College of Health Sciences I University of Delaware

CEO
Nemours/ A.I. DuPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington
1600 Rockland Road
Wilmington, DE 19806
(302) 651-6708
kchurchw@nemours.org

Inhaled Nitric Oxide for the Treatment of Pulmonary Hypertension in Pulmonary Patients.
IRB No. 8222 (Principle Investigator) Not funded
Antithrombin III Treatment in the Management of Meningococcal Purpura Fulminans.
IRB No. 8108 (Principle Investigator) Funded
Early use of Intravenous Terbutaline in Pediatric Status Asthmaticus.
IRB No. 8012 (Principle Investigator) Funded
Development of a School-based Health Outreach Program in Collaboration with Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital and Nashville Metropolitan Public Schools.
Evaluation of an Online Arterial Blood Gas System in Pediatric Patients.
IRB No. 7956 (Co- Investigator) Funded
A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Study of the Safety and Efficacy of Partial Liquid Ventilation with AF0141 (Sterile Perflubron) in Children with Acute Parenchymal Lung Injury.
(Principle Investigator)
Assessment of Safety Profile of Antibiotic-Impregnated Catheters in Pediatric Patients. Funded (Cook Catheter)
Prophylactic Use of Milrinone in Pediatric Patients Status Post Congenital Heart Disease Surgery. (Co-investigator)
Use of Fenololdopam in Pediatric Patients with Hypertension. (Principal Investigator)
Protocol F1K-MC-EVBP: Investigation of the Efficacy and Safety of Drotrecogin Alfa (Activated) in Pediatric Severe Sepsis. (Principal Investigator) Lilly
Catch Grant, American Academy of Pediatrics; 2004
Nitroprusside in Children, NIH contract Co-investigator; 2004 - 2005

Recertified in Pediatric Critical Care from the American Board of Pediatrics, 2004
Recertified in Pediatrics, 1998, 2005
Board Certified in Pediatric Critical Care from the American Board of Pediatrics, 1996
Permanent License for the State of Tennessee, 1995
Board Certified From the American Board of Pediatrics, 1991
Permanent License for the State of Massachusetts, 1990-1995
Diplomat, National Board Medical Examiners, 1987

Present Senior Vice President, Nemours/Chief Executive Officer Alfred I. duPont Hospita for Children, 12/2011
CEO/Executive Director Monroe Carell, Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt, 7/2007 –2011
Chief of Staff/Associate Medical Director Monroe Carell, Jr. Childrens Hospital at Vanderbilt, 2005 -2006
Medical Director Vanderbilt Children’s Health and Injury Prevention Program (VCHIP), 2002 – 2005
Associate Director, Division of Pediatric Critical Care, Vanderbilt Children's Hospital, 2003-2006
Transport Director, Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital, 2001-2006
Medical Director, Pediatric Critical Care Services, Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital, 2001-2005
Medical Director, Pediatric ECMO, Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital, 1999- 2005
Fellowship Director Pediatric Critical Care, Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital, 1999-2006
Clinical Director Pediatric Critical Care Services, Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital, 1999-2001
PICU attending, Jackson Madison County Hospital, Jackson, TN, 1997- 2006
Vice Chairman, A Better Nashville Board of Directors, 1997-2000
Associate Director, Pediatric Critical Care Services, Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital, 1997- 1998
Attending physician PICU, Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital, 1995- 2007
Attending Physician, Multidisciplinary Intensive Care Unit, Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA, 1993 -1995

Agarwal HS, Scott BP, Bartilson RE, Grzesczak MJ, Churchwell KB, Shankar V. Extra- corporeal membrane oxygenation support for necrotizing pneumonia due to community acquired methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus. Society of Critical Care Medicine. January 2006
Agarwal Hemant, Mathew Revi, Kelly Kevin, Churchwell, KB, Hyponatremia in Pediatric Postoperative Craniofacial Patients. January 2007
Shankar V, Christen K, Drinkwater D, Churchwell KB. Outcomes of 94 Children with Heart Disease managed With Extra Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO), 2004 Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society
Strohler, B, Grzeszczak, M, Churchwell KB. Use Activated Protein C in the Septic Preterm Infant AAP National Conference and Exhibition. October 2004
Agarwal HS, Christen K, Drinkwater D, Churchwell KB. Use of Nitric Oxide Therapy for Bi-directional Glenn Operation”, AAP National Conference and Exhibition, November 2002
Grzeszczak M, Patel NR, Churchwell KB. Minocycline Levels in Children with Indwelling Minocycline-impregnated Center Venous Cathers”, ESICM Annual Congress, Amsterdam, Netherlands, October 5-8, 2001

Bradley Award ($5000.00 for research instrumentation)
GE/Marquette Medical Devices unrestricted educational grant ($3000.00)
Roche Pharmaceutical ($5000.00)
INO Therapeutics ($25,000) – Development of Symposium on Inhaled Nitric Oxide Use in Pediatrics – 2000
INO Therapeutics ($30,000) – Development of Seminar on Inhaled Nitric Oxide in Pediatrics – 2006
Bayer ($10,000) A Prospective, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Multi-Center Trial Examining the Role of antithrombin III Treatment in the Management of Meningococcal Purpura Fulminans.
Cook Catheters ($6,000), Examination of Minocycline/Rifampin Levels In Pediatric Patients with Antibiotic Impregnated Catheters
Catch Grant, American Academy of Pediatrics ($10,000)
Governors Highway Safety Grant ($69,313), Co-investor Child Booster seat use in Tennessee

Trumpet Award Field of Medicine, 2011
Legacy Award Tennessee Emergency Medical Services for Children Foundation, 2010
Nashville Public Schools Hall of Fame, 2009
NAACP 4th Annual Image Award/Matthew Walker Healthcare Award, 2008
American Diabetes Association Father of the Year, 2008
Nashville Business Journal, Health Care Hero’s Community Leaders, 2008
Top 25 Minority Executives in Healthcare, 2008
Best Doctors in America, 2006-2008
America’s Top Pediatricians, 2006-2008
Best Doctors in America, 2005-2006
Catch Grant Recipient, American Academy of Pediatrics, 2005-2006
Best Doctors in America, 2004-2005
Catch Grant Recipient, American Academy of Pediatrics, 2004-2005
Award in Education Excellence, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, 2003
1st place Harvard Medical School: Anesthesia Resident Research Competition, 1993
Black Student Union Tutor of the Year. M.I.T, 1983
National Merit Finalist, 1979

Faculty & Staff