Birthdate: June 24, 1975
Birthplace: Park Ridge, Illinois
Fellowship
7/2004-6/2007 New York University Division of Pediatric Cardiology
New York University Medical Center/Bellevue Hospital
New York, NY
Senior Fellowship
7/2007-6/2008 Children’s Hospital Boston Department of Pediatric Cardiology
Cardiac Critical Care
Boston, MA
Faculty Positions
8/1/2008-Present Rush University Medical Center, Chicago IL
Rush Center for Congenital and Structural Heart Disease
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
Director, Cardiac Critical Care
Research :
9/1994-6/1995 DePaul University
Chicago, IL
Organic Chemistry Research Assistant
Project: Synthesis of Sodium Ethoxide in a Cost Effective Manner
6/1996-6/1997 DePaul University
Chicago, IL
Biochemistry Research Assistant
Project: Evolutionary Patterns of Mitochondrial Cytochrome C Gene in Songbirds
11/2005-9/2006 New York University
Department of Pediatric Cardiology
Project: Fetal Programming Secondary to Maternal Obesity: The
Supervisor: William A. Coetzee, PhD.
Current: Rush University Medical Center
Calibration and Validation Of a Non-Invasive Cerebral Oxygen
Saturation Device in Neonates, Infants and Children Undergoing
Cardiac Catheterization
(A Multi-center Trial: Co-Investigation with Stanford University and
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital)
Sponsor: Nonin Medical Inc.
Publications
Journal Articles:
A Large-Scale Analysis of Ion Channel Gene Expression in the
Mouse Heart During Perinatal Development
M.D. Harrell, S. Harbi, J.F. Hoffman MD, J. Zavadil, W.A. Coetzee PhD
Physiological Genomics. 2006 Sept 19
Book Chapters:
Pulmonary Stenosis. J Hoffman and S Buckvold. Heart Diseases in Children. R Abdulla, ed. Springer-New York. Expected Date of Publication: December 2009.
Truncus Arteriosus. S Buckvold and J Hoffman. Heart Diseases in Children. R Abdulla, ed. Springer-New York. Expected Date of Publication: December 2009.
Complex Cyanotic Congenital Heart Disease. S Buckvold and J Hoffman. Heart Diseases in Children. R Abdulla, ed. Springer-New York. Expected Date of Publication: December 2009.
Grand Rounds Lectures
Cardiac Critical Care: Purpose, Progress, and Future Directions
December 5, 2008
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, IL
Resident/Fellow/Nursing Education Instruction
Pediatric Transport of the Cardiac Patient (September 2006)
New York University/Bellevue Hospital Center
Pediatric Transport Course
New York, New York
Nursing Education Simulation Course: Intubation of the Cardiac Critical Care Patient
October 2007, November 2007, January 2008, March 2008, April 2008
Children’s Hospital Boston
Cardiac Critical Care
Boston, MA
Nursing Education Simulation Course: Roles in a Code
October 2007, November 2007, January 2008, March 2008, April 2008, May 2008
Children’s Hospital Boston
Cardiac Critical Care
Boston, MA
Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome
December 2007
Harvard University Medical School
Boston, MA
Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Nursing Lecture Series: Basic and Advanced Cardiac Anatomy and Physiology, Surgical Palliations, and Postoperative Management of the Cardiac Patients
August 2008-Present
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, IL
Tetrology of Fallot: Pink? Blue? What to do?
Resident Noon Lecture Series
September 2008
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, IL
Single Ventricle Physiology
PICU Resident Lecture
October 2008
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, IL
Cardiac Dysrhythmias: The On Call Nightmares
Resident Noon Lecture Series
Novemember 2008
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, IL
Pacemakers: The Basics
PICU Resident Lecture
December 2008, February 2009
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, IL
Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome
Resident Noon Lecture Series
April 2008
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, IL
International Charitable Work
Project Kids Worldwide, New York University 2006-2007
Awards and Honors
NYU Pediatric Fellow of the Year: Advocacy Award (2005-2006)
Courtesy, Professionalism, and Respect Award (2006)—Awarded by NYU Nursing Staff
NYU Pediatric Resident Teacher of the Year (2004)
Phi Kappa Phi
Who’s Who in American Colleges and Universities, DePaul University (1997)
Senior Chemist of the Year, DePaul University (1997)
Junior Chemist of the Year, DePaul University (1996)
Analytical Chemist of the Year, DePaul University (1995)
CRC Handbook Freshman Chemist of the Year, DePaul University (1994)
Certification
2004-2011 American Board of Pediatrics
General Pediatrics
Licensure
8/1/2008-Present Illinois Department of Professional Regulation
Medical License #336.082950