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Richard A. Orr, MD, FCCM
Job Title
Professor, Critical Care Medicine and Pediatrics
4401 Penn Avenue
Pittsburgh,
PA
15224
412-692-5164
Phone
412-692-6076
Fax
Email
orrra@ccm.upmc.edu
Education and Training
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Medical School: |
1977 West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, WV |
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Residency: |
1980 West Virginia University Hospital, Morgantown, WV |
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Fellowship: |
1981 Pediatric CCM Fellowship, University Health Center of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA |
Memberships
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- Society of Critical Care Medicine
- Association of Air Medical Services
- Air Medical Physicians Association
- National Association of EMS Physicians
Board Certifications
- American Board of Pediatrics, Diplomat
- American Board of Pediatrics, Critical Care Medicine
Awards
- Best Paper Award, American Academy of Pediatrics, "Predicting the need for major interventions during pediatric inter-hospital transport using pre-transport variables"
- Pediatric Specialty Award, Society of Critical Care Medicine, “Pediatric specialty care teams are associated with reduced morbidity during pediatric inter-facility transport”
- Air Medical Physician of the Year Award, Air Medical Physicians Association
- Annual Scientific Award, Society of Critical Care Medicine, “Shock Is Under-reported in Children Transported for Respiratory Distress: A Multi-Center Study Session on Epidemiology and Outcomes Research- Pediatrics"
- C. Robert Chambliss, MD Best Paper Award, American Academy of Pediatrics, “Incidence, Mortality, and Morbidity of Shock in the Pediatric Interfacility Transport Setting: A Multi-Center Study"
- Best In- Training Award, American Academy of Pediatrics, “A Pediatric Severity of Illness Model for Interfacility Transport Systems”
- Fellow, American College of Critical Care Medicine (FCCM)
Publications
- Orr RA, Venkataraman ST, McCloskey KA, Janosky JE, Dragotta M, Bills D, King WD: Measurement of pediatric illness severity using simple pretransport variables, Prehospital Emergency Care 5:127-133, 2001.
- Han YY, Carcillo JA, Dragotta MA, Bills DM, Watson RS, Westerman ME, Orr RA: Early reversal of pediatric-neonatal septic shock by community physicians is associated with improved outcome. Pediatrics 2003; 112:793-799.
- Han YY, Carcillo JA, Venkataraman ST, Clark RSB, Watson RS, Nguyen TC, Bayir H, Orr, RA: Unexpected increased mortality after implementation of a commercially sold computerized physician order entry system. Pediatrics 2005;116:1506-1512.
View Dr. Orr's full list of publications from PubMed.
