Stanford University
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
750 Welch Road
Palo Alto, CA
USA 94305
Email: halamek@stanford.edu
Biographical Sketch: Louis P. Halamek, M.D., is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics in the Medical Center Professoriate in the Division of Neonatal and Developmental Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, and the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics (by courtesy) at Stanford University. He is a graduate of the Creighton University School of Medicine, and completed residency and chief residency in Pediatrics at the University of Nebraska Medical Center followed by a fellowship in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine at Stanford University. He is certified by the American Board of Pediatrics in both Pediatric Medicine and Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine and is a Fellow in the American Academy of Pediatrics. He serves as co-chair of the Steering Committee of the Neonatal Resuscitation Program of the American Academy of Pediatrics and is a member of the neonatal delegation of the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR); these professional organizations set the national and international standards for resuscitation of the newborn. He has a clinical appointment at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford where he works in the level III NICU. Dr. Halamek is the Director of the Fellowship Training Program in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine at Stanford and is committed to the use of novel training methodologies and the incorporation of advanced educational technologies. He is the director of the Center for Advanced Pediatric and Perinatal Education (http://www.cape.lpch.org) where he and his multidisciplinary team use simulation- and virtual reality-based methodologies and technologies in developing and refining immersive learning experiences based on the tenets of adult education. He also serves on the Board of Directors of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare and the Editorial Board of the Journal of Simulation in Healthcare.