Dr. Barry P. Markovitz

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University of Southern California
Keck School of Medicine
Pediatrics & Anesthesiology
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles
Director, Critical Care MedicineAppointed: 2006
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Mailing Address

Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles MS#12
4650 Sunset Blvd
Los Angeles, California 90027
United States

Contact Information

Phone: (323) 361-8673
bmarkovitz@gmail.com

Qualifications

M.P.H., Saint Louis University, 2003.
M.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1983.

Expertise and Research Interests

My research interests are:
Medical informatics
Critical patient care
Health communications
Medical outcomes research
Epidemiology
Health information systems
Health/medical science - computer technology
Adolescents
Children
Hospitalized patients
Infants
Computing resources
Medical ethics
Anesthesiology
Pediatrics
Pediatric Critical Care
Technology assessment

Other Expertise

Editor and 'webmaster' of PedsCCM: The Pediatric Critical Care Website at http://PedsCCM.org.
Co-editor of The PedsCCM Evidence-Based Journal Club on pedsccm.org; peer-reviewed critical appraisals of clinical research pertinent to Pediatric Critical Care

Future Research

Role of the Internet in conducting clinical research in Pediatric Critical Care.
Impact of intensive care unit clinical informations systems on patient outcomes.

Industrial Relevance

Broad applicability of electronic networking and communications in health care and other fields.

Keywords

COS Keywords:

Anesthesiology, Critical Care, Medical Ethics, Medical Informatics, Patient Care and Education, Pediatrics, Technology Assessment.

Additional Terms:

Pediatric Critical Care.

Languages

(Reading, Writing, Speaking)

English: (Fluent, Fluent, Fluent)

Memberships

American Academy of Pediatrics
American Board of Pediatrics
Society of Critical Care Medicine

Honors and Awards

SCCM Recognition Award, Society of Critical Care Medicine

Previous Positions

2000, Associate Professor, Washington University in St. Louis, School of Medicine, Pediatrics, Critical Care
2000, Associate Professor, Washington University in St. Louis, School of Medicine, Anesthesiology, Pediatric Anesthesiology
1990-2000, Assistant Professor, Washington University in St. Louis, School of Medicine, Pediatrics, Critical Care
1990-2000, Assistant Professor, Washington University in St. Louis, School of Medicine, Anesthesiology, Pediatric Anesthesiology

Publications

  • Markovitz BP, Andressen EM (2006) Lack of insurance coverage and urgent care use for asthma: A retrospective cohort study, BMC Public Health, 6, 14
  • Markovitz BP, Bertoch D, Goodman D, Watson S, Zimmerman J, A Retrospective Cohort Study of Prognostic Factors Associated With Outcome in Pediatric Severe Sepsis; What Is the Role of Steroids?, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, 6, 270-274, 2005
  • Willson DF, Thomas NJ, Markovitz BP, Et Al., Effect of Exogenous Surfactant (Calfactant) in Pediatric Acute Lung Injury., JAMA, 293, 470-476, 2005
  • Markovitz BP, Socioeconomic Factors and Adolescent Pregnancy Outcomes: Distinctions Between Neonatal and Post-neonatal Deaths?, BMC Public Health, 5, 79, 2005
  • Markovitz BP, Cook R, Flick LH, Leet TL (2005) Socioeconomic factors and adolescent pregnancy outcomes: distinctions between neonatal and post-neonatal deaths?, BMC Public Health, 5, 79
  • Checchia P, McCollegan J, Kolovos NS, Levy FH, Markovitz B (2005) The effect of surgical case volume on outcome following the Norwood procedure, J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 129, 754-9
  • Markovitz, B.P., Randolph, A.G., Corticosteroids for the Prevention of Reintubation and Post-extubation Stridor in Pediatric Patients: A Meta-Analysis, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, 3, 223-236, 2003
  • Markovitz BP, Intensive Care on the Web: Evidence-Based Medicine Resources, Journal of Intensive Care Medicine, 16, 200, 2001
  • Weigle, C.G.M, Markovitz, B.P., Pon, S., The Internet, the electronic medical record, the pediatric intensive care unit, and everything, Critical Care Medicine, 29, N166-N176, 2001
  • DiCarlo JV, Pastor X, Markovitz BP, The Shadow URL: Standardizing Citations for Electronically Published Materials, Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 7(2), 149-151, 2000
  • Markovitz BP, Biomedicine's Electronic Publishing Paradigm Shift: Copyright Policy and PubMed Central, Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 7, 222-229, 2000
  • Markovitz BP, Complex Ethical Issues in Transplantation, Pediatric Pulmonology, S20, 169-170, 2000
  • Markovitz BP, Who's Journal Is It Anyway? A New Journal, A New Paradigm?, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, 1, 186-187, 2000
  • Markovitz BP, Severity Scoring and the Practice of Evidence Based Medicine in the ICU, Current Opinion in Critical Care, 5(3), 167-172, 1999
  • Markovitz BP, Electronic Journals: Time for a New Paradigm in Biomedical Communication, Journal of Intensive Care Medicine, 13, 158-167, 1998
  • Weigle CGM, Markovitz BP, Pon S, What Does the Internet Offer Pediatric Intensive Care?, Balliére's Clinical Pediatrics, 6(1), 133-150, 1998
  • Randolph AG, Markovitz BP, Resources for applying evidence based medicine in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU), Journal of Intensive Care Medicine, 12, 316-320, 1997
  • Markovitz BP, Randolph AG, Corticosteroids for the prevention and treatment of post-extubation stridor in neonates, children and adults (Cochrane Review), The Cochrane Library, Issue 1, 2000

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