Rick Place, MD, FACEP
Candidate Statement-Secretary
The past few years have seen a significant shift in the practice of pediatric emergency
medicine. Even as our specialty began to crystallize within free-standing children’s
hospitals, it is now beginning to devolve into isolated islands in the community. This is
occurring even as a parallel effort, led by ACEP and AAP, encourages general
emergency departments to raise their standard of pediatric care (i.e. Guidelines for Care
in the Pediatric Emergency Department).
Over the past 9 years, I have had the honor of leading my group (Inova Fairfax Hospital
in the Washington DC area) as they transitioned from a paradigm of caring for children in
a general ED setting to a stand-alone, round the clock pediatric emergency department.
This is an experience familiar to many members of this section; each institution is
evolving through a similar process, with variations depending upon available resources
and local philosophies, and each institution is in a different phase of this transition.
I have developed a strong professional interest in this process and I would like to use this
leadership position to help further the advancement of more community oriented
pediatric emergency medicine, while partnering with larger institutions that provide so
much leadership yet which often have a slightly different mission. Helping to lead our
specialty as it matures into the community setting is a passion that I would very much
like to embrace over the next several years.
RICK C. PLACE, MD, FACEP, FAAP
6009 Ramsgate Rd
Bethesda, MD 20816
(H) 301-320-8865
[email protected]
BOARD CERTIFICATIONS
American Board of Emergency Medicine
Expires 2012
American Board of Pediatrics
Expires 2015
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
Clinical Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, George Washington University
Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Virginia Commonwealth University
PROFESSIONAL LICENSES
DC Board of Medicine, 1994-2004
Illinois Board of Medicine 1998-2001
Virginia Board of Medicine, 2001-present
EDUCATION
1982-1987
University of Colorado
School of Pharmacy
Boulder, CO
BS in Pharmacy, 1987
graduated magna cum laude
1988-1992
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
School of Medicine
Denver, CO
MD, 1992
graduated with honors
EMPLOYMENT
1987-1992
1992-1995
1995-1997
1998-2001
2000-2001
Porter Memorial Hospital
Denver, CO
Registered Pharmacist
Children's National Medical Center
Washington, DC
Resident, Department of Pediatric Medicine
Children's National Medical Center
Washington, DC
Fellow, Department of Adolescent Medicine
Cook County Hospital
Chicago, IL
Resident, Department of Emergency Medicine
University of Chicago Children's Hospital
Chicago, IL
Attending, Department of Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center
Chicago, IL
Attending, Department of Pediatric Emergency Medicine
2001-present
2003- present
2007-2010
Staff physician, Department of Emergency Medicine
INOVA Fairfax Hospital
Falls Church, VA
Department of Emergency Medicine
Pediatric Medical Director, Department of Emergency Medicine
INOVA Fairfax Hospital
Falls Church, VA
Department of Emergency Medicine
Cruise ship physician, Vanter Health Services
PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
Ped
Place R. In Brief: Tobacco. Pediatr Rev1997;18:441.
Place R, Arce E, Morrison A. Vocal cord dysfunction. J Adol Health 2000;
27:125-129.
Place R. Index of Suspicion [Fitz-Hugh Curtis]. Pediatrics in Review 2001;22:416-418.
Place RC, Vezzetti RY. Pulmonary Embolism in the pediatric emergency department. Clin
Emerg Med 2005;6:244-252.
Place RC. Acute urinary retention in a 9-year old child: an atypical presentation of acute
appendicitis. J Emerg Med 2006;31:173-175.
Place RC, Hanlfling D, Howell JH, Mayer T. Bioterrorism-related inhalational anthrax: Can
extrapolated adult guidelines be applied to a pediatric population? Biosecur
Bioterror 2007;5:35-4.
Place R, Vezzetti R. Pediatric and adolescent chest pain. Pediatric Emergency Practice
2007:4 (8);
1-28.
Lam SHF, Place R. Subtle presentation of brainstem injury in a child with minor head injury.
Ann Emerg Med 2008 51:375-7.
ABSTRACTS
Place R, Carlson A, Leikin J, Hanashiro P. Hyperinsulin therapy in the treatment of
verapamil overdose. J Tox Clin Tox 2000;38:576-577
Place RC, Howell JM. A comparison of fever management by pediatric-trained and nonsubspecialty-trained emergency physicians. Ann Emerg Med 2004;44(4):S109
Maloy K, Sharpe R, Sharpe M, Place R. Radiographic imaging of minor pediatric head
trauma between general and pediatric emergency physicians. Ann Emerg Med 2008;51:504
Meltzer AC, Osborn S, Howell JM, Cummings DAT, Place R, Druckenbrod G.
Identification clinical characteristics in emergency department triage that predict the need
for administration of oral contrast for abdominal cat scan. International
Conference: Caribbean Emergency Medicine Congress Jan 2009
Meltzer AC, Place R, Cummings DAT, Solomon B, Howell JM. Risk of serious bacterial
infection in febrile infants with influenza. International Conference: Caribbean Emergency
Medicine Congress Jan 2009
Place RC, Herr S. Pediatric Emergency Department Throughput: A comparison of door to
provider times at nine institutions. NACHRI & N.A.C.H. 2009 Creating Connections Conference.
(Accepted as Poster Presentation). March 2009
Lashkeri T, Place R. Capnometry as a predictor of admissions in bronchiolitis. Society of
Academic Emergency Medicine: National Meeting, May 2009, New Orleans LA. (Also presented at
Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting, May, 2009, Baltimore, MD)
Ali AB, Place R, Howell J, Malubay S, Issaev C. Reasons for early emergency department
return visits: a prospective assessment. Society of Academic Emergency Medicine: National Meeting,
May 2009, New Orleans, LA (Also presented at Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting, May,
2009, Baltimore, MD)
Place RC, Layman K, Neuner M, Choppard M, Howell JM. Ambulatory prescription errors
in a pediatric emergency department. American College of Emergency Physicians National
Assembly. Oct 2009, Boston MA
Place RC, Kou M, Howell JM. An analysis of prolonged length of stay in a pediatric
emergency department. American College of Emergency Physicians National Assembly. Oct 2009,
Boston MA
TEXTBOOK CHAPTERS
Place RC. Urethritis. In: Orenstein JB, Klein BL, Mayel T, Einhorn A, eds. Pedistat.
Baltimore: Williams and Wilkins.
Place R, Mayer T: Diabetic ketoacidosis: Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide,
6th ed, Tintinalli JE (ed); New York, McGraw-Hill, 2004.
Place R, Mayer T: General approach to pediatric trauma. The Clinical Practice of Emergency
Medicine, Wolfson, et al (eds); Philadelphia, Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2004.
Place R, Lagoc A, Mayer T: Pediatric Hematologic and Oncologic Emergencies. Emergency
Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide, 7th ed, Tintinalli JE (ed); New York, McGraw-Hill, (in process).
Place R, Mayer T: General approach to pediatric trauma. The Clinical Practice of Emergency
Medicine, Wolfson, et al (eds); Philadelphia, Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, (in process)
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
Place R. Muktinath, Nepal. New England Journal of Medicine 2000;342:379
OTHER RESEARCH
Mansbach JM, Clark S, Christopher NC, et al. Prospective multicenter study of bronchiolitis:
predicting safe discharges from the emergency department. Pediatrics
2008;121(4):680-8.
(site investigator; not coauthor)
INVITED PRESENTATIONS
“Adolescent emergencies”, Maine State AAP Annual Conference; May, 2003; Portland, ME.
“Pulmonary Embolism”, George Washington University Board Review Bootcamp; Oct,
2003; Washington, DC.
“Acid-base disorders made ridiculously simple”, George Washington University Board
Review Bootcamp; Oct, 2003; Washington, DC.
“Pediatric Trauma”, Advanced Pediatric Life Support; March, 2004; Falls Church, VA.
“Extremes of Trauma”, George Washington University Board Review Bootcamp; Oct,
2004; Washington, DC.
“Acid-base disorders made ridiculously simply”, George Washington University Board
Review Bootcamp; Oct 2004; Washington, DC
“Extremes of Trauma”, George Washington University Board Review Course; Sep, 2005;
Washington, DC.
“Pediatric Trauma”, Advanced Pediatric Life Support; American Academy of Pediatrics,
National Conference; Oct, 2005; Washington, DC
“Pneumococcal bacteremia: the evolution and waning of a disease”, Northern Virginia
Pediatric Society, Nov 2005; Washington DC
“Mock Trial in Pediatric Emergency Medicine”, American College of Emergency Physicians,
Spring Conference: April, 2006; Las Vegas, NV.
“Spontaneous combustion in the febrile infant”, Cutting edge management of Pediatric
Emergencies, Apr 2006: Washington DC
“Extremes of Trauma”, George Washington University Board Review Course; Oct, 2006;
Washington, DC.
“Fever potpourri”, George Washington University Board Review Course; Oct, 2006;
Washington, DC.
“Pediatric Respiratory Emergencies”, Americore train the trainers conference, Nov, 2006,
Antalya, Turkey
“Pediatric Cardiovascular Emergencies”, Americore train the trainers conference, Nov,
2006, Antalya, Turkey
“Pediatric Potpourri”, Americore train the trainers conference, Nov, 2006, Antalya, Turkey
“Pediatric Trauma”, Americore train the trainers conference, Nov, 2006, Antalya, Turkey
“Pediatric Cardiopulmonary Emergency Skills”, Americore train the trainers conference,
Nov, 2006, Antalya, Turkey
“Pediatric Respiratory Emergencies”, Georgetown University Emergency Grand Rounds,
Feb, 2007, Washington, DC.
“Diabetic Ketoacidosis”, Georgetown University Emergency Grand Rounds, May, 2007,
Washington, DC.
“Pediatric Risk Management”, Clinical Decision-making in Emergency Medicine June, 2007,
Ponte Vedre, FL
“Mock Trial in Pediatric Emergency Medicine”, American College of Emergency Physicians,
Scientific Assembly, Oct, 2007, Seattle, WA
“The Pediatric Airway”, Skills Station, Inova Fairfax Hospital 17th Annual Trauma
Symposium, Nov, 2007, Washington, DC.
“Sports related injuries”, Pediatrics for the Practitioner, Inova Fairfax Hopsital 1st Annual
CME conference, Oct, 2007, Washington, DC.
“Pediatric Fractures”, Clinical Decision-making in Emergency Medicine June, 2008, Ponte
Vedre, FL
“Pediatric Abdominal Pain”, panelist, “Pediatric Fractures”, Clinical Decision-making in
Emergency Medicine June, 2008, Ponte Vedre, FL
“Mock Trial in Pediatric Emergency Medicine”, American College of Emergency Physicians,
Scientific Assembly, Oct, 2008, Chicago, ILL
“Pediatric Fever”, Nov 2008, The 1st Eurasian Congress on Emergency Medicine 4th Turkish
Emergency Medicine Congress, Nov, 2008, Antalya, Turkey.
“Meeting the Needs of the Evolving Workforce in Pediatric Emergency Medicine”, panelist,
Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting, May, 2009, Baltimore, MD
“Caustic and Hydrocarbon Ingestions”, Clinical Decision-making in Emergency Medicine
Jun, 2008, Ponte Vedre, FL
“Pediatric Trauma”, Advanced Pediatric Life Support; American Academy of Pediatrics,
National Conference; Oct, 2009; Washington, DC
CONFERENCE DIRECTORSHIP
Program Director, Advanced Pediatric Life Support, Inova Fairfax Hospital,
Washington, DC; Mar 2004
Program Director, Advanced Pediatric Life Support, Inova Fairfax Hospital,
Washington, DC; Feb 2005
Program Director, Advanced Pediatric Life Support, American Academy of Pediatrics
National Conference, Washington, DC; Oct 2005.
Program Co-director, “Cutting edge management of pediatric emergencies”, Inova
Fairfax Hospital, Washington DC; April 2006.
Program Director, Advanced Pediatric Life Support, American Academy of Pediatrics
National Conference, Washington, DC; Oct 2009.
HOSPITAL COMMITTEES AND CITIZENSHIP
Pediatric Advanced Life Support Instructor, 1997-present
Medical School Advisory Board, Subcommittee on Evaluation and Assessment
(University of Virginia, Fairfax Campus), 2004-2006
Medical Student Mentorship Program, mentor, 2006-2007
Pediatric Disaster Surge Capacity Task Force, 2004Pediatric Clinical Guidelines Committee, IFHC, 2004
Pediatric Safety Committee, IFHC, 2005-present
Continuing Medical Education Committee, Inova Fairfax Hospital, 2005-2007
Pediatric Resident Mentorship Program, resident mentor, 2005-present
Pediatric Strategic Operations Committee, 2006-present
Pediatric Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee 2008-present
2007
Reviewer, Academic Emergency Medicine 2005-present
Guest reviewer, Biosecurity and Bioterrorism: Biodefense Strategy, Practice, and Science
PEER REVIEW
2007
Academic Emergency Medicine 2005-present
Pediatric Emergency Practice 2009-present
Guest reviewer, Biosecurity and Bioterrorism: Biodefense Strategy, Practice, and Science
NATIONAL COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
First Aid Science Advisory Board, AAP representative 2009
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
American Medical Association, 1992-present
American Academy of Pediatrics, 1992-present
American College of Emergency Physicians, 1999-present
HONORS
Rho Chi, pharmacy honor society, 1986
AOA, medical honor society, 1992
Fellow, American College of Emergency Physicians, 2004
Fellow, American Academy of Pediatrics, 2005