Robert E. O'Connor, MD, MPH

  Robert E. O'Connor, MD, MPH 

Professor and Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine
P.O. Box 800699                                                                    Charlottesville, VA 22908
Phone: (434) 924-2897
Fax: (434) 924-2877                                                              E-mail: reo4x@virginia.edu

Education:

  • BS, Biology, Haverford College (1978)
  • MD, The Medical College of Pennsylvania (1982)
  • Residency, Emergency Medicine, The Medical Center of Delaware (1985)
  • MPH, The Medical Center of Wisconsin (1996)

Clinical and Research Interests:

  • Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
  • Prehospital Medicine
  • Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke
  • Trauma and Injury Prevention

Personal Interests:

  • Travel 
  • Sports
  • Music
  • Culture

Most Recent Publications:

  • Nichol G, Rumsfeld J, Eigel B, Abella BS, Labarthe D, Hong Y, O'Connor RE, Mosesso VN, Berg RA, Leeper BB, Weisfeldt ML. Essential Features of Designating Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest as a Reportable Event. Circulation. 2008 Apr 14; [Epub ahead of print]
  • Bardy GH, Lee KL, Mark DB, Poole JE, Toff WD, Tonkin AM, Smith W, Dorian P, Packer DL, White RD, Longstreth WT Jr, Anderson J, Johnson G, Bischoff E, Yallop JJ, McNulty S, Ray LD, Clapp-Channing NE, Rosenberg Y, Schron EB; HAT Investigators. Home use of automated external defibrillators for sudden cardiac arrest. N Engl J Med. 2008 Apr 24;358(17):1793-804.
  • Paris PM, O'Connor RE.A National Center for EMS Provider and Patient Safety: Helping EMS Providers Help Us. Prehosp Emerg Care. 2008 Jan-Mar;12(1):92-4.
  • Gazmuri RJ, Nadkarni VM, Nolan JP, Arntz HR, Billi JE, Bossaert L, Deakin CD, Finn J, Hammill WW, Handley AJ, Hazinski MF, Hickey RW, Jacobs I, Jauch EC, Kloeck WG, Mattes MH, Montgomery WH, Morley P, Morrison LJ, Nichol G, O'Connor RE, Perlman J, Richmond S, Sayre M, Shuster M, Timerman S, Weil MH, Weisfeldt ML, Zaritsky A, Zideman DA. Scientific knowledge gaps and clinical research priorities for cardiopulmonary resuscitation and emergency cardiovascular care identified during the 2005 International Consensus Conference on ECC and CPR science with treatment recommendations: a consensus statement Circulation. 2007 Nov 20;116(21):2501-12.
  • O'Connor RE, Lin L, Tinkoff GH, Ellis H. Effect of a graduated licensing system on motor vehicle crashes and associated injuries involving drivers less than 18 years-of-age. Prehosp Emerg Care. 2007 Oct-Dec;11(4):389-93.
  • McGinnis KK, Judge T, Nemitz B, O'Connor RE, Bass R, Bishop B, Kim D, Kupas D, Rupert E, Eroe ER, Racht E, Brown G, Wikle G, Murray J, Delgado J, Hutton K, Sahni R, Rogers S, Pickering T, Cone D. Air Medical Services: future development as an integrated component of the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) System .Prehosp Emerg Care. 2007 Oct-Dec;11(4):353-68.
  • Nomura JT, Leech SJ, Shenbagamurthi S, Sierzenski PR, O'Connor RE, Bollinger M, Humphrey M, Gukhool JA. A randomized controlled trial of ultrasound-assisted lumbar puncture. J Ultrasound Med. 2007 Oct;26(10):1341-8.