CLEVELAND - Experts from University Hospitals (UH) Case Medical Center are available for interviews about Ebola symptoms, transmission, precautions, and patient care, as well as hospital preparedness and response.
UH experts:
Michael Anderson, MD, is Vice President and Chief Medical Officer (CMO) for UH Case Medical Center and Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Case Western Reserve School of Medicine. He specializes in pediatric critical care and is board certified in pediatrics and pediatric critical care by the American Board of Pediatrics. In his role as CMO, Dr. Anderson is charged with oversight of quality and patient safety; research and technology. As a pediatric critical care specialist, he has been active at the local, state, and national level in disaster preparedness and in 2008 was appointed by President George W. Bush to serve as Vice Chair to the National Commission on Children and Disasters.
Amy Edwards, MD, in the Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Rheumatology at UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital, is board certified in pediatrics and pediatric infectious diseases. Her research interests are infectious diseases in under-served pediatric populations and complications of antibiotic treatment in children. As a fellow, she traveled on medical missions trips to underserved people in Ethiopia and Bolivia. She is currently co-investigator on a study of Rift Valley Fever virus in Africa and the Arabian peninsula and on a study on the risk of renal failure in children treated with vancomycin. She is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Infectious Diseases Society of America and Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society.
Frank Esper, MD, is a physician and researcher in the Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital. He has a special interest in newly discovered and emerging viral respiratory diseases. Dr. Esper is well-established in the field of virology. He has more than 10 years of experience performing phylogenetic analysis of respiratory viruses with emphasis on translational research. He is nationally recognized in detection and understanding of clinical illness associated with the human respiratory viral infection.
Claudia Hoyen, MD, is a pediatric infectious disease specialist in the Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Rheumatology, and Medical Director, Infection Control at UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital. She is board certified in pediatrics and pediatric infectious disease. Special interests include antimicrobial resistance, colonization with antibiotic-resistant pathogens and molecular epidemiology. Dr. Hoyen’s research interests include pediatric infectious diseases and their molecular epidemiology. She has authored or coauthored more than two dozen papers in peer-reviewed medical journals and presented at more than a dozen medical and scientific meetings. She is a member of the American Society for Microbiology, Infectious Disease Society of America and Pediatric Infectious Disease Society.
Amy Ray, M.D., M.P.H., is the chairperson of the UH System Infection Control Committee, and as such, she directs the infection prevention efforts of a large healthcare system which encompasses tertiary and community hospitals as well as long-term care and ambulatory facilities. Dr. Ray is an assistant professor of the Division of Infectious Diseases and HIV Medicine at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine.
Broadcast capabilitiesUH Case Medical Center can provide live and taped interviews with these experts to media through a high-definition studio which uses The Switch or Vyvx and is equipped with a state-of-the-art lighting grid, two high-definition cameras, Sony XD high-definition record format and various backdrop options. A Telos Zephyr ISDN line is available for radio. Downloadable content and b-roll are available through the UH newsroom at http://news.uhhospitals.org/ To gain access, contact Vic Gideon at 216-970-8136.
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