[Not my typical patients, but a good story...] Larry A. Nathanson, M.D. Curriculum Vitae

Vital Statistics:

Name	Larry A. Nathanson
Place of Birth:	New York, USA

Office Address:

	Department of Emergency Medicine W/CC2
	Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
	1 Deaconess Road
	Boston, MA 02115

Phone:	(617) 754-2389
Fax:
E-mail:	(Preferred contact method)

Education:

1991	B.A. Computer Medical Science, Boston University
1996	M.D. SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn

Postdoctoral Training:

Internship and Residencies:

1996-97	Intern in Emergency Medicine, Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
1997-99	Resident in Emergency Medicine, Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Clinical and Research Fellowships:

1999-2001	Douglas Porter Fellow in Clinical Computing, Center for Clinical Computing,     Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
1999-2001	Research Fellow in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Licensure and Certification:

1995	PADI Rescue Diver Certification
1997	Diplomate, National Board of Medical Examiners
1998	Certification in Advanced Trauma Life Support
1998	Unrestricted Pennsylvania Medical License
1998	Pennsylvania Medical Command Physician
1998	Unrestricted Massachusetts License Certification
2000	Diplomate, American Board of Emergency Medicine
2003	Advanced Cardiac Life Support

Hospital or Affiliated Institution Appointments:

2001-	Attending Physician Department of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
2001-	Attending Physician Department of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital, Needham Campus, Needham, MA
2001-	Attending Physician Nashoba Valley Medical Center, Ayer, MA

Other Professional Positions and Major Visiting Appointments:

1991-92	Programmer, Center for Clinical Computing, Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, MA
1992-94	Network Administrator, SUNY Health Science Center, Brooklyn, NY
1994-98	Internet Consultant, Wilpaterson University, Union, NJ
2000-	WWW Database Programmer, The Pulitzer Prizes, New York, NY
2001-	Director of Emergency Medicine Informatics, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA

Awards and Honors:

1995	MetPath: "Computers in the Curriculum Project" -- Awarded 2 Project Grants
1999	Resident Award in Toxicology, MCP Emergency Medicine Residency

Professional Societies:

1994-	Member, American College of Emergency Medicine
1997-	Member, American Academy of Emergency Medicine
1998-	Member, American Medical Informatics Association

Major Research Interests:

	Emergency Medicine Informatics
	Interhospital Transmission of Medical Data
	ECG Waveform Generation and Decompression
	Computer and Network Security

Teaching:

1999	"Clinical Data Exchange Case Studies: Emergency Care", Massachusetts Health Data Consortium
2000	"The ECG Infrastructure at BIDMC", Children's Hospital Informatics Program, Journal Club
2000-	ECG Wave-Maven, Self-Assessment Program for Students and Clinicians
2002	Emergency Medicine Between the Continents, Reykjavik, Iceland
2002	American Institute of Architects Academy of Architecture for Health
2002	Emergency Medicine into the 21st Century, Harvard Medical School
2003-	Clinical Challenges in Electrocardiography

Bibliography:

 Books, Monographs, Proceedings, Reviews

1. Schoenberg R., Nathanson L., Sands D.Z., Safran C. Weaving The Web Into Legacy Information Systems.   Proc AMIA Symp 2000:769-773
2. Nathanson LA, Safran C, McClennen S, Goldberger AL. ECG Wave-Maven: a Self-Assessment Program
     for Students and Clinicians. Proc AMIA Symp 2001:488-492
3. McClennen S, Nathanson LA, Safran C, Goldberger AL ECG Wave-Maven: An internet-based
     electrocardiography self-assessment program for students and clinicians. Med Educ Online
     [serial online] 2003;8:2. Available from http://www.med-ed-online.org
4. Shah K, Nathanson LA, Liver and Biliary Tree in Emergency Medicine Secrets Ed. Markovchick, Pons, Mosby 2002.
5. Shapiro NI, Howell MD, Talmor D, Nathanson LA, Lisbon A, Wolfe RE, Weiss JW. Serum Lactate as a Predictor of Mortality in Emergency Department Patients with Infection. Ann Emerg Med 2005 May;45(5):524-8.

 Abstracts

1. Nathanson LA, Sands DZ, Rind DM. Sharing ECG Data in Realtime via the Internet. Proc AMIA Symp 2000:1100.
2. Shah KH, McGillicuddy D, Spear J, Nathanson L, Edlow JA. Risk Factors for a Traumatic Lumbar Puncture. Acad Emerg Med 2003; 10(5):490-a
3. Shah K, Richard K, Nathanson L, Edlow J. Utility of Performing Lumbar Puncture in the Afebrile Elderly Patient with Altered Mental Status. National SAEM Oral Presentation 2003, Regional SAEM Poster Presentation 2003
4. Shah KH, Spear J, Nathanson L, Edlow JA. Does the presence of crystal disease (gout/pseudogout) rule out septic arthritis? Acad Emerg Med 2004; 11(5): 564
5. Berkman M, Nathanson LA, Nicolet J, Wicks FE, Spear J, Shapiro NI. Anion Gap as a Screening Tool for Elevated Lactate in Patients with an Increased Risk of Developing Sepsis in the Emergency Department (ED). 2004 Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Annual Meeting, Orlando, Florida.
6. Shah K, Corwell B, Spear J, Nathanson L, Edlow J. Should calcium and magnesium levels be checked in syncope patients with a prolonged QTc? National ACEP Poster Presentation. San Francisco, CA, Oct 2004
7. Shapiro NI, Nathanson L, Howell M, Talmor D, Lisbon A, Wolfe RE, Weiss JW. Lactate Predicts Death in Emergency Department Patients with Infection. Acad Emerg Med 2004 11: 571. 2004 Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Annual Meeting, Orlando, Florida.
8. Nathanson LA, Mandl KD, Olson KL, Ladapo JA, Shapiro NI. Evaluation of an Algorithm for the Normalization of Chief Complaints. Acad Emerg Med; 12(5 suppl 1): 101

 Letters

1. Nathanson L. Minister's Masterpiece Missing Mathematical Message? MD Comput 1991, 8:348.
2. Li J, Nathanson LA, Mills TJ, Netland KE, Paula R, Ragland D. Alteplase for Stroke. Patients and doctors
     are being misled by promotional pressures. BMJ 2002, 324:1581.

Personal Interests:

	Juggling
	Volleyball
	SCUBA Diving