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Brian Rismiller, M.D. Respiratory problems are
among the top concerns
The Auxiliary to Texas Children’s in pediatric critical care.
Hospital Fellowship Yet in this fast-paced set-
ting, accurate diagnosis
First-year pediatric cardi- Joseph Spinner, M.D. and effective treatment
ology fellow Dr. Joseph Adeline B. Landa Fellowship can be challenging for
Spinner is a snapshot of early-career physicians
the past, present and who may have limited
patient experience.
future of Texas Children’s.
As the son of Dr. Dr. Brian Rismiller, a
third-year fellow in Critical
Stanley Spinner, former Care, has seen the problem
Texas Children’s resident, first hand and thinks he
longtime Texas Children’s can help. He’s designing
interactive education
pediatrician and chief modules to help interns
medical officer of Texas recognize and diagnose
respiratory distress.
Children’s Pediatrics,
Joseph began his hospital Last year’s Auxiliary
career in 2000 as a junior funding allowed him to
volunteer while he was in complete and refine a
pilot test. Next step is to
high school. Throughout invite first-year residents
four years of long hours to use the module.
and intense study during
medical school at Baylor A New Jersey native
College of Medicine, he who came to Baylor for
somehow found the time his residency in 2009,
to volunteer in the dialysis Rissmiller hopes the tool
unit as a tutor for renal may be applicable to other
hospital departments.
patients.
During his residency “This novel education-
al approach will have a
at Texas Children’s, tremendous impact on
Spinner accumulated hon- accelerating the acquisi-
ors as intern and resident tion of diagnostic expert-
ise by interns, residents
of the year, as well as and others with the ulti-
chief resident. In 2013, he mate goal of decreasing
the incidence of diagnostic
received the Reba errors,” he says.
Michels Hill Scholarship
to study outcomes in con-
genital heart disease.
“My research is
focused on prevention of
sudden cardiac death in
children and improving
survival in children who
have received heart
transplants,” he says.
