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Curriculum Vita of Margaret R. O’Leary, M.D., M.B.A.

EDUCATION

  • MBA Benedictine University, Lisle, IL, 1999
  • MD George Washington School of Medicine and Health Sciences, 1980
  • BA University of California, Berkeley, Zoology, 1976
  • BA Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, Religion, 1974
  • Other: Certificate in Medical Management, American College of Physician Executives and Carnegie Mellon University, 2002

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • Founder and President, Suburban Emergency Management Project (SEMP) 2001-present
  • Associate Professor, MBA Programs, Benedictine University, Lisle, IL, 1999 – 2003
  • Chair, Executive MBA for Physicians and Healthcare Executives, Benedictine University, Lisle, IL, 1999-2001
  • Chair, MBA Program, Benedictine University, Lisle, IL, 1999-2001
  • Attending Physician, Emergency Department, Northwest Community Hospital, Arlington Heights, IL, 1995 - 1998
  • Senior Consulting Writer, Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, Oakbrook Terrace, IL, 1988 - 1995
  • Assistant Professor, Medicine, University of Chicago Hospitals and Clinics, 1987 - 1988
  • Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine, George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, D.C., 1984 – 1986
  • Resident Physician, George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, D.C., 1980-1984

CERTIFICATIONS/LICENSURES

  • Diplomat, American Board of Emergency Medicine, 1987- 2007
  • Unrestricted licensed to practice medicine and surgery in Missouri and Illinois

RECENT GRANT

Principal investigator, Grace A. Bersted Foundation grant, 2001 – 2003

RECENT AWARD

Recipient of the Business Ledger’s Year 2000 award for “Influential Women in Business”

GOVERNANCE EXPERIENCE

  • Past Member, Board of Directors, American Academy of Emergency Medicine, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
  • Past Member, Board of Directors, Girl Scouts of DuPage County, IL

PUBLICATIONS

O’Leary MR: Anaxagoras and the Origin of Panspermia Theory. IUniverse, Bloomington, IN, 2008.

Dobbins D, O’Leary MR, Isaacson M, DeMoon P: “Preparing for public health emergencies: How Kane County Health Department nurtures successful non-traditional partnerships.” In: The Illinois Nurse, Vol. 3, No. 2, February-March 2007, pp. 19-20.

O’Leary MR: Dictionary of Homeland Security and Defense. IUniverse, Lincoln, NE, 2006. Online Google book selection.

O’Leary MR: Editor and Publisher, SEMP website: www.semp.us (2002-present).

O’Leary MR: Measuring Disaster Preparedness, IUniverse, Lincoln, NE, 2004.

O’Leary MR (Editor): The First 72 Hours: A Community Approach to Disaster Preparedness. IUniverse Press, 2004. EditorŐs Choice and ReaderŐs Choice awards, IUniverse Press. Online Google book selection.

O’Leary MR: “Women in Emergency Medicine.” In Emergency Medicine: Guide for a Career in Emergency Medicine. American Academy of Emergency Medicine, Milwaukee, WI, Nov. 2002.

O’Leary MR: “Formal Management Training in Emergency Medicine.” In Emergency Medicine: Guide for a Career in Emergency Medicine. American Academy of Emergency Medicine, Milwaukee, WI, Nov. 2002.

O’Leary MR: Clinical Data Interpretation, Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, Oakbrook Terrace, IL, 1996.

O’Leary MR: Lexikon: Health Care Dictionary for the Age of Reform, Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, Oakbrook Terrace, IL 1995.

---------------: Measurement Mandate, Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, Oakbrook Terrace, IL, 1994.

---------------: Development and Application of Indicators for Continuous Improvement in Perinatal Care: Measuring the Quality of Maternal, Fetal, and Neonatal Care, Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, Oakbrook Terrace, IL 1992.

---------------: Development and Application of Indicators for Continuous Improvement in Surgical and Anesthesia Care: Measuring the Quality of Perioperative Care, Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Orgs, Oakbrook Terrace, IL, 1991.

---------------: Application of Clinical Indicators in Emergency Medicine, Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Orgs, Oakbrook Terrace, IL, 1991.

---------------: Primer on Indicator Development and Application, Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, Oakbrook Terrace, IL, 1990.

DS O'Leary and MR O'Leary: "From quality assurance to quality improvement." Emergency Medical Clinics of North America, 1992. Volume 10, pp. 477-492.

O’Leary, MR: “Trismus: Modern pathophysiological correlates.” American Journal of Emergency Medicine, May 1990, Vol. 8, Number 3, pp. 220-227.

O’Leary, MR: “Subclavian artery false aneurysm associated with brachial plexus: Complication of parenteral drug addiction.” American Journal of Emergency Medicine, March 1990, Volume 8, Issue 2, pp. 129-133.

O’Leary MR, Smith MS, O’Leary DS, Olmsted WW, et al: “Application of Clinical Indicators in the Emergency Department.” Journal of American Medical Association, Dec 22/29 1989, Vol. 262, No. 24, pp 3444-3447.

O’Leary MR, Smith MS, Olmsted WW, Curtis DJ: “Physician Assessments of Practice Patterns in Emergency Department Radiograph Interpretation. Annals of Emergency Medicine, Oct 1988, pp. 1019- 1023.

O’Leary MR, Smith MS, Druy EM: “Diagnostic and therapeutic approach to axillary-subsclavian vein thrombosis. Annals of Emergency Medicine, August 1987, Vol. 16, No. 8, pp. 889-893.

O’Leary, MR and Mark S. Smith: “To the editor.” American Journal of Emergency Medicine, January 1987, Volume 5, Number 1, p. 91.

O’Leary MR, Smith, MS: “Penicillin anaphylaxis”, American Journal of Emergency Medicine, 1986, Vol. 4, No. 3, pp. 241-247.

Wiedman, MR: Care of the Sick in Medieval Hospitals. Keuffel and Esser Company, 1979.