Thomas P. Strandjord, MD

On staff since October 1990

Children's Title: Associate Medical Director, Overlake Hospital Medical Center NICU, and University of Washington Medical Center NICU

Academic Title: Associate Professor of Pediatrics

Research Center: Center for Childhood Infections and Prematurity Research

"I chose neonatology as a career because of the opportunity to make dramatic impacts in children’s lives. I have the privilege of helping critically ill babies — who might otherwise die or suffer serious injuries — recover and lead long, healthy lives. I’m particularly interested in helping young doctors become better physicians so they can provide the best care to the children they will see. This interest is focused in helping them learn how best to resuscitate newborn babies at the moment of birth, when they are particularly vulnerable."

Dr. Strandjord’s primary research interests are in quality improvement and medical education in newborn care and resuscitation. His current projects include the use of video recording of newborn resuscitations in education of newborn caregivers.

He is also studying the use of computerized simulations of newborn resuscitation and infant arrests in the training of medical personnel in Newborn Resuscitation Program and advanced life support. He also assists in the management of a clinical database of all infants admitted to the University of Washington Medical Center Neonatal ICU. This database serves as a resource for quality improvement projects and clinical research projects.

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Overview

Board Certification(s): Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Pediatrics
Medical/Professional School: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore
Residency: Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle
Fellowship: Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle
Clinical Interests: Medical education Patient safety

Publications

In search of perinatal quality outcome measures: 1 hospital's in-depth analysis of the Adverse Outcomes Index.
American journal of obstetrics and gynecology , 2010 Oct: 336.e1-7

Effects of transfusions in extremely low birth weight infants: a retrospective study.
The Journal of pediatrics , 2009 Sep: 331-37.e1

Evaluation of an anonymous system to report medical errors in pediatric inpatients.
Journal of hospital medicine : an official publication of the Society of Hospital Medicine , 2007 Jul: 226-33

Use of incident reports by physicians and nurses to document medical errors in pediatric patients.
Pediatrics , 2004 Sep: 729-35

Zinc protoporphyrin/heme as an indicator of iron status in NICU patients.
The Journal of pediatrics , 2003 Mar: 273-8

Presentations

Presentations Title	Event	Location	Date
Ethics in Newborn Care	Bioethics Course, University of Washington	Seattle, WA	Dec. 9, 2009

Primary Office

University of Washington

UW Box 356320 - Neonatology
1959 NE Pacific St

Seattle, WA 98195-6320

206-543-3200

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Seattle Children's

M-112 - NICU Administration
4800 Sand Point Way NE

Seattle, WA 98105

206-987-2041

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