 Heidi Smith, MD, MSCI, FAAP
Pediatric Intensive Care
Dr. Heidi A. B. Smith, MD, MSCI, FAAP, is an assistant professor of Pediatric Critical Care and Anesthesiology at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. She received her undergraduate degree with high distinction from the University of Nebraska – Lincoln. Dr. Smith graduated Summa cum Laude from the University of South Dakota School of Medicine with her degree in medicine. There she was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) medical honors society and subsequently elected AOA President her senior year. Dr. Smith completed her pediatric residency and critical care fellowship at Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital. She has since received her Masters of Science in clinical investigation from Vanderbilt University.
Dr. Smith is a member of the Center for Human Genetics Research. Her research interests include amino acid deficiencies (citrulline/arginine) and genetic polymorphisms leading to disease processes exacerbated by decreased nitric oxide production such as pulmonary hypertension in children following congenital heart surgery. She was awarded the Vanderbilt Mentored Clinical Research Scholar Grant which funded her work on citrulline replacement in children undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass. She subsequently was awarded the 2005 SPR Clinical Fellow Research Award in Washington, D.C., the Elliott Newman award for best oral presentation in Clinical Research at the 23rd Annual Vanderbilt Research Forum, and was an invited guest lecturer at the 2006 Japanese Society for Pediatric Research conference held in Kanazawa, Japan for her studies in this area. She is an active member of the pediatric research team continuing to evaluate amino acid deficiencies and new biomarkers of oxidative injury in the critically ill.
Dr. Smith has recently joined the delirium team, providing her expertise in caring for critically ill pediatric patients. She is extremely excited to complete a validation study of the pCAM (pediatric confusion assessment method), a bedside pediatric diagnostic tool for delirium. Dr. Smith hopes to better describe pediatric delirium and its effects on short and long term outcomes for critical care patients. For more details of her work, please contact her for a copy of her Curriculum Vitae.
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Site Principal Investigators
Timothy D. Girard, MD, MSCI
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Jin H. Han, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine
James C. Jackson, PsyD
Neuropsychology and Long-Term Follow Up
Pratik Pandharipande, MD, MSCI
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care
E. Wesley Ely,MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine and Critical Care
Associate Director of Aging Research, VA GRECC
Senior Advisors
Gordon R. Bernard, MD
Associate Vice Chancellor for Research
Robert S. Dittus, MD, MPH
Div Chief Gen Medicine, Director GRECC
Research Coordinators
Leanne Boehm, MSN, RN
Critical Care Research Nurse
Joyce Okahashi, RN
Critical Care Research Nurse
Jan Dunn, RN, MSN, CCRN
Critical Care Research Nurse
Cayce Strength, RN, BSN
Critical Care Research Nurse
Brenda Truman Pun, RN, MSN, ACNP
Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
Program Clinical Manager
Mitzi W. Baker, RN, MSN
Critical Care Research Nurse
Neuropsychology
Sharon M. Gordon, PsyD
Geriatric Neuropsychology, GRECC
James C. Jackson, PsyD
Neuropsychology
Lauren Hardy, MA
Research Analyst II
Amy Lipsey, MA, LPC-MHSP
Licensed Professional Counselor
Sleep
Paula Watson, MD
Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine
Brandi Cleaver, RPSGT
Polysomnographic Technician
Peter Howard, RPSGT, AA
Sleep Research Core Manager
Beth Malow, MD, MS
Associate Professor of Neurology
Kimberly Vigil
Polysomnographic Technician
Neuroimaging
Max Gunther, PhD
Neuroimaging & Neuropsychology Research Instructor
John Gore, PhD
Neuroimaging, FMRI, Director of VUIIS
Baxter Rogers, PhD
Physicist
Psychiatry
Stephan Heckers, MD, MSc
Psychiatry Department Chair
D. Catherine Fuchs, MD
Pediatric Psychiatry
Pediatric Delirium
Heidi Smith, MD, MSCI, FAAP
Pediatric Intensive Care
Pam Berry
Pediatric Critical Care Nurse
Biostatisticians
Ayumi Shintani PhD, MPH
Chief ICU Delirium Biostatistician
Jennifer Thompson, MPH
Analyst, Biostatistics
Theodore Speroff, PhD
Psychometrics, Statistician, GRECC
Renee Torres, MS
Biostatistician
Research Fellows
Michael Hooper, MD
Research Fellow
Matthew King, MD
Research Fellow
Alessandro Morandi, MD
Geriatrician & Research Fellow
Jennifer K. Clune, MD
Chief Resident
ICU Outcomes and Patient Safety
Eduard E. Vasilevskis, M.D.
Hospital Medicine and Center for Health Services Research
Administrative
Stephanie Hamilton, BA
Administrative Assistant
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