Cynthia Tinsley, MD Assistant Professor, Pediatrics School of Medicine

Patient Care 

  Patient Care

• Attending Physician - 5700 PICU - Attending Physician 5700 PICU, 25-bed level-1 medical and trauma unit. Covered approximately 52 days/nights past year. Duties include: Primary patient care and management of all life support: Daily rounding/ clinical teaching (3 hours/day) with 4-5 residents, 2 medical students, 1 pharmacy student, 2 EMT students, and occasionally nursing students; Arranging intra-facility pediatric transports; and Pediatric Code Blue Attending. ( 7/2005 - Present )

• Attending Physician - 5800 CICU - Attending Physician 5800 CICU, 14-bed level-1 Cardiac unit and 5800 Intermediate Care chronic mechanical ventilation patients. Covered approximately 38 days past year. Duties include: Primary patient care and management of all life support pre- and post- cardiac surgery; Management of patients with chronic mechanical ventilation; Daily rounding/clinical teaching (1 hour/day) with 4-5 residents, 2 medical students, 1 pharmacy student, 2 EMT students, and occasionally nursing students. ( 7/2005 - Present )

• Attending Physician Pediatric Critical Care Sedation Service - Covered approximately 38 days past year. Duties include: Performing in-patient sedation and procedures for other pediatric services. Minimal resident education responsibilities. ( 7/2005 - Present )

• Attending Physician Home Mechanical Ventilation Clinic - FMO - Attended six 4-hour clinics in past year. Duties include: Outpatient management of chronic mechanical ventilation; Evaluating patients for necessary and routine in-patient procedures; and Overseeing the multi-disciplinary team (social services and nutrition) ( 7/2005 - Present )