, “Beyond Antibiotic Therapy: A New Look at Ventilator Associated Pneumonia.” American Thoracic Society, San Diego, CA, 2005.

• Plenary Session Research Presentation, “Probiotic Prophylaxis of Ventilator Associated Pneumonia.” American Thoracic Society, San Diego, CA, 2005.

• Poster Presentation, “The Pneumonia Specific Geriatric Assessment.” American Geriatrics Society, Orlando, FL, 2005.

• Oral Research Presentation, “Long-Term Outcomes of Single and Bilateral Lung Transplantation for Adults with Primary Pulmonary Hypertension.” International Society for Heart and Lung Transplant, San Diego, CA, 2005.

• Oral Research Presentation, “Escalation and De-Escalation of Initial Empiric Ventilator Associated Pneumonia Therapy: Interim Results from the Assessment of Local Antimicrobial Resistance Measures (ALARM) Study.” American College of Chest Physicians, Seattle, WA, 2004.

• Research Poster Presentation, “Survival Effects of Lung Transplantation of Patients with Cystic Fibrosis.” American Thoracic Society, Orlando, FL, 2004.

• Oral Clinical Vignette Presentation, “Colchicine Overdose – Not Just Diarrhea.” Society of General Internal Medicine, Chicago, IL, 2004.

• Clinical Vignette Poster Presentation, “An Unusually Complex Acid-Base Disturbance in a Pregnant Female.” National Kidney Foundation, Chicago, IL, 2004.

• Research Poster Presentation, “Survival Effects of Lung Transplantation of Patients with Cystic Fibrosis.” International Society for Heart & Lung Transplantation, San Francisco, CA, 2004.

• Research Poster Presentation, “Survival of Patients with Primary Pulmonary Hypertension Wait-Listed for Lung Transplantation.” American Thoracic Society, Seattle, WA, 2003.

• Research Poster Presentation, “Predictors of Lung Transplant Wait-List Survival for Patients with Primary Pulmonary Hypertension.” American Thoracic Society, Atlanta, GA, 2002.

• Research Poster Competition, “Long-Term Diuretic Therapy in Hypertensive Patients: Effects on Homocysteine, Vitamin B-6, Vitamin B-12, and Red Blood Cell Folate Concentrations.” 80th Annual Session of American College of Physicians, New Orleans, LA, 1999.

• Oral Research Presentation, “Hemodynamic Effects of Non-Invasive Bilevel Positive Airway Pressure on Patients with Chronic Congestive Heart Failure with Systolic Dysfunction.” American College of Physicians Regional Meeting, Atlanta, GA, 1999 .

• Oral Clinical Vignette Presentation, “Malignant Degeneration of Tracheobronchial Papillomatosis.” American College of Physicians Regional Meeting, Atlanta, GA, 1999.

• Research Poster Presentation, “Long-Term Diuretic Therapy in Hypertensive Patients: Effects on Homocysteine, Vitamin B-6, Vitamin B-12, and Red Blood Cell Folate Concentrations.“ Southern Medical Association Annual Session, New Orleans, LA, 1998.

• Research Poster Presentation, “Long-Term Diuretic Therapy in Hypertensive Patients: Effects on Homocysteine, Vitamin B-6, Vitamin B-12, and Red Blood Cell Folate Concentrations.“ American College of Physicians Regional Meeting, Savannah, GA, 1998.

• Research Poster Presentation, “The CNS Site of Glucocorticoid Negative Feedback During LPS- and Psychological Stress-Induced Fevers.” Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, Los Angeles, CA, 1992.

Invited CME Presentations

2007 Presentations

• Wright State University, Internal Medicine Grand Rounds. Healthcare Associated Pneumonia. Dayton, OH. September 5, 2007.

• Creighton University Medical Center, Family Medicine Core Curriculum. Managing Patients with Shock. Omaha, NE. August 17, 2007.

• Creighton University Medical Center, Family Medicine Core Curriculum. Primer on Sleep Disorders. Omaha, NE. August 17, 2007.

• Platte-Loup Medical Society. COPD Update for 2007. Columbus, NE. August 14, 2007.

• Creighton University Medical Center, Internal Medicine Emergency Care Lecture Series. Respiratory Failure and Mechanical Ventilation. Omaha, NE. August 13, 2007.

• Creighton University Medical Center, Family Medicine Core Curriculum. Monitoring Mechanically Ventilated Patients. Omaha, NE. August 3, 2007.

• Creighton University Medical Center, Family Medicine Core Curriculum. Current Issues in the Diagnosis and Management of Venous Thromboembolism. Omaha, NE. August 3, 2007.

• Creighton University Medical Center, Internal Medicine Emergency Care Lecture Series. Shock. Omaha, NE. July 9, 2007.

• 2007 Primary Care Update. What’s New in Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine? Okoboji, IA. May 25, 2007.

• 2007 Primary Care Update. Changes in the Pneumonia Definitions and Guidelines. Okoboji, IA. May 25, 2007.

• University of Nebraska Nurse Practitioners’ Invited Lecturer. Effective Smoking Cessation Strategies. Omaha, NE. May 17, 2007.

• 2007 Great Plains Conference on Respiratory Care. Pneumonia – Out of the Frying Pan and Into the Fire. Kearney, NE. May 10, 2007.

• Creighton University’s 27th Annual Infectious Disease Symposium. The Nosocomial Pneumonias: Where Did They Come From and Where Are They Going? Omaha, NE. April 27, 2007.

• Creighton University Medical Center, Family Medicine Conference. Fundamentals of Managing Mechanical Ventilation. Omaha, NE. April 20, 2007.

• Integrating Evidence-Based Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Into Clinical Practice. You’re The Physician: An Interactive Pneumonia Case. Omaha, NE. April 13, 2007.

• Nebraska Association for Physician Assistants. An Introduction to Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension. Kearney, NE. April 12, 2007.

• Third Annual The Body and Its Brain – Clinical Perspectives. The ICU Syndrome. Omaha, NE. March 31, 2007.

• Creighton University Medical Center, Pulmonary and Critical Care Grand Rounds. Changes in the Staging of Asthma. Omaha, NE. March 30, 2007.

• Nebraska Academy of Family Physicians 59th Annual Scientific Assembly. Asthma: New Ideas for an Old Disease. Omaha, NE. March 29, 2007.

• Instituto Nacional de Nutricion, Internal Medicine Grand Rounds. Probiotic Therapy in the Intensive Care Unit. Mexico City, Mexico. March 22, 2007.

• Nebraska Emergency Physicians’ Association. Healthcare Associated Pneumonia: Where Did It Come From and Where Is It Going? Omaha, NE. February 8, 2007.

• Creighton University Medical Center, Pulmonary and Critical Care Grand Rounds. Divisional Research Update 2007. Omaha, NE. February 2, 2007.

• Creighton University Medical Center, Pulmonary Conference. Interactive Thoracic Radiology Cases. Omaha, NE. January 30, 2007.

2006 Presentations

• Creighton University Medical Center, Internal Medicine Grand Rounds. Pulmonary & Critical Care Update 2006. Omaha, NE. December 20, 2006.

• Women’s Health in the 21st Century. Lady Windermere and Her Chronic Cough. Omaha, NE. November 17, 2006.

• Creighton University Medical Center, Trauma Grand Rounds. Evidence-Based Ventilator Associated Pneumonia Prophylaxis. Omaha, NE. November 10, 2006.

• Myrtue Memorial Medical Center, Grand Rounds. What Every Primary Care Physician Needs to Know About Pneumonia. Harlan, IA. November 5, 2006.

• Creighton University Medical Center, Pulmonary and Critical Care Grand Rounds. Bad Bugs and No Drugs – The Anemic Pharmaceutical Research and Development Pipeline. Omaha, NE. November 3, 2006.

• University of Nebraska Medical Center, Obstetrics and Gynecology Grand Rounds. Smoking Cessation and Women’s Health Issues. Omaha, NE. October 4, 2006.

• Creighton University Medical Center, Cardiology Grand Rounds. Nicotine Addiction and Smoking Cessation. Omaha, NE. August 29, 2006.

• University of Nebraska Medical Center, Family Medicine Grand Rounds. Cigarette Smoking and COPD: The Public Health Implications. Omaha, NE. August 24, 2006.

• Good Samaritan Hospital, Physicians’ Grand Rounds. Systemic Manifestations of COPD. Kearney, NE. June 30, 2006.

• Creighton University Medical Center, Internal Medicine Research Conference. Evaluation of the Multidisciplinary Pneumonia-Specific Geriatric Assessment. Omaha, NE. May 11, 2006.

• Nebraska Association for Physician Assistants. What’s New in Pneumonia 2006? Kearney, NE. April 6, 2006.

• Nebraska Academy of Family Physicians 58th Annual Scientific Assembly. Spirometric Screening for COPD in the Primary Care Physician’s Office. Lincoln, NE. March 31, 2006.

• University of Nebraska Medical Center Grand Rounds. Ventilator Associated Pneumonia: An Ounce of Prevention or a Pound of Antibiotics? Omaha, NE. March 17, 2006.

• Integrating Evidence-Based Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Into Clinical Practice. The Surviving Sepsis Campaign. Omaha, NE. March 10, 2006.

• University of Iowa Visiting Professor. Probiotic Prophylaxis Against Ventilator Associated Pneumonia. Iowa City, IA. January 30, 2006.

• Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology. Healthcare Associated Pneumonia: Defining a “New” Entity. Omaha, NE. January 5, 2006.

2005 Presentations

• Metro College Respiratory Therapy Guest Lecturer. Evidence-Based Prevention of Ventilator Associated Pneumonia. Omaha, NE. November 29, 2005.

• Creighton University, Pulmonary Conference. Physiology of the Aging Lungs. Omaha, NE. October 14, 2005.

• Metro College Respiratory Therapy Guest Lecturer. Introduction to Bronchoscopy. Omaha, NE. September 29, 2005.

• Creighton University, Family Practice Conference. Pulmonary Function Testing. Omaha, NE. September 16, 2005.

• Creighton University, Family Practice Acute Care Series. Acute Management of the ICU Patient with Sepsis. Omaha, NE. September 16, 2005.

• Nebraska Respiratory Therapy Association Statewide Conference. What Every Non-Bronchoscopist Needs to Know About Bronchoscopy. Lincoln, NE. September 15, 2005.

• Creighton University, Pulmonary Conference. The Surviving Sepsis Campaign. Omaha, NE. September 9, 2005.

• Creighton University, Internal Medicine Grand Rounds. Managing the Patient with Acute Respiratory Failure. Omaha, NE. August 29, 2005.

• Creighton University, Internal Medicine Research Conference. Ventilator Associated Pneumonia and Implications for Mortality. Omaha, NE. May 12, 2005.

• Creighton University, Pulmonary Conference. Lung Transplant Journal Club. Omaha, NE. May 6, 2005.

• Nebraska Hospitalists Society. Ventilator Associated Pneumonia: Prophylaxis and Treatment. Ashland, NE. April 22, 2005.

• University of Colorado Health System, Guest Lecturer. What Can We Learn from Multi-Centered Clinical Trials? A Look at the ALARM Study. Denver, CO. April 14, 2005.

• Creighton University, Department of Medicine CPC. An 85-Year Old Man with Dyspnea. Omaha, NE. April 13, 2005.

• Christian Hospital Northeast, Pulmonary Grand Rounds. Interim Analysis of the ALARM Dataset. St. Louis, MO. March 18, 2005.

• Creighton University, Integrating Evidence-Based Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Into Clinical Practice. Is Ventilator Associated Pneumonia Prophylaxis Ready for Prime Time? Omaha, NE. March 4, 2005.

• The Milwaukee Gas Club. Interim Analysis of the ALARM Dataset. Milwaukee, WI. February 24, 2005.

• Creighton University, Pulmonary Grand Rounds. What’s New in Interstitial Lung Diseases? Omaha, NE. January 28, 2005.

• Nebraska Nurse Practitioner Association. Empiric Antibiotic Therapy of Pneumonia. Omaha, NE. January 13, 2005.

2004 Presentations

• University of Missouri Kansas City, Pulmonary Grand Rounds. Ventilator Associated Pneumonia: Insights from the ALARM Study. Kansas City, MO. December 13, 2004.

• Creighton University, Allergy and Immunology Conference. 2004 Update on Interstitial Lung Diseases. Omaha, NE. December 10, 2004.

• Creighton University, Workshop on Emergency Airway Management and Invasive Procedures in the Critically Ill Patient. Hemodynamic Monitoring 2004. Omaha, NE. November 19, 2004.

• Creighton University, Family Medicine Grand Rounds. The Intensivist’s Approach to the Shock Patient. Omaha, NE. November 18, 2004.

• Faith Regional Hospital, Hospital-Wide Grand Rounds. Ventilator Associated Pneumonia Prevention Guidelines: Putting Evidence-Based Medicine Into Practice. Norfolk, NE. November 16, 2004.

• Creighton University, Pulmonary Grand Rounds. Interpretation of Ventilator Waveforms. Omaha, NE. November 5, 2004.

• Creighton University, Respiratory Therapy Week’s Featured Lecturer. Patient-Ventilator Interactions and the Role of Waveforms. Omaha, NE. October 28 and 29, 2004.

• Creighton University, Family Medicine Grand Rounds. Pneumonia Update 2004. Omaha, NE. October 8, 2004.

• Creighton University, Pulmonary Grand Rounds. Case Conference. Omaha, NE. October 1, 2004.

• South Dakota School of Medicine, Internal Medicine Grand Rounds. Emerging Trends in Gram Positive Nosocomial Pneumonia. Sioux Falls, SD. September 29, 2004.

• Creighton University, Internal Medicine Acute Care Series. Mechanical Ventilators for Dummies. Omaha, NE. August 12, 2004.

• Creighton University, Internal Medicine Acute Care Series. Acute Management of the Patient with Shock. Omaha, NE. July 12, 2004.

• Creighton University, Internal Medicine Grand Rounds. Echocardiography in the Intensive Care Unit. Omaha, NE. May 19, 2004.

• Creighton University, Research Conference. Ventilator Associated Pneumonia: Is Prophylaxis Ready for Prime Time? Omaha, NE. May 14, 2004.

• Nebraska Society for Respiratory Care. An Evidence Based Approach to Preventing Ventilator Associated Pneumonia. Kearney, NE. May 13, 2004.

• Memorial Health University Medical Center, Internal Medicine Grand Rounds. Echocardiography in the Intensive Care Unit. Savannah, GA. April 30, 2004.

• Faith Regional Hospital, Hospital-Wide Grand Rounds. Community Acquired Pneumonia – A Pulmonologist’s Perspective. Norfolk, NE. February 17, 2004.

• Offutt Air Force Base, Family Practice Grand Rounds. Nosocomial and Community Acquired Pneumonia Update 2004. Bellevue, NE. February 13, 2004.

2003 Presentations

• Creighton University, Family Practice Grand Rounds. Pneumonia Review 2003. Omaha, NE. December 19, 2003.

• Creighton University, Family Practice Grand Rounds. Spirometry in the Office of Primary Care Providers. Omaha, NE. December 12, 2003.

• Creighton University, Pulmonary Grand Rounds. New Modalities in ICU Hemodynamic Monitoring. Omaha, NE. December 5, 2003.

• Creighton University, Workshop on Emergency Airway Management and Invasive Procedures in the Critically Ill Patient. Hemodynamic Monitoring 2003. Omaha, NE. November 21, 2003.

• Nebraska Respiratory Therapy Society, Annual Meeting. Nosocomial Pneumonia. Kearney, NE. October 15, 2003.

• Creighton University, Internal Medicine Grand Rounds. Demystifying Mechanical Ventilation. Omaha, NE. August 14, 2003.

• Lincoln Family Practice, Grand Rounds. Community Acquired Pneumonia. Lincoln, NE. May 23, 2003.

• Creighton University, Pulmonary Grand Rounds. Update in Lung Transplantation. Omaha, NE. January 31, 2003.

Professional Affiliations

100. American College of Physicians, Member

101. American College of Chest Physicians, Member and Fellow

102. American Federation for Medical Research, Active Member

103. American Thoracic Society, Member

104. European Society of Intensive Care Medicine, International Member

105. Infectious Disease Society of America, Member

106. Metro Omaha Medical Society, Member

107. Nebraska Medical Association, Member

108. Society of Critical Care Medicine, Member

Community Service

• The National Lung Health Education Program: An ongoing series of “outreach” presentations in the offices of primary care physicians throughout Nebraska and Iowa. Eighty-two lectures have been given through January 1, 2007

• Volunteer Staff Physician, The Magis Clinic’s Sexually Transmitted Diseases Clinic, 2007 – Present

• KETV News Interview, “The Hot-Tub Lung,” May 3, 2005

• Nebraska Medical Association, Electronic Health Records Task Force, 2005 – Present

• Volunteer Staff Physician, The Magis Clinic, 2004 – Present

• Volunteer Staff Physician, The Sienna-Francis House, 2003 – Present

• Volunteer Lecturer, Creighton University’s Senior Partners Program, 2003 – Present

• St. Louis Chapter of the American Lung Association, Crystal Ball Organizing Committee Member, 2002

• Noble of the Mystic Shrine, 1995 – Present

• 32nd Degree Freemason, Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, 1994 – Present

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