Kevin R. Ward, M.D.

Present position:
Director of Research Department of Emergency Medicine Associate Director Virginia Commonwealth University Reanimation Engineering Shock Center (VCURES)

Address:
Medical College of Virginia
401 N 12th Street
Richmond, VA 23298-0525
Email krward@hsc.vcu.edu

Current professional and academic appointments: Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine Adjunct Assistant Professor of Physiology
VCU School of Medicine
Editorial Board Member: Resuscitation
Reviewer: Annals of Emergency Medicine, Academic Emergency Medicine, Journal of Emergency Medicine
Grant Reviewer (Ad hoc): Medical Research Council of Canada
Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Research Committee
Society of Critical Care Medicine: Emergency Medicine Section Member at Large
Member MCVH Emergency Response Committee

Undergraduate medical education:
Louisiana State University
Bachelor of Science in Physiology
Tulane University School of Medicine
Doctor of Medicine

Postgraduate medical education:
University of Pittsburgh 1989-1992
Emergency Medicine
Ohio State University 1992-1994
Emergency Medicine Research Fellowship
Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine Society Hyperbaric Medicine Trained 1992

Board certification:
Emergency Medicine

Clinical interests:
Diagnosis, Management, Pathophysiology of Shock States
Noninvasive Monitoring
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
Cerebral Injury
Pain and Airway Management

Other interests:
Reading: History and Biographies
Cajun and Creole Cooking
Antiques and Southern Architecture

Research:
Development of Noninvasive-minimally invasive monitoring techniques
Development of Shock Models
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Development of New CPR Techniques Development of Novel Diagnostic and Therapeutic Strategies for the diagnosis and treatment of shock states and the prevention of sepsis and multisystem organ failure

Recent publications:

Manuscripts and Book Chapters

1. Ward KR, Sullivan R, Zelenak R, Summers W: A comparison of interposed abdominal compression CPR and standard CPR by monitoring end-tidal pCO2. Ann Emerg Med 1989; 18:831-837.

2. Ward KR, Menegazzi JJ, Yealy DM, Klain MM, Molner RL, Good JS: Translaryngeal jet ventilation and end-tidal PCO2 monitoring during varying degrees of upper airway obstruction. Ann Emerg Med 1991;20:1193-1197.

3. Ward KR, Sullivan R, Zelenak R, McSwain N: A comparison of chest compressions between mechanical and manual CPR by monitoring end-tidal pCO2 during human cardiac arrest. Ann Emerg Med 1993;22:669-674.

4. Angelos MG, Ward KR, Hobson J, Beckley PD: Organ blood flow following cardiac arrest in a swine low-flow cardiopulmonary bypass model. Resuscitation 1994;27:245-254.

5. Angelos MG, Ward KR, Beckley PD: Norepinephrine-induced hypertension following cardiac arrest: effects on myocardial oxygen use in as swine model. Ann Emerg Med 1993;24:907-914.

6. Adams CP, Martin GB, Rivers EP, Ward KR, Smithline HA, Rady MY: Hemodynamics of interposed abdominal compression during human cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Acad Emerg Med 1994;1:498-502.

7. Ward KR: Possible reasons for the variable responses to IAC-CPR in humans. Acad Emerg Med 1994;1:482-489.

8. Ward KR: Pulse oximetry. In Wolfson AB, Paris PM (eds), Diagnostic Testing in Emergency Medicine, Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders, 1996, pp 590-597.

9. Ward KR: Visceral organ ischemia and reperfusion in cardiac arrest. In, Paradis NA, Halperan HR, Nowak RM (eds), Cardiac Arrest: The Pathophysiology and Therapy of Sudden Death, Baltimore: Williams and Wilkins, 1996, pp 160-184.

10. Abramson NS, Ebmeyer U, Ward KR, Neumar R: Bringing it all together: Brain oriented postresuscitation critical care. In, Paradis NA, Halperan HR, Nowak RM (eds), Cardiac Arrest: The Pathophysiology and Therapy of Sudden Death, Baltimore: Williams and Wilkins, 1996, pp 923-934.

11. Ward KR, Yealy D: Pharmacologic adjuncts to painful procedures. In, Roberts JR, Hedges JR (eds), Clinical Procedures in Emergency Medicine (third edition), Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders, 1997, pp 516-531.

12. Neumar R, Ward KR: Cardiac arrest resuscitation. In, Welch KMA, Caplan L, Reis D, Weir B, Siesjo (eds), Primer on Cerebrovascular Diseases, San Diego: Academic Press 1997, pp 776-783.

13. Ward KR, Yealy DM: End-tidal carbon dioxide monitoring in emergency medicine: Basic principles. Acad Emerg Med 1998;5:628-636.

14. Ward KR, Yealy DM: End-tidal carbon dioxide monitoring in emergency medicine: Clinical applications. Acad Emerg Med 1998;5:637-646.

15. Ward KR, Yealy D: Systemic analgesia and sedation for orthopedic procedures, In, Della-Giustina D, Coppola M (eds) Orthopedic Emergencies Part II, Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America 18:1, Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders, 2000, pp 141-166.

16. Ward KR: Fellowship Training in Emergency Medicine. In. Hobgood C, Zink B (eds) Emergency Medicine; An Academic Career Guide Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, Lansing, MI pp21-24.

17. Ward KR: Trauma airway management. In, Nuss A, Linden C, Luten R, Shepard S, and Wolfson A (eds), The Clinical Practice of Emergency Medicine (third edition), Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott 2000: (In Press)

18. Neumar R, Ward KR: Cardiopulmonary arrest. In, Rosen P, Barkin R (eds), Emergency Medicine Concepts and Clinical Practice, (fifth edition) (In Press).

19. Ward KR, Neumar R: Cardiac arrest resuscitation. In: Aminoff MF, Daroff RB (eds), Encyclopedia of Neurologic Sciences, (first edition) Academic Press (In Press).

20. Ward KR, Barbee W, Ivatury R: End-points to the resuscitation of trauma. J Intensive Care Med (In Press)

Abstracts

1. Ward KR, Menegazzi JJ, Davis EA, Williams DS, Auble TA, Neumar RW, Ho C: Sodium bicarbonate does not worsen intracellular cerebral acidosis during CPR: A 31-P MRS study (abstract). Circulation Suppl I 1992;86:I-548.

2. Ward K, Lin J, Chopp M: Carbon monoxide poisoning does not cause significant cerebral heat shock protein-72 expression (abstract). Crit Care Med 1998;26:A39.

3. Ward K, Hart S, Kahler J, Bilkovski R, West P: The use of etomidate in acute airway management (abstract). Crit Care Med 1998;26:A102.

4. Rivers E, Doyle D, Nguyen B, Dereczyk B, Hays G, Knoblich B, Ressler J, Nisenbaum R, Paul-Kagiri R, Randall K, Cuenca M, Loomis J, Ward K: Physiologic assessment of the critically ill: An outcome evaluation of emergency department intervention (abstract). Acad Emerg Med 1998;5:530.

5. Ward K, Lin J, Chopp M: Hypotension and oligemia are required for neuronal heat shock protein expression from carbon monoxide poisoning (abstract). Ann Emerg Med 1998;32:S2.

6. Ward K, Lin J, Chopp M: Hypotension and oligemia are required for induction of apoptosis from carbon monoxide poisoning (abstract). Ann Emerg Med 1998;32:S6.

7. Ward K, Lin J, Jiang P, Jiang Q, Chopp M: Lack of diffusion weighted magnetic imaging changes during carbon monoxide poisoning (abstract). Ann Emerg Med 1998;32:S6-7.

8. Nguyen B, Rivers E, Bilkoviski R, Kahler J, Knoblich B, Gunnerson K, Dereczyk B, Ward K: An evaluation of central venous oxygen saturation/lactic acid ratios and survival in shock (abstract) Ann Emerg Med 1998;32:S41.

9. Ward K, Lin J, Chopp M: Carbon monoxide and simple hypoxemia produce the same cerebral heat shock response but require hypotension (abstract). Crit Care Med 1999;27:A57.

10. Ward K, Hart S, Bortle R, Rivers E: Rapid sequence induction of brain injured patients without pre-induction opioids: Hemodynamic effects (abstract). Crit Care Med 1999;27:A73.

11. Ward K, Lin J, Zhang L, Chopp M: Hyperbaric oxygen preconditions the brain and reduces cerebral damage from transient focal cerebral ischemia (abstract). Crit Care Med 1999;27:A53.

12. Aurora T, Chung W, Dunne R, Martin G, Ward K, Rivers E: Occult myocardial injury in severe carbon monoxide poisoning (abstract) Acad Emerg Med 1999;6:394.

13. Nguyen H, Rivers E, Havsted S, Knoblich B, Hays G, Ward K, et al: Shock outcome prediction in the emergency department (SOPED) (abstract). Acad Emerg Med 1999;6:478.

14. Rivers E, Nguyen B, Havstad S, Knoblich B, Derechyk B, Rittinger W, Mullen M, Karriem V, Urrunaga J, Fisher J, Ressler J, Muzzin A, Uppal P, Hayes G, Chung W, Powell D, Ward K, Guslitis B, Tomlanovich M: Early goal-directed therapy in the treatment of the systemic inflammatory respsosne syndrome (SIRS): An outcome evaluation of emergency department intervention (abstract) Acad Emerg Med 2000;7:427.