As a pediatric intensivist, I care for critically ill children of all ages in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU). Critical care medicine is a team sport. Everyone on the team, including the patient and their family, has an important contribution to make. When we all work together, we can provide the best care to reach the best outcomes for our patients.

I've always loved working with kids and knew early on that I wanted to be a pediatrician. In critical care medicine, we have the privilege to work alongside an extraordinary team of professionals to deliver care to children and families in the most stressful moments of their lives. It's truly an honor.

Thanks to the amazing advances in public health and injury prevention, most children are much less likely to get acutely ill or injured than ever before. However, this means that effective prehospital, emergency, inpatient and critical care of children is becoming an increasingly specialized domain and that fewer hospitals across the country can provide high-quality care to acutely ill children.

In addition to my clinical practice, I want to find ways to improve care for these kids so they can receive optimal care from the moment they become ill or injured, rather than having to wait until they arrive at a pediatric or specialty hospital. To do so, I use the tools of health services research and health policy to find opportunities for improvement and ultimately design interventions to help deliver this excellent care to every child, everywhere.

When I'm not at work, I enjoy spending time with my wife and daughter, especially exploring new parks and outdoor spaces. We also love to cook meals together and explore Cincinnati's restaurants as a family. Now and then, I find myself on the golf course with friends.