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Office
55 Fruit Street
GRB 4-444
Boston, MA 02114Phone+1 617-643-3834
Education & Training
- Massachusetts General HospitalResidency, Anesthesiology, 1982 - 1985
- Massachusetts General HospitalResidency, Surgery, 1979 - 1981
- Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and SurgeonsClass of 1979
- Harvard UniversityB.A., History and Literature, 1975
Certifications & Licensure
- American Board of Anesthesiology Anesthesiology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Nathaniel Bowditch Prize Massachusetts General Hospital Board of Trustees, 2018
- Marvin Shepherd Patient Safety Award American College of Clinical Engineering (ACCE) and Healthcare Technology Foundation (HTF), 2016
- Jeffrey B. Cooper Award for Patient Safety in Anesthesia, Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine Massachusetts General Hospital, 2012
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 4 citationsDesign, implementation, and evaluation of a physiological closed-loop control device for medically-induced comaJingzhi An, Patrick L. Purdon, Ken Solt, Nathaniel M. Sims, Emery N. Brown
Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference. 2017-07-01 - 1 citationsA Roundtable Discussion: Working Toward Safer, Easier-to-Use Infusion Systems.Mary K. Logan, Bona E Benjamin, Nancy Blake, Richard C Chapman, Marilyn Neder
Biomedical Instrumentation & Technology. 2015-01-01 - 1 citationsWhat you can do now interim: technology applications to help achieve IV-IT interoperability.Nathaniel M. Sims, Dennis I. Schneider
Biomedical Instrumentation & Technology. 2012-09-01
Journal Articles
- Safety innovations: best practice recommendations for infusion pump-information network integrationCooper T, Hawley B, Hoffman J, Melendez L, Mills G, Murphy L, Olson C, Patail B, Ravitz A, Rinda J, Sims N, Sparnon E, Suess T, Thiel S, Biomed Instrum Technol, 1/1/2014
- The delivery of drugs to patients by continuous intravenous infusion: modeling predicts potential dose fluctuations depending on flow rates and infusion system dead vo...Lovich MA, Kinnealey ME, Sims NM, Peterfreund RA, Anesth Analg, 1/1/2006
- Redesigning Perioperative Processes to Maximize OR Throughput in a Tertiary Care Medical CenterGoldman JM; Sandberg W.; Stahl J.; Sims NM; Wiklund RA; Berger D. ; Rattner D., 13th World Congress of Anesthesiology, 1/1/2004
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Books/Book Chapters
Abstracts/Posters
- Design, implementation, and evaluation of a physiological closed-loop control device for medically-induced coma.Sims NM, 39th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Jeju, Korea, 1/1/2017
- Design, Implementation and Evaluation of a Physiological Closed-loop Control Device for Medically-induced Coma.An J, Purdon PL, Solt K, Sims NM, Brown EN, Westover BM, Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc, 1/1/2017
- Redesigning Anesthesia Care for an Operating Room of the Future: Implementation and Preliminary Results.Sandberg WS, Stahl JE, Goldman JM, Wiklund RA, Sims NM, Anesthesiology; American Society of Anesthesiologists, 1/1/2003
Lectures
- User driven innovation in regulated medical devices: drug infusion pumps for life critical care - from 'errors' to 'excellence'Cambridge, MA - 1/1/2017
- Next generation devices for use in closed loop intravenous anesthesiaMassachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA - 1/1/2017
- Future of drug infusion therapy: changing the conversation from 'errors' to 'excellence'Tampa, FL - 1/1/2016
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Other
- Web-Based Training – Syringe Infusion Pump Best Practices.Sims NM, Partners Healthcare Continuing Faculty Development web site
1/1/2016 - Safe Practices for Syringe Infusion Pumps; Multiple Line Drug Administration, and Drug MixingSims NM, Partners Healthcare Continuing Faculty Development web site
1/1/2015 - ANSI/HIBC 3.1-2010 Positive Identification for Patient Safety Part 1: Medication DeliveryManolopoulos, H, Cooley T, Sims NM, Standards Document - Health Industry Business Communications Council - HIBC
http://www.hibcc.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/ANSI-HIBC-3.1.pdf
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Press Mentions
- Bowditch Prize Winners Chart New Courses at the MGHMarch 9th, 2018
- Reducing Risk in Pediatric General AnesthesiaApril 29th, 2014
- Aviation's Lessons for Health ITJuly 25th, 2013
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