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Kenneth McConnochie, M.D.Discipline: Pediatrics
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BiographyDr. McConnochie is a pediatrician, clinical epidemiologist, and health services innovator. His current position is Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of General Pediatrics at the University of Rochester Medical Center. His education includes Dartmouth College and Cornell University School of Medicine. He completed his Pediatric Residency and General Academic Pediatric Fellowship at the University of Rochester Department of Pediatrics, and also holds a Master’s Degree in Public Health (MPH) from the University of Rochester. His experience also includes positions as Medical Director and family practitioner, Lowndes County Health Services Association (National Health Services Corps, United States Public Health Service), Lowndes County, Alabama; and Director of Pediatric Ambulatory Programs, Rochester General Hospital. His research has focused in particular on etiology of childhood respiratory illness (e.g., bronchiolitis and asthma); socioeconomic disparities in childhood morbidity burden; home nursing to replace hospital inpatient care for acute, moderately-severe, childhood illness; and telemedicine. This body of research is reflected in over 40 peer-reviewed journal publications. Experience with telemedicine includes the successful conduct of a study, Reliability and Efficacy of Telemedicine in Routine Pediatric Practice, funded by the federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Of particular relevance to the development of Tel-e-Atrics, Inc. is his experience as Principal Investigator and Director of the Health-e-Access program funded initially by the US Department of Commerce Technology Opportunities Program and subsequently by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and multiple local foundations and individual donors. |
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