Ronald Ford, MD
Specialties
Pediatric Hospitalist
Primary Office
About Me
Chief Medical Officer, Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital
Dr. Ronald Ford is a board-certified pediatrician. He earned his medical degree from Wake Forest University School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, in 1992. He completed his residency at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston in 1995.
Education
Education
- Wake Forest University, 1992
Residencies
- Medical University of South Carolina, 1995, Pediatrics
Certifications
American Board of Pediatrics-Pediatric Hospital Medicine
American Board of Pediatrics-Pediatrics
American Board of Pediatrics-Pediatrics
Hospital Affiliation
Achievements
Awards
Professional organizations
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- Section on Hospital Medicine, American Academy of Pediatrics
- Section on Bioethics, American Academy of Pediatrics
- American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (APSAC)
- Society of Hospital Medicine
Presentations
- “Introduction to Ethics in Hospital Practice”
- “Acute Pain Management Strategies in Inpatient Pediatrics”
- “Procedural Sedation for the Pediatric Hospitalist”
- “Introduction to Pediatric Palliative Care”
- “Enterovirus Infections”
- “Acute Gastroenteritis in Children”
- “Abusive Head Trauma”
- “Sexual Abuse in Children”
- “Fractures, Burns and Bruises: Interpreting Findings in Child Abuse”
Research
- “Parent and Physician Perceptions Regarding Preventability of Pediatric Readmissions to a Children’s Hospital,” 2014
Current/active appointments
- Medical Director, Hospitalist Program, Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital
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