Seton Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery

Programs: Pediatric critical care associates ("pcca") is a tax-exempt pediatric sub-specialty 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation dedicated to providing quality patient care to the critically ill children of central texas that present to the pediatric intensive care unit at dell children's medical center, which serves a 46-county area in central texas. Dell children's medical center is the only dedicated freestanding pediatric facility in the region and is operated by a related tax-exempt organization seton family of hospitals. The physicians at pcca are all board certified pediatric intensivists. Pcca physicians are an integral component of the pediatric trauma team and participate in multiple hospital-wide quality improvement projects. Involvements: - participate in the pediatric acute lung injury and sepsis investigation (palisi). We are conducting national institute for health (nih), centers for disease control (cdc) and corporately-sponsored multi-center clinical research. We are studying new therapies for acute hypoxemic respiratory failure and the courses of critical pertussis and influenza infections. - serve as teaching faculty for pediatric residency program, emergency room residents and fellows, medical students, nursing students, respiratory therapists and pre-hospital emergency personnel. - all our staff members are either full or adjunct faculty at the dell medical school. Accomplishments: 1. Ongoing research studies through the pediatric palliative care program, established in 2006. Two peer reviewed articles have been published as a result of this research. 2. Expanded and continue to provide medical directorship for the pediatric transport team. Dell children's medical center performs more than 1,000 patient transports per year. This benefits both local children and those outside the austin metro area. 3. Continue to provide medical directorship for the pediatric intermediate care unit (imc), the picu and ecmo. 4. Recognized for teaching excellence in support of pediatric resident education. 5. Development and delivery of annual seminar for pediatric residents on communicating bad news to families. 6. Development of hospital wide protocol to standardize care of patients with complicated bacterial pneumonia. 7. American academy of sleep medicine accredited sleep lab 8. Cystic fibrosis foundation accredited cystic fibrosis clinic pcca community outreach activities: physicians with pediatric critical care associates participate in a variety of community outreach activities including: milagros: family support group for patients with congenital heart disease. Heartgift program: pcca physicians provide medical services for pediatric cardiac patients from foreign countries who travel to austin for care. Spine hope: a non-profit organization that transforms the lives of children with spinal deformities worldwide through surgery, education and research. Sammy's house: daycare for medically fragile infants and children. Physicians serve on the board of directors of seton clinical enterprise corporation and the physician leadership board and also on the board of trustees for the children's hospital foundation courageous kids: annual reunion for picu survivors and their families.