Board certified by the American Board of Pediatrics in pediatric critical care medicine and pediatrics, Dr. Robert Dimand has nearly 20 years of experience in pediatric critical care medicine. He is Chief of the Department of Pediatrics at Children’s Hospital Central California.

Dr. Dimand has served in an administrative capacity as Vice-Chair of the Department of Pediatrics at UC Davis, Chairperson of the Pediatric Joint Practice at Mercy Healthcare in Sacramento, Program Director of University Children’s Hospital at UC Davis. His professional activities include publication in numerous professional journals including Pediatric Research and Annals of Emergency Medicine. He has also given numerous clinical and scientific presentations to universities, healthcare organizations and professional societies including the American Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition and the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Dimand has conducted several research studies in pediatric critical care medicine including the use of telemedicine to provide pediatric critical care.

An active member of the community, Dr. Dimand served as president of the Board of Directors for Ronald McDonald Charities of Northern California and Chair of Children’s Miracle Network Telethon Clinical and Educational Awards Committee.

A graduate from the University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Dr.  Dimand completed his internship and residency in pediatrics in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of California, Davis (UC Davis), where he served as Chief Resident. He is fellowship trained in pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition by UC Davis and pediatric critical care medicine by Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh-University of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania. Dr. Dimand also completed a fellowship in healthcare leadership through Sierra Healthcare Foundation, University of Southern California.

Publications

Dimand RJ, Connors MH, Lazerson J. “Headaches and growth arrest in an adolescent.” Hosp Pract (Off Ed). 1985; 20(11):50, 56-7, 60.
PMID: 3932390

Dimand RJ, Moonen CT, Chu SC, Bradbury EM, Kurland G, Cox KL. “Adipose tissue abnormalities in cystic fibrosis: noninvasive determination of mono- and polyunsaturated fatty acids by carbon-13 topical magnetic resonance spectroscopy.” Pediatr Res. 1988; 24(2):243-6.
PMID: 3186335

Moonen CT, Dimand RJ, Cox KL. “The noninvasive determination of linoleic acid content of human adipose tissue by natural abundance carbon-13 nuclear magnetic resonance.” Magn Reson Med. 1988; 6(2):140-57.
PMID: 3367772

Dimand RJ, Bradbury EM, Cox KL. “Determination of triacylglycerol lipase activity using carbon-13-labeled triacylglycerols and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy: evidence that hepatic lipase hydrolyzes medium-chain triacylglycerols.” Magn Reson Med. 1989; 9(2):273-7.
PMID: 2716509

Dimand RJ. “Use of H2-receptor antagonists in children.” DICP. 1990; 24(11 Suppl):S42-6.
PMID: 2270695

Orr RA, Dimand RJ, Venkataraman ST, Karr VA, Kennedy KJ. “Diazepam and intubation in emergency treatment of seizures in children.” Ann Emerg Med. 1991; 20(9):1009-13.
PMID: 1877765

Dimand RJ, Burckart G, Concepcion W, Hall RJ, Bishop AL, Borland L, Starzl TE. “Continuous Infusion Ranitidine in Postoperative Pediatric Liver Transplant Patients: Effects on Intragastric pH, Gastrointestinal Bleeding and Metabolic Alkalosis.” Am J Ther. 1994; 1(4):281-286.
PMID: 11835101

Bakerink JA, Gospe SM Jr, Dimand RJ, Eldridge MW. “Multiple organ failure after ingestion of pennyroyal oil from herbal tea in two infants.” Pediatrics. 1996; 98(5):944-7.
PMID: 8909490

Dimand RJ, Veereman-Wauters G, Braner DA. “Bedside placement of pH-guided transpyloric small bowel feeding tubes in critically ill infants and small children.” JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 1997; 21(2):112-4.
PMID: 9084015

Veereman-Wauters G, Dimand R. “Reye syndrome.” Eur J Pediatr. 1992; 151(2):150.
PMID: 1537363