Biography

• Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Colorado School of Medicine.
• Medical Director of the After-Hours Call Center at Children's Hospital since 1988.  The call center covers evening and weekend calls for over 550 pediatricians in Colorado and Wyoming.
• Director of the Sleep Disorder Clinic, Diagnostic Dilemma Clinic and Enuresis-Encopresis Clinic.
• Author of more than 100 articles, 6 books and 6 decision-support programs for physicians, nurses and parents.
  • The first book on pediatric telephone triage (Pediatric Telephone Advice, 1980). 3rd edition 2004.
• The first computerized pediatric telephone triage algorithms (NHES, 1994). 14th edition 2008.
• The American Academy of Pediatrics publishes the printed version of his triage guidelines (Pediatric Telephone Protocols). 12th edition, 2008.
• The award-winning child care book for parents (Your Child's Health). 3rd edition 2005.
• Honors: Received the American Academy of Pediatrics C. Anderson Aldrich award for contributions in Child Development in 1994.  Received the A.A.P. Education award for contributions in Pediatric Education in 2004.
• Education: Degree in Chemical Engineering from Yale University. Doctorate of Medicine from Cornell University. Pediatric residency completed at the University of Minnesota.

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