Mark G. Roback, M.D.

Professor
Associate Director, Division of Emergency Medicine
Interim Director, Division of Critical Care
Mayo Mail Code 814
420 Delaware St. SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Phone: (612) 625-6739
mgroback@umn.edu

Dr. Mark Roback has recently joined the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Minnesota as Professor in the new Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, which will service the new University of Minnesota Children’s Hospital Emergency Department that opened this past summer. Additionally, Dr. Roback will serve as Interim Director for the Division of Pediatric Critical Care. 

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. 

Dr. Roback was an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Colorado School of Medicine where he was recognized for his work in resuscitation and fellow education.  He initiated the Mock Code Program for residents, medical students and nursing and was the director of the Pediatric Advanced Life Support course.  He co-chaired the Committee on Fellow Education and initiated a program to standardize fellow education following the guidelines provided by the American Board of Pediatrics and the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME).

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

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, Annals of Emergency Medicine.

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.  Accepted for publication, Annals of Emergency Medicine.

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.

Fastle, R, Roback MG, Pediatric Rapid Sequence Intubation:  Incidence of Reflex Bradycardia and Effects of Pretreatment with Atropine.  Ped Emerg Care.2004;20:651-655.

Bajaj L, Roback MG,.  Post Reduction Management of Intussusception: Practice Patterns and the Safety of Outpatient Management. Pediatr 2003;112:1302-7.

Marcin JP, Glaser N, Barnett P, McCaslin I, Nelson D, Trainor J, Louie J, Kaufman F, Quayle K, Roback M, Malley R, Kuppermann N: Factors associated with adverse outcomes in children with diabetic ketoacidosis-related cerebral edema. J Pediatr. 2002 Dec;141(6):793-7N. 

Rewers A, Chase P, MacKenzie T, Walravens P, Roback M, Rewers M, Hamman RF, Klingensmith G, Predictors of Acute Complication in Children with Type 1 Diabetes. JAMA 2002;287:2511-2518.

N Glaser, P Barnett, I McCaslin, D Nelson, J Trainor, J Louie, F Kaufman, K Quayle,M Roback, Richard Malley, N Kuppermann, for the Pediatric Emergency Medicine Collaborative Research Committee of the American Academy of Pediatrics. Biochemical and Therapeutic Factors Associated with the Development of Cerebral Edema in Children with Diabetic Ketoacidosis. N Engl J Med. 2001;344:264-269.