Michael Apkon,
Michael Apkon
Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Department: Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Contact information
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
34th Street & Civic Center Blvd.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
34th Street & Civic Center Blvd.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 2674266149
Fax: 2674266991
Fax: 2674266991
Education:
BS (Biomedical Engineering)
Northwestern University, 1982.
PhD (Neural Sciences)
Washington University, St. Louis, 1989.
MD (Medicine)
Washington University St. Louis, 1989.
MBA
Yale School of Management, 2002.
Permanent linkBS (Biomedical Engineering)
Northwestern University, 1982.
PhD (Neural Sciences)
Washington University, St. Louis, 1989.
MD (Medicine)
Washington University St. Louis, 1989.
MBA
Yale School of Management, 2002.
Selected Publications
Nishisaki A, Turner DA, Brown CA III, Walls RM, Nadkarni VM. For the National Emergency Airway Registry for Children (NEAR4KIDS) and Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators (PALISI) Network. A National Emergency Airway Registry for Children (NEAR4KIDS) (Michael Apkon Colaborato): Landscape of tracheal intubation in 15 PICU's. Critical Care Medicine 41(3): 874-85, March 2013.Chan K, Davis J, Pai SY, Bonilla FA, Puck JM, Apkon M: A Markov model to analyze cost-effectiveness of screening for severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID). Mol Genet Metab 104(3): 383-9, November 2011.
Apkon M: Heat-stress induced illness. Rudolph's Pediatrics. Rudolph AM, Rudolph CD, Hostetter MK, Lister G, Siegel NJ (eds.). Stamford: Appleton & Lange, 2nd Edition, 2009.
Apkon M: Falling Forward: Understanding and preventing errors using root cause and failure mode analysis. Pediatric Informatics. Lehmann CU, Kim GT, Johnson KB (eds.). Springer New York, Page: 369-383, 2009.
Apkon M: Cellular physiology of skeletal, cardiac and smooth muscle. Medical Physiology: a cellular and molecular approach. Boron WF, Boulpaep EL (eds.). Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders, 2nd Edition, 2008.
Apkon M, Mattera JA, Lin Z, Herrin J, Bradley EH, Carbone M, Holmboe ES, Gross CP, Selter JG, Rich AS, Krumholz HM: A Randomized Outpatient Trial of a Decision-Support Information Technology Tool. Arch Int Med 165: 2388-2394, 2005.
Faustino EV, Apkon M: Persistent Hyperglycemia in Critically-ill Children. J Peds 146: 30-34, 2005.
Apkon M, Leonard J, Probst L, DeLizio L, Vitale R: Design of a Safer Approach to Intravenous Drug Infusions: failure mode effects analysis. Qual Safety Healthcare 13: 265-271, 2004.
Apkon M: Decision analysis and clinical uncertainty. Curr Opin Pediatr 15: 272-277, 2003.
Apkon M: Regulation of Cerebral Vascular Function by Hypoxia. Basic Mechanisms of Pediatric Respiratory Disease. Haddad GG, Abman SH, Chernick V (eds.). Ontario: B.C. Decker, 2002.