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Just wanted to let you know a
little about myself.
Things that I like to do are:
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biking |
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music (played piano for 6 years
and French Horn for 6 years) |
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photography |
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as Justin puts it, use the
"evil" computer |
For those of you who are
interested, here's more about my professional background.
Curriculum Vitae

Kenneth M. Hirsch, MD, FAAP
Office Address:
Rivendell Pediatric
and
Adolescent Medicine, P.C.
704-A East Main Street,
Moorestown, NJ 08057
Phone: 856-727-0242
FAX: 856-787-1896
25 Homestead Drive, Suite H
Columbus, NJ 08022
Phone: 609-424-0340

Marital Status: Wife, Linda, and
three children

Education:
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1971-75 B.A. Boston University, Boston, Mass |
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1976-79 M.D. Universidad Autónoma
de Guadalajara, Jalisco, México |
Postgraduate Training:
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8/80-6/81 |
Fifth Pathway, Cooper
Hospital/University Medical Center, Camden, NJ |
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7/81-6/83 |
Pediatric Residency,
Cooper Hospital/University Medical Center, Camden, NJ |
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7/83-6/84 |
Pediatric Senior Supervisory Resident, Cooper Hospital University
Medical Center, Camden, NJ |
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7/84-6/87 |
Subspecialty Fellowship
in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital,
Houston, Texas |

Employment & Appointments:
Neptune, New Jersey
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1987-88 Pediatric Associates, PA,
10 Neptune Blvd, Neptune, NJ |
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1987-88 Jersey Shore Medical
Center, Neptune, NJ |
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Assistant Attending, Department of
Pediatrics |
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Assistant Attending, Pediatric
Hematology/Oncology |
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Assistant Attending, Pediatric Clinic,
Ambulatory Care |
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Member, Joint Transfusion
Committee |
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Member, Tumor Board |

Burlington, New Jersey
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1988-91 |
Salem Road Pediatrics,
2006 Salem Road, Burlington, NJ |
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1988-93 |
Rancocas Hospital, Willingboro, NJ |
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1988-91 |
Attending, Dept of Pediatrics |
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1988-91 |
Member, Joint Transfusion Committee |
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1989-91 |
Member, Ethics Committee |
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1991-93 |
Consultant, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology |

Camden, New Jersey
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1990-95 |
Cooper Hospital/University
Medical Center, Camden, NJ Division of Pediatric
Hematology/Oncology University of Medicine and
Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School at Camden, Assistant Professor
of Clinical Pediatrics |
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1991-95 |
Member, Pediatric Tumor Board |
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1992-95 |
Member, Institutional Review Committee |
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1993-95 |
Member, Cancer Committee |
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1993-95 |
Director, Pediatric Neuro-Oncology Clinic |
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1993-95 |
Member, Education Committee,
Department of Pediatrics |
Consultant, Pediatric
Hematology/Oncology
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1992-95 |
West Jersey Health Systems, Camden, Voorhees, NJ |
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1994-95 |
Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Camden, NJ |
Burlington, New Jersey
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1995 -current |
Memorial
Hospital of Burlington County, Mount Holly, NJ Attending Staff
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1995-96 |
Goldstein
and Foran Pediatrics, PC, Medford/Manahawkin, NJ (Practice sold to Alliance
Medical Group May 1996)
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1996-98 |
Alliance
Medical Group - Alliance Pediatrics, Delran |
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1998 -current |
Rivendell
Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, P.C. |
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1999 -current |
Rancocas Valley Hospital -
Willingboro, NJ, Attending Staff |

Licenses:
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New York #148241 10/30/81-11/01/93 |
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New Jersey #MA41228 9/01/82
current |
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Texas #G9570 6/10/86-8/31/96 |

Certification:
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9/28/86 |
American Board of Pediatrics #34173 |
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11/15/94 |
American Sub-Board Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
#001111 |
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3/92-7/96 |
Pediatric Advanced Life Support Provider
Certification, American Heart Association and Cooper
Hospital/University Medical Center, Camden, NJ |
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10/96 |
Neonatal Advanced Life Support |

Professional Organizations:
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1987-present |
Fellow American Academy of
Pediatrics |
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1987- present |
New Jersey Chapter - AAP |
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1987 - 91 |
NJ Sickle Cell Advisory Committee |
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1983 - 90 |
American Medical Association |
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1987 - 95 |
New Jersey Pediatric Hematology Oncology
Network, (Liason from AAP 1987 - 1991, Full Member 1991 -
1995) |
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1988 - 95 |
American Society of Clinical Oncology |
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1994 - 95 |
American Society of Hematology |

Grant History:
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American Cancer Society,
Clinical Fellowship, 7/1/84-6/30/85, $6,000 |
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American Cancer Society, Texas
Division: Study of the Role of Endotoxins as the Cause of Fever in the
Febrile, Neutropenic Pediatric Oncology Patient. 7/1/86-6/30/87,
$6,000 |
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Faculty Support Grant, Cooper
Hospital/University Medical Center, Camden, "A proposal for
Immunophenotyping Mononuclear Cells in Bone Marrow and Peripheral
Blood Specimens from Normal Pediatric Patients Using Flow Cytometry."
5/01/92 - 12/31/93 $15,000 |

Presentations:
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Hirsch KM: "Histiocytosis
X." Pediatric Grand Rounds, Cooper Hospital/Univ Med Center, Camden, NJ, 11/21/91. |
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Hirsch KM: "Pediatric
Oncologic Emergencies". Nursing Continuing Education Conference, Cooper Hospital/Univ
Med Center, Camden, NJ, 3/27/92. |
| 3. |
Hirsch KM: "Pediatric
Oncology Treatment and Nutritional Implications." Philadelphia Pediatric Nutritional
Practice Group, Cooper Hospital/Univ Med Center, Camden, NJ, 9/22/92. |
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Hirsch KM: Zaontz M, Marchildon M,
Blumstein L, McCoy JP JR, Donaldson MH. Immunophenotyping of Pediatric Bone Marrow:
Preliminary Report of Normal Reference Ranges. New York Academy of Science, Clinical Flow
Cytometry, Baltimore MD, April 27, 1992. Poster Presentation. |
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Hirsch KM: "Pediatric
Oncologic Emergencies". Pediatric Grand Rounds, Cooper Hospital/University Medical
Center, Camden, NJ, 7/92. |
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Hirsch KM: "Case Presentation
- Fatal EBV Infection". With Dr. Thomas Gross, MD, Ph.D. Pediatric Grand Rounds,
Cooper Hospital/University Medical Center, Camden, NJ, 2/93. |
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Hirsch KM: "Pediatric Cancers
- An Overview", prepared presentation for Oncology Rehab Program Coordinator,
American Physical Therapy Association, New Orleans, LA, February 1994. |
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Hirsch KM: "Primary Brain
Tumors in Children", Southern Ocean County Hospital, Manahawkin, NJ, 1/12/94. |
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Hirsch KM: "Metastatic
Paraganglioma in a 14 year male Presenting with Cushing's Syndrome". Cancer Institute
of NJ, Princeton, NJ, 6/7/94. Poster Presentation. |
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Hirsch KM: "Update on
Pediatric Pulmonary Infections", South Jersey Perinatal Cooperative - FROM A-Z: A
Comprehensive Look at Pediatric Infections for Todays Nurse, Barry D. Brown Health
Education Center, Voorhees, NJ, 11/96. |

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Abstracts:
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Hirsch KM, Clark D,
Mukku P and Hurwitz R: Induction of a calcium calmodulin-dependent phosphodiesterase in
Phytohemagglutinin-stimulated bovine mononuclear cells. Fed. Proc. 45:1692, 1986. |
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Hirsch KM, Clark D,
Holcombe V and Hurwitz R: Characterization of the calcium calmodulin-dependent
phosphodiesterase activity in mitogen-stimulated bovine mononuclear cells, Fed. Proc.
46:396, 1987. |
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Hirsch KM, Bissey J,
Mahoney D, Steuber C and Fernbach D: Hyponatremia associated with cisplatin therapy. Proc.
Am Assn. Ca Res 28:226, 1987. |
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Hirsch KM, Zaontz M,
Marchildon M, Blumstein L, McCoy JP Jr, Donaldson MH. Immunophenotyping of Pediatric Bone
Marrow: Preliminary Report of Normal Reference Ranges. Clinical Flow Cytometry, Ann NY
Acad Sci. 4/92. |
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McMorrow LE, Gorski
GK, Campbell TH, Travis SF, Greenbaum BH, Hirsch KM, Donaldson MH: Complex Rearranged
Chromosomes in Osteosarcoma. 5th International Workshop on Chromosomes in Solid Tumors,
Tuscon, AZ, Jan 10-12, 1993. |
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Hirsch KM, Rossi W,
Post EP, Camacho J, McMorrow LE, Attorri R, Wenger J, Donaldson MH. Metastatic
Paraganglioma in a 14 year-old male presenting with Cushing's Syndrome. Second Annual
Scientific Retreat, The Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Princeton, NJ, Jun 7, 1994. Poster
Presentation |
Publications:
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Hurwitz RL, Hirsch KM, Clark D,
Holcombe V and Hurwitz MY: Induction of a calcium-calmodulin-dependent phosphodiesterase
during phytohemagglutinin Lymphocyte mitogenesis. J Biol Chem 265 (15); 8901-07, 1990. |
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Hirsch KM, Zaontz M, Marchildon M,
Blumstein L, McCoy JP Jr, Donaldson MH. Immunophenotyping of Pediatric Bone Marrow:
Preliminary Report of Normal Reference Ranges. Ann NY Acad Sci. Clinical Flow Cytometry,
ed. Landay, Ault, Bauer and Rabinovitch. 677:410-412, 1993. |
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McCoy JP Jr, Travis SF, Blumstein
L, Birdsall PB, et.al. Congenital leukemia: report of two cases. Cytometry, 22(2):89-92,
1995. |
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Travis SF, Greenbaum BH, Mintz M,
White RM, Stein S, Steckler RE, Hirsch KM: Epidural Hematoma of the Cauda Equina in a
Child with Hemophilia A. Pediatr Hematol Oncol, 18(3):308-10, 1996. |

OTHER PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATIONS
Hirsch KM: Chemotherapy Handbook.
Manual prepared for Cooper
Hospital/University Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Hematology/Oncology, and University of Medicine and Dentistry of NJ, Camden, NJ. Printed 1992.
Computerized Teaching Programs:
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Hirsch KM: Bone Marrow Failure
Syndromes. Computerized slide lecture/teaching aid, available on site. Cooper Pediatric
Hematology/Oncology Division, Camden, NJ, 2/92. |
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Hirsch KM: Oncology Emergencies.
Computerized slide lecture/teaching aid, available on site. Cooper Pediatric
Hematology/Oncology Division, Camden, NJ, 4/92. |
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Hirsch KM: Nutritional Aspects for
Pediatric Oncology Patients. Computerized slide lecture/teaching aid, available on site.
Cooper Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Division, Camden, NJ, 9/92. |
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Hirsch KM: Basics of Coagulation.
Computerized slide lecture/teaching aid with computerized self test, available on site.
Cooper Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Division, Camden, NJ, 7/93. |

COMMUNITY RELATED ACTIVITIES:
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1997-99 |
Member of Ritual Committee-Adath Emanu-El |
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1997-01 |
Member of Youth Activities
Committee
Adath Emanu-El |
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1997- present |
Mens Club Board Adath
Emanu-El |
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1997-98 |
Social Action Chairperson, Board
of
Adath Emanu-El |
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1998-99 |
Youth Activities Chairperson, Board of
Adath Emanu-El |
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1996-99 |
Webmaster http://www.adathemanuel.com |
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1999 |
Ring Master of the Mito
Web Ring |
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