After 33 years of service to Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, William K. Schubert, MD, retired as president and chief executive officer in 1996.

In addition to 13 years at the helm of Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Dr. Schubert was founder and director of the Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, chief-of-staff, director of the pediatric residency training program, director of Children's Hospital Research Foundation, physician executive director, chairman of the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine department of pediatrics, and University of Cincinnati associate senior vice president for Children's Hospital Affairs.

Today, Dr. Schubert is professor emeritus of pediatrics at the University of Cincinnati and serves Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center as a historian and consultant.

Dr. Schubert's accomplishments at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center are unquantifiable; however, several contributions stand out. Most notably, during his tenure, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center rose to a top-five ranking among the nation's pediatric medical centers.

During the 1970s, Dr. Schubert led centralization of the region's pediatric care into a single medical center where a critical mass of expertise, research and teaching enhances the quality and accessibility of children's health care.

In 1976, Dr. Schubert was instrumental in expanding the city's property tax levy for indigent care to include children. Later, he oversaw the opening of Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center's first two outpatient satellite facilities, which now number five throughout greater Cincinnati.

In 1993, Dr. Schubert led Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center to its designation as a Level 1 pediatric trauma center by the American College of Surgeons.

A Cincinnati native, Dr. Schubert graduated from the University of Cincinnati and the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine.

Dr. Schubert served his internship at Indiana University Medical Center, then completed a residency in pediatrics and a research fellowship in hematology at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.

Honors bestowed on Dr. Schubert include the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Board of Trustees' William Cooper Procter Medallion, the Cincinnati Pediatric Society's Founder's Award, and the Daniel Drake Medal, Award of Excellence and Distinguished Alumni awards from the University of Cincinnati.

A diplomat in the American Board of Pediatrics, Schubert was involved in the Rotary Club of Cincinnati, Babies' Milk Fund, the Center for Quality Leadership and the Association of Ohio Children's Hospitals.