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Mary Heitschmidt, PhD, APRN, CCRN-K

Director of Clinical Research
Associate Professor, Department of Women, Children and Family Nursing, College of Nursing
Co-Director, Center for Clinical Research & Scholarship
Education

PhD, Rush University
MS, St. Xavier University
BSN, University of Illinois

Contact Info:

600 S. Paulina St.
Suite 1035
Chicago, IL 60612
(312) 942-3604
mary_heitschmidt@rush.edu
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Honors and Activities

Invited to serve- American Heart Association (AHA)  Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing (CVSN) Research Mentoring Committee.  July 2018 

Appointed to the Sigma Research & Scholarship Advisory Council, Jan. 2018

Inducted Fellow Institute of Medicine of Chicago, Dec. 2017

Irwin Press Patient Experience Research Award. September 2017

Invited to serve- Illinois Nurses Foundation-Research Committee, September 2016 and Grant Committee July 2018

Publications

Wood, D., Heitschmidt, M., Fogg, L.  (2018). Comparison of Oral and Axillary Temperatures in Intubated Pediatric Patients. Journal of Pediatric Nursing.  41 : 131-134.

Heitschmidt, M. (2017). Helping nurse faculty mentor clinicians for interprofessional engagement. Sigma Theta Tau, Reflections in Nursing Leadership, 7/18/17. https://www.reflectionsonnursingleadership.org/features/more-features/He…

Muller, B., Ghawi, H., Heitschmidt, M., Fogg, L., J., Hijazi, Z., & Kenny, D. Medium-term CT evaluation of stent geometry, integrity, and valve function of the Edwards SAPIEN transcatheter heart valve in the pulmonary position. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 2016: Feb 15;87(3):E97-103. doi: 10.1002/ccd.26074. 

Heitschmidt, M. Family Presence in the Congenital Catheterization Laboratory. Heart & Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care: 2015: 44 (3): 230-237.

Faza, N, Kenny, D, Kavinsky, C, Amin, Z, Heitschmidt, M, &  Hijazi ZM. (2012). Single-center comparative outcomes of the Edwards SAPIEN and Medtronic melody transcatheter heart valves in the pulmonary position. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 2012 Sep 25. doi: 10.1002/ccd.24680. In print: 2013: Oct 1; 82(4).

Grants

Sub award University of Iowa: Funding agency: The Mayday Fund. Site Principal Investigator. 

Project title: Piloting a Picture of Pain in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. Jan. 1, 2015 to Dec. 31, 2016.