Glen S. Tamura

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University of Washington
School of Medicine
Pediatrics
Hospital Medicine
Assistant ProfessorAppointed: 1994
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Mailing Address

Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center
Mailstop CW
P.O. Box 5371
Seattle, Washington 98105-0371
United States

Contact Information

Phone: (206) 987-2073
Fax: (206) 987-3890
gtamura@u.washington.edu

Qualifications

M.D., Stanford University, Medicine, 1987.
Ph.D., Stanford University, Cancer Biology, 1987.

Expertise and Research Interests

Family-Centered Rounds
Historically, medical decision-making has resided in the hands of the physicians, who have made their decisions with minimal input from the children or their parents. This concept has become increasingly untenable, and has been replaced by the concept of Family-Centered Care (FCC). In FCC, parents and children are viewed as an integral part of the health care team who should be involved in a way that maximizes their ability to contribute to the health of the child. This concept has found increasingly wide acceptance in outpatient settings, but has only more recently been applied to inpatients. In particular, physicians in this institution have always made medical decisions on "rounds". Rounds were conducted by a team consisting solely of physicians and physician trainees. After rounds, various team members would then present the plan to the families. Following the lead of Dr. Steven Muething at Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Since July of 2004, we began including family members on rounds. We have published one study on the impact of family-centered rounds on families. We plan to publish a follow-up study on the impact of family-centered rounds on resident education.

Other Expertise

Clinical expertise in infectious diseases of children and immunocompromised patients.
Clinical expertise in care of medically complex patients.
Educational expertise in teaching clinical skills to medical students.
Administrative expertise in process improvement strategies, including "Lean" strategies to improve outcomes and flow of hospitalized patients.
Adherence of Group B Streptococci to epithelial cells and fibronectin.

Future Research

Assessment and feedback to medical students in clinical interactions.
Further studies of impact of family-centered rounds on physicians, nurses, and families.

Keywords

COS Keywords:

Animal Models, Cancer Biology, Child or Maternal Health, Immunology, Infectious Diseases or Agents, Molecular Biology, Mutagenesis, Pediatrics, Rheumatology.

Additional Terms:

Continuous Process Improvement, Family-centered Care, Lean Production, Medical Education, Streptococcus Agalactiae.

Memberships

Ambulatory Pediatric Association
American Academy of Pediatrics
American Society for Microbiology
Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society

Previous Positions

1994-2000, Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Washington, School of Medicine, Pediatrics, Infectious Diseases, Immunology, and Rheumatology

Patents

Counterselectable Marker System, Patent Number: , 1999, Children's Hospital and Region, United States of America.

Funding Received

  • National Institutes of Health (NIH): R29 First Award, $70,000, Sep 1, 1998 to Aug 30, 2003.
  • National Institutes of Health (NIH): K08 Training Grant, $70,000/year, Sep 1, 1995 to Aug 30, 1998.
  • National Institutes of Health (NIH): Child Health Research Center Grant, $50,000, Jul 1, 1994 to Jun 30, 1996.

Publications

  • Hull JR, Tamura GS, Castner DG (May 2008) Interactions of the streptococcal C5a peptidase with human fibronectin., Acta biomaterialia, 4 (3), 504-13 Abstract
  • Latta LC, Dick R, Parry C, Tamura GS (Mar 2008) Parental responses to involvement in rounds on a pediatric inpatient unit at a teaching hospital: a qualitative study., Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges, 83 (3), 292-7 Abstract
  • Hull JR, Tamura GS, Castner DG (Oct 2007) Structure and reactivity of adsorbed fibronectin films on mica., Biophysical journal, 93 (8), 2852-60 Abstract
  • Tamura GS, Hull JR, Oberg MD, Castner DG (Oct 2006) High-affinity interaction between fibronectin and the group B streptococcal C5a peptidase is unaffected by a naturally occurring four-amino-acid deletion that eliminates peptidase activity., Infection and immunity, 74 (10), 5739-46 Abstract
  • Tamura GS, Bratt DS, Yim HH, Nittayajarn A (Jan 2005) Use of glnQ as a counterselectable marker for creation of allelic exchange mutations in group B streptococci., Applied and environmental microbiology, 71 (1), 587-90 Abstract
  • Beckmann C, Waggoner JD, Harris TO, Tamura GS, Rubens CE, Identification of novel adhesins from Group B streptococci by use of phage display reveals that C5a peptidase mediates fibronectin binding, Infection and Immunity, 70(6), 2869-76, June 2002 Abstract
  • Tamura GS, Nittayajarn A, Schoentag DL, A glutamine transport gene, glnQ, is required for fibronectin adherence and virulence of group B streptococci, Infection and Immunity, 70(6), 2877-85, June 2002
  • Pritzlaff CA, Chang JC, Kuo SP, Tamura GS, Rubens CE, Nizet V, Genetic basis for the beta-haemolytic/cytolytic activity of group B Streptococcus, Molecular Microbiology, 39(2), 236-47, Jan 2001 Abstract
  • Tamura GS, Nittayajarn A, Group B streptococci and other gram-positive cocci bind to cytokeratin 8, Infection and Immunity, 68(4), 2129-34, April 2000 Abstract
  • Tamura GS, Herndon M, Przekwas J, Rubens CE, Ferrieri P, Hillier SL, Analysis of restriction fragment length polymorphisms of the insertion sequence IS1381 in group B Streptococci., Journal of Infectious Diseases, 181(1), 364-8, 2000 Abstract
  • Melvin AJ, Tamura GS, House JK, Hobson AC, Cone RW, Frenkel LM, Burchett S, Lack of detection of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 in the saliva of infected children and adolescents, Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, 151(3), 228-32, March 1997 Abstract
  • Tamura GS, Rubens CE, Group B streptococci adhere to a variant of fibronectin attached to a solid phase, Molecular Microbiology, 15(3), 581-9, February 1995 Abstract
  • Tamura GS, Kuypers JM, Smith S, Raff H, Rubens CE, Adherence of group B streptococci to cultured epithelial cells: roles of environmental factors and bacterial surface components, Infection and Immunity, 62(6), 2450-8, June 1994 Abstract
  • Tamura GS, Dailey MO, Gallatin WM, McGrath MS, Weissman IL, Pillemer EA, Isolation of molecules recognized by monoclonal antibodies and antisera: the solid phase immunoisolation technique, Analytical Biochemistry, 136(2), 458-64, February 1984 Abstract

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