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Todd Dorman

Todd Dorman, MD

Critical Care Medicine

Anesthesiology

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Languages

  • English

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Gender

Male

Johns Hopkins Affiliations:

  • Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Faculty

About Todd Dorman

Professional Titles

  • Senior Associate Dean for Education Coordination
  • Associate Dean and Director of Continuing Medical Education
  • Vice Chair for Critical Care Services, Department of Anesthesiology/Critical Care Medicine

Primary Academic Title

Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine

Background

Dr. Dorman is the Senior Associate Dean for Education Coordination and the Associate Dean for Continuing Medical Education for the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.  He is a Professor and Vice Chair for Critical Care in the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine and has joint appointments as a Professor in Internal Medicine, Surgery and The School of Nursing. Previously he served as the Director of the Multidisciplinary Critical Care Fellowship Program, Director of the Division of Adult Critical Care Medicine, Co-Director of the Surgical Intensive Care Units, Medical Director of the Adult Post-anesthesiology Care Units and Medical Director of Respiratory Care Services. He co-chairs the committee on interactions with industry and serves on the conflict of commitment committee. He also co-chairs the departmental associate professor mentorship committee.

Dr. Dorman has served on the Anesthesiology and Respiratory Device Committee of the FDA and was a member of the Institutes of Medicine Committee on Conflict of Interest in Education, Research and Practice. He serves on numerous editorial boards including CCM, ICU Management and JCEHP. He has an extensive background in association leadership and has served as the President of the American Society for Critical Care Anesthesiologists (ASCCA now SOCCA) and President of the Society for Academic CME (SACME). He is also a member of the American Society for Association Executives (ASAE). He serves on the Board of Directors of the Accreditation Council for CME (ACCME) and was recently elected by the board to serve as its Vice Chair. Dr. Dorman serves on the Quality Improvement Committee for the American Association of Medical Colleges and the Pulmonary and Critical Care advisory board for the NQF

Dr. Dorman joined SCCM in 1988 and has served on and subsequently chaired numerous committees and task forces. He was elected as Treasurer of SCCM in 2013 and became the President-elect in 2015. His term as President started February 2016. He also has participated in and helped lead guideline writing groups for the American College of Critical Care Medicine for which he was inducted as a member in 1997.

He has lectured extensively on leadership in the ICU, ICU organization as well as on provided numerous lectures in the field of medical education.  Dr. Dorman served as co-PI for an AHRQ grant that led to the published monograph The Effectiveness of CME. Dr. Dorman’s ICU-oriented research interests include informatics applications in the ICU such as remote monitoring of critically ill patients, leadership strategies in the ICU, and creation of a culture of safety and he is well published in these areas.

In his role as senior associate dean he has helped establish new leadership for the Welch Library as well as led the team that renovated the library. He has recently helped rebuild an office of information technology and has established a robust office of assessment and evaluation. He serves as the school of medicine representative to the university for online education which has recently begun to launch new programs.

CV

http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/anesthesiology/faculty/cv/dorman.pdf

Additional Academic Titles

Associate Professor of Surgery, Joint Appointment in Medicine

Research Interests

critical care medicine, Medical informatics (applied to perioperative period, remote mgnt systems)

Lab Website

Todd Dorman Lab

  • Research conducted in the Todd Dorman Lab examines the use of informatics in intensive care settings as it relates to remote patient monitoring, safety and management strategies. Specific areas of interest include the surgical stress response; aminoglycoside antibiotics; fungal infections; renal failure; pharmacokinetic models of drug administration; and ICU triage and its impact on disaster preparedness.

Research Summary

Dr. Dorman’s ICU-oriented research focuses on informatics applications in the ICU as it relates to remote monitoring of critically ill patients, leadership strategies in the ICU and the creation of a culture of safety. His other areas of interest include the stress response to surgery, aminoglycoside antibiotics, fungal infections and renal failure.

Dr. Dorman is interested in applying pharmacokinetic models to drug administration in critically ill patients with the ultimate desire to electronically monitor drug administration and offer clinicians decision support information. One of his current projects addresses the ethical issue of triage in the ICU and its implications for disaster preparedness.

Selected Publications

    1. Davis D, Baron B, Grichnick K, Topolous G, Dorman T. “Commentary: CME and its role in the Academic Medical Center - Increasing Integration, Adding Value.” Acad Med. 2010 Jan;85(1):12-5. doi: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3181c42e04.
    2. Egol A, Shander A, Kirkland L, Wall MH, Dorman T, Dasta J, Bagwell S, Kaufman D, Matthews P, Greenwald BM, Herr DL, Stavish C, Thompson C, Fahy B. “Pay for performance in critical care: an executive summary of the position paper by the Society for Critical Care Medicine.” Crit Care Med. 2009 Sep;37(9):2625-31. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3181b4c3ad.
    3. Berenholtz SM, Pham JC, Garret-Mayer E, Atchison CW, Kostuik JP, Cohen DB, Nundy S, Dorman T, Ness PM, Klag MJ, Pronovost PJ, Kebaish KM. “Effect of episolon aminocaproic acid on red cell transfusion requirements in major spine surgery.” Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2009 Sep 1;34(19):2096-103. doi: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181b1fab2.
    4. Davis D, Bordage G, Moores LK, Bennett N, Marinopoulos SS, Dorman T, McCrory D. “The science of continuing medical education: terms, tools and gaps: effectiveness of continuing medicial education: American College of Chest Physicians Evidence-based educational guidelines.” Chest. 2009 Mar;135(3 Suppl):8S-16S. doi: 10.1378/chest.08-2513.
    5. Lowe MM, Aparicio A, Galbraith R, Dorman T, Dellert E. “The future of continuing medical education: effectiveness of continuing medical education: American College of Chest Physicians Evidence-based educational guidelines.” Chest. 2009 Mar;135(3 Suppl):69S-75S. doi: 10.1378/chest.08-2522

Honors

  • Fox Award for Best Research Presentation, Society for Academic Continuing Medical Education, 1/1/07
  • Best Doctors in Baltimore, Baltimore Magazine, 1/1/07
  • Presidential Citation, Society of Critical Care Medicine, 1/1/02

Memberships

  • Alliance of Continuing Medical Education
  • American College of Critical Care Medicine
  • American Society of Anesthesiologists
  • Association of American Medical Colleges
  • Association of University Anesthesiology
  • International Anesthesiology Research Society
  • Maryland Society of Anesthesiologists
  • National Healthcare Cost and Quality Association
  • Society of Academic Continuing Medical Education
  • Society of Critical Care Anesthesiology
  • Society of Critical Care Medicine

Professional Activities

  • AAMC, Forum on Conflict of Interest in Academe, 1/1/10
  • Anesthesia and Analgesia, Reviewer, 1/1/08
  • Anesthesia-ACLS, Steering Committee, 1/1/09
  • Critical Care Medicine, Editorial board, 1/1/06
  • ICU Management, Editorial board, 1/1/05
  • Practical Reviews Critical Care Medicine, Administrative Editor, 1/1/00
  • Society for Academic CME, Program Committee, 1/1/05
  • Society for Academic CME, Research Committee, 1/1/08
  • Society for Academic CME, Research Endowment Council, 1/1/08
  • Society for Academic CME, Summer Research Institute Planning Committee, 1/1/08
  • Society of Critical Care Medicine, Audit Committee, 1/1/10
  • Society of Critical Care Medicine, Council, 1/1/07
  • Society of Critical Care Medicine, Council Liaison to Critical Care Work Group, 1/1/10
  • Society of Critical Care Medicine, Council Liaison to Respiratory Care Section, 1/1/08
  • Society of Critical Care Medicine, Nominating Committee, 1/1/10

Locations

  1. The Johns Hopkins Hospital
    • 1800 Orleans Street, Baltimore, MD 21287

    Expertise

    Education

    Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

    Fellowship, Critical Care Medicine, 1992

    Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

    Residency, Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, 1990

    Carolinas Medical Center

    Residency, Internal Medicine, 1987

    Tulane University Hospital and Clinics

    Medical Education, Medicine, MD, 1984

    Board Certifications

    Critical Care Medicine

    American Board of Anesthesiology, 1993

    Anesthesiology

    American Board of Anesthesiology, 1992

    Internal Medicine

    American Board of Internal Medicine, 1988

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