Divisions & Faculty

Background

• Medical School: University of Alabama at Birmingham
• Residency:  University of Alabama at Birmingham
• Fellowship:
  • University of Cincinnati
  • Medical College of Georgia

Board Certifications

• American Board of Pediatrics
• Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Professional Affiliations

• American Academy of Pediatrics, Section of Emergency Medicine
• Ambulatory Pediatric Association, Special Interest Group - Emergency Medicine
• Southern Society for Pediatric Research
• Tidewater Medical Society
• Virginia Pediatric Society
• Tidewater Pediatric Society

Special Interests

• Acutely Ill Children
• Medical Education
• Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Honors and Awards

Finalist: James W. Haynes Faculty Teaching Award, Department of Pediatrics, Eastern Virginia Medical School

Publications

Reviewed Publications:
 Original Research

Poirier MP, Ford J, Ahlstedt S, Dolen WK. Use of thiocyanate elution to estimate relative avidity of allergen specific IgE antibodies. Allergy Asthma Pro 1997;18(6):359-362.

Poirier MP, Gonzalez del-Rey JA, McAneney CM, DiGiulio GA. Utility of monitoring capnography, pulse oximetry and vital signs in the detection of airway mishaps: A  hyperoxemic animal model. Am J Emerg Med 1998;16:350-352.

Poirier MP, Davis PH, Gonzalez del-Rey JA, Monroe KW. Pediatric emergency nurses’ perspectives on fever in children. Pediatr Emerg Care 2000;16:9-12.

Gonzalez del-Rey JA, Poirier MP, DiGiulio GA. Evaluation of an ambu-bag-valve with a  self-contained, colorimetric end-tidal CO2  system in the detection of airway mishaps: An animal trial. Pediatr Emerg Care 2000;16:121-123.

 Qureshi F, Zaritsky A, Poirier MP. Comparative efficacy of oral dexamethasone versus oral prednisone in acute pediatric asthma. J Pediatr 2001;139:20-26.

 Poirier MP, Pruitt CW. Factors Used by pediatric emergency fellowship program directors to select their fellows. Pediatr Emerg Care 2003;19:157-161.

 Poirier MP, Greer DG, Satin-Smith MS. The ‘two-bag” system for variable intravenous dextrose and fluid administration; benefits in the initial emergent management of patients with diabetic ketoacidosis. Pediatr Emerg Care 2003, In Progress.

 Reviews and Reports

Poirier MP, Friedland LR. Clinical pearls: Pediatric vaginal bleeding. Acad Emerg Med 1995;2:527,563-565.

Poirier MP, Ruddy RM. The choking child. Contemporary Pediatrics 1995;12:25-34.

Poirier MP, Pancioli AM, DiGiulio GA. Vocal-cord dysfunction presenting as acute asthma in a pediatric patient. Pediatr Emerg Care 1996;12:213-214.

Poirier MP. Pediatr Emerg Critical Care 1997;10:30.

Poirier MP, Wadsworth MR. Concussions in sports: Assessment, grading and recommendations for return to competition. Emerg Office Pediatr 1998;11:9-14.

Wharton KN, Poirier MP. A 15-year-old girl with abdominal pain, vomiting, hypotension and rash. Emerg Office Pediatr 1998;11:191-193.

Kossoff EH, Poirier MP. Peripherally inserted venous catheter fracture and embolization tothe lungs. Pediatr Emerg Care 1998;14:403-405.

Poirier MP. Causey AL. Tick paralysis syndrome in a 5-year-old girl. South Med J  2000;93:433-435.

Poirier MP. Wadsworth MR. Sports-related concussions. Pediatr Emerg Care 2000;16:278- 286.

Poirier MP. Care of the female adolescent rape victim. Pediatr Emerg Care 2002;16:53-59.

Isaacman DJ, Poirier MP, Loiselle JM, Poirier MP, Schutzman S. Closed head injury inchildren. Controversies in pediatric emergency medicine. Pediatr Emerg Care 2002;18:48-52.

Isaacman DJ, Poirier MP, Harper M, Neuman M, Trainor J, Bell LM. Infectious diseases. Controversies in pediatric emergency medicine. Pediatr Emerg Care 2002;18:125-129.

Isaacman DJ, Poirier MP, Baxter AL, Bechtel K, Pierce MC. Abuse or not abuse. That is the question. Controversies in pediatric emergency medicine. Pediatr Emerg Care 2002;18:203-208.

Isaacman DJ, Poirier MP, Callahan JM, Qureshi F, Schuh S. Bronchiolitis cases. Controversies in pediatric emergency medicine. Pediatr Emerg Care 2002;18:303-309.

Poirier MP, Isaacman DJ, DiGiulio G, Monroe K, Pruitt CW. Betwixt and between. Controversies in pediatric emergency medicine. Pediatr Emerg Care 2002;18:378- 81.

Isaacman DJ, Poirier MP, Baker MD, Jaffe, D, Krug S. Academic dilemmas. Controversies in pediatric emergency medicine. Pediatr Emerg Care 2002;18:451-455.

Poirier MP, MD, Isaacman DJ, Causey AL, Gonzalez del-Rey JA, Mason JD. Boundaries of the emergency department. Controversies in pediatric emergency medicine. Pediatr Emerg Care 2003;19:41-43.

Isaacman DJ, Poirier MP, Hegenbarth M, Lillis KA, Scarfone R. Ventriculoperitoneal shunt management. Pediatr Emerg Care 2003;19:119-125

Isaacman DJ, Poirier MP, Bothner J, Fitzmaurice L, Khan, N. Medical director dilemmas. Controversies in pediatric emergency medicine. Pediatr Emerg Care 2003;19:198-202.

 Poirier MP, Isaacman DJ, Nichols MH, Pomerantz WJ, Givens TG.  Who Is the Boss?Controversies in pediatric emergency medicine. Pediatr Emerg Care 2003;19:277-281.

Poirier MP. Concussions: Assessment, management and recommendations for return to  activity. Neurologic Emergencies. Clin Ped Emerg Med 2003;4:179-185.

 Isaacman DJ, Poirier MP, Chande VT, Hampers L, Gochman RF. Coaxing the consultant. Controversies in pediatric emergency medicine. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2003;5:373-377.

Poirier MP. Foreign bodies of the respiratory tract. Clin Ped Emerg Med 2003. In press.

Poirier MP. Bandages are choking hazards. Contemporary Pediatrics 1997;12:202.

Poirier MP. Practice Pearls – Pinch prepares child for local anesthesia. Postgraduate Med 1998;140:44.

Poirier MP. Practice Pearls – Choking dangers of bandages. Postgraduate Med 1999;105:244.

 Poirier MP, Causey AL. Tick Paralysis Syndrome. South Med J 2000;93:1229.

Published Abstracts:

 Poirier MP, Ford J, Ahlstedt S, Dolen WK. Use of thiocyanate elution to estimate relative avidity of allergen specific IgE antibodies. Ann Allergy 1994;72:55.

 Chrrzanowski RR, Poirier MP, Hertel J, Wynn JJ, Dolen WK. Pretransplant eosinophil activation and renal graft survival. J Allergy Clin Immunol 1995;95:141.

 Poirier MP, Gonzalez del-Rey JA, McAneney CM, DiGiulio GA. Capnography, pulse oximetry and vital signs. Which to use? Arch Ped Adolesc Med 1996;150:63-64.

 Gonzalez del-Rey JA, Poirier MP, DiGiulio GA. Pulmonary resuscitator with an incorporated continuous colormetric end-tidal (ET) CO2 detector: An animal trial. Pediatr Emerg Care 1996;12:326.

Poirier MP, Gonzalez del-Rey JA, Monroe KW, Davis PH. Pediatric emergency nurses’ perspectives on fever in children. Pediatr Emerg Care 1998;14:316 & Pediatrics 1998;102:714(S).

Maniktala A, Poirier MP. Deaths in a non-level one trauma center pediatric emergency department: A ten-year experience. J Invest Med 2000;48:128A.

Poirier MP, Ben Yehuda Y, Isaacman DJ. Pediatric emergency medicine physicians’   perspectives on performing lumbar punctures in the evaluation of febrile infants < 3  months of age. Pediatr Res 2000, 47:115A.

Qureshi F, Poirier MP, Zaritsky A. Oral dexamethasone versus oral prednisone: Effect on relapse in acute asthma. Pediatr Res 2000, 47:116A.

Huang CJ, Poirier MP, Zinderman JH, Causey AL. Acute syncope in children and adolescents: Differential practices between general emergentologists, pediatric emergentologists, pediatric cardiologist and pediatric neurologist. J Invest Med 2001, 49:110A & Pediatr Res 2001, 49:95A.

Poirier MP, Greer DG, Satin-Smith MS. The ‘two-bag” system for variable intravenous dextrose and fluid administration; benefits in the initial emergent management of patients with diabetic ketoacidosis. J Invest Med 2002;50:102A & Pediatr Res 2002,    51:108A.

Huang CJ, Poirier MP, Cantwell JR, Ermis PA, Isaacman DJ. The prudent layperson definition of a pediatric emergent medical condition. J Invest Med 2002;50;143A & Pediatr Res 2002;51:106A.

Book Chapters:

Poirier MP, Ruddy RM. Acute Upper Airway Foreign Body Removal - The Choking Child: In Henretig FM, King C, eds. Textbook of Pediatric Emergency Procedures Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore, MD. 1997;621-629.

 Poirier MP, Schwartz GR. Food and Foreign Body Asphyxiation: In Schwartz GR, ed. Principles and Practice of Emergency Medicine Fourth Edition Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore, MD. 1998;150-151.

Poirier MP, Ruddy RM. Acute Upper Airway Foreign Body Removal - The Choking Child: In Henretig FM, King C, eds. Pocket Atlas of Pediatric Emergency Procedures Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA. 2000;150-155.