UAMS Pediatrics

• Professor, College of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics

Sections

• Critical Care Medicine

Specialties

• Critical Care/Intensive Care

Contact Information

• Email:	HeulittMarkJ@uams.edu
  Phone:	501-364-1858
  Fax:	501-364-3188
  Address:	Arkansas Children's Hospital
  	1 Children's Way
  	Little Rock, AR 72202

Education

• B.A., Washington and Jefferson College, 1978
• M.D., Far Eastern University, College of Medicine, 1982

Training

• Fellowship, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Children's Medical Center, University of Texas Health Science Center, Southwestern Medical School, 1988-1990
• Fellowship, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, 1986-1988
• Chief Resident, Pediatrics, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, 1985-1986
• Internship and Residency, Pediatrics, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, 1982-1985

Licensure and Board Certification

• American Board of Medical Specialties, Pediatrics, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
• American Board of Medical Specialties, Pediatrics, Pediatrics

Clinical & Research Interests

• Basic Science, Clinical Research, Translational Research, Applied respiratory physiology relating to mechanical ventilation, lung injury and methods to support respiratory failure

Recent Honors

• Finalist for the Dean's Resident Teaching Award, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 2008

Recent Publications

• Journal Article, Jones SM., Holt SJ., Thurman TL., Jo CH., Simpson PM. Repeated measurements of respiratory mechanics in developing rats utilizing a forced oscillation technique. Experimental Lung Research 2008 34:409-423.
• Journal Article, Heulitt MJ, Wankum P, Holt SJ, Thurman TL, Hall RA, Jo CH, Simpson P. Reliability of measured tidal volume in mechanically ventilated young pigs with normal lungs. Intensive Care Medicine 2005 Sep; 31(9):1255-61.
• Journal Article, Wankum P, Simpson P, Thurman TL, Holt SJ, Heulitt MJ. Validation of a noninvasive blood pressure monitoring device in pediatric intensive care patients. Journal of Clinical Monitoring & Computing 2004 Aug; 18(4):253-63.
• Journal Article, Heulitt MJ, Holt SJ, Wilson S, Hall RA. Effects of continuous positive airway pressure/positive end-expiratory pressure and pressure-support ventilation on work of breathing, using an animal model. Respir Car 2003; 48(7):689-96.
• Journal Article, Heulitt MJ, Holt SJ, Thurman TL, Wilson SW, Simpson P. Evaluation of work of breathing in spontaneously breathing animals during partial liquid ventilation. Respir Care 2002; 47(1):39-47.
• Journal Article, Heulitt MJ, Wankum P, Peldun R, Thurman TL, Holt SJ. Evaluation of the effects of the rate of inspiratory flow on work of breathing in a neonatal animal model. Pediatr Res 2002 April; 51(4 S2):392A.
• Journal Article, O-Neil JM, Schutze GE, Heulitt MJ, Simpson PM, Taylor BJ. Nosocomial infections during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. Intensive Care Medicine 2001; 27:1247-1253.
• Journal Article, Sanders RC, Thurman T, Holt SJ, Taft K, Heulitt MJ. Work of breathing associated with pressure support ventilation in two different ventilators. Pediatr Pulmonol 2001; 32:62-70.
• Journal Article, Holt SJ, Sanders RC, Thurman TL, Heulitt MJ. An evaluation of automode, a computer-controlled ventilator mode, with the Siemens Servo 300A, using a porcine model. Respir Care 2001; 46(1):26-36.
• Journal Article, Heulitt MJ. the use of negative pressure ventilation in infants with acute respiratory failure: old technology, new idea. Respir Care 2000 May; 45(5):479 Review.

Recent Grant Awards

• Impact Instrumentation Inc. 2010, Impact, 2010 Contract, 1/1/2010-12/31/2010