Michael Poirier, MDMichael P. Poirier, MD

Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Eastern Virginia Medical School

Fellowship Director
 Division of Emergency Medicine
Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters
602 Children's Lane
Norfolk, VA 23507
Phone: (757) 668-9220 ▪ Fax: (757) 7568

Background | Clinical Interests | Honors and Awards
Professional Affiliations | Selected Publications

Background

  • Medical School: University of Alabama at Birmingham

  • Residency:  University of Alabama at Birmingham

  • Fellowship:

    • University of Cincinnati
    • Medical College of Georgia
Board Certifications
  • American Board of Pediatrics
  • Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Clinical Interests
  • Acutely Ill Children
  • Medical Education
  • Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Honors and Awards

Finalist: James W. Haynes Faculty Teaching Award, Department o9f Pediatrics, Eastern Virginia Medical School
 
Professional Affiliations
  • American Academy of Pediatrics, Section of Emergency Medicine
  • Ambulatory Pediatric Association, Special Interest Group - Emergency Medicine
  • Southern Society for Pediatric Research
  • Tidewater Medical Society
  • Virginia Pediatric Society
  • Tidewater Pediatric Society
Selected Publications

Reviewed Publications:
 Original Research

  • Poirier MP, Ford J, Ahlstedt S, Dolen WK. Use of thiocyanate elution to estimate relative avidity of allergen specific IgE antibodies. Allergy Asthma Pro 1997;18(6):359-362.

  • Poirier MP, Gonzalez del-Rey JA, McAneney CM, DiGiulio GA. Utility of monitoring capnography, pulse oximetry and vital signs in the detection of airway mishaps: A  hyperoxemic animal model. Am J Emerg Med 1998;16:350-352.

  • Poirier MP, Davis PH, Gonzalez del-Rey JA, Monroe KW. Pediatric emergency nurses’ perspectives on fever in children. Pediatr Emerg Care 2000;16:9-12.

  • Gonzalez del-Rey JA, Poirier MP, DiGiulio GA. Evaluation of an ambu-bag-valve with a  self-contained, colorimetric end-tidal CO2  system in the detection of airway mishaps: An animal trial. Pediatr Emerg Care 2000;16:121-123.

  •  Qureshi F, Zaritsky A, Poirier MP. Comparative efficacy of oral dexamethasone versus oral prednisone in acute pediatric asthma. J Pediatr 2001;139:20-26.

  •  Poirier MP, Pruitt CW. Factors Used by pediatric emergency fellowship program directors to select their fellows. Pediatr Emerg Care 2003;19:157-161.

  •  Poirier MP, Greer DG, Satin-Smith MS. The ‘two-bag” system for variable intravenous dextrose and fluid administration; benefits in the initial emergent management of patients with diabetic ketoacidosis. Pediatr Emerg Care 2003, In Progress.

 Reviews and Reports

  • Poirier MP, Friedland LR. Clinical pearls: Pediatric vaginal bleeding. Acad Emerg Med 1995;2:527,563-565.

  • Poirier MP, Ruddy RM. The choking child. Contemporary Pediatrics 1995;12:25-34.

  • Poirier MP, Pancioli AM, DiGiulio GA. Vocal-cord dysfunction presenting as acute asthma in a pediatric patient. Pediatr Emerg Care 1996;12:213-214.

  • Poirier MP. Pediatr Emerg Critical Care 1997;10:30.

  • Poirier MP, Wadsworth MR. Concussions in sports: Assessment, grading and recommendations for return to competition. Emerg Office Pediatr 1998;11:9-14.

  • Wharton KN, Poirier MP. A 15-year-old girl with abdominal pain, vomiting, hypotension and rash. Emerg Office Pediatr 1998;11:191-193.

  • Kossoff EH, Poirier MP. Peripherally inserted venous catheter fracture and embolization tothe lungs. Pediatr Emerg Care 1998;14:403-405.

  • Poirier MP. Causey AL. Tick paralysis syndrome in a 5-year-old girl. South Med J  2000;93:433-435.

  • Poirier MP. Wadsworth MR. Sports-related concussions. Pediatr Emerg Care 2000;16:278- 286.

  • Poirier MP. Care of the female adolescent rape victim. Pediatr Emerg Care 2002;16:53-59.

  • Isaacman DJ, Poirier MP, Loiselle JM, Poirier MP, Schutzman S. Closed head injury inchildren. Controversies in pediatric emergency medicine. Pediatr Emerg Care 2002;18:48-52.

  • Isaacman DJ, Poirier MP, Harper M, Neuman M, Trainor J, Bell LM. Infectious diseases. Controversies in pediatric emergency medicine. Pediatr Emerg Care 2002;18:125-129.

  • Isaacman DJ, Poirier MP, Baxter AL, Bechtel K, Pierce MC. Abuse or not abuse. That is the question. Controversies in pediatric emergency medicine. Pediatr Emerg Care 2002;18:203-208.

  • Isaacman DJ, Poirier MP, Callahan JM, Qureshi F, Schuh S. Bronchiolitis cases. Controversies in pediatric emergency medicine. Pediatr Emerg Care 2002;18:303-309.

  • Poirier MP, Isaacman DJ, DiGiulio G, Monroe K, Pruitt CW. Betwixt and between. Controversies in pediatric emergency medicine. Pediatr Emerg Care 2002;18:378- 81.

  • Isaacman DJ, Poirier MP, Baker MD, Jaffe, D, Krug S. Academic dilemmas. Controversies in pediatric emergency medicine. Pediatr Emerg Care 2002;18:451-455.

  • Poirier MP, MD, Isaacman DJ, Causey AL, Gonzalez del-Rey JA, Mason JD. Boundaries of the emergency department. Controversies in pediatric emergency medicine. Pediatr Emerg Care 2003;19:41-43.

  • Isaacman DJ, Poirier MP, Hegenbarth M, Lillis KA, Scarfone R. Ventriculoperitoneal shunt management. Pediatr Emerg Care 2003;19:119-125

  • Isaacman DJ, Poirier MP, Bothner J, Fitzmaurice L, Khan, N. Medical director dilemmas. Controversies in pediatric emergency medicine. Pediatr Emerg Care 2003;19:198-202.

  •  Poirier MP, Isaacman DJ, Nichols MH, Pomerantz WJ, Givens TG.  Who Is the Boss?Controversies in pediatric emergency medicine. Pediatr Emerg Care 2003;19:277-281.

  • Poirier MP. Concussions: Assessment, management and recommendations for return to  activity. Neurologic Emergencies. Clin Ped Emerg Med 2003;4:179-185.

  •  Isaacman DJ, Poirier MP, Chande VT, Hampers L, Gochman RF. Coaxing the consultant. Controversies in pediatric emergency medicine. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2003;5:373-377.

  • Poirier MP. Foreign bodies of the respiratory tract. Clin Ped Emerg Med 2003. In press.

Letters and Miscellaneous

  • Poirier MP. Bandages are choking hazards. Contemporary Pediatrics 1997;12:202.

  • Poirier MP. Practice Pearls – Pinch prepares child for local anesthesia. Postgraduate Med 1998;140:44.

  • Poirier MP. Practice Pearls – Choking dangers of bandages. Postgraduate Med 1999;105:244.

  •  Poirier MP, Causey AL. Tick Paralysis Syndrome. South Med J 2000;93:1229.

Published Abstracts:

  •  Poirier MP, Ford J, Ahlstedt S, Dolen WK. Use of thiocyanate elution to estimate relative avidity of allergen specific IgE antibodies. Ann Allergy 1994;72:55.

  •  Chrrzanowski RR, Poirier MP, Hertel J, Wynn JJ, Dolen WK. Pretransplant eosinophil activation and renal graft survival. J Allergy Clin Immunol 1995;95:141.

  •  Poirier MP, Gonzalez del-Rey JA, McAneney CM, DiGiulio GA. Capnography, pulse oximetry and vital signs. Which to use? Arch Ped Adolesc Med 1996;150:63-64.

  •  Gonzalez del-Rey JA, Poirier MP, DiGiulio GA. Pulmonary resuscitator with an incorporated continuous colormetric end-tidal (ET) CO2 detector: An animal trial. Pediatr Emerg Care 1996;12:326.

  • Poirier MP, Gonzalez del-Rey JA, Monroe KW, Davis PH. Pediatric emergency nurses’ perspectives on fever in children. Pediatr Emerg Care 1998;14:316 & Pediatrics 1998;102:714(S).

  • Maniktala A, Poirier MP. Deaths in a non-level one trauma center pediatric emergency department: A ten-year experience. J Invest Med 2000;48:128A.

  • Poirier MP, Ben Yehuda Y, Isaacman DJ. Pediatric emergency medicine physicians’   perspectives on performing lumbar punctures in the evaluation of febrile infants < 3  months of age. Pediatr Res 2000, 47:115A.

  • Qureshi F, Poirier MP, Zaritsky A. Oral dexamethasone versus oral prednisone: Effect on relapse in acute asthma. Pediatr Res 2000, 47:116A.

  • Huang CJ, Poirier MP, Zinderman JH, Causey AL. Acute syncope in children and adolescents: Differential practices between general emergentologists, pediatric emergentologists, pediatric cardiologist and pediatric neurologist. J Invest Med 2001, 49:110A & Pediatr Res 2001, 49:95A.

  • Poirier MP, Greer DG, Satin-Smith MS. The ‘two-bag” system for variable intravenous dextrose and fluid administration; benefits in the initial emergent management of patients with diabetic ketoacidosis. J Invest Med 2002;50:102A & Pediatr Res 2002,    51:108A.

  • Huang CJ, Poirier MP, Cantwell JR, Ermis PA, Isaacman DJ. The prudent layperson definition of a pediatric emergent medical condition. J Invest Med 2002;50;143A & Pediatr Res 2002;51:106A.

Book Chapters:

  • Poirier MP, Ruddy RM. Acute Upper Airway Foreign Body Removal - The Choking Child: In Henretig FM, King C, eds. Textbook of Pediatric Emergency Procedures Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore, MD. 1997;621-629.

  •  Poirier MP, Schwartz GR. Food and Foreign Body Asphyxiation: In Schwartz GR, ed. Principles and Practice of Emergency Medicine Fourth Edition Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore, MD. 1998;150-151.

  • Poirier MP, Ruddy RM. Acute Upper Airway Foreign Body Removal - The Choking Child: In Henretig FM, King C, eds. Pocket Atlas of Pediatric Emergency Procedures Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA. 2000;150-155.

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