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Kathryn A. Felmet, MD

Job Title Co-Medical Director, Transport Team, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC

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

Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

4401 Penn Avenue, Suite Floor 5

Pittsburgh, PA 15224

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Email felmka@upmc.edu

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Education and Training

Medical School:	1997 Oregon Health Sciences University School of Medicine, Portland, OR
Residency:	2000 Pediatrics, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, OR
Fellowship:	2003 Critical Care, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA

Memberships

Society of Critical Care Medicine

Board Certifications

American Board of Pediatrics, Pediatrics
American Board of Pediatrics, Sub-Board Critical Care Medicine

Awards

Alumni Scholarship, District 10, Bryn Mawr College
Thesis Prize, Religion, Bryn Mawr College
John S. Miller Award for Teaching
Abigail Lacey Memorial Award
Doernbecher Children’s Hospital Resident Research Award
2003,2008 Annual Scientific Award, Society for Critical Care Medicine
Fellow of the Year, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
2006-2008 Outstanding Critical Care Physician, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC

Publications

Baltagi SA, Shoykhet M, Felmet K, Kochanek PM, Bell MJ.Neurological sequelae of 2009 influenza A (H1N1) in children: a case series observed during a pandemic. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2010 Mar;11(2):179-84.
Orr RA, Felmet KA, Han Y, McCloskey KA, Dragotta MA, Bills DM, Kuch BA, Watson RS. Pediatric specialized transport teams are associated with improved outcomes. Pediatrics. 2009 Jul;124(1):40-8.
Orr, RA, Felmet, KA, McCloskey, KA, Dragotta, MA, Bills, DM, Kuch, BA, Watson, RS. Pediatric Critical Care Specialized Teams Reduce Morbidity and Mortality for Patients Undergoing Interfacility Transport. Pediatrics. 2008; in press.
Brierley J, Choong K, Cornell T, Decaen A, Deymann A, Doctor A, Davis A, Duff J, Dugas MA, Duncan A, Evans B, Feldman J, Felmet K, Fisher G, Frankel L, Jeffries H, Greenwald B, Gutierrez J, Han K, Hanson J, Hazelzet J, Hernan L, Kiff J, Kissoon N, Kon A, Irazusta J, Lin J, Lorts A, Mariscalco M, Mehta R, Nadel S, Nguyen T, Nicholson C, Peters M, Okhuysen-Cawley R, Poulton T, Relves M, Rodriguez A, Rozenfeld R, Schnitzler E, Shanley T, Skache S, Skippen P, Torres A, von Dessauer Chile B, Weingarten J, Zaritsky A, Stojadinovic B, Zimmerman J, Zuckerberg A. 2007 American College of Critical Care Medicine clinical practice parameters for hemodynamic support of pediatric and neonatal septic shock*. Crit Care Med. 2008 Nov 28. [Epub ahead of print]
Tabery J, Mackett CW 3rd; University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Pandemic Influenza Task Force's Triage Review Board. Ethics of triage in the event of an influenza pandemic. Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2008 Jun;2(2):114-8.