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  1. Calhoun AW, Gross IT, Mallory LB, Shepard LN, Adler MD, Maa T, Auerbach MA, Cheng A, Kessler DO, Whitfill TM, Duff JP. From Concept to Publication: Effectiveness of the International Network for Simulation-Based Pediatric Innovation, Research, and Education Project Development Process at Generating Simulation Scholarship. Simul Healthc. 2021 Dec 27. doi: 10.1097/SIH.0000000000000628. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34966128.

  2. Wong AH, Whitfill T, Ohuabunwa EC, Ray JM, Dziura JD, Bernstein SL, Taylor RA. Association of Race/Ethnicity and Other Demographic Characteristics With Use of Physical Restraints in the Emergency Department. JAMA Netw Open. 2021 Jan 4;4(1):e2035241. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.35241. PMID: 33492372

  3. Abulebda K, Yuknis ML, Whitfill T, Montgomery EE, Pearson KJ, Rousseau R, Diaz MCG, Brown LL, Wing R, Tay KY, Good GL, Malik RN, Garrow AL, Zaveri PP, Thomas E, Makharashvili A, Burns RA, Lavoie M, Auerbach MA; Improving Pediatric Acute Care Through Simulation (ImPACTS). Preparedness for Pediatric Office Emergencies: A Multicenter, Simulation-Based Study. Pediatrics. 2021 Sep;148(3):e2020038463. doi: 10.1542/peds.2020-038463. PMID: 34433688.

  4. Alsaedi H, Lutfi R, Abu-Sultaneh S, Montgomery EE, Pearson KJ, Weinstein E, Whitfill T, Auerbach MA, Abulebda K. Improving the Quality of Clinical Care of Children with Diabetic Ketoacidosis in General Emergency Departments Following a Collaborative Improvement Program with an Academic Medical Center. J Pediatr. 2021 Sep 3:S0022-3476(21)00866-0. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2021.08.081. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34481806.

  5. Abulebda K, Whitfill T, Mustafa M, Montgomery EE, Lutfi R, Abu-Sultaneh S, Nitu ME, Auerbach MA; Improving Pediatric Acute Care Through Simulation (ImPACTS). Improving Pediatric Readiness and Clinical Care in General Emergency Departments: A Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Study. J Pediatr. 2022 Jan;240:241-248.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2021.08.084. Epub 2021 Sep 6. PMID: 34499944.

  6. Levy AR, Khalil E, Chandramohan M, Whitfill TM, Cicero MX. Efficacy of Computer-Based Simulation as a Modality for Learning Pediatric Disaster Triage for Pediatric Emergency Nurses. Simul Healthc. 2021 Oct 13. doi: 10.1097/SIH.0000000000000616. PMID: 34652326.

  7. Abulebda K, Whitfill T, Montgomery EE, Thomas A, Dudas RA, Leung JS, Scherzer DJ, Aebersold M, Van Ittersum WL, Kant S, Walls TA, Sessa AK, Janofsky S, Fenster DB, Kessler DO, Chatfield J, Okada P, Arteaga GM, Berg MD, Knight LJ, Keilman A, Makharashvili A, Good G, Bingham L, Mathias EJ, Nagy K, Hamilton MF, Vora S, Mathias K, Auerbach MA; Improving Pediatric Acute Care through Simulation (ImPACTS). Improving Pediatric Readiness in General Emergency Departments: A Prospective Interventional Study. J Pediatr. 2020 Oct 31:S0022-3476(20)31337-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2020.10.040. PMID: 33137316.

  8. Schoppel KA, Stapleton S, Florian J, Whitfill T, Walsh BM. Benchmark Performance of Emergency Medicine Residents in Pediatric Resuscitation: Are We Optimizing Pediatric Education for Emergency Medicine Trainees? AEM Education and Training. 2020; 00:1-11.

  9. Gross IT, Whitfill T, Auzina L, Auerbach M, and Balmaks R. Telementoring for remote simulation instructor training and faculty development using telesimulation. BMJ Simulation and Technology Enhanced Learning 2021;7:61-65.

  10. Wong AH, Ray JM, Auerbach MA, Venkatesh AK, McVaney C, Burness D, Chmura C, Saxa T, Sevilla M, Flood CT, Patel A, Whitfill T, Dziura JD, Yonkers KA, Ulrich A, Bernstein SL. Study protocol for the ACT response pilot intervention: development, implementation and evaluation of a systems-based Agitation Code Team (ACT) in the emergency department. BMJ Open. 2020 Jun 30;10(6):e036982. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-036982. PMID: 32606062

  11. Gross IT, Whitfill T, Auzina L, Auerbach M, Balmaks R. Tele-co-debriefing as an initial step for tele-curriculum development for simulation faculty in Latvia. BMJ Simulation and Technology Enhanced Learning 10.1136/bmjstel-2019-000512. May 2020

  12. Wong, AH., Crispino L, Parker J, McVaney C, Rosenberg A, Ray J, Whitfill T, Iennaco J, and Bernstein S. "4123 Characterization of Physical Restraint and Sedative Use for Treatment of Agitation in the Emergency Department." Journal of Clinical and Translational Science 4, no. s1 (2020): 125-125.

  13. Balmaks R, Whitfill TM, Ziemele B, Blumberga M, Upenieks R, Vegeris I, Grope I, Pavare J, Auerbach MA, Gross IT. Pediatric Readiness in the Emergency Department and Its Association With Patient Outcomes in Critical Care: A Prospective Cohort Study. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2020 May;21(5):e213-e220. PMID: 32132503.

  14. Walsh BM, Auerbach MA, Gawel MN, Brown LL, Byrne BJ, Calhoun A; INSPIRE ImPACTS investigators. Community-based in situ simulation: bringing simulation to the masses. Adv Simul (Lond). 2019 Dec 21;4:30. doi: 10.1186/s41077-019-0112-y. PMID: 31890313; PMCID: PMC6925415.

  15. Dodds D, Bose JL, Deng MD, Dubé GR, Grossman TH, Kaiser A, Kulkarni K, Leger R, Mootien-Boyd S, Munivar A, Oh J, Pestrak M, Rajpura K, Tikhonov AP, Turecek T, Whitfill T. Controlling the Growth of the Skin Commensal Staphylococcus epidermidis Using d-Alanine Auxotrophy. mSphere. 2020 Jun 10;5(3):e00360-20.

  16. Gross IT, Whitfill T, Redmond B, Couturier K, Bhatnagar A, Joseph M, Joseph D, Ray J, Wagner M, Auerbach M. Comparison of Two Telemedicine Delivery Modes for Neonatal Resuscitation Support: A Simulation-Based Randomized Trial. Neonatology. 2020 Jan 6:1-8. doi: 10.1159/000504853.

  17. Whitfill T, Auerbach MA, Remick K, Brown K, Richards R, Olson LM, Gausche-Hill M. Facility Recognition Programs and Their Impact on Pediatric Readiness in Emergency Departments. Journal of Pediatrics. 2020 Mar;218:210-216.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2019.10.017.

  18. Gross IT, Goldberg SA, Whitfill T, Liebling S, Garcia A, Alfano A, Hasdianda A, Cicero MX. Improving Pediatric Administrative Disaster Preparedness Through Simulated Disaster Huddles. Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2020 Mar 16:1-6. doi: 10.1017/dmp.2020.10. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 32172716.

  19. Whitfill T, Auerbach M, Diaz MCG, Walsh B, Scherzer DJ, Gross IT, Cicero MX. Cost effective analysis a videogame vs. live simulation for disaster training. BMJ Simulation & Technology Enhanced Learning. 2019. Published Online First: 04 October 2019. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjstel-2019-000497.

  20. Whitfill T, Auerbach M, Scherzer DJ, Shi J, Xiang H, Stanley RM. Emergency Care for Children in the U.S.: Epidemiology and Trends Over Time. Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2018 May 21.. doi: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2018.04.019. PMID: 29793812

  21. Whitfill T, Gawel M, Auerbach M. A Simulation-Based Quality Improvement Initiative Improves Pediatric Readiness in Community Hospitals. Pediatric Emergency Care. 2018 Jnun; 34 (6): 431-435. doi: 10.1097/PEC.0000000000001233. PMID: 28719479.

  22. Raymond T, Dewan M, MacKinnon RJ, Whitfill T, Harwayne-Gidansky I, Doughty CB, Frisell K, Kessler DO, Wolfe H, Auerbach MA, Rutledge C, Mitchell D, Jani P, Walsh CM. The Effect of an International Competitive Leaderboard on Self-Motivated Simulation-based QCPR Practice Among Healthcare Professionals. Resuscitation. 2019 May; 138:273-281. doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2019.02.050. PMID: 30946919.

  23. Walsh BM, Auerbach MA, Gawel MN, Brown LL, Byrne BJ, Calhoun A; INSPIRE ImPACTS investigators. Community-based in situ simulation: bringing simulation to the masses. Adv Simul (Lond). 2019 Dec 21;4:30. doi: 10.1186/s41077-019-0112-y. PMID: 31890313

  24. Abu-Sultaneh S, Abulebda K, Whitfill T, Friedman ML, Leeper KJ, Lufti R, Auerbach MA. Improving Simulated Pediatric Airway Management in Community Emergency Departments Using a Collaborative Program with Pediatric Academic Medical Center. Respiratory Care 2019 Sep; 64(9):1073-1081. PMID: 31015388.

  25. Wong AHW, Crispino L, Parker J, McVaney C, Rosenberg A, Ray JM, Whitfill T, Iennaco JD, Bernstein SL. Characteristics and Severity of Agitation Associated with Use of Sedatives and Restraints in the Emergency Department. Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2019; 57 (5): 611-619. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jemermed.2019.07.019.

  26. Wong AHW, Crispino L, Parker J, McVaney C, Rosenberg A, Ray JM, Whitfill T, Iennaco JD, Bernstein SL. Use of Sedatives and Restraints for Treatment of Agitation in the Emergency Department. American Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2019; 37 (7): 1376-1379. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajem.2018.12.027

  27. Courturier K, Whitfill T, Panchal R, Bhatnagasr A, Parker J, Bruno C, Wong A, Auerbach M Gross I. The Impact of Telemedicine on Neonatal Resuscitation in the Emergency Department: A Simulation-Based Randomized Trial. BMJ Simulation & Technology Enhanced Learning. 2020;6: 10-14. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjstel-2018-000398

  28. Abulebda K, Whitfill T, Montgomery E, Kirby M, Ahmed R, Cooper D, Nitu D, Auerbach M, Lufti R, Aub-Sultaneh S. Improving Pediatric Diabetic Ketoacidosis Management in Community Emergency Departments Using a Simulation-Based Collaborative Improvement Program. Pediatric Emergency Care. 2019.

  29. Butler M, Whitfill T, Gawel M, Gross I, Auerbach M. The Impact of Telemedicine on Teamwork and Communication, and Clinical Performance: A Simulation-based, Randomized, Controlled Trial. Telemedicine and e-Health. 2018 Jun 29. doi: 10.1089/tmj.2018.0017. PMID: 2995715.

  30. Auerbach M, Brown L, Whitfill T, Baird J, Abulebda K, Bhatnagar A, Montgomery EE, Gawel M, Walsh B, Tay K, Lavoie M, Dudas RA, Kessler D, Katznelson J, Nadkarni V, Ganghadaran S, Hamilton MF. Adherence to Pediatric Cardiac Arrest Guidelines Across a Spectrum of Fifty Emergency Departments: A Prospective In situ Simulation-Based Study. Academic Emergency Medicine. 2018. doi: 10.1111/acem.13564. PMID: 30194902.

  31. Johnston L, Sawyer T, Nishisaki A, Whitfill T, Ades A, French H, Glass K, Dadiz R, Bruno C, Levit O, Gangadhara S, Scherzer D, Moussa A, Auerbach M, on behalf of the INSPIRE Research Network. Neonatal intubation competency assessment tool: development and validation. Academic Pediatrics 2019;19(2):157-64. PMID: 30103050.

  32. Cicero MX, Whitfill T, Walsh B, Diaz MC, Arteaga G, Scherzer DJ, Goldeberg S, Madhok M, Bowen A, Paesoano G, Redlener M, Munjal K, Kessler D, Auerbach M. Auerbach M. 60 Seconds to Survival: A Multisite Study of a Screen‐based Simulation to Improve Prehospital Providers Disaster Triage Skills. Academic Emergency Medicine: Education and Training 2018; 2: 100-106. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/aet2.10080.

  33. Abulebda K, Lutfi R, Whitfill T, Abu-Sultaneh S, Leeper KJ, Weinstein E, Auerbach MA. A Collaborative In Situ Simulation-based Pediatric Readiness Improvement Program for Community Emergency Departments. Academic Emergency Medicine. 2017 Oct 4. PMID:28977717

  34. Cicero MX, Whitfill T, et al. 60 seconds to survival: A pilot study of a disaster triage video game for prehospital providers. American Journal of Disaster Medicine. 2017 Spring;12(2):75-83. PMID:29136270

  35. Chang TP, Doughty CB, Mitchell D, Rutledge C, Auerbach MA, Frisell K, Jan P, Kessler DO, Wolfe H, MacKinnon RJ, Dewan M, Pirie J, Lemke D, Khattab M, Tofil N, Nagamuthu Ch, Walsh CM, INSPIRE In-Hospital QCPR Leaderboard Investigators. Leveraging Quick Response code technology to facilitate simulation-based leaderboard competition. Simulation in Healthcare. 2018 Feb;13(1):64-71. doi: 10.1097/SIH.0000000000000281.

  36. Walsh BM, Gangadharan S, Whitfill T, Gawel M, Kessler D, Dudas RA, Katznelson J, Lavoie M, Tay KY, Hamilton M, Brown LL, Nadkarni V, Auerbach M. Safety Threats During the Care of Infants with Hypoglycemic Seizures in the Emergency Department: A Multicenter, Simulation-Based Prospective Cohort Study. Journal Emergency Medicine. 2017; 53(4):467-474.e7.

  37. Auerbach M, Whitfill T, Gawel M, Kessler D, Walsh B, Gangadharan S, Hamilton MF, Schultz B, Nishisaki A, Tay KY, Lavoie M, Katznelson J, Dudas R, Baird J, Nadkarni V, Brown L. Differences in the Quality of Pediatric Resuscitative Care Across a Spectrum of Emergency Departments. JAMA Pediatrics. 2016 Oct 1;170(10):987-994. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2016.1550. PMID: 27570926.

  38. Alphonso A, Auerbach M, Bechtel K, Bilodeau K, Gawel M, Koziel J, Whitfill T, Tiyyagura GK. Development of a Child Abuse Checklist to Evaluate Prehospital Provider Performance. Prehospital Emergency Care. 2016 Oct 4. doi: doi: 10.1080/10903127.2016.1229824. PMID: 27700209.

  39. Cicero MX, Whitfill T, Overly F, Baird J, Walsh B, Yarzebski J, Riera A, Adelgais K, Meckler GD, Baum C, Cone DC, Auerbach M. Pediatric Disaster Triage: Multiple Simulation Curriculum Improves Prehospital Care Providers' Assessment Skills. Prehospital Emergency Care. 2017 Mar-Apr;21(2):201-108. PMID: 27749145.

  40. Emerson BL, Whitfill T, Baum CR, Garlin-Kane K, Santucci K. Effects of alcohol-based hand hygiene solutions on breath alcohol detection in the emergency department. American Journal of Infection Control. 2016 Dec 1;44(12):1672-1674. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2016.05.036 PubMed PMID: 27614708.

  41. Johnston L, Chen R, Whitfill T, Bruno C, Levit Orly, Auerbach Marc. Do you see what I see? A randomized trial of simulation-based master training with videolaryngoscopy for neonatal intubation. BMJ Simulation & Technology Enhanced Learning. 2016.

  42. Kessler D, Pusic M, Chang TP, Fein DM, Grossman D, Mehta R, White M, Jang J, Whitfill T, Auerbach M. Impact of Just-in-Time and Just-in-Place Simulation on Intern Success With Infant Lumbar Puncture. Pediatrics. 2015 May;135(5):e1237-46. PubMed PMID: 25869377.

  43. Zoltowski K, Mistry R, Brousseau D, Whitfill T, Aronson P. What parents want: an analysis of parental expectations and satisfactions in the pediatric emergency department. Acad Pediatr 16(4):343-349. doi:10.1016/j.acap.2016.01.020. PMID: 26854207.

  44. Auerbach M, Fein D, Chang T, Gerard J, Zaveri P, Grossman D, Van Ittersum W, Rocker J, Whitfill T, Pusic M, Kessler D, ImPACTS/INSPIRE collaborative. The correlation of workplace simulation-based assessments with interns' infant lumbar puncture success: a prospective, multi-center, observational study. Simulation in Healthcare 11(2):126-33. 2016. doi: 10.1097/SIH.0000000000000135. PMID: 27043098.

  45. Kessler D, Walsh B, Whitfill T, Gangadharan S, Gawel M, Brown L, Auerbach M. Disparities in Adherence to Pediatric Sepsis Guidelines across a Spectrum of Emergency Departments: a Multicenter, Cross-sectional Observational Study. Journal of Emergency Medicine. 50(3):403-415.e3. 2016 PMID: 26499775.

  46. Cheng A, Kessler D, Mackinnon R, Chang TP, Nadkarni VM, Hunt EA, Duval-Arnould J, Lin Y, Cook DA, Pusic M, Hui J, Moher D, Egger M, Auerbach M. International Network for Simulation-based Pediatric Innovation, Research and Education (INSPIRE) Reporting Guidelines Investigators. Reporting Guidelines for Health Care Simulation Research: Extensions to the CONSORT and STROBE Statements. Simulation in Healthcare. 2016 Aug;11(4):238-48.PMID: 27465839.

  47. Cheng A, Kessler D, Mackinnon R, Chang TP, Nadkarni VM, Hunt EA, Duval-Arnould J, Lin Y, Cook DA, Pusic M, Hui J, Moher D, Egger M, Auerbach M. International Network for Simulation-based Pediatric Innovation, Research and Education (INSPIRE) Reporting Guidelines Investigators. Reporting Guidelines for Health Care Simulation Research: Extensions to the CONSORT and STROBE Statements. Advances in Simulation. 2016 July. http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s41077-016-0025-y. PMID: 29449994.

  48. Cheng A, Kessler D, Mackinnon R, Chang TP, Nadkarni VM, Hunt EA, Duval-Arnould J, Lin Y, Cook DA, Pusic M, Hui J, Moher D, Egger M, Auerbach M. International Network for Simulation-based Pediatric Innovation, Research and Education (INSPIRE) Reporting Guidelines Investigators. Reporting Guidelines for Health Care Simulation Research: Extensions to the CONSORT and STROBE Statements. BMJ Simulation & Technology Enhanced Learning. 2016 July.

  49. Cicero MX, Walsh B, Solad Y, Whitfill T, Paesano G, Kim K, Baum CR, Cone DC. Do you see what I see? Insights from using google glass for disaster telemedicine triage. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2015 Feb;30(1):4-8. doi: 10.1017/S1049023X1400140X. PMID: 25571779

  50. ‘Schumacher MA, Chinnam NB, Cuthbert B, Tonthat NK, Whitfill T. Structures of regulatory machinery reveal novel molecular mechanisms controlling B. subtilis nitrogen homeostasis. Genes Dev. 2015 Feb 15;29(4):451-64. doi: 10.1101/gad.254714.114. PubMed PMID: 25691471;

  51. Murray DS, Chinnam N, Tonthat NK, Whitfill T, Wray LV Jr, Fisher SH, Schumacher MA. Structures of the Bacillus subtilis glutamine synthetase dodecamer reveal large intersubunit catalytic conformational changes linked to a unique feedback inhibition mechanism. J Biol Chem. 2013 Dec 13;288(50):35801-11. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M113.519496. PubMed PMID: 24158439.

  52. Tonthat NK, Milam SL, Chinnam N, Whitfill T, Margolin W, Schumacher MA. SlmA forms a higher-order structure on DNA that inhibits cytokinetic Z-ring formation over the nucleoid. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013 Jun 25;110(26):10586-91. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1221036110. PMID: 23754405.

  53. Dupaigne P, Tonthat NK, Espéli O, Whitfill T, Boccard F, Schumacher MA. Molecular basis for a protein-mediated DNA-bridging mechanism that functions in condensation of the E. coli chromosome. Mol Cell. 2012 Nov 30;48(4):560-71. doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2012.09.009. PMID: 23084832.

 

 
 
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