ADDRESSES

Corporate:              Pediatrix Medical Group

                                      2825 Capitol Ave, 1S118

                                      Sacramento, California 95816

                                      (916) 887-0104

Hospital:                 Sutter Women’s and Children’s Hospital

                                      2825 Capitol Ave

                                       Sacramento, California  95816

                                      (916) 887-0360

EDUCATION

          1985 – 1989             Bachelor of Science, Genetics

                                      University of California, Berkeley

                                      Berkeley, California

          1991 – 1995             Medical Doctorate

                                      University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine

                                      Chicago, Illinois

POSTDOCTORAL TRAINING     

          1995 – 1998             Pediatric Residency

                                      Lucile Salter Packard Children’s Hospital

                                      Stanford University Hospital

                                      Palo Alto, California

          1998 – 2001             Pediatric Intensive Care Fellowship

                                      Lucile Salter Packard Children’s Hospital

                                      Stanford University Hospital

                                      Palo Alto, California

WORK EXPERIENCE

January 2018 – present        Ethics Committee, Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento, member

April 2017 – 2019                Co-director of Sutter Children’s services, Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento

Jan 2016 – Dec 2020            Department of Pediatrics, Chairman

March 2012 – present           Director, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit and Pediatric Hospitalist program

Pediatrix Medical Group

Sutter Memorial Hospital, Sacramento, CA

2011 – 2012             Director, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit and Pediatric Hospitalist program

Children’s Subspecialty Medical Group of Sacramento

                             Sutter Memorial Hospital, Sacramento, CA

2001 – 2012             Member, Children’s Subspecialty Medical Group of Sacramento

Sutter Memorial Hospital, Pediatric Intensive Care and Hospitalist Program

BOARD MEMBERSHIP

          2010 – 2017             Child Abuse Prevention Council

          2011 – 2017             Ronald McDonald House Charities

LICENSURE AND CERTIFICATION

          1995 – present          California Medical License

          1995 – present          Basic Life Support Certification

          1995 – present          Pediatric Advanced Life Support Certification

          1996 – present          Drug Enforcement Agency License

2017-present           Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) Certification

          1998 – 2017              American Board of Pediatrics Certification

          1998 – 2015              Pediatric Advanced Life Support Instructor

1998 – 2001             Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) Certification at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital

          2002 – present          American Board of Pediatrics – Critical Care Certification

HONORS

June 2010               Outstanding Attending Teaching Award-Awarded by                                      Sutter Health Family Practice Residents

1995 – present          Alpha Omega Alpha Membership

University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine

June 2001               Teaching Award – Outstanding Fellow Awarded by                                         Stanford Pediatric Residents

May 11 – 16, 2001      Young Investigator Award presented at the Joint                                          American Transplant Meeting of the American Society of                               Transplant Surgery and American Society of                                            Transplantation

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

          1995 – present          American Academy of Pediatrics

          1995 – present          American Medical Association

          1996 – present          Christian Medical and Dental Society

2016 – present          Society of Critical Care Medicine

COMMITTEES

2010 – present          Chairman, Pediatric Post Operative Congenital Heart Disease Surgery Committee

2010 – present          Member, Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery Executive Committee

2016 – present          Member, Ethics Committee, Sutter Hospital

2019 – present          Member, Medication Errors Committee

2006 – 2009             Member, Childhoood Asthma Initiative Committee

1996 – 2001              Member, Ethics Committee

                                      Lucile Salter Packard Children’s Hospital

                                      Stanford University

          2001 – 2006             Medical Errors Committee

                                      Sutter Medical Center

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

          1989 – 1991             University of California, San Francisco

                                      Immunogenetics and Transplantation Laboratory

Elucidation of cytokine and gene expression during liver allograft rejection.

1995. Lucile Salter Packard Children’s Hospital

Division of Pediatric Cardiology

Outcome comparison of heart transplant recipients in cardiomyopathy versus congenital heart disease populations.

          1998 – 1999             Stanford University School of Medicine

                                      Department of Surgery

Evaluation of the effects of liquid ventilation on cerebral blood flow and metabolism in an animal model.

          1999 – 2001             Stanford University School of Medicine

Department of Transplant Surgery, Transplant Immunology Laboratory

Characterization of the immune response to Epstein-Barr virus in pediatric solid organ transplant recipients.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE 

2001 – present          Sutter Health Family Practice Resident, Instructor

2018 – present          Faculty member of California North State University Medical School

2019 – present          Faculty member of Tuoro University Medical School

          1998 – 2001             Pediatric Advanced Life Support Instructor

                                      Stanford University School of Medicine

          2001 – Present          Pediatric Advanced Life Support Instructor

                                      Sutter Medical Center

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Journal Articles:

1)           Falco DA, Nepomuceno RR, Krams SM, Lee PP, Davis MM,                             Salvatierra O, Alexander SR, Esquivel CO, Cox KL, Frankel LR,                           Martinez OM.  Identification of Epstein-Barr virus specific CD8 + T                             lymphocytes in the circulation of pediatric transplant recipients.                              Transplantation 2002, August; 74 (4): 501-510.

2.          Dimmitt RA, Beckman SA, Halamek LP, Moss RC, Mickas NA, Falco DA, Chubbs C, Skarsgard ED.  Effect of partial liquid ventilation on cerebral metabolism in neonatal lambs.  J. Ped. Surgery 2002       June;37 (6): 840-9

3.           Rosenthal DN, Dubic AM, Chin C, Falco D, Gamberg P, Bernstein    D. Outcome while awaiting heart transplantation in children:  a comparison of congenital heart disease and cardiomyopathy.  J Heart Lung Transplant.  2000 Aug; 19 (8): 751-55.

4.          Cohen N, Roberts J, Gumbert M, Birnbaum J, Lim VL, Falco DA, Ascher   N, Garovoy MR.  Comparison of ELISA and a flow cytometric method in      the daily monitoring of soluble interleukin receptors in liver transplant     recipients.  Transplant Proc 1991 Feb; 23 (1 Pt 2): I426-7.

5.          Cohen N, Gumbert M, Birnbaum J, Lim VL, Falco DA, Ascher N, Roberts J, Garovoy MR.  An improved method for the detection of soluble       interleukin-2 receptors in liver transplant recipients by flow cytometry.         Transplantation 1991.  Feb:51 (2):417-21.

6.          Krams SM, Falco DA, Villaneuva JC, Rabkin J, Tomlanovich SJ, Vincenti   F, Amend WJ, Melzer J, Garovoy MR, Roberts JP.  Cytokine and T cell    receptor gene expression at the site of allograft rejection.  Transplantation 1992 Jan;53 (1): 151-6.

7.          Martinez OM, Krams SM, Sterneck M, Villanueva JC, Falco DA, Ferrell LD,          Lake J, Roberts JP, Ascher NL.  Intragraft cytokine profile during human liver allograft rejection.  Transplantation 1992 Feb; 53(2): 449-56.

Chapters:

1.      Falco DA and Hammer GB.  The Neurosurgical Pediatric Patient.  In       Andrews BA (ed).  Neurosurgical Intensive Care, McGraw Hill, New York.           In press.

Abstracts:

1. Mickas NA, Dimmitt RA, Falco DA, Beckman SA, Moss RL, Skarsgard ED, Halamek LP.  Deaths following perfluorochemical administration in    juvenile rabbits.  Western Society for Pediatric Research, February 9-12, 2000.

2. Beckman SA, Dimmitt RA, Halamek LP, Falco DA, Mickas N, Moss RL, Amii L, Skarsgard ED.  Cerebral blood flow and metabolism during partial liquid ventilation in neonatal sheep.  Western Society for Pediatric Research, February 9-12, 2000.

3. Dimmitt RA, Lau A, Feinstein J, Skarsgard ED, Halamek LP, Mickas N, Van Meurs KP, Sheehan A, Amii L, Falco DA, Moss Rl.  In vitro model for ECMO using a small coaxial catheter.  CNMC Symposium on ECMO and Advanced Therapies for Respiratory Failure, February 28 – March 2, 2000.

Case Reports:

1. Falco, DA, Hammer GB, Conrad C, Messner AH. Paradoxical vocal cord motion in a child presenting with cyanosis and respiratory failure.  Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, 2002 March; 3:185-6.

2. Shetty AK, Frankel LR, Maldonado Y, Falco DA, Lewis DB.  Group A streptococcal meningitis impact of a case and review of literature since 1976.  Pediatric Emergency Care 2001 Dec; 17 (6) 430-4.