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Name: Frank L. Overly

BSEE; Bucknell University
MD; University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry

Specialty: Pediatric Emergency Medicine and High-Fidelity Medical Simulation

Phone: 401-444-6237

Email: foverly@lifespan.org

Administrative contact: Jennifer Grilo, 401-444-6237

Research interests: Dr. Overly has focused his teaching and research interests around high-fidelity medical simulation.  He was appointed co-director of pediatric simulation in 2003 and has subsequently been promoted to co-director of the Rhode Island Hospital Medical Simulation Center.  He has written and published articles on a variety of Pediatric Emergency Medicine topics including patient monitoring during procedural sedation, asthma, and recently published data looking at high-fidelity medical simulation as an assessment tool for pediatric airway skills.  His interests in simulation also include the use of simulation-enhanced training to improve the care of patients through teamwork training and pre-hospital management of pediatric patients with traumatic brain injury.