Jon N. Meliones, MD, MS

Professor of Pediatrics

Department:
Pediatrics

Division:
Critical Care Medicine

Mailing Address:
DUMC 3046 Durham, NC 27710

Office Telephone:
919-681-6403

Fax:
919-681-8357

Training:
MD, Tufts University School of Medicine (Massachusetts), 1984

Fellowship:
Pediatric Cardiology, University of Michigan, 1987-1990
Pediatric Critical Care, University of Michigan, 1987-1990

Residency:
Pediatrics, New England Medical Center (Massachusetts), 1984-1987

Clinical Interests:
Pediatric cardiac critical care, pediatric critical care performance improvement, ECMO, high- frequency ventilation, technology

Research Interests:
We continue to be leaders in Performance Improvement focusing on improving Qualty, Safety, Financial Viability, communication and Work Culture using several models: The Balanced Scorecard, Team Training and Six Sigma. We have won a Balanced Scorecard Hall of Fame and Scientific award at SCCM for our work. Significant accomplishments include: Cost reduction of $1.5M reducing CA-BSI, significant reduction in morbidity and mortality in ICU pts, and increased team satisfaction through improvement of communications during rounds.

Publications:
Rehder K, Meliones J, Mistry K. (Abstract) Are We 'Well Rounded?' Studying Perceptions of
Daily Rounds in the Intensive Care Unit. 2009 Society of Critical Care Medicine Annual Congress.  Nashville, TN, January 2009.  Crit Care Med 2008 Dec; 36(12 Suppl):A98

Rehder K, Meliones J, Cheifetz I, Frush K. "Team Training, Applications in Pedaitrics" Accepted JC PSQ in press.

Christine Agee, CPNP,MSN, Jon Meliones, MD, Andrew Lodge, MD, Scott Lawson, Joe Cesari, Michael Camitta, MD, James Jaggers, MD.  Duke University Medical Center. Complexity of Cardiac Surgical Procedure Fails to Predict Cardiac ICU Resource Utilization: The Time is Right to Develop an ICU Severity Scoring System. In press.