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J. Michael Dean, MD, MBA

Vice-Chair, Research; Vice-Chairman for Finance, Department of Pediatrics

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Dr. Dean is Professor and Vice Chairman for Research in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Utah School of Medicine. He directs the Clinical Trials Office in the Department, and serves as the Associate Dean for Clinical Research at University of Utah Health. He attended Northwestern University Medical School (1977) and performed his pediatric residency and chief residency at Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles. Dr. Dean obtained critical care fellowship training at The Johns Hopkins Hospital in 1981, and remained on faculty as an Assistant Professor until 1987, when he was recruited to Utah to assume the roles of Chief of the Division of Pediatric Critical Care at the University of Utah and Medical Director of the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Primary Children’s Hospital. He served as interim Department Chairman and hospital Medical Director from 1994 to 1996.

Dr. Dean’s current research interests relate to multicenter observational and interventional clinical trials after pediatric critical and emergency care. He is the principal investigator for the National EMSC Data Analysis Resource Center and the Central Data Management and Coordinating Center for the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (both funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau EMSC program). He is also the principal investigator for the Pediatric Critical Care Scientist Development Program (K12) and the Data Coordinating Center for the Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network (both funded by the National Institute for Child Health and Human Development). He was the principal investigator for the Data Coordinating Center of the NHLBI-funded Therapeutic Hypothermia after Pediatric Cardiac Arrest (THAPCA) Trials. He is also the principal investigator for the Utah Trial Innovation Center, designed to improve the national clinical trials infrastructure (funded by the National Center for Accelerating Translational Research).

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  • Pediatric Critical Care

Board Certification and Academic Information

Academic Departments Pediatrics - Professor
Biomedical Informatics - Adjunct Professor
Family & Preventive Medicine - Adjunct Professor
Academic Divisions Pediatric Critical Care
Public Health
Board Certification American Board of Pediatrics (Pediatrics)

Dr. Dean is Professor and Vice Chairman for Research in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Utah School of Medicine. He directs the Clinical Trials Office in the Department, and serves as the Associate Dean for Clinical Research at University of Utah Health. He attended Northwestern University Medical School (1977) and performed his pediatric residency and chief residency at Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles. Dr. Dean obtained critical care fellowship training at The Johns Hopkins Hospital in 1981, and remained on faculty as an Assistant Professor until 1987, when he was recruited to Utah to assume the roles of Chief of the Division of Pediatric Critical Care at the University of Utah and Medical Director of the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Primary Children’s Hospital. He served as interim Department Chairman and hospital Medical Director from 1994 to 1996.

Dr. Dean’s current research interests relate to multicenter observational and interventional clinical trials after pediatric critical and emergency care. He is the principal investigator for the National EMSC Data Analysis Resource Center and the Central Data Management and Coordinating Center for the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (both funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau EMSC program). He is also the principal investigator for the Pediatric Critical Care Scientist Development Program (K12) and the Data Coordinating Center for the Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network (both funded by the National Institute for Child Health and Human Development). He was the principal investigator for the Data Coordinating Center of the NHLBI-funded Therapeutic Hypothermia after Pediatric Cardiac Arrest (THAPCA) Trials. He is also the principal investigator for the Utah Trial Innovation Center, designed to improve the national clinical trials infrastructure (funded by the National Center for Accelerating Translational Research).

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Board Certification and Academic Information

Academic Departments Pediatrics - Professor
Biomedical Informatics - Adjunct Professor
Family & Preventive Medicine - Adjunct Professor
Academic Divisions Pediatric Critical Care
Public Health
Board Certification American Board of Pediatrics (Pediatrics)

Education History

Graduate Training The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
Business Administration
M.B.A., 1999
Fellowship Johns Hopkins University
Pediatric Intensive Care
Fellow, 1983
Chief Resident Children's Hospital of Los Angeles
Pediatrics
Chief Resident, 1981
Residency Children's Hospital of Los Angeles
Pediatrics
Resident, 1980
Internship Children's Hospital of Los Angeles
Pediatrics
Intern, 1978
Professional Medical Northwestern University Medical School
Medicine
M.D., 1977
Undergraduate Northwestern University
Medical Science
, 1972
Undergraduate University of California - Los Angeles
General
, 1971

Selected Publications - Journal Articles

Journal Article

  1. Knight S, Olson LM, Cook LJ, Mann NC, Corneli HM, Dean JM (2003). Against all advice: an analysis of out-of-hospital refusals of care. Ann Emerg Med, 42(5), 689-96.

News Articles

Body Cooling vs. Active Fever Prevention: Similar Outcomes for Children After In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

Data Center Wins $25 Million NIH Grant to Find Ways to Improve Clinical Trials

Study Calls Into Question Inducing Hypothermia to Treat Cardiac Arrest In Childen

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  • Clinical Research Informatics in Pediatric Critical Care

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Clinical Research Informatics in Pediatric Critical Care

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