Elise Willem van der Jagt, M.D., M.P.H.

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Dr. van der Jagt's major research interests are:

1) Health services for the critically ill

2) Pediatric Transport

3) Pediatric Emergency Medical Services/Intensive Care

4) Pediatric Resuscitation

5) Pediatric Pain/Sedation Management

6) Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Childhood

Dr. van der Jagt's major medical practice focuses on Pediatric Critical Care and General Inpatient Pediatrics.

Dr. van der Jagt has also been active as a National Faculty Member of the American Heart Association's Advanced Pediatric Life Support Course (PALS). This has involved multiple critical reviews of the "State of the Art" in pediatric resuscitation and authorship of portions of the new PALS textbook.

Specialty

Pediatric Critical Care

Current Appointments

• Professor - Department of Pediatrics (SMD)

Education
MPH Public Health	University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry	1987
MD Medicine	University of Maryland School of Medicine	1974
AB Biology	University of Rochester	1970

Post-Doctoral Training & Residency
Pediatric Critical Care (mini) Fellowship, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC	1987 - 1987
Chief Resident in Pediatrics, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY	1979 - 1980
Associate Resident in Pediatrics, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY	1978 - 1979
Intern in Pediatrics, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY	1974 - 1975

Fellowship Awards
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Fellowship	1980 - 1982

Board Certifications
American Board of Pediatrics, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine	1992 - Present
American Board of Pediatrics	1982 - Present

Recent Journal Articles
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Powers KS; Nazarian EB; Tapyrik SA; Kohli SM; Yin H; van der Jagt EW; Sullivan JS; Rubenstein JS. "Bispectral index as a guide for titration of propofol during procedural sedation among children." Pediatrics. 2005; 115(6):1666-74.
Maffei,F. A.; Powers,K. S.; van der Jagt,E. W.;. "Apparent life-threatening events as an indicator of occult abuse". Arch.Pediatr.Adolesc.Med. 158 (2004): 402; author reply 402-3.
Maffei FA; van der Jagt EW; Powers KS; Standage SW; Connolly HV; Harmon WG; Sullivan JS; Rubenstein JS. "Duration of mechanical ventilation in life-threatening pediatric asthma: description of an acute asphyxial subgroup." Pediatrics. 2004; 114(3):762-7.
van der Jagt EW. "Contemporary issues in the emergency care of children with asthma". Immunology & Allergy Clinics NA 18 (1998): 211.
Powers KS, van der Jagt EW, Sullivan JS, Rubenstein JS, Littman RS. "Safe and effective deep sedation with propofol of children undergoing painful procedures in the outpatient setting". Pediatr. Research 100 (1997): 458.