Frank LoVecchio

LoVecchio studied at State University of New York at Stony Brook and received his bachelor's degree in General Science in 1988. He earned his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree from New York College of Osteopathic Medicine in 1992 and a Master of Public Health from Harvard School of Public Health in 2002. He then completed his internship at St. Barnabas Hospital, affiliated with Cornell Medical College and New York College of Osteopathic Medicine in 1993, his residency at Mount Sinai School of Medicine Integrated Residency in Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Medical Center & City Hospital Center at Elmhurst in 1996, and his fellowship in Medical Toxicology at Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center in 1998.{{cite web | url = https://phoenixmed.arizona.edu/directory/lovecchio-frank | title = Frank LoVecchio, MPH, DO | last = | first = | date = | website = phoenixmed.arizona.edu/ | publisher = University of Arizona | access-date = 17 October 2021 }} He is also board certified in Addiction Medicine and Medical Forensics.

LoVecchio joined New York City Emergency Medical Service Academy as a lecturer in 1995. In 2007, he held an appointment as clinical professor at Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine.{{cite journal | last1 = Frank | first1 = LoVecchio | first2 = Nicholas | last2 = Perera | first3 = Lora | last3 = Casanova | first4 = Mary | last4 = Mulrow | first5 = Angela | last5 = Pohl | title = Board-certified emergency physicians' treatment of skin and soft tissue infections in the community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus era | journal = The American Journal of Emergency Medicine| volume = 27| issue = 1| pages = 68–70| date = 27 January 2009 | url = https://fc19.ifca.ai/preproceedings/161-preproceedings.pdf | issn = | doi = 10.1016/j.ajem.2008.01.023 | pmid = 19041536 | mr = | zbl = }} He also held administrative appointments in his career. In 1998, he was appointed by Good Samaritan Regional Poison Center as an Associate Medical Director."[https://maricopaemergencymedicine.com/faculty-2/ "Meet our core faculty - Full time faculty"]. maricopaemergencymedicine.com/. Maricopa Emergency Medicine Residency. Retrieved 17 October 2021. He was associated with a program in Clinical Effectiveness at Harvard School of Public Health from 1999 till 2002, and with Federal Emergency Medical Assistance Program from 1998 till 2005. He served as Resident Research Director and then held appointment as a vice-chair of Department of Emergency Medicine at Maricopa Medical Center, University of Arizona College of Medicine 2009 to 2019. He was named medical director of Clinical Research at College of Health Solutions and is one of the founders of the Translational Research Center at Arizona State University.

LoVecchio's research mainly focuses on ketone levels in the lungs and blood, and pesticide exposures and scorpion stings in young children. He has advocated in the legal arena regarding medical toxicology, emergency medicine, addiction, product safety and public health issues,{{cite web | url = https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2015/01/23/arizona-laws-spice-black-market/22217039/ | title = Arizona laws push 'spice' drug onto black market | last = Van Velzer | first = Ryan | date = 23 January 2015 | website = azcentral.com/ | publisher = The Arizona Republic | access-date = 1 October 2021 }}{{cite web | url = https://cronkitenewsonline.com/2014/01/arizona-seeing-more-cases-of-nicotine-over-exposure-from-e-cigarettes/index.html | title = Arizona seeing more cases of nicotine over-exposure from e-cigarettes | last = Kraklio | first = Kristen | date = 30 January 2014 | website = cronkitenewsonline.com/ | publisher = Cronkite News | access-date = 1 October 2021 }} and has also worked as an on-air expert on topics including, public health, opioid crisis, and COVID-19.{{cite web | url = https://www.12news.com/article/news/health/fda-warns-kratom-supplement-is-an-opioid/75-515906752 | title = FDA warns Kratom supplement is an opioid | last = Edsitty | first = Charly | date = 7 February 2018 | website = 12news.com/ | publisher = 12 News | access-date = 16 October 2021 }}{{cite AV media | people = Kassandra Lau | title = Phoenix doctor on his experiences treating COVID patients | medium = | publisher = Arizona Public Media | location = Phoenix, Arizona | date = 18 December 2020 | url = https://news.azpm.org/s/82668-phoenix-doctor-on-his-experiences-treating-covid-patients/ }}{{cite web | url = https://www.12news.com/article/news/health/fda-warns-kratom-supplement-is-an-opioid/75-515906752 | title = COVID-19 variant the wild card as Arizona comes down from latest surge | last = Pelton | first = Mike | date = 12 February 2021 | website = abc15.com/ | publisher = ABC15 | access-date = 16 October 2021 }} He was featured in National Geographic’ Drugs, Inc. Flesh-Eating Krokodil episode.{{cite episode | title = Flesh-Eating Krokodil | episode-link = | series = Drugs, Inc. | series-link = Drugs, Inc. | credits = | network = National Geographic | station = | air-date = 12 November 2014 | minutes = }}

He has received funding to study suicide prevention, respiratory diseases, CPR, sepsis, and MRSA infections.

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In a February 2021 New York Times documentary following Valleywise healthcare workers, LoVecchio gave positive remarks on the expected future COVID-19 situation in Arizona.{{cite AV media | people = Alexander Stockton, Lucy King | title = Death, Through a Nurse's Eyes | medium = | publisher = The New York Times | location = | date = 24 February 2021 | url = https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000007578176/covid-icu-nurses-arizona.html }} In September of that year, he was part of a study that conducted a test-negative case-control investigation regarding the effectiveness of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine among U.S. health care personnel.{{cite journal | first1 = Tamara | last1 = Pilishvili | first2 = Ryan | last2 = Gierke | first3 = Katherine E. | last3 = Fleming-Dutra | first4 = Jennifer L. | last4 = Farrar | first5 = Nicholas M. | last5 = Mohr | first6 = David A. | last6 = Talan | first7 = Anusha | last7 = Krishnadasan | first8 = Karisa K. | last8 = Harland | first9 = Howard A. | last9 = Smithline | first10 = Peter C. | last10 = Hou | first11 = Lilly C. | last11 = Lee | first12 = Stephen C. | last12 = Lim | first13 = Gregory J. | last13 = Moran | first14 = Elizabeth | last14 = Krebs | first15 = Mark T. | last15 = Steele | first16 = David G. | last16 = Beiser | first17 = Brett | last17 = Faine | first18 = John P. | last18 = Haran | first19 = Utsav | last19 = Nandi | first20 = Walter A. | last20 = Schrading | first21 = Brian | last21 = Chinnock | first22 = Daniel J. | last22 = Henning | first23 = Frank | last23 = LoVecchio | first24 = Jane | last24 = Lee | first25 = Devra | last25 = Barter | first26 = Monica | last26 = Brackney | first27 = Scott K. | last27 = Fridkin | first28 = Kaytlynn | last28 = Marceaux-Galli | first29 = Sarah | last29 = Lim | first30 = Erin C. | last30 = Phipps | first31 = Ghinwa | last31 = Dumyati | first32 = Rebecca | last32 = Pierce | first33 = Tiffanie M. x | last33 = Pierce | first34 = Deverick J. | last34 = Anderson | first35 = Amanda K. | last35 = Debes | first36 = Michael Y. | last36 = Lin | first37 = Jeanmarie | last37 = Mayer | first38 = Jennie H. | last38 = Kwon | first39 = Nasia | last39 = Safdar | first40 = Marc | last40 = Fischer | first41 = Rosalyn | last41 = Singleton | first42 = Nora | last42 = Chea | first43 = Shelley S. | last43 = Magill | first44 = Jennifer R. | last44 = Verani | first45 = Stephanie J. | last45 = Schrag | title = Effectiveness of mRNA Covid-19 Vaccine among U.S. Health Care Personnel | journal = New England Journal of Medicine| volume = 385| issue = 25| pages = e90| date = 22 September 2021 | issn = | doi = 10.1056/NEJMoa2106599 | pmid = 34551224 | pmc = 8482809 | mr = | zbl = }}

In 2014, LoVecchio conducted a multicenter trial in the tertiary care setting, and found out that protocol-based resuscitation of patients in whom septic shock was diagnosed in the emergency department did not improve outcomes.{{cite journal | last1 = Yealy | first1 = Donald M | first2 = John A. | last2 = Kellum | first3 = David T | last3 = Huang | first4 = Amber E. | last4 = Barnato | first5 = Lisa A. | last5 = Weissfeld | author5-link = Lisa Weissfeld | first6 = Francis | last6 = Pike | first7 = Thomas | last7 = Terndrup | first8 = Henry E. | last8 = Wang | first9 = Peter C. | last9 = Hou | first10 = Frank | last10 = LoVecchio | first11 = Michael R. | last11 = Filbin | first12 = Nathan I. | last12 = Shapiro | title = A Randomized Trial of Protocol-Based Care for Early Septic Shock | journal = The New England Journal of Medicine | volume = 370| issue = 18| pages = 1683–1693| date = 1 May 2014 | issn = | doi = 10.1056/NEJMoa1401602 | pmid = 24635773 | pmc = 4101700 | mr = | zbl = }} In his paper published in 2010, he investigated the survival rate of patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest using compression-only CPR (COCPR) compared with conventional CPR. Results of his study showed that layperson compression-only CPR was associated with increased survival in comparison to conventional CPR and no bystander CPR in this setting with public endorsement of chest compression–only CPR.{{cite journal | last1 = Bobrow | first1 = Bentley J. | first2 = Daniel W.| last2 = Spaite | first3 = Robert A. | last3 = Berg | first4 = Uwe | last4 = Stolz | first5 = Arthur B. | last5 = Sanders | first6 = Karl B. | last6 = Kern | first7 = Tyler F. | last7 = Vadeboncoeur | first8 = Lani L. | last8 = Clark | first9 = John V. | last9 = Gallagher | first10 = Stephan | last10 = Stapczynski | first11 = Frank | last11 = LoVecchio | first12 = Terry J. | last12 = Mullins | first13 = Will O. | last13 = Humble | first14 = Gordon A. | last14 = Ewy | title = Chest Compression–Only CPR by Lay Rescuers and Survival From Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest | journal = JAMA Network | volume = 304| issue = 13| date = 6 October 2010 | pages = 1447–1454 | url = https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/186668 | issn = | doi = 10.1001/jama.2010.1392 | pmid = 20924010 | mr = | zbl = | url-access = subscription }}

LoVecchio also investigated the influence of the infecting pathogen on the hospital length of stay (LOS) for acute bronchiolitis. He determined that RSV was more frequently detected virus in children hospitalized with bronchiolitis, as compared to HRV; which was detected in one-quarter of the children.{{cite journal | last1 = Jonathan M. | first1 = Mansbach | first2 = Pedro A. | last2 = Piedra | first3 = StephenJ. | last3 = Tech | first4 = Ashley F. | last4 = Sullivan | first5 = Tate | last5 = Forgey | first6 = Sunday | last6 = Clark | first7 = Janice A. | last7 = Espinola | first8 = Carlos A. | last8 = Camargo Jr. | title = Prospective Multicenter Study of Viral Etiology and Hospital Length of Stay in Children With Severe Bronchiolitis | journal = JAMA Network | volume = 166| issue = 8| date = August 2012 | pages = 700–706 | issn = | doi = 10.1001/archpediatrics.2011.1669 | pmid = 22473882 | pmc = 3394902 | mr = | zbl = }} Furthermore, he studied procalcitonin-guided use of antibiotics in context of lower respiratory tract infection.{{cite journal | first1 = David T. | last1 = Huang | first2 = Donald M. | last2 =Yealy | first3 = Michael R. | last3 = Filbin | first4 = Aaron M. | last4 = Brown | first5 = Chung-Chou H. | last5 = Chang | first6 = Yohei | last6 = Doi | first7 = Michael W. | last7 = Donnino | first8 = Jonathan | last8 = Fine | first9 = Michael J. | last9 = Fine | first10 = Michelle A. | last10 = Fischer | first11 = John M. | last11 = Holst | first12 = Peter C. | last12 = Hou | first13 = John A. | last13 = Kellum | first14 = Feras | last14 = Khan | first15 = Michael C. | last15 = Kurz | first16 = Shahram | last16 = Lotfipour | first17 = Frank | last17 = LoVecchio | first18 = Octavia M. | last18 = Peck-Palmer | first19 = Francis | last19 = Pike | first20 = Heather | last20 = Prunty | first21 = Robert L. | last21 =Sherwin | first22 = Lauren | last22 = Southerland | first23 = Thomas | last23 = Terndrup | first24 = Lisa A. | last24 = Weissfeld | author24-link = Lisa Weissfeld | first25 = Jonathan | last25 = Yabes | first26 = Derek C. | last26 = Angus | title = Procalcitonin-Guided Use of Antibiotics for Lower Respiratory Tract Infection | journal = The New England Journal of Medicine | volume = 379| issue = 3| pages = 236–249| date = 19 July 2018 | issn = | doi = 10.1056/NEJMoa1802670 | pmid = 29781385 | pmc = 6197800 | mr = | zbl = }}

In 1997, The dogma of avoiding analgesics in patients with acute abdominal pain{{cite journal | last1 = Ayoade | first1 = Babatunde A. | first2 = Adedayo O. | last2 = Tade | first3 = Babatunde A. | last3 = Salami | first4 = Olayemi | last4 = Oladapo | title = Administration of analgesics in patients with acute abdominal pain: a survey of the practice of doctors in a developing country | journal = International Journal of Emergency Medicine| volume = 2| issue = 4| pages = 211–215| date = September 2009 | issn = | doi = 10.1007/s12245-009-0118-7 | pmid = 20436890 | pmc = 2840596 | mr = | zbl = }} was challenged, and in one of the first studies addressing this issue, LoVecchio and his colleagues, concluded that physical examination does change after the administration of analgesics in patients with acute abdominal pain.{{cite journal | first1 = Frank | last1 = LoVecchio | first2 = Kai | last2 = Sturmann | first3 = Lewis S. | last3 = Nelson | first4 = Scott | last4 = Flashner | first5 = Ralph | last5 = Finger | title = The use of analgesics in patients with acute abdominal pain | journal = The Journal of Emergency Medicine| volume = 15| issue = 6| pages = 775–779| date = 24 June 1997 | url = https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0736467997001832 | issn = | doi = 10.1016/S0736-4679(97)00183-2 | pmid = 9404792 | mr = | zbl = | url-access = subscription }} He also conducted a study to determine the impact of ED-initiated intervention in terms of subsequent suicidal behavior.{{cite journal | first1 = Ivan W. | last1 = Miller | first2 = Carlos A. | last2 = Camargo Jr. | first3 = Sarah A. | last3 = Arias | first4 = Ashley F. | last4 = Sullivan | first5 = Michael H. | last5 = Allen | first6 = Amy B. | last6 = Goldstein | first7 = Anne P. | last7 = Manton | first8 = Janice A. | last8 = Espinola | first9 = Richard | last9 = Jones | first10 = Kohei | last10 = Hasegawa | first11 = Edwin D. | last11 = Bourdreaux | title = Suicide Prevention in an Emergency Department Population | journal = JAMA Network | volume = 74| issue = 6| date = June 2017 | pages = 563–570 | issn = | doi = 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2017.0678 | pmid = 28456130 | pmc = 5539839 | mr = | zbl = }}

LoVecchio published a paper in 2008 focused on how poison control centers decrease emergency healthcare utilization costs, and determined that the home management by Banner Poison Control Center provided large monetary savings to residents in comparison to dollars received in state support.{{cite journal | first1 = Frank | last1 = LoVecchio | first2 = Steven C. | last2 = Curry | first3 = Kathleen | last3 = Waszolek | first4 = Jane | last4 = Klemens | first5 = Kimberly | last5 = Hovseth | first6 = Diane | last6 = Glogan | title = Poison Control Centers Decrease Emergency Healthcare Utilization Costs | journal = Journal of Medical Toxicology| year = 2008 | volume = 4| issue = 4| pages = 221–224| url = https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/BF03161204.pdf | issn = | doi = 10.1007/BF03161204 | pmid = 19031372 | pmc = 3550108 | mr = | zbl = }} He also focused his study on the centruroides sculpturatus and regarded it as the only scorpion native to the United States whose venom produces life‐threatening illness. He studied the distribution of the severity grades following scorpion envenomations, the time to deterioration, the onset of clinical signs and symptoms, and side effects regarding the antivenom treatment in children of particular age.{{cite journal | first1 = F. | last1 = LoVecchio | first2 = C. | last2 = McBride | title = Scorpion Envenomations in Young Children in Central Arizona | journal = Journal of Toxicology: Clinical Toxicology| volume = 41| issue = 7| pages = 937–940| date = 12 March 2003 | url = https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1081/CLT-120026514 | issn = | doi = 10.1081/CLT-120026514 | pmid = 14705838 | mr = | zbl = | s2cid = 32036982 | url-access = subscription}}

LoVecchio reviewed poison center data charts from January 2007 through December 2009, and discussed the outcomes of unintentional beta-blocker or calcium channel blocker overdoses among patients.{{cite journal | first1 = Carria A. | last1 = Truitt | first2 = Daniel E. | last2 = Brooks | first3 = Paul | last3 = Dommer | first4 = Frank | last4 = LoVecchio | title = Outcomes of Unintentional beta-Blocker or Calcium Channel Blocker Overdoses: a Retrospective Review of Poison Center Data | journal = Journal of Medical Toxicology| volume = 8| issue = 2| pages = 135–139| date = 4 February 2021 | url = https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s13181-011-0209-8.pdf | issn = | doi = 10.1007/s13181-011-0209-8 | pmid = 22311669 | pmc = 3550234 | mr = | zbl = }} Furthermore, he conducted a 5-year retrospective poison control center review and explored the outcomes regarding chlorine exposure in 598 patients.{{cite journal | first1 = Frank | last1 = LoVecchio | first2 = Scotta | last2 = Blakwell | first3 = Donna | last3 = Stevens | title = Outcomes of chlorine exposure: a 5-year poison center experience in 598 patients | journal = European Journal of Emergency Medicine| volume = 12| issue = 3| pages = 109–110| date = June 2005 | url = https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15891441/ | issn = | doi = 10.1097/00063110-200506000-00002 | pmid = 15891441 | mr = | zbl = | s2cid = 6341931 }}

• A randomized trial of protocol-based care for early septic shock ProCESS Investigators New England Journal of Medicine 2014 370 (18), 1683-1693
• Mansbach, J. M., Piedra, P. A., Teach, S. J., Sullivan, A. F., Forgey, T., Clark, S., ... & MARC-30 Investigators. (2012). Prospective multicenter study of viral etiology and hospital length of stay in children with severe bronchiolitis. Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine, 2012 166(8), 700–706.
• Chest compression–only CPR by lay rescuers and survival from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest B.J. Bobrow, D.W. Spaite, R.A. Berg, U. Stolz, A.B. Sanders, K.B. Kern, et al. Jama 2012 304 (13), 1447-1454
• Procalcitonin-guided use of antibiotics for lower respiratory tract infection D.T. Huang, D.M. Yeally, MR et al. New England Journal of Medicine 2018 379 (3), 236-249
• Trimethoprim–sulfamethoxazole versus placebo for uncomplicated skin abscess D.A. Talan, W.R. Mower, A. Krishnadasan, F.M. Abrahamian, F. LoVecchio, N England Journal of Medicine 2016 374, 823-832
• Suicide prevention in an emergency department population: the ED-SAFE study I.W. Miller, C.A. Camargo, S.A. Arias, et al. 2017 JAMA psychiatry 74 (6), 563-570
• Effectiveness of mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine among U.S. Health Care Personnel New England Journal of Medicine 2021 Pilishvili T., et al.

• COVID-19 pandemic

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