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Nathaniel Sims, MD, Anesthesiology, Boston, MA

NathanielSimsMD

Anesthesiology Boston, MA

Physician Advisor to Biomedical Engineering / Associate Professor Harvard Medical School

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  • Office

    55 Fruit Street
    GRB 4-444
    Boston, MA 02114
    Phone+1 617-643-3834

Education & Training

  • Massachusetts General Hospital
    Massachusetts General HospitalResidency, Anesthesiology, 1982 - 1985
  • Massachusetts General Hospital
    Massachusetts General HospitalResidency, Surgery, 1979 - 1981
  • Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
    Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and SurgeonsClass of 1979
  • Harvard University
    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

Journal Articles

  • Safety innovations: best practice recommendations for infusion pump-information network integration  
    Cooper 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 Center  
    Goldman 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

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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 anesthesia 
    Massachusetts 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 Mixing 
    Sims NM, Partners Healthcare Continuing Faculty Development web site
    1/1/2015
  • ANSI/HIBC 3.1-2010 Positive Identification for Patient Safety Part 1: Medication Delivery 
    Manolopoulos, 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
    1/1/2010
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Press Mentions

  • Bowditch Prize Winners Chart New Courses at the MGH
    Bowditch Prize Winners Chart New Courses at the MGHMarch 9th, 2018
  • Reducing Risk in Pediatric General Anesthesia
    Reducing Risk in Pediatric General AnesthesiaApril 29th, 2014
  • Aviation's Lessons for Health IT
    Aviation's Lessons for Health ITJuly 25th, 2013
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