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.
Certification: 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
822: CHARACTERIZING RAPID RESPONSE TEAM ACTIVATIONS AND CONTRIBUTING FACTORS. Critical Care Medicine. 2025; 53.
Circulatory collapse requiring mechanical circulatory support in a child with autoimmune adrenal insufficiency: a case report. BMC Pediatrics. 2024; 24:656.
Usability and Feasibility of an in-Home Remote Exam Device in Children with Medical Complexity During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Telemedicine Journal and e-Health. 2024; 30:2870-2875.
Abstract Sa402: CPR Coaches Improve Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Guideline Adherence in Pediatric In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. Circulation. 2024; 150:asa402.
Usability Testing of Situation Awareness Clinical Decision Support in the Intensive Care Unit. Applied Clinical Informatics - ACI. 2024; 15:327-334.
Championing the Spirit of O'hana in the PICU. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. 2023; 24:1092-1093.
How do we detect and respond to clinical deterioration in hospitalized children? Results of the Pediatric Care BefOre Deterioration Events (CODE) survey. Journal of hospital medicine (Online). 2023; 18:1102-1108.
Garnering effective telehealth to help optimize multidisciplinary team engagement (GET2HOME) for children with medical complexity: Protocol for a pragmatic randomized control trial. Journal of hospital medicine (Online). 2023; 18:877-887.
Improving Usability of the Pediatric Code Cart by Combining Lean and Human Factors Principles. Pediatric Quality and Safety. 2023; 8:e676.
CPR quality and outcomes after extracorporeal life support for pediatric In-Hospital cardiac arrest. Resuscitation. 2023; 189:109874.
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