Scholars@Duke

• Background
• 

  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Certified in Pediatric Hospital Medicine, American Board of Pediatrics 2019 - 2029
  • Residency in Pediatrics, Pediatrics, Children's Hospital Boston 1996 - 1999
  • M.D., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 1996
• 

  Medical Licensure

  • 144078. North Carolina. 2020
• 

  Previous Appointments & Affiliations

  • Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Pediatrics, Hospital Medicine, Pediatrics 2013 - 2020
  • Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Pediatrics, Hospital Medicine, Pediatrics 2008 - 2013
• 

  Leadership & Clinical Positions at Duke

  • Vice Chair for Quality, Department of Pediatrics
    Interim Division Chief, Pediatric Emergency Medicine
• Expertise
• 

  Subject Headings

  • Administration
  • Education
  • Leadership
  • Patient Safety
  • Quality Improvement
• Research
• 

  Selected Grants

  • Transforming Healthcare through Enhanced Clinical Training Teams awarded by Health Resources and Service Administration 2016 - 2022
• Publications & Artistic Works
• 

  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Cohen, Sarah P., Heather S. McLean, Judy Milne, and Victoria Parente. “Differences in Safety Report Event Types Submitted by Graduate Medical Education Trainees Compared With Other Healthcare Team Members.” J Patient Saf 17, no. 8 (December 1, 2021): e1352–57. https://doi.org/10.1097/PTS.0000000000000626.
       Full Text  Open Access Copy  Link to Item
    • Miller, Andrew G., Kaitlyn E. Haynes, Rachel M. Gates, Kanecia O. Zimmerman, Kathleen W. Bartlett, Heather S. McLean, and Kyle J. Rehder. “Initial Modified Pulmonary Index Score Predicts Hospital Length of Stay for Asthma Subjects Admitted to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit.” Respir Care 65, no. 9 (September 2020): 1227–32. https://doi.org/10.4187/respcare.07396.
       Full Text  Link to Item
    • Miller, Andrew G., Kaitlyn E. Haynes, Rachel M. Gates, Kanecia O. Zimmerman, Travis S. Heath, Kathleen W. Bartlett, Heather S. McLean, and Kyle J. Rehder. “A Respiratory Therapist-Driven Asthma Pathway Reduced Hospital Length of Stay in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit.” Respir Care 64, no. 11 (November 2019): 1325–32. https://doi.org/10.4187/respcare.06626.
       Full Text  Open Access Copy  Link to Item
    • McLean, Heather S., Charlene Carriker, and William Clay Bordley. “Good to Great: Quality-Improvement Initiative Increases and Sustains Pediatric Health Care Worker Hand Hygiene Compliance.” Hosp Pediatr 7, no. 4 (April 2017): 189–96. https://doi.org/10.1542/hpeds.2016-0110.
       Full Text  Open Access Copy  Link to Item
    • Bartlett, Kathleen W., Victoria M. Parente, Vanessa Morales, Jillian Hauser, and Heather S. McLean. “Improving the Efficiency of Care for Pediatric Patients Hospitalized With Asthma.” Hosp Pediatr 7, no. 1 (January 2017): 31–38. https://doi.org/10.1542/hpeds.2016-0108.
       Full Text  Open Access Copy  Link to Item
    • Quinonez, Ricardo A., Matthew D. Garber, Alan R. Schroeder, Brian K. Alverson, Wendy Nickel, Jenna Goldstein, Jeffrey S. Bennett, et al. “Choosing wisely in pediatric hospital medicine: five opportunities for improved healthcare value.” J Hosp Med 8, no. 9 (September 2013): 479–85. https://doi.org/10.1002/jhm.2064.
       Full Text  Open Access Copy  Link to Item
    • Nguyen, L., S. Kansagra, A. Shaw, and H. McLean. “Index of suspicion case 3: Ptosis and diplopia after a respiratory infection in a 7-year-old girl (Pediatrics in Review (2012) 33, 2 (89-94)).” Pediatrics in Review 33, no. 10 (October 1, 2012): 468. https://doi.org/10.1542/pir.33-10-468.
       Full Text
    • Ananthanarayanan, Sowmya, Rani Gereige, Mohammed Al-Owain, Lisa Nguyen, Sujay Kansagra, Andrea Shaw, and Heather McLean. “Index of suspicion. Case 1: Lymphadenopathy, prolonged hematuria, proteinuria, and weight loss in a teenage boy. Case 2: Red, Swollen, painful eye in a 12-year-old boy with methylmalonic acidemia. Case 3: Ptosis and diplopia after a respiratory infection in a 7-year-old girl.” Pediatr Rev 33, no. 2 (February 2012): 89–94. https://doi.org/10.1542/pir.33-2-89.
       Full Text  Open Access Copy  Link to Item
    • Jolly, Tonya, and Heather S. McLean. “Use of ketamine during procedural sedation: indications, controversies, and side effects.” J Infus Nurs 35, no. 6 (2012): 377–82. https://doi.org/10.1097/NAN.0b013e31827068c1.
       Full Text  Open Access Copy  Link to Item
    • McLaughlin, P. W., T. S. Lawrence, H. Seabury, N. Nguyen, P. L. Stetson, H. S. Greenberg, and W. R. Mancini. “Bromodeoxyuridine-mediated radiosensitization in human glioma: the effect of concentration, duration, and fluoropyrimidine modulation.” Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 30, no. 3 (October 15, 1994): 601–7. https://doi.org/10.1016/0360-3016(92)90946-f.
       Full Text  Link to Item
    • McLaughlin, P. W., W. R. Mancini, P. L. Stetson, H. S. Greenberg, N. Nguyen, H. Seabury, D. B. Heidorn, and T. S. Lawrence. “Halogenated pyrimidine sensitization of low dose rate irradiation in human malignant glioma.” Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 26, no. 4 (July 15, 1993): 637–42. https://doi.org/10.1016/0360-3016(93)90281-y.
       Full Text  Link to Item

  • Book Sections

    • McLean, Heather, and David Johnson. “Reliability, Resilience, and Developing a Problem-Solving Culture.” In Patient Safety and Quality Improvement in Healthcare A Case-Based Approach, edited by Rahul Shah and Sandip Godambe. Springer, 2021.
       Link to Item
    • McLean, H. S., and D. Price. “Failure to thrive.” In Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics. W B Saunders Company, 2011.
    • McLean, H. S. “Pediatric Procedural Sedation and Analgesia.” In Emergency Medicine Quick Glance. McGraw-Hill Education / Medical, 2006.
    • McLean, H. S., and D. Price. “Failure to Thrive.” In Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics, edited by R. M. Kliegman, B. F. Stanton, J. St. Geme, and N. Schor. Elsevier, n.d.

Some information on this profile has been compiled automatically from Duke databases and external sources. (Our About page explains how this works.) If you see a problem with the information, please write to Scholars@Duke and let us know. We will reply promptly.