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Responsible for providing quality assessment including site visits to multiple pediatric programs with pediatric cardiology, pediatric cardiac surgery, and pediatric intensive care services.• Established an assessment tool and action plans for quality improvement and program growth for the CV programs• Developed a Pediatric Intensive Care evaluation tool • Created quality dashboards and participated in the Pediatric Quality Work Group

Denver, Colorado, United States

Media spokesman for the American Heart Association, American Academy of Pediatrics, Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical Center, and the Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children. • Conducted over 200 media interviews including CBS, NBC, Fox News, ABC, USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, and The New York Times

• Committee on Sports Medicine and Fitness of the American Academy of Pediatrics (Chairman)• National Task Force on Obesity for the American Academy of pediatrics (Co-Chairman)• Expert Committee on the Assessment and Prevention of Childhood Obesity (Convened by the AMA, CDC)• Expert Panel on Cardiovascular Risk Reduction in Children (NIH and NHLBI)• Writing Group on the Eligibility and Disqualification Recommendations for Competitive Athletes with Genetic and Congenital Cardiovascular Diseases (American Heart Association)• Executive Committee for the Section on Pediatric Cardiology (American Academy of Pediatrics)• Commission, School Nutrition & Physical Activities, Denver Public Schools-(Co-Chairman) • Colorado Option Advisory Board

Denver, Colorado, United States

Led the development of a Rapid Response Team to manage strategic planning, bed management, surgery approval and scheduling, emergency department capacity, supply chain challenges, staffing challenges, COVID treatment options, and vaccination management.

Denver, Colorado, United States

Responsible for quality initiatives, data acquisition and progress improvement projects.• Improved quality metrics from 5/6 to 2/6 for the 6 largest complex hospitals within HCA including mortality, surgical site infections, ventilator use days, and C-section rates• Established CMS 4-Star rating and Leapfrog straight A’s for 14 consecutive quarters• Excellence in patient satisfaction (84th % tile) for 12 quarters• Awarded 5 consecutive years as Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children Family Favorite • Developed a system of care for 18 hospitals in 4 states – a affiliation process for pediatric care based on quality outcomes, training, equipment, and clinical pathway development • Dedicated service to patients, families, referring physicians, support staff, and payors • Media spokesperson for Healthcare and COVID related issues• Initiated continuing medical education (CME) activities for pediatric and adult services• Developed strategic planning for service lines and adjusting to the changing environment• Created an ethics committee• Increased physician satisfaction from 20th to 80th % tile

Denver, Colorado, United States

Chief Medical Officer

Denver, Colorado, United States

Chief Medical Officer

Denver, Colorado, United States

• Recruited and developed key positions and service lines (including cardiovascular surgery, general pediatric surgery, ENT, GI, hospitalists, intensive care, endocrinology, neurology, neurosurgery, radiology, oncology, and pathology• Grew physicians from 13 to 250 • Developed the largest Pediatric Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) in the state, expanded the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) from 3 to 20 beds, general pediatric beds from 4 to 36 beds, produced a 10-bed pediatric bone marrow unit, created an exclusive pediatric emergency department, and 8 pediatric operating rooms• Created support services and groups including child life specialist, lay advisory board, professional advisory board, pediatric food and nutritional services including meal development for special populations (chronic kidney disease, diabetes, and oncology), pediatric radiology services, pediatric pathology services, pediatric case management and social workers

Denver, Colorado, United States

• Responsible for setting up a grant system to distribute funds • Formed a board of directors and established bylaws• Established an annual gala and chaired the initial event (Kaleidoscope) • Developed a marketing plan• Acquired and restructured the Mothers Milk Bank (largest one in North America)

Denver, Colorado, United States

Pediatric Cardiologists

Denver, Colorado, United States

• Increased from 2 to 4 physicians and 2 to 8 staff• Expanded outreach clinics to include Colorado, Wyoming, Kansas, and Nebraska• Developed and managed budget

Fellowship/Pediatric Cardiology

Chief Resident/Pediatrics

Resident/Pediatrics

Intern/Pediatrics

M.D., Medicine

Bachelor'S Degree, Zoology/Animal Biology