Mark G. Roback, M.D.

Professor, Departments of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine
Director, Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine
M653 East Building
2450 Riverside Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55454
Phone: (612) 625-6678
mgroback@umn.edu
 

Mark G. Roback, MD, is a Professor of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine at the University of Minnesota Medical School. He is the Co-Director of the Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine within the Department of Pediatrics and spends his clinical time caring for ill and injured children in the Emergency Department of the University of Minnesota Amplatz Children's Hospital. 

Dr. Roback received his BS and MD, and was a Pediatric Resident and Chief Resident at the University of Minnesota. He went on to complete his Fellowship in Pediatric Emergency Medicine at Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School. After fellowship, Dr. Roback was a faculty member of The Children's Hospital and the University of Colorado Medical School from 1994-2006.  While in Denver, Dr. Roback served as Fellowship and Research Director for the Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine.  He also was an attending physician in the Emergency Department which served 5 states as the regional referral center for pediatrics, Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center, and regional burn center. 

Since his return to the University of Minnesota in 2006, Dr. Roback has continued his work in resuscitation and fellow education.  He initiated the Mock Code Program for residents, medical students and nurses and is the director of the Pediatric Advanced Life Support course.  Dr. Roback is also the co-chair of the Fellowship Oversight Committee which provides support for the subspecialty fellowships of the Department of Pediatrics.

Dr. Roback has gained national recognition for his research interest in pediatric procedural sedation and analgesia.  He is nationally and internationally recognized for his work in pediatric resuscitation education.  He has co-edited two textbooks on pediatric resuscitation, presented workshops at the American Academy of Pediatrics National Convention and Exhibits on Office Preparedness for Emergencies and has performed numerous invited lectures on pediatric resuscitation.

Selected Publications

Bhatt M, Kennedy R, Osmond MH, Krauss B, McAllister JD, Anserminio JM, Evered LE, Roback MG. Consensus-based recommendations for standardizing terminology and reporting adverse events for emergency department procedural sedation and analgesia in children.  Ann Emerg Med. 2009;53:426-435.e4.

Green SM, Roback MG, Krauss B, et al.  Predictors of airway and respiratory adverse events of ketamine sedation in the emergency department: an individual-patient data meta-analysis of 8,282 children. Ann Emerg Med. 2009;54(2):158-68.e1-4. Epub 2009 Feb 7.

Green SM, Roback MG, Miner JR, Burton JH, Krauss B: Fasting and emergency department procedural sedation and analgesia: A consensus-based clinical practice advisory. Accepted for publication, Ann Emerg Med. 2007;49:454-461.

Langston WT, Wathen JE, Roback MG, Bajaj L. Effect of ondansetron on the incidence of vomitting associated with ketaine sedation in children- A double-blind, randomized, placebo controlled trial. Ann Emerg Med. 2008;52(1):30-4.

Roback MG, Wathen JE, Mackenzie T, Bajaj L. A Randomized, Controlled Trial of IV vs. IM Ketamine for Sedation of Pediatric Patients Receiving Emergency Department Orthopedic Procedures.  Ann Emerg Med. 2006;48:605-612.

Roback MG, Wathen JE, Bajaj L, Bothner JP.  Adverse Events Associated with Procedural Sedation and Analgesia in a Pediatric Emergency Department:  A Comparison of Common Parenteral Drugs. Acad Emerg Med. 2005;12:508-513.

Roback MG, Bajaj L, Wathen J, Bothner J.  Preprocedural Fasting and Adverse Events in Procedural Sedation and Analgesia in a Pediatric Emergency Department – Are They Related?  Ann Emerg Med. 2004;44:454-459.