Baylor College of Medicine

Pamela Carol Petersen

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Petersen

Pamela Carol Petersen

Assistant Professor

Phone

832-826-4431

Email

ppeterse@bcm.edu

Positions

Assistant Professor: Pediatrics-Critical Care
Baylor College of Medicine

Addresses

Legacy Tower (Clinic)
: TCH-LegacyTower
6651 Main Street
Houston, TX 77030
United States
pamela.petersen@bcm.edu

Legacy Tower (Office)
: TCH-LegacyTower
6651 Main Street
Houston, TX 77030
United States
pamela.petersen@bcm.edu

Legacy Tower (Lab)
: TCH-LegacyTower
6651 Main Street
Houston, TX 77030
United States
pamela.petersen@bcm.edu

Legacy Tower (Hospital)
: TCH-LegacyTower
6651 Main Street
Houston, TX 77030
United States
pamela.petersen@bcm.edu

Education

BS from Milwaukee School of Engineering: 05/2007 - Milwaukee, Wisconsin United States; Biomedical Engineering, Chemistry

MD from Rosalind Franklin University: 06/2012 - Chicago, Illinois United States

Certifications

Board Certified Pediatrics: American Board of Pediatrics

Board Certified Pediatric Critical Care Medicine: American Board of Pediatrics

Accredited Epic Physician Builder: Epic

PALS: (11/30/2021 - 11/30/2023); American Heart Association

BLS: (11/30/2021 - 11/30/2023); American Heart Association

Honors & Awards

Readers' Choice Award, Mental Health Edition: In-House Magazine (05/2017)

2nd place Overall: Texas Children's Hospital Healthcare Hackathon, Hospital of the future: Team Lead for Project: TCH MyCare; Texas Children's Hospital (05/2021)

2nd place in the Meeting People Where They Are challenge, Texas Children's Hospital Healthcare Hackathon, Hospital of the future: Texas Children's Hospital (05/2021)

Associate Medical Director, TCH Mission Control: Texas Children's Hospital (02/2022)

Professional Development

Career Advancement and Leadership Skills for Women in Healthcare: Course (Participant, 2020); Sponsor: Harvard University; Support provided by TCH Division of CCM

Breakthrough Communications Workshop: Workshop (Participant, 2021); Sponsor: Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children's Hospit

Epic Professional Builder bending the note curve workshop: Workshop (Participant, 2021); Sponsor: Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children's Hospit

Selected Publications

Duda, Pamela "Solid Freeform Fabrication of a Multilayer Facial Tissue Scaffold." 2006 Apr;
Petersen, P., Hanson, S., Yan, Ke, Clarke, William. "Partially Wireless Pulse Oximetry Reduces Loss of Signal Integrity due to Motion in Children." Hospital Pediatrics. 2019 Sep;9
Petersen, P., Balakrishnan, B., Vitola, B., Hong, Johnny C "Case Report Series of a Novel Application of Neostigmine to Successfully Relieve Refractory Ileus Status-Post Pediatric Orthotopic Liver Transplantation." Pediatric Transplant. 2019 Aug;
Petersen, P., Meyer, M.T., Thombs, P "Chapter 11 Pediatric Considerations for Hyperbaric Medicine." Hyperbaric Medicine Practice, 4th Edition. 2017;

Petersen, Pamela "Light Upon the Waves." In-House Magazine. 2017 May;

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Projects

Associate Project Manager: (08/2003 - 05/2007); Senior Design Project: Fitness Identification Tracking System (FIT System)
Team Leader: (07/2016 - 06/2018); Reduction of Duration of Mechanical ventilation using the Extubation Readiness test
Research and Design Engineer: (06/2005 - 08/2005); Solid Freeform Fabrication of a Multilayer Facial Tissue Scaffold
Medical Advisor: (05/2016 - 06/2018); Design of a Novel Method of confirming Endotracheal Tube location; MSOE Senior Design Project
Principal Investigator: (02/2016 - 06/2018); The Ties that Bind: Evaluation of a wireless pulse oximeter compared to traditional pulse oximetry on loss of signal integrity in pediatric patients
Principle Investigator: Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children's Hospit (10/2021 - present); Texas Children's Hospital; Evaluation of a Novel Remote Vital Sign Monitor Compared to Traditional Inpatient Monitoring in Cardiac Shunt-Dependent Children. This is a small pilot study to clinical study to test the VITLS platform against gold standard inpatient monitoring devices in chronically desaturated children with congenital heart disease.

Memberships

Tau Beta Pi: (01/2007)

American Medical Association: (08/2007)

American Academy of Pediatrics: (07/2012)

Society of Critical Care Medicine: (07/2015)

Society of Critical Care Medicine Guardians Mentoring Network: Mentee (09/2019)

AMA Physician Innovation Network: Member (11/2019)

Funding

Evaluation of a Novel Remote Vital Sign Monitor Compared to Traditional Inpatient Monitoring in Cardiac Shunt-Dependent Children: $25,000.00 (07/01/2022 - 07/01/2023)