Our Speaker:

Dr. Paul A. Checchia, F.A.A.P., F.C.C.M., F.A.C.C.

Paul Checchia, M.D. F.A.A.P., F.C.C.M., F.A.C.C., is Professor of Pediatrics and serves as Associate Division Chief for Cardiac Services and Business Operations of the Section of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine at Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston. He specializes in critical care of children with heart disease. He is the Past President of the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society after serving as the society’s President from 2014-2016. He has received several teaching awards, has authored several textbook chapters, serves on several editorial boards, and is a Senior Associate Editor of the journal Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. He was named Clinical Faculty of the Year for the Baylor College of Medicine in 2014 and the Model for Leadership award from Baylor in 2017. 

Dr. Checchia’s clinical research efforts focus on the novel use of nitric oxide and ischemia/reperfusion injury. Additionally, through his role in charge of business development of the Heart Center and business operations for the section, he is positioning himself at the intersection of quality clinical care, efficiency of delivery models, and healthcare resource allocation.