Ken Tegtmeyer, MD, FAAP, FCCM
- Director, MediaLab
- Medical Director, Center for Telehealth
- Co-Chair, Code Committee
- Attending Physician, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
- Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
- ken.tegtmeyer@cchmc.org
- Board Certified
About
Biography
As a pediatric intensivist, my goal is to help kids recover from serious illnesses while helping families through stressful times. I specialize in treating children and adolescents who need mechanical ventilation or resuscitation, and those who have sepsis, head trauma or are in shock. I have been the chair of the Code Committee at Cincinnati Children’s since 2010, and I am also the medical director for the Center for Telehealth.
I had tremendous mentors when I was a resident and then a fellow. I loved the complexity of critical care and the interactions with families during their challenging times.
I received a Distinguished Achievement Award from the American Heart Association, Great Rivers Affiliate in 2016. I've been a fellow in the American College of Critical Care Medicine since 2007.
In my research, I am interested in multimedia medical education. I founded the Media Lab at Cincinnati Children's to help improve education to patients, families, medical students, nurses, residents, fellows and practicing physicians through high-quality 3D models.
I used to be a runner and have run 15 marathons, including the Boston Marathon seven times. My personal record is 2:59. I have four kids, all of whom play hockey, including a son and daughter who each played at the college level.
MD: University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, 1992
Residency: Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, 1995
Fellowship: Pediatric Critical Care, 1998
Certifications: Pediatrics, 1996; Pediatric Critical Care, 2000, 2007
Interests
Shock; sepsis; respiratory failure; head trauma; mechanical ventilation
Services and Specialties
Interests
Multimedia medical education
Research Areas
Publications
Discussing Death by Neurologic Criteria in Pediatrics: Opportunities and Challenges for Families and Clinicians. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. 2026; 27(6):695-704.
1241: LEARNING TOGETHER: A TEAM-BASED APPROACH TO ADVERSE EVENTS IN THE PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE UNIT. Critical Care Medicine. 2026; 54(3S).
Brain Death Contestation: A Scoping Review of Its Incidence and Management. Critical Care Medicine. 2026; 54(1):154-162.
"Do You Want to Talk to [the Patient]?" Impact of Visit Modality on Shared Decision Making in Pediatric Primary Care. MDM Policy & Practice. 2026; 11(1):23814683261447292.
Shared Decision Making in Telehealth Versus In-Person Pediatric Primary Care. Telemedicine Journal and e-Health. 2025; 31(11):1385-1392.
Decreased Health Care Utilization in Complex Care Pediatrics After 1 Year with a Remote Examination Device. Telemedicine Journal and e-Health. 2025; 31(11):1351-1358.
CPR coach presence is associated with increased cardiopulmonary resuscitation guideline adherence in pediatric in-hospital cardiac arrest: a retrospective cohort study. Resuscitation. 2025; 215:110664.
Themes in the Management of Pediatric Brain Death Contestation: Exploratory Qualitative Work From Multidisciplinary Health Professionals in the United States. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. 2025; 26(6):e846-e854.
Evaluating post-cardiac arrest blood pressure thresholds associated with neurologic outcome in children: Insights from the pediRES-Q database. Resuscitation. 2025; 207:110468.
822: CHARACTERIZING RAPID RESPONSE TEAM ACTIVATIONS AND CONTRIBUTING FACTORS. Critical Care Medicine. 2025; 53(1).
From the Blog
Ovarian tissue cryopreservation
Ken Tegtmeyer, MD, FAAP, FCCM, Ryan A. Moore, MD, MSc ...7/3/2019
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