Joseph P. Ornato, MD, FACC, FACEP

Present position:
Professor & Chairman
Department of Emergency Medicine

Address:
Medical College of Virginia
401 N 12th Street - Room G248
Richmond, VA 23298-0525
Email jornato@mcvh-vcu.edu

Current professional and academic appointments: Professor & Chairman
Department of Emergency Medicine
Professor
Department of Internal Medicine (Cardiology)

Undergraduate medical education:
Boston University 6-year Medical Program, A.B. & M.D.

Postgraduate medical education:
Internship & residency, Internal Medicine,
Mt. Sinai Medical Center, NY, NY
Fellowship, Cardiology
New York Hospital-Cornell University Medical Center, NY, NY

Board certification:
Emergency Medicine
Internal Medicine
Cardiology

Clinical interests:
Emergency cardiac care
Resuscitation
EMS

Other interests:
Photography, Astronomy

Research:
Emergency cardiac care
Resuscitation
EMS

Recent publications:

1. Gonzalez ER, Kannewurf BS, and Ornato JP, Intravenous amiodarone for ventricular arrhythmias: overview and clinical use. Resuscitation, 1998. 39(1-2): p. 33-42.

2. Nichol G, Hallstrom AP, Kerber R, Moss AJ, Ornato JP, Palmer D, Riegel B, Smith S Jr, Weisfeldt ML. American Heart Association report on the second public access defibrillation conference, April 17-19, 1997. Circulation, 1998. 97(13): p. 1309-14.

3. Go AS, Barron HV, Rundle AC, Ornato JP, Avins AL. Bundle-branch block and in-hospital mortality in acute myocardial infarction. National Registry of Myocardial Infarction 2 Investigators. Ann Intern Med, 1998. 129(9): p. 690-7.

4. Cummins RO, Hazinski MF, Kerber RE, Kudenchuk P, Becker L, Nichol G, Malanga B, Aufderheide TP, Stapleton EM, Kern K, Ornato JP, Sanders A, Valenzuela T, Eisenberg M. Low-energy biphasic waveform defibrillation: evidence-based review applied to emergency cardiovascular care guidelines: a statement for healthcare professionals from the American Heart Association Committee on Emergency Cardiovascular Care and the Subcommittees on Basic Life Support, Advanced Cardiac Life Support, and Pediatric Resuscitation. Circulation, 1998. 97(16): p. 1654-67.

5. Kontos MC, Anderson FP, Schmidt KA, Ornato JP, Tatum JL, Jesse RL. Comparison between 2-dimensional echocardiography and myocardial perfusion imaging in the emergency department in patients with possible myocardial ischemia. Am Heart J, 1998. 136(4 Pt 1): p. 724-33.

6. Cisek J, Ornato JP. Intravenous beta blockade in acute myocardial infarction. Am J Emerg Med, 1998. 16(7): p. 720-1.

7. Kontos MC, Anderson FP, Schmidt KA, Ornato JP, Tatum JL, Jesse RL. Early diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction in patients without ST-segment elevation. Am J Cardiol, 1999. 83(2): p. 155-8.

8. Ornato JP. Enhanced chest pain evaluation: Successful approaches at three centers. Journal of Critical Illness 1999; 14:161-5.

9. Kontos MC, Schmidt, KL, Nicholson CS, Ornato JP, Jesse RL, Tatum JL. Myocardial perfusion imaging with technetium-99m sestamibi in patients with cocaine-associated chest pain. Ann Emerg Med 1999; 33:639-45.

10. Kontos MC, Jesse RL, Anderson FP, Schmidt, KL, Ornato JP, Tatum JL. Comparison of myocardial perfusion imaging and cardiac troponin I in patients admitted to the emergency department with chest pain. Circulation 1999; 99:2073-8.

11. Ornato JP. Chest pain emergency centers: Improving acute myocardial infarction care. Clinical Cardiology 1999; 22:IV-3-IV-9.

12. Ornato JP. Introduction to the proceedings of the Turtle Creek Consensus Conference on Prehospital Care. Prehosp Emerg Care 1999; 3:269-72.

13. Ornato JP, Hankins DG. Public-access defibrillation. Prehosp Emerg Care 1999; 3:297-302.

14. Ewy GA, Ornato JP. Emergency cardiac care: Bethesda Conference Report. J Amer Coll Cardiol 2000; 35:825-880.