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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:

8/80-6/81 Fifth Pathway, Cooper Hospital/University Medical Center, Camden, NJ
7/81-6/83 Pediatric Residency, Cooper Hospital/University Medical Center, Camden, NJ
7/83-6/84 Pediatric Senior Supervisory Resident, Cooper Hospital University Medical Center, Camden, NJ
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:

1. American Cancer Society, Clinical Fellowship, 7/1/84-6/30/85, $6,000
2. 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
3. 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:

1. Hirsch KM: "Histiocytosis X." Pediatric Grand Rounds, Cooper Hospital/Univ Med Center, Camden, NJ, 11/21/91.
2. 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.
4. 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.
5. Hirsch KM: "Pediatric Oncologic Emergencies". Pediatric Grand Rounds, Cooper Hospital/University Medical Center, Camden, NJ, 7/92.
6. 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.
7. Hirsch KM: "Pediatric Cancers - An Overview", prepared presentation for Oncology Rehab Program Coordinator, American Physical Therapy Association, New Orleans, LA, February 1994.
8. Hirsch KM: "Primary Brain Tumors in Children", Southern Ocean County Hospital, Manahawkin, NJ, 1/12/94.
9. 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.
10. Hirsch KM: "Update on Pediatric Pulmonary Infections", South Jersey Perinatal Cooperative - FROM A-Z: A Comprehensive Look at Pediatric Infections for Today’s Nurse, Barry D. Brown Health Education Center, Voorhees, NJ, 11/96.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Abstracts:

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. Hirsch KM, Bissey J, Mahoney D, Steuber C and Fernbach D: Hyponatremia associated with cisplatin therapy. Proc. Am Assn. Ca Res 28:226, 1987.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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:

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. McCoy JP Jr, Travis SF, Blumstein L, Birdsall PB, et.al. Congenital leukemia: report of two cases. Cytometry, 22(2):89-92, 1995.
4. 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:

1. Hirsch KM: Bone Marrow Failure Syndromes. Computerized slide lecture/teaching aid, available on site. Cooper Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Division, Camden, NJ, 2/92.
2. Hirsch KM: Oncology Emergencies. Computerized slide lecture/teaching aid, available on site. Cooper Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Division, Camden, NJ, 4/92.
3. 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.
4. 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  Men’s 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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