Ronald B. Hirschl, M.D.
Arnold Coran Professor of Surgery
Head, Section of Pediatric Surgery

Practicing at:
C.S. Mott Children's Hospital

Recent Invited Presentations

Institutional

  1. "Extracorporeal Life Support in Respiratory Failure" OB-GYN Grand Rounds, Ann Arbor, Michigan, August 11, 1994.
  2. "Perfluorocarbon Liquid Ventilation in Respiratory Failure: Laboratory and Clinical Experience, Halsted Society, Ann Arbor, Michigan, September 8, 1994
  3. "Laboratory and Clinical Experience in Liquid Ventilation", Pediatric Surgery, 20th Anniversary Celebration, Ann Arbor, Michigan, October 14, 1994.
  4. "Liquid Ventilation", University of Michigan Science Research Club, Ann Arbor, Michigan, December 6, 1994.
  5. "Application of Liquid Ventilation and ECMO in Adult Respiratory Failure", Department of Internal Medicine, Ann Arbor, Michigan, April 20, 1995.
  6. "Laboratory and Clinical Experience in Liquid Ventilation", University of Michigan Pediatric Grand Rounds, Ann Arbor, Michigan, January 30, 1996.
  7. "Information Technology: Where we are and where we're going", University of Michigan, Section of Urology Retreat, Ann Arbor, Michigan, August 27, 1999.
  8. "Appendicitis: That was then, this is now", University of Michigan Pediatric Grand Rounds, Ann Arbor, Michigan, September 19, 2000.
  9. "Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) and novel strategies to treat adults with ARDS", Update on Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Ann Arbor, Michigan, October 2, 2001.
  10. "Innovative approaches to Clinical Care Management", Society of Plastic Surgery Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, June 10, 2004

Local/Regional

  1. "Experience With Liquid Ventilation", Michigan State Medical Society and the Perinatal Association of Michigan, Troy, Michigan, March 28, 1996.
  2. "Abdominal Pain in Children", Lansing Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds, Lansing, Michigan, April 18, 1996.
  3. "Extracorporeal Life Support", St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, Pontiac, Michigan, May 11, 1996.
  4. "ECMO and Partial Liquid Ventilation", Grace Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, April 17, 1997.
  5. "Extracorporeal Life Support in Neonates and Pediatric Patients", Sparrow Hospital, Pediatric Grand Rounds, Lansing, Michigan, May 8, 1997.
  6. "Surgical Emergencies in the Newborn", Visiting Program - North Oakland Medical Center, Pontiac, Michigan, March 6, 2000.
  7. "Partial Liquid Ventilation Update", Michigan Society for Respiratory Care Annual Conference, Grand Rapids, Michigan, May 11, 2000.
  8. "Partial Liquid Ventilation in Respiratory Failure", 45th Annual Meeting, American College of Surgeons, Ohio Chapter, Toledo, Ohio, May 13, 2000.
  9. "Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia," Sparrow Regional Children's Center, Lansing, Michigan, August 1, 2000.
  10. "Liquid Ventilation," Michigan Thoracic Society Scientific Session, Novi, Michigan, April 27, 2001.
  11. "Surgical Emergencies of the Newborn", KCMS-Bronson Methodist Hospital, Kalamazoo, Michigan, February 3, 2006.

National

  1. Keynote Speaker: "The Digital Surgeon", Utah ACS Chapter Annual Meeting, Canyons Ski Resort, Utah, February 12, 2005.
  2. Moderator: "New Approaches to Extracorporeal Support", The 21st CNMC Symposium: ECMO & the Advanced Therapies for Respiratory Failure, Keystone, Colorado, February 20-24, 2005.
  3. Speaker: "New approaches to Liver support", The 21st CNMC Symposium: ECMO & the Advanced Therapies for Respiratory Failure, Keystone, Colorado, February 20-24, 2005.
  4. Invited Lecturer: Robotic Nissen Fundoplication, presented at the 1st International Symposium on Robotically-Assisted Pediatric Surgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA, April 6-7, 2005.
  5. Co-Chair: Mobile and Wireless Computing: Practical Applications, American College of Surgeons Spring Meeting, Hollywood, Florida, April 16-19, 2005.
  6. Visiting Professor: "Management of Respiratory Failure in Children", Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia, May 18-19, 2005.
  7. Invited Lecturer: The Basics of Handheld PDA Devices for Surgeons, presented at American College of Surgeons 91st Annual Clinical Congress, San Francisco, CA October, 17, 2005.
  8. Session Chair: Postgraduate Course, "The Practicing Surgeon and the Internet", American College of Surgeons 91st Annual Clinical Congress, San Francisco, CA, October 18, 2005
  9. Invited Lecturer, Session: OMSS Education Programs: Overcoming the Fear of Flying Wirelessly, The 46th Assembly Meeting of the American Medical Association, Dallas, TX, November 3 - 5, 2005.
  10. Visiting Professor: Grand Rounds: "Innovative Approaches to the Management of Respiratory Failure", University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, January 31-February 1, 2006.

International

  1. Invited Lecturer: Total Liquid Ventilation, 4th International Therapeutic Fluids Group Meeting, Paris, France, June 14, 2000.
  2. Invited Lecturer: How I Do ECMO, 3rd World Congress on Pediatric Intensive Care, Montreal, Canada, June 26, 2000.
  3. Invited Lecturer: How I Manage Trauma, 3rd World Congress on Pediatric Intensive Care, Montreal, Canada, June 26, 2000.
  4. Invited Lecturer: The Perfect Clinical Trial: Pitfalls in Multicenter Clinical Trials, , 3rd World Congress on Pediatric Intensive Care, Montreal, Canada, June 28, 2000.
  5. Invited Lecturer, Session: Perfluorocarbons - Expanding Critical Horizons; Principles of liquid ventilation, The Toronto Critical Care Medicine Symposium, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, October 27, 2000.
  6. Invited Lecturer, Session: Perfluorocarbons - Expanding Critical Horizons, Perfluorocarbons for lung growth, The Toronto Critical Care Medicine Symposium, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, October 27, 2000.
  7. Session Chair: Perfluorocarbons - Expanding Critical Horizons, The Toronto Critical Care Medicine Symposium, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, October 27, 2000.
  8. Invited Lecturer, Session: Contemporary Mechanical Ventilation III - Recruitment: Why & How?, Recruitment with liquid ventilation, The Toronto Critical Care Medicine Symposium, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, October 28, 2000.
  9. Invited Lecturer, Session: Update on Extracorporeal Membranous Oxygenation and Liquid Ventilation, Liquid Ventilation, The 5th International Congress on Pediatric Pulmonology, Nice, France, February 21, 2002.
  10. Invited Speaker, Session: Treatment modalities for CDH, Symposium Respiratory Failure in Full Term Newborns, Nijmegen, Netherland, June 24-25, 2004.

Recent Scientific Presentations

Institutional

  1. McGillicuddy JW, Hirschl RB: Determination of compliance requirements in artificial lung design, presented at Moses Gunn Research Conference, Ann Arbor, Michigan, April 15, 2003.
  2. McGillicuddy JW, Hirschl RB: In-parallel artificial lung returns pulmonary resistance to normal in sheep with pulmonary hypertension model, presented at Moses Gunn Research Conference, Ann Arbor, Michigan, April 15, 2003.
  3. Tredici S, Hirschl RB: Evaluation of flow limitation during passive drainage of perfluorocarbons from the rabbit lung, presented at Moses Gunn Research Conference, Ann Arbor, Michigan, April 15, 2003.
  4. Tredici S, Hirschl RB: A prototype liquid ventilator with a novel oxygenator: Efficiency in an in-vivo model of total liquid ventilation, presented at Moses Gunn Research Conference, Ann Arbor, Michigan, April 15, 2003.
  5. Sato H, Hirschl RB: Embolic Chronic Pulmonary Hypertension Model in Sheep, presented at Moses Gunn Research Conference, Ann Arbor, Michigan, April 30, 2004.
  6. Sato H, Hirschl RB: Design of an Artificial Lung Compliance Chamber for Right Ventricular Function, presented at Moses Gunn Research Conference, Ann Arbor, Michigan, April 30, 2004.
  7. Griffith G, Hirschl RB: Hemodynamic Effects of In-Parallel Artificial Lung Implantation in Healthy and Hypertensive sheep, presented at Moses Gunn Research Conference, Ann Arbor, Michigan, April 22, 2005.
  8. Kim J, Hirschl RB: Optimized Design of a Thoracic Artificial Lung Using Computational Fluid Dynamics, presented at Moses Gunn Research Conference, Ann Arbor, Michigan, April 22, 2005.
  9. Sato H, Hirschl RB: Thoracic Artificial Lung (TAL) Development: Determining the Ideal Fiber for TAL, presented at Moses Gunn Research Conference, Ann Arbor, Michigan, April 22, 2005.
  10. Seetharamaiah R, Hirschl RB: Delaying Choke During Total Liquid Ventilation Using Decelerating Wave Flow (Preliminary Data), presented at Moses Gunn Research Conference, Ann Arbor, Michigan, April 22, 2005.

National

  1. Ivascu F, Hirschl RB: Development of an Artificial Placenta: CO2 Elimination and Hemodynamics as a Function of Arteriovenous Blood Flow, presented at the American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference, San Francisco, CA, October 9, 2004.
  2. Ivasco F, Hirschl RB: The Worldwide Dissemination of the DaVinci Robotic System in Pediatric Surgery: The First 500 Cases, presented at the American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference, San Francisco, CA, October 9, 2004.
  3. Graziano K, Hirschl RB: Cardiac Anomalies in Patients with Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia (CDH) and Their Prognosis: A Report from the Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Study Group. (CDHSG) presented at the American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference, San Francisco, CA, October 10, 2004.
  4. Sato H, Hirschl RB: 7-Day, In Parallel Artificial Lung Testing In Sheep. Presented at the American Society for Artificial Internal Organs 51st Annual Conference, Boca Raton, FL June 9-11, 2005.
  5. Griffith G, Hirschl RB: Hemodynamic Effects of In-Parallel Artificial Lung Implantation In Healthy and Hypertensive Sheep. Presented at the American Society for Artificial Internal Organs 51st Annual Conference, Boca Raton, FL June 9-11, 2005.
  6. Cook K, Hirschl RB: A Polymethylpentene Fiber Gas Exchanger for Long-Term Extracorporeal Life Support. Poster, Presented at the American Society for Artificial Internal Organs 51st Annual Conference, Boca Raton, FL June 9-11, 2005.
  7. Seetharamaiah R, Hirschl, RB: Delaying Choke During Total Liquid Ventilation Using Decelerating Waveflow (Preliminary Data). Poster, Presented at the American Society for Artificial Internal Organs 51st Annual Conference, Boca Raton, FL June 9-11, 2005.
  8. Somand D, Hirschl RB: Nitric Oxide in The Sweep Gas Perfusing The Artificial Lung: Effects on Platelet Activation and Consumption. Poster, Presented at the American Society for Artificial Internal Organs 51st Annual Conference, Boca Raton, FL June 9-11, 2005.
  9. Sato H, Hirschl RB: Thoracic Artificial Lung (TAL) Development: Determining the Most Suitable Fiber for TAL. Poster, Presented at the American Society for Artificial Internal Organs 51st Annual Conference, Boca Raton, FL June 9-11, 2005.
  10. Bagnoli P, Hirschl RB: Effect of Repeated Induced Airway Collapse During Total Liquid Ventilation. Poster, Presented at the American Society for Artificial Internal Organs 51st Annual Conference, Boca Raton, FL June 9-11, 2005.

International

  1. Pranikoff T, Hirschl RB: "Resolution of Splenic Injury after Non-operative Management" presented at the 26th Annual Meeting of the Pacific Association of Pediatric Surgeons; Cairns, Australia, May 9-14, 1993.
  2. Kazerooni N, Hirschl RB: "Fundoplication in 160 Children Less Than Two Years of Age. presented at the 26th Annual Meeting of the Pacific Association of Pediatric Surgeons; Cairns, Australia, May 9-14, 1993.
  3. Pranikoff T, Hirschl RB: "Indications, Techniques and Results in Adult ECMO", presented at European Extracorporeal Life Support Organization, Leicester, England, April 20, 1994.
  4. Kolla S, Hirschl RB: "Single cannula tidal flow extracorporeal circulation can provide total respiratory support in adult sheep", presented at the 5th European Congress of Extracorporeal Life Support, Stockholm, Sweden, June 29, 1996.
  5. Kolla S, Hirschl RB: "Extracorporeal life support (ECLS) in 100 adult patients with respiratory failure", presented at the 6th European Congress on Extracorporeal Life Support, Oxford, UK, August 21, 1997.
  6. Younger JG, Hirschl RB: "Outcome following extracorporeal resuscitation", presented at the 6th European Congress on Extracorporeal Life Support, Oxford, UK, August 22, 1997.
  7. Tredici S, Hirschl RB: "Evaluation of total liquid ventilation and flow limitation during passive drainage of perfluorocarbons from the rabbit lung", presented at SMART, Milan, Italy, June 1, 2001.
  8. Campbell BT, Hirschl RB: "A prospective, randomized comparison of tissue adhesive and subcuticular suture for closure of pediatric hernia incisions," presented at the British Association of Pediatric Surgeons, Cambridge, London, July 24, 2002.
  9. Tredici S, Brant DO, Griffith GW, Osterholzer K, Merz S, Bartlett RH, Hirschl RB: Preliminary data of a prototype of liquid ventilator: Efficiency of total liquid ventilation in a normal sheep model. Presented at SMART, 2003.
  10. Bagnoli P, Hirschl RB: "Preliminary Histological Results of Repeated Induced Collapse of Rabbit Airways During Total Liquid Ventilation," presented at the XXXI ESAO Congress in Warsaw, Polland, 2004.