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Melinda Fiedor Hamilton, MD, MSc

Job Title Director, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC Pediatric Simulation Center

Job Title Associate Director, Pediatric Programs, Peter M. Winter Institute for Simulation, Education, and Research (WISER)

Job Title Assistant Professor, Critical Care Medicine and Pediatrics, Critical Care Medicine Department, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Job Title Associate Director, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Fellowship Program

Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

4401 Penn Avenue, Suite Floor 5

Pittsburgh, PA 15224

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Education and Training

Medical School:	1997 Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, NE
Residency:	2000 Milton S. Hershey School of Medicine, Hershey, PA
Fellowship:	2003 Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA
Post-Graduate:	2005 University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Master's in Medical Education

Memberships

Society of Critical Care Medicine
American Academy of Pediatrics
American Society for Medical Simulation
American Heart Association

Board Certifications

American Board of Pediatrics, Subboard of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Awards

Outstanding Intensivist, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC

Publications

Nguyen T, Hall M, Han Y, Fiedor M, Hasset A, Lopez I, Watson RS, Lum L, and Carcillo J. Microvascular Thrombosis in Pediatric Multiple Organ Failure: Is it a Therapeutic Target? Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, July 2001: Vol 2, (187-196).
Fiedor, M, DeVita, M. Human Simulation & Crisis-Team Training Simulators. Critical Care and Beyond, Society of Critical Care Medicine, © 2004.
Fiedor M. Pediatric Simulation: A Valuable Tool for Pediatric Medical Education. Critical Care Medicine, 2004 Vol. 32, No. 2 (Suppl).
Toback, S, Fiedor, M. Kilpela, B, Reis, E. Impact of a pediatric primary care office-based mock code program on physician and staff confidence to perform life-saving skills. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2006 Jun;22(6):415-22.
Fiedor M, Hunt Elizabeth A, DeVita MA: Teaching Organized Crisis Team Functioning Using Human Simulators. Medical Emergency Teams: Implementation and Outcome Measurement. DeVita MA, Hillman K, Bellomo R (eds), Springer, NY 2006. pp 232-245.
Hunt, E, Fiedor Hamilton, M. Eppich, W. Resuscitation Education: Narrowing the Gap b\Between Evidence-Based Resuscitation Guidelines and Perfuormance Using Best Educational Practices. Pediatric Clinics of North America. Schexnayder, S, Zaritsky, A (eds) August 2008, Vol 55 No. 4.

View Dr. Hamilton's full list of publications from PubMed.