Department / Division:
Pediatrics / Critical Care Medicine

Address:
DUMC 3046
Durham, NC 27710

Office Telephone:
919-681-3550

Fax Telephone:
919-681-8357

• MD, Wake Forest University School of Medicine (North Carolina), 1997

• Pediatrics, Tufts-New England Medical Center (Floating Hospital for Children) (Massachusetts), 1997-2001

• Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Children's Hospital Boston (Massachusetts), 2001-2004

• MSc, Harvard Medical School (Massachusetts), 2006

Clinical Interests:
Pediatric critical care medicine, patient safety, performance improvement

Research Interests:
Patient Safety; Quality Improvement; Handoff Communication

Representative Publications:
Mistry K, Jaggers J, Lodge A, Alton M, Mericle J, Frush K, Meliones J. Using Six Sigma Methodology to Improve Handoff Communication in High Risk Patients. In: Advances in Patient Safety: New Directions and Alternative Approaches. Vol. 3. Performance and Tools. AHRQ Publication No. 08-0034-3. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; August 2008. (2008)

Meliones J, Ballard R, Mericle J, Cesari J, Alton M, Mistry K. 10 Year Experience Integrating Strategic Performance Improvement Initiatives: Can the Balanced Scorecard, Six Sigma, and Team Training All Thrive in a Single Hospital?” In: Advances in Patient Safety: New Directions and Alternative Approaches. Vol. 3. Performance and Tools. AHRQ Publication No. 08-0034-3. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; August 2008. (2008)

Hueckel Rémi, Turi J, Cheifetz I, Mericle J, Meliones J, Mistry K. Beyond Rapid Response Teams: Instituting a ‘Rover Team’ Improves the Management of At Risk Patients, Facilitates Proactive Interventions and Improves Outcomes In: Advances in Patient Safety: New Directions and Alternative Approaches. Vol. 3. Performance and Tools. AHRQ Publication No. 08-0034-3. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; August 2008. (2008)

Scanlon MC, Mistry KP, Jeffries HE. Determining pediatric intensive care unit quality indicators for measuring pediatric intensive care unit safety. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2007 Mar;8(2 Suppl):S3-10. (2007) Abstract

Honeycutt TC, El Khashab M, Wardrop RM 3rd, McNeal-Trice K, Honeycutt AL, Christy CG, Mistry K, Harris BD, Meliones JN, Kocis KC. Probiotic administration and the incidence of nosocomial infection in pediatric intensive care: a randomized placebo-controlled trial. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2007 Sep;8(5):452-8; quiz 464. (2007) Abstract

Mistry KP, Turi JL, Hueckel R, Mericle J, Meliones JN: Pediatric Rapid Response Teams in the Academic Medical Center. Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine. Volume 7, Issue 4, December 2006, Pages 241-247. (2006)