CURRICULUM VITAE

Date of Preparation: 8/9/2006

EDUCATION

Undergraduate

Georgia Institute of Technology
B.S. Applied Psychology, with Highest Honor, 3/1984
Co-op Program, IBM, Research Triangle Park, NC, 5 school terms, 1979-81
June 1979 to March 1984

Graduate/Medical School

University of Tennessee Health Science Center
M.D., AOA, 6/1988
August 1984 to June 1988

Internship

Pediatrics: University of Tennessee Health Science Center, College of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics
Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, and Regional Medical Center at Memphis
July 1988 to June 1989

Residency

Pediatrics: University of Tennessee Health Science Center, College of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics
Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, and Regional Medical Center at Memphis
July 1988 to June 1991

Chief Residency in Pediatrics: Department of Pediatrics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN
July 1991 to June 1992

Postgraduate

Washington University in St. Louis
School of Engineering and Applied Science
M.S., Computer Science, 5/1994
Project title: "Temporal and Clinical Reasoning in the Measurement of Continuity of Care."
September 1992 to May 1994

Fellowship in Medical Informatics
Pediatric Scientist Development Program (American Academy of Pediatrics Fellow of the American Medical School Pediatric Department Chairmen, Inc.)
Section of Medical Informatics, Division of General Medical Sciences
Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
July 1992 to June 1995

HONORS

• Byron Oberst Award, American Academy of Pediatrics Council on Clinical Information Technology, October 9, 2005. In recognition of contributions to the field of pediatric information technology.
• Nominated for the Health Care Heroes Award, Memphis Business Journal, August 2004.
• Nominated for the Byron Oberst Award, American Academy of Pediatrics Steering Committee on Clinical Information Technology, April 2004.
• UTMG Gold Standard Quality Service Award, July 2003. Selected by UTMG employees to recognize outstanding service within UT Medical Group, Inc.
• Outstanding Clinical Lecturer. Award given by the clinical medical students for the best lecture in the clinical years, April 2002.
• Nominated for the 2002 Excellence in Teaching Awards by the UT Student Government Association Executive Council.
• Outstanding Clinical Lecturer, presented by the UT Student Government Association Executive Council, 2001.
• Extra Mile Award (3 awards). Monthly citation given by the pediatric housestaff to person who displays extra effort on behalf of the residents, 2001 - 2002.
• Ralph E. Tiller Teaching Award. Award for the most outstanding teacher among the UAB Pediatrics faculty; presented by the pediatric house staff, May 1999.
• UAB Nominee for Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Generalist Faculty Scholars Program, 1998.
• Nominated for 1999 American Academy of Pediatrics Education Award for PREPardy: Learning in a Game Show Format.
• University of Alabama School of Medicine Argus Society Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Pediatric Faculty/Fellow, 1997-98. Presented by the third-year medical student class, 4/29/98.
• University of Alabama School of Medicine Argus Society Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Pediatric Faculty/Fellow, 1996-97. Presented by the third-year medical student class, 5/6/97.
• University of Alabama School of Medicine Argus Society Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Pediatric Faculty/Fellow, 1995-96. Presented by the third-year medical student class, 4/30/96.
• Nominated for 1997 & 1998 American Academy of Pediatrics Education Award for the PEDINFO web site at http://www.pedinfo.org/.
• Student Paper Competition Finalist, Eighteenth Annual Symposium of Computer Applications in Medical Care (1994) for "Incorporating Temporal and Clinical Reasoning in a New Measure of Continuity of Care"
• Alpha Omega Alpha, 1988
• Pediatrics Award, University of Tennessee College of Medicine, 1988
• Distinguished Student Service Award, University of Tennessee, Memphis, College of Medicine, 1988
• Doggett Scholar (full, four-year merit scholarship to the University of Tennessee, Memphis, College of Medicine), 1984-88
• Psychology Research Award, Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Psychology, 1984

MILITARY SERVICE

None.

BOARD CERTIFICATION

American Board of Pediatrics

• Certified, 11/13/1991 (No. 47896)
• Recertified, 2/17/98 for the period 1999 - 2005
• Recertified, 1/11/05 for the period 2005 - 2011

National Board of Medical Examiners, Diplomate, 7/3/1989, Certificate No. 357760

MEDICAL LICENSURE

• Tennessee State Medical License No. MD020261 (11/15/89 to 12/31/92; 5/9/00 to present)
• U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency registration, expires 2/28/2002, renewed 2/11/2005
• Alabama State Medical License No. 19099 (6/28/95 to 12/31/01, let lapse due to move out of state)
• Alabama Controlled Substances registration (1992-95, let lapse due to move out of state)
• Missouri State Medical License No. MD 102232 (10/16/92 to 1/31/96, let lapse due to move out of state)

SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS

American Academy of Pediatrics, Fellow (#148397)

• Partnership for Policy Implementation, Co-Chair, May 2005 to present
  
• Steering Committee on Clinical Information Technology, Chair, July 2002 to October 2004 (this organization is now called the Council on Clinical Information Technology, and was originally the Section on Computers and Other Technology and the Task Force on Medical Informatics)
  
• Task Force on Medical Informatics, August 1998 to June 2002 (task force merged with SCOT at that time)
• Memberships
  • Section on Computers and Other Technologies, October 1994 to June 2002
  • Council on Clinical Information Technology, June 2002 to present
  • Section on Adoption and Foster Care, October 2002 to present
  • Provisional Section on Media, October 2002 to present
• Tennessee Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics

Ambulatory Pediatrics Association

• Medical Informatics Special Interest Group, Chair, October 1997 to May 1999
• Medical Informatics Special Interest Group, May 1999 to June 2002
• Medical Informatics Special Interest Group, July 2004 to present

American Medical Informatics Association

• Education Working Group
• People and Organizational Issues Working Group

American Telemedicine Association (UTHSC institutional representative), January 2001 to 2005

Health Information Management Systems Society

Health Level 7

• Pediatric Data Standards Special Interest Group, co-chair, January 2004 to present

UNIVERSITY APPOINTMENTS

• Associate Professor
  Tenure awarded 1/7/2006
  John Dustin Buckman Professor
  Director, Division of General Pediatrics
  University of Tennessee, Memphis
  Department of Pediatrics
  July 2000 to present
   
• Assistant Professor
  The University of Alabama at Birmingham
  Department of Pediatrics
  Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
  1616 6th Avenue South, Suite 201
  Birmingham, AL 35233
  (205) 934-4531; Fax (205) 975-6503
  July 1995 to June 2000
  and
  Department of Internal Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Section of Medical Informatics
  October 1996 to June 2000
   
• Instructor, Department of Pediatrics
  Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
  July 1994 to June 1995
   
• Research Associate, Section of Medical Informatics
  Division of General Medical Sciences
  Department of Internal Medicine
  Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
  July 1992 to June 1995

HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS

PRACTICE (PROFESSIONAL) EXPERIENCE

Continuously employed as a medical school faculty member since July 1994.

General Pediatrics Consultant, Le Bonheur Referral and Resource Center since January 2004. Outpatient general pediatric consultation practice.

See below for professional experience in the academic setting.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

• Preceptor, Youth Villages Clinic, UTHSC Department of Pediatrics, September 2003 to present
  Director, Youth Villages Clinic, UTHSC Department of Pediatrics, September 2003 to present
   
• Preceptor, Primary Care Clinic, UTHSC Department of Pediatrics, April 2004 to present
  Director, Primary Care Clinic, UTHSC Department of Pediatrics, July 2000 to March 2004
   
• Ward Attending, UTHSC Department of Pediatrics
   
• Master Clinician, Doctoring: Recognizing Signs and Symptoms course, UTHSC
  Small-group teaching of medical students in interviewing and physical examination skills
  August 2000 to present
   
• Lecturer, Medical Student Pediatrics Core Lecture Series
  September 1995 to June 2000
   
• UTHSC Medical Student Mentor Program
  September 2000 to present
   
• Assistant Director, Pediatric Clerkship, Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, August 1998 to June 2000.
   
• Director, Medical Informatics Rotation (faculty supervisor of mini-rotation for residents), Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, January 1996 to June 2000. 1-4 residents per month.
   
• Ward Attending, Children's Hospital, Birmingham, AL
  Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham
  May, 1999 and December, 1999
   
• Faculty Advisor, Journal Club (faculty supervisor of resident-run monthly conference)
  Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham
  September 1995 to June 1999
  Approximately 6 hours per month directly supervising 3-4 residents and supervising one one-hour presentation to 20-40 residents each month.
   
• Lecturer, Medical Student Pediatrics Core Lecture Series
  Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham
  September 1995 to June 2000
   
• Residents' Noon Conference
  Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham
  October 1996
  "Orthopedics in Primary Care."
   
• Fellows' Biostatistics Seminar
  Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham
  March 1996
   
• Chairman's Conference
  Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham
  September 1995 to June 1996
  Case conference for 18-24 third-year medical students, approximately once per month)
   
• Residents' Noon Conference
  Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham
  October 1996
  "Internet for Pediatricians."
   
• Preceptor
  Introduction to Clinical Medicine Course (Second-year students)
  September 1995 to June 1998
  Led small groups of four medical students in development of history and physical exam skills; approximately 4 hours per month.
   
• Epidemiology/Biostatistics Course, small group leader
  Washington University School of Medicine
  1994-95 Academic Year
   
• Computer-Assisted Clinical Decision Analysis Course, lecturer
  Washington University School of Medicine
  1993-94 and 1994-95 Academic Years
   
• Ward Attending, St. Louis Children's Hospital
  Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine
  October, 1994  

VISITING PROFESSORSHIPS AND INVITED LECTURES

• "Data Standards and Pediatric Health Information Infrastructure," part of a panel presentation at the American Medical Informatics Association annual meeting, Washington, DC, 10/24/05.
   
• "Palmtop Pediatrics," presented at the annual meeting of the Tennessee Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Nashville, TN, 10/22/05.
   
• "Electronic Medical Records: Past the Tipping Point," presented to the Rhodes College Student Mathematics Association, 10/21/05.
   
• American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference and Exhibition, Washington, DC, 8/8 - 8/11/05.
   
  • "Using the Electronic Record to Enhance Care for Your Patient"
  • "Electronic Prescribing"
  • "E-mail with Patients and Colleagues"
• "The UT Telehealth Program," presentation to the medical staff of Hardin County Memorial Hospital, Savannah, TN, 8/1/05.
   
• "The HL7 Pediatric Data Standards SIG," presented to the Quality and Safety Leaders Forum, the Health Information Management Forum, and the CIO Forum of the Child Health Corporation of America, Phoenix, AZ, 4/5 - 4/7/05.
   
• "Not Just a Little App: Special Pediatric EMR Requirements," part of the seminar "Taking the Plunge with Electronic Medical Records," sponsored by the Cumberland Pediatric Foundation, Franklin, TN, 10/30/04.
   
• American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference and Exhibition, San Francisco, CA, 10/10 - 10/13/04.
   
  • Keeping Up in the 21st Century (Seminar given with Hank Bernstein, DO)
     
  • E-mail with Patients and Colleagues
     
  • Palmtops, PDAs, and Wireless Applications (Seminar given with David Stockwell)
     
• "Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis," Le Bonheur Speaker's Bureau, given to UT Covington Family Practice Residency Program, Covington, TN, 5/10/04.
   
• "HIPAA FAQs," Presented at the National Perinatal Association's "Perinatal Rock and Roll: Greatest Hits 2004," Memphis, TN, 4/16/2004.
   
• "Keeping up in the 21st Century: New Technology meets New Ideas about Medical Education," and "Getting Started with Databases." Catch the Technology Wave: Education, Community Health, and Supports for Persons with Disabilities Conference, Memphis, TN, 4/1/04.
   
• "Palmtop Patient Care," Presented at the UT Health Science Center 37th Annual Review Course for the Family Physician, UT Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, 3/18/2004.
   
• "Management of Lead Poisoning: Frequently Asked Questions," Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program Regional Seminar, Nashville, TN, 1/13/04 (Given by videoconference).
   
• "Getting to the Future," AAP Steering Committee for Clinical Information Technology Program for Section Members, 11/2/03.
   
• "E-mail with Patients and Colleagues," American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference and Exhibition, 11/1/03.
   
• "Management of Lead Poisoning: Frequently Asked Questions," Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program Regional Seminar, Johnson City, TN, 9/29/03.
   
• "Making the Case for Information Technology," Health Information Management Systems Society, Tennessee Chapter, Forum, 7/20/03.
   
• "Information Technology in Pediatrics: Making the Case," Practical Day of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Pediatrics, 5/15/03.
   
• "Palmtop Pediatrics," presented at the TEPR (Toward and Electronic Patient Record) annual meeting, Medical Records Institute, San Antonio, TX, 5/13/03
   
• "Elevated Blood Lead Management. Teleconference given statewide to Tennessee case managers for Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Tennessee, 3/31/03
   
• "Building Better Baby Brains with Books," Mini Medical School, UT Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, 4/4/2003.
   
• "Information Technology in Health Care: Who Cares?," Grand Rounds, UT Health Science Center Department of Pediatrics, 1/22/2003.
   
• "Building Better Baby Brains with Books," part of the 2002 Brain Development Conference, UT Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, 10/10/2002.
   
• Visiting Professor, John A. Prior Health Sciences Library of the Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 9/26-27/2002. Series of lectures on health information technology.
   
• "Palmtop Pediatrics" and "When the Web Meets Your Practice," Presented at the AAP's SuperCME, Orlando, FL, April 2002.
   
• Visiting Professor, Ohio State University & Children's Hospital of Ohio, Columbus, OH, January 2002. Series of lectures on health information technology.
   
• "News from the World of Informatics," and "Pediatric Roundtable," Presented at the 2001 Annual Meeting of the Alabama Academy of Emergency Physicians, 6/24-25/2001.
   
• "Medical Informatics Rotations for Pediatric House Staff," Presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, 5/29/2001.
   
• "News from the World of Informatics," Etteldorf Symposium, Memphis, TN, March 2001.
   
• "The Best of the Pediatric Internet," International Pediatric Chat, 1/31/2001.
   
• "Garbage In, Gospel Out: Responding to the Internet in Practice" and "Outpatients in Your In-Box," Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Chicago, IL, October 2000.
   
• "Special Requirements for Information Systems in Pediatrics,", Presented at the Information Technology in Child Health Expert Panel meeting, convened by the AAP Center for Child Health Research and sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
   
• "Outpatients in Your In-Box" and "Why Not Telemedicine?" Kentucky Medical Association Annual Meeting, 9/20/00.
   
• "Garbage In, Gospel Out: Responding to the Internet in Practice" and "Outpatients in Your In-Box," Michigan Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics, 8/5/2001.
   
• "Informatics Update" and "When the Web Meets Your Practice," Presented at the AAP's SuperCME, New York, NY, 6/13/2001.
   
• quot;Garbage In, Gospel Out: Responding to the Internet in Practice," Pediatric Grand Rounds, May 2000, Chattanooga, TN.
   
• "Lead Poisoning: Nutritional Problem, Nutritional Solution," Part of the UAB Intensive Course in Nutrition in Infants, Children, and Adolescents, Wynfrey Hotel, Birmingham, AL, 2/28/2000.
   
• "Technology: The Future of Pediatrics." Plenary address at the annual meeting of the Resident Section of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Washington, DC, October 9, 1999.
   
• "Evidence-based Pediatrics on the Internet." Presentation at the annual section meeting of the Section on Computers and Other Technologies of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Washington, DC, October 10, 1999.
   
• "Outpatients in Your In-box" and "HIPAA, Hippos, and What's All the Hooplah?" 1999 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Washington, DC, October 10, 1999.
   
• "Lead Jeopardy!" Presented at the Community Lead Education Project, Birmingham, AL, 5/8/99.
   
• "Outpatients in Your In-box" and "HIPAA, Hippos, and What's All the Hooplah?" 1999 Annual Spring Meeting of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Chicago, IL, April 18, 1999.
   
• "Advanced Communication Strategies for the Pediatrician." 1999 Annual Spring Meeting of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Chicago, IL, April 19, 1999.
   
• "Lead Poisoning: Nutritional Problem, Nutritional Solution," Part of the UAB Intensive Course in Nutrition in Infants, Children, and Adolescents, Wynfrey Hotel, Birmingham, AL, March 2, 1999.
   
• "Database Design & Data Modeling: A Primer for Health Care." Medical Informatics Seminar Series, University of Alabama School of Medicine Section of Medical Informatics, October 29, 1998.
   
• "Improving Patient Care with the Internet," part of the 16th Annual Review of Modern Therapeutics 1998 conference, UAB Huntsville, AL, May 9, 1998.
   
• "Outpatients in Your In-box" and "Untangling the Web." 1998 Annual Spring Meeting of the American Academy of Pediatrics, New Orleans, LA, April 6, 1998.
   
• "The Pediatric Internet... for Nurses," part of the New Frontiers in Pediatrics conference, Scottish Rite Children's Medical Center, Atlanta, GA, April 3, 1998.
   
• "The Pediatric Internet," part of the Issues and Advances in Pediatrics conference, Clearwater Beach, FL, April 2, 1998.
   
• "Medicine on the 'Net" and "Information Technology Primary Care: A Primer," part of the Recent Advances in CLinical Medicine 1998 Series, Bon Secours Hospital, Grosse Pointe, MI, March 26, 1998.
   
• "Lead Poisoning: Nutritional Problem, Nutritional Solution," Part of the UAB Intensive Course in Nutrition in Infants, Children, and Adolescents, Wynfrey Hotel, Birmingham, AL, February 23, 1998.
   
• "Advanced Internet Strategies for the Pediatrician." 1997 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Pediatrics, New Orleans, LA, November 4, 1997.
   
• "Pediatrics in the Information Age," Dean's Grand Rounds presentation at University of Alabama Huntsville Campus, Huntsville, AL, November 6, 1997.
   
• "E-mail, Pure and Simple" and "On-line Help" at part of the workshop "The Pediatric Office: The Computer And You" at the 1997 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Pediatrics, New Orleans, LA, November 3, 1997.
   
• "Medical Informatics in Residency Education; A Hands-on Approach." Workshop presented at the 1997 American Medical Informatics Association's Fall Symposium, Nashville, TN, October 28, 1997.
   
• "Medicine on the 'Net" and "Improving Patient Care with the Internet." Arkansas Pediatric Society Annual Meeting, October 18-19, 1997.
   
• "Kids, Chips, Webs, and JPEGs." Scottish Rite Children's Medical Center, Atlanta, GA, September 20, 1997.
   
• "Medicine on the 'Net." Residency Commencement Address, St. John Hospital, Detroit, MI, June 25, 1997.
   
• "Pediatrics in the Information Age" Grand Rounds, Columbus Health Center, Columbus, GA, May 22, 1997.
   
• "E-mail" and "On-line Help" at part of the workshop "The Pediatric Office of the Future" at the 1997 Annual Spring Meeting of the American Academy of Pediatrics, San Diego, CA, May 12, 1997.
   
• "Effective use of the Internet." Ambulatory Pediatric Association Workshop at the Pediatric Academic Societies' 1997 Annual Meeting, May 2 and 3, 1997.
   
• "Ins and Outs of E-mail" and "Navigating the Information Superhighway to Enhance Your Practice." St. John Hospital, Detroit, MI, April 19, 1997.
   
• "PROS Online." Presented to the AAP Pediatric Research in the Office Setting Coordinator's Meeting, Chicago, IL, April 5, 1997.
   
• "Pediatrics in the Information Age." Grand Rounds, Orange County Children's Hospital, January 14, 1997.
   
• "Navigating the Internet to Enhance Your Practice." Presentation to the California Chapter 4 of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Orange County, CA, January 13, 1997.
   
• "E-mail, Pure and Simple" and "On-line Help" at part of the workshop "The Pediatric Office: The Computer And You" at the 1996 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Boston, MA, October 28, 1996.
   
• "E-mail, Pure and Simple" and "On-line Help" at part of the workshop "The Pediatric Office: The Computer And You" at the 1996 Annual Spring Meeting of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Chicago, IL, April 15, 1996.
   
• "Steps to Web Publishing" at the 1996 Annual Spring Meeting of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Chicago, IL, April, 1996 (Computer Lab).
   
• "Navigating the Information Superhighway to Enhance Your Practice" at the 1995 Annual Fall Meeting of the American Academy of Pediatrics, San Francisco, CA, October, 1995.
   
• "Internet for Neonatologists" at the 1995 Society for Pediatric Research Meeting, May, 1995.
   
• "Pediatrics Online" and "Setting up a World Wide Web Server" at the 1995 Annual Spring Meeting of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Philadelphia, PA, April, 1995 (Computer Lab).
   

OTHER LOCAL PRESENTATIONS

• "CPOE: Good, Bad, or Do We Know?" Presented at Grand Rounds, UT Health Science Center, Department of Pediatrics, Memphis, TN, 1/4/2006.
   
• "Building Better Baby Brains with Books," presented to UT Development Council, Memphis, TN, 4/1/05.
   
• "The Pediatric Internet 2004," Presented at Grand Rounds, UT Health Science Center, Department of Pediatrics, Memphis, TN, 8/11/2004.
   
• "Building Better Baby Brains with Books," presented to community leaders at the UT Mini Med School, Memphis, TN, 4/20/2004.
   
• "The Stethoscope and the Death of Hope," Alpha Omega Alpha, Beta Chapter of TN Induction Ceremony, 4/1/04.
   
• "Building Better Baby Brains with Books," presented to community leaders at the UT Mini Med School, Memphis, TN, 4/8/2003.
   
• "Lead Poisoning: Still with Us," UT Health Science Center, Department of Family Medicine Annual CME Day, 3/17/2003.
   
• "Why Not Telemedicine?" 11/7/02, Boling Center for Developmental Disabilities, Memphis, TN.
   
• "Palmtop Patient Care," Presented at the UT Health Science Center Palmtop Fair, UT Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, 10/15/2002.
   
• "Palmtop Pediatrics," Presented at Grand Rounds, UT Health Science Center, Department of Pediatrics, 5/1/2002.
   
• "News from the World of Informatics," Presented at Grand Rounds, UTHSC Department of Pediatrics, 7/25/2001.
   
• "Lead Poisoning: Still with Us," Presented at Grand Rounds, UTHSC Department of Pediatrics, 9/13/2000.
   
• "Lead Jeopardy!" Presented at the Community Lead Education Project, Birmingham, AL, 4/1/2000.
   
• "I Never Metadata I Didn't Like: Problems in Organizing the Web for Medicine," Medical Informatics Seminar Series, University of Alabama School of Medicine Section of Medical Informatics, January 16, 1998.
   
• "Pediatrics Online" at Early Bird Rounds, St. Louis Children's Hospital, May 19, 1995.
   
• Faculty Development Seminar: Computers in Pediatric Practice. Seminar developed and presented to preceptor physicians in the Community Outpatient Practice Experience Program of St. Louis Children's Hospital, March 1995.
   

EDITORIAL APPOINTMENTS

• Best of the Pediatric Internet: Site Reviews from AAP Fellows (Web site editor, http://www.aap.org/bpi/), January 1997 to December 2003 (site discontinued).
   
• Regular reviewer of informatics-related manuscripts for Pediatrics and Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine.
   
• Reviewer of informatics-related manuscripts for Biomed Central.
   

COMMITTEES AND OFFICES HELD

National Committees

• Partnership for Policy Implementation, American Academy of Pediatrics
  Co-chair, March 2005 to present
  Help plan and create this group of informaticists within the AAP who work with policy-writing committees to ensure that AAP policy statements are better suited to implementation in practice systems, including electronic medical record systems
  Worked with committees writing statements on:
  • Periodicity Schedule
  • Prevention of Youth Violence
  • Pediatrician's Role in the Diagnosis and Management of Autistic Spectrum Disorders in Children
   
• Agency for Healthcare Quality and Research, Pediatric Data Standards Workgroup, March 2005 to present
  AHRQ-sponsored workgroup to define the role of Pediatrics in setting data standards to support care.  
• Leapfrog Group, CPOE Advisory Board, October 2004 to present
  Developing methods for evaluating the effectiveness of electronic medical record systems in promoting high quality health care.
   
• HL7 Pediatric Data Standards Special Interest Group, Co-chair, January 2004 to present
   
• Liaison from American Academy of Pediatrics to HL7, January 2004 to present
   
• Steering Committee on Clinical Information Technology of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Chair, July 2002 - October 2004
   
• Section on Computers and Other Technologies of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Executive Committee Chair, October 2000 - June 2002 (Section merged with TFOMI into SCOCIT)
   
• Task Force on Medical Informatics, American Academy of Pediatrics, August 1998 to June 2002 (organization merged with SCOT into SCOCIT)
   
• National Board of Medical Examiners Step 3 Item Writing Task Force on Use of the Medical Literature, September 1997 to May 1999
   
• Section on Computers and Other Technologies of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Executive Committee, November 1994 to October 2004
   
• National Administrative Board, Organization of Student Representatives of the Association of American Medical Colleges, 1988 and 1989 (two one-year elected terms)  

Local Committees & Offices

• Quality Council
  Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center July 2004 to present
   
• Tennessee Web Immunization System (TWIS) Steering Committee
  April 2004 to June 2005
   
• Councilor, Alpha Omega Alpha
  Presides over university's chapter of AOA, the medical student honorary society; chiefly manages student selection process
  January 2004 to present
   
• Memphis Managed Care Corporation's TLC Health Plan
  Board of Directors
  September 2000 to present
   
• University of Tennessee Computing and Telecommunications Committee
  Chair, Professional Services Subcommittee
  July 2002 to June 2004
   
• Physicians' Advisory Committee, Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center
  May 2002 to present
   
• HIPAA Privacy Subcommittee
  UT Medical Group
  July 2002 to December 2003
   
• Telemedicine Steering Committee, Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center
  August 2000 to December 2001
   
• Informatics and Instructional Methods Subcommittee, Medical Education Committee, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine
  Chair, July 1998 to March 2000
   
• Medical Informatics Subcommittee of the Medical Education Committee, UAB School of Medicine, June 1996 to July 1998
   
• Information Technology Planning Committee (faculty committee), Chair, November 1997 to June 2000
  University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine
   
• Information Technology Advisory Group, University Hospital Information Services (appointed representative from the Department of Pediatrics), September 1997 to June 2000
  University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine
   
• Information Management Group (faculty committee), Chair, September 1996 to June 1998
  University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine
   
• Education Task Force, Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, October 1996 to October 1997
   
• Quality Utilization Review Committee, The Children's Hospital of Alabama, January 1996 to June 2000
   
• Technology Committee, Children's Hospital, Birmingham, AL, November 1995 to June 2000
   
• Information Systems Physician Advisory Committee, St. Louis Children's Hospital, February 1995 to June 1995
   
• Pediatric Clerkship Curriculum Committee (Washington University School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, September 1993 to April 1994
   
• Hospital Library Committee, Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center, January 1989 to June, 1991
   
• Committee on Resident Education, University of Tennessee, Memphis, Department of Pediatrics, July 1991 to June, 1992
   
• Quality Assurance Committee (Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center), January 1989 to June, 1991
   

FELLOWS/GRADUATE STUDENTS TRAINED

• Scott C. Russell, MD
  Serve as research mentor and project advisor in master's degree program in Epidemiology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center
  July 2002 to present
   
• Jimmy Roberts, MD
  Participated materially as faculty in General Academic Pediatrics Fellowship Program, University of Alabama at Birmingham
  Dr. Roberts is now a faculty member at Medical University of South Carolina
  July 1995 to June 1997
   

RESEARCH AND OTHER EXTERNAL SUPPORT

PUBLICATIONS (BOOKS AND BOOK CHAPTERS)

• Spooner SA. The Mathematical Basis of Medical Decision Support Systems. In Berner ES (ed.) Clinical Decision Support Systems: Theory and Practice. New York: Springer 1999.
   
• American Academy of Pediatrics, Task Force on Medical Informatics. Practice Management Software Review Program Manual. American Academy of Pediatrics 2000.
   
• Spooner SA. Anticipatory Guidance in a 9-Month-Old Boy, Cough, Runny Nose, Low-grade Fever in a 5-month Old Female, and Anticipatory Guidance in a NewbornIn Burg FD (ed.) Review of Pediatrics. St. Louis: W.B. Saunders 2000.
   
• Spooner SA. Injury Prevention In Burg FD et al. (ed.) Current Pediatric Therapy. St. Louis: W.B. Saunders 2002.
   
• Spooner, SA. Electronic Health Record and Web-Based Resources. In Primary Pediatric Care, 5th Edition, Thomas McInerny, MD, Editor-in-Chief, 2006 [in press].
   
• Spooner SA. The Mathematical Basis of Medical Decision Support Systems, 2nd Edition. In Berner ES (ed.), Clinical Decision Support Systems: Theory and Practice. New York: Springer 2006 [in press].
   

PUBLICATIONS (JOURNALS)

PubMed Search

Manuscripts

1. Recchia KC, Petros TM, Spooner SA, Cranshaw JL. Implementation of the Community Outpatient Practice Experience in a large pediatric residency program. Pediatrics 1995;96:90-8.
   
2. Spooner SA. On-line resources for pediatricians. Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine 1995;149:1160-8.
   
3. Spooner SA. The pediatric Internet. Pediatrics1996; 98: 1185-1192.
   
4. Roberts JR and Spooner SA. Pediatric Internet resources: Creation and growth of the PEDINFO index. Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine 1997;151:592-597.
   
5. Spooner SA and Roberts JR.Characterizing the content of the pediatric Internet with the PEDINFO database. Ambulatory Child Health 1997;3:308-318.
   
6. Roberts JR, Spooner SA. Medical informatics education in paediatric residency training. Medical Education 1999 Oct;33(10):762-7.
   
7. Chilton L, Berger JE, Melinkovich P, Nelson R, Rappo PD, Stoddard J, Swanson J, Vanchiere C, Lustig J, Gotlieb EM, Deutsch L, Gerstle R, Lieberthal A, Shiffman R, Spooner SA, Stern M. American Academy of Pediatrics. Pediatric Practice Action Group and Task Force on Medical Informatics. Privacy protection and health information: patient rights and pediatrician responsibilities. Pediatrics. 1999 Oct;104:973-7.
   
8. Spooner SA, Anderson KG. The Internet for Pediatricians. Pediatrics in Review 1999 Dec;20:399-409.
   
9. American Academy of Pediatrics: Task Force on Medical Informatics. Special requirements for electronic medical record systems in pediatrics. Pediatrics 2001 Aug;108(2):513-5 (principal author).
   
10. Shiffman RN, Spooner SA, Kwiatkowski K, Brennan PF. Information technology for children's health and health care: Report on the information technology in children's health care expert meeting, September 21-22, 2000. J Am Med Inform Assoc 2001;8:546-51.
    
11. Berner ES, McGowan JJ, Hardin JM, Spooner SA, Raszka WV, Berkow RL. A Model for Assessing Information Retrieval and Application Skills of Medical Students. Academic Medicine, 2002 77: 547-551.
    
12. Spooner SA. Management of elevated blood lead in Tennessee's children: Questions a physician might ask. Tennessee Medicine 2002 95(10):414-17.
    
13. Spooner SA & Gotlieb EM. Telemedicine: Pediatric Applications. Pediatrics 2004;113(6):e639-e643. Technical report of the Steering Committee on Clinical Information Technology.
    
14. Russell SC & Spooner SA. Barriers to EMR Adoption in Internal Medicine and Pediatric Outpatient Practices. Tennessee Medicine 2004 97:457-60.
    

Invited Articles

1. Spooner SA. Preschoolers, Computers, and School Readiness: Are We On to Something? [Editorial]. Pediatrics 2004;114(3):852.
   
2. Spooner SA. Telepediatrics: Telemedicine and Child Health (Book Review). Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare 2005 11(5):269-70.
   
3. Spooner SA & Classen DC. Role of data standards in the improvement of quality and safety in child health care. [Submitted as part of AHRQ-funded supplement to Pediatrics].
   

Poster Exhibits

1. Spooner SA, Cranshaw JL, Fitz-James AM, Recchia KC. Assessing continuity in a residents' primary care experience. Presented in the Poster Session at the 1995 APS-SPR Annual Meeting [Abstract #855].
2. Johnson SE, Spooner SA, Fisher SE, Wise MS, Nelson KG. The role of incentives influencing pediatric compliance in a multidisciplinary clinic. Ambulatory Child Health 1997;3:149-150. [Abstract #67, Poster #294, Ambulatory Pediatric Association 1997 Meeting]
3. Shepard DG, Spooner SA, Johnston CF. Resident educational interventions on child restraint devices are ineffective in influencing parental behavior. To be presented at Poster Session III, 1998 Pediatric Academic Societies' Meeting, New Orleans, AL, May 4, 1998.
4. Shepard DG, Spooner SA, Johnston CF. Comparison of reported and observed use of child restraint devices and seat belts. To be presented at Poster Session III, 1998 Pediatric Academic Societies' Meeting, New Orleans, AL, May 4, 1998.
5. Berner ES, McGowan JJ, Spooner SA, Raszka WD, Berkow R, Verchot M, Plutchak TS, Jackson JR. Standardized assessment of medical students' skills in information access and application. Poster session presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Medical Colleges, Research in Medical Education Conference, New Orleans, LA, November, 1998.
6. Berner ES, McGowan JJ, Spooner SA, Raszka WD, Berkow R, Verchot M, Plutchak TS, Jackson JR and Hardin, JM. Evaluation of the effects of instruction in online information retrieval and application. Presented at Competing Constituencies of Medical Education: Meeting Accountability with Innovation, Chicago, IL, July 1999.
7. Spooner SA, Danish RK. Coverage of pediatric endocrinologic concepts in the Unified Medical Language System. 2002 Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting, Baltimore, MD [Abstract #686].
8. Tamburro RF & Spooner SA. Rates Of Falls Presenting to a Regional Children's Medical Center Over a Ten Year Period. Presented at the American Academy of Pediatrics 2002 National Conference and Exhibition, Boston, MA, October 2002.

Oral Presentations

Scientific Papers Presented at National and International Meetings

1. Recchia KC, Cranshaw TM, Petros TM, Spooner SA. The effect of practice type, location, and size on resident experience in a community-based continuity program. Abstract presented at the Society for Pediatric Research 1994 Meeting.
2. Spooner SA, Jain NL, Murphy JF, Hassan SW, Schnase JL, Metcalfe ES, Schoening PA, Cunnius EL, Frisse ME. Teaching clinical decision analysis using an interactive electronic whiteboard. Abstract presented at the American Academy of Pediatrics 1994 Annual Meeting.
3. Murphy JF, Jain NL, Spooner SA, Hassan SW, Schnase JL, Metcalfe ES, Schoening PA, Cunnius EL, Frisse ME. Use of an interactive electronic whiteboard to teach clinical cardiology decision analysis to medical students. J Am Coll Cardiology 1995;25:238A. Abstract presented at the American College of Cardiology 44th Annual Scientific Session, March, 1995.
4. Spooner SA. Incorporating temporal and clinical reasoning in a new measure of continuity of care. In: Ozbolt JG, ed. Proceedings of the Eighteenth Annual Symposium on Computers Applications in Medical Care: Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. 1994 Supplement: 716-21.
5. Jain NL, Murphy JF, Hassan SW, Cunnius EL, Metcalfe ES, Schnase JL, Schoening PA, Spooner SA, Frisse ME. Interactive electronic whiteboards in the medical classroom. In: Ozbolt JG, ed. Proceedings of the Eighteenth Annual Symposium on Computers Applications in Medical Care: Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. 1994 Supplement: 54-58.
6. Spooner SA. PEDINFO at age two: The state of the pediatric Internet. Pediatrics1996 (Supplement); 98:539.
7. Roberts JR and Spooner SA. Medical informatics curriculum in pediatric residency training. Ambulatory Child Health 1997;3:166 [Abstract #143, Ambulatory Pediatric Association 1997 Annual Meeting, May 3, 1997 [APA Abstract #143].
8. Frye TA, Royal SA, Lopez RR, Blanchard MH, Spooner SA. Pediatric imaging on the world wide web: A survey. Pediatrics 1997; 100 (#3, part 2): 443. Presented at the Scientific Abstract Session of the AAP Section on Computers and Other Technologies Annual Meeting, November, 1997.
9. Spooner SA, O'Connor KG, Gotlieb EM. Information technology in the pediatric office: An analysis of the 1997 American Academy of Pediatrics Periodic Survey of Fellows. Pediatrics 1998; 102 (#3 part 2): 689-90
10. Beaver J, Ring JC, Moroney DM, Shackelford EC, Spooner SA. An Internet-based immunization registry supports the medical home with high-risk children. CDC's 38th National Immunization Conference, Nashville, TN.
11. Spooner SA and Russell SC. Evaluation of two on-line pediatric diagnosis systems. Presented to the American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference and Exhibition, San Francisco, CA, 10/10/04.
12. Spooner SA & Classen DC. Role of data standards in the improvement of quality and safety in child health care. Presented at the Connecting Kids through Child Health Information Systems conference, Orlando, FL, 3/15/06.

Scientific Papers Presented at Local and Regional Meetings

1. Roberts JR and Spooner SA. Pediatric Resources on the Internet: Creation and growth of the PEDINFO index. Journal of Investigative Medicine 1996. 44:44A. Abstract presented at the 1996 Southern Society for Pediatric Research meeting.
2. Russell SC and Spooner SA. Barriers to EMR Adoption in Shelby County Outpatient Medical Practices. Presented at the Southern Society for General Internal Medicine's annual meeting, New Orleans, LA, 2/13/04.

Other

1. Spooner SA, Tarczy-Hornoch P. Medical informatics and pediatrics. Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine 1996 Aug;150:882-883. [Letter].
2. Spooner SA. HIPAA simplification provision aims to reduce "paper chase." AAP News 1999;15:22-23 [News article].
3. Spooner, SA. Lost on the Web? Try these tips for focusing your searches AAP News, Apr 2001; 18: 159 - 162 [News article].
4. Spooner, SA. Take note of 7 habits of highly effective e-mail users. AAP News, Mar 2004; 24: 129 - 130 [News article].
5. Rosenbloom ST, Harrell FE, Lehmann CU, Schneider JH, Spooner SA. Perceived Increase in Mortality After Process and Policy Changes Implemented With Computerized Physician Order Entry [Letter]. Pediatrics 2006; 117: 1452-1455.
6. Mastering the Media Training Course, Spaeth Communications, January 26, 2004, Memphis, TN.

PUBLICATIONS (OTHER)

• Administrator, peds-informatics@groups.yahoo.com (formerly PEDINFO) Pediatric Informatics Mailing List, an international discussion list for the pediatric aspects of medical informatics, July 1993 to October 2004
   
• Webmaster, PEDINFO Web Site (http://www.pedinfo.org/), a hierarchical index of pediatric Internet resources, August 1994 to September 2002.
   
• Internet Medicine: The Role of the Internet in Patient Care [Video Tape]. Network for Continuing Medical Education. http://www.ncme.com/catalog.html. Released 2/2/98.
   
• Smoking Cessation in the Pediatric Office [CD-ROM]. An interactive learning product of the Smoking Cessation in the Pediatric Office project (P.I.: Terry C. Wall, MD, MPH) funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and CACH HMO.
   
• Smoking Cessation in the Pediatric Office [CD-ROM]. An interactive learning product of the Smoking Cessation in the Pediatric Office project (P.I.: Terry C. Wall, MD, MPH) funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and CACH HMO. Revised and reissued, May 2003.