Professor of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics
Children's Hospital of Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California, United States
Randall C. Wetzel
Randall Wetzel, MB, BS, LRCP, MRCS, MS Bus., FAAP, FCCM is a Professor of Pediatrics and Anesthesiology at the University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine and is the Director of The Laura P. and Leland K. Whittier Virtual Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (VPICU) founded in 1997 as a research division at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles and the Founder and CEO of Virtual Pediatric Systems, LLC.
He graduated from the Medical College of St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, London University and completed residencies in Pediatrics, Pediatric Critical Care Anesthesiology/Critical Care Medicine at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Dr. Wetzel returned to London for a fellowship in Pediatric Anesthesia and Critical Care Medicine at the Hospital for Sick Children. He is board-certified in pediatrics, pediatric critical care, anesthesiology and pediatric anesthesiology and earned a Master of Science in Business (Medicine) from Johns Hopkins University. e has practiced Pediatric Intensive Care and Anesthesiology for over 40 years and concentrated on pediatric cardiac intensive care for over 15 years.
His current interests in medical informatics led him to develop the VPICU focused on information technology applications in pediatric critical care including artificial intelligence and big data analytics. He founded VPS, LLC a Quality Improvement and Data Management Company with over 160 hospital client hospitals. He has received over $18 million in federal and private foundation grants for these projects. He has served as a board member for The American Board of Pediatrics (2000-2003); founding member and Editor-in-Chief, the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia (1988-2005), Editorial Board Member for Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. He has authored over 120 peer-reviewed articles and 50 book chapters, he is an editor of Roger’s Critical Care Medicine and Critical Heart Disease in Infants and Children.
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Monday, April 18, 2022
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM US CST
Monday, April 18, 2022
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM US CST
Monday, April 18, 2022
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM US CST