Ramesh C. Sachdeva, MD, PhD, MBA 

Titles
Vice president, Quality and Outcomes, executive vice president and chief operating officer, National Outcomes Center, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin; associate professor, Pediatrics (Critical Care), Medical College of Wisconsin.

Division
Critical Care

Research interests
Clinical effectiveness and outcomes

Study interests
Critical care medicine, outcomes, quality.

Education
Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, India, 1984; doctorate, University of Texas, School of Public Health, Houston, 1997; residency, Pediatrics, Wayne-Oakland Child and Adolescent Medicine Program, Detroit, 1990; fellowship, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 1993.

Certifications
Board certified, American Board of Pediatrics, General Pediatrics; sub-board certified, American Board of Pediatrics, Critical Care; fellow, American Academy of Pediatrics; certified, Pediatric Advanced Life Support.

Honors
Member, Society of Pediatric Research.

Representative publications

• Berger S, Whitstone BN, Frisbee SJ, Miner JT, Dhala A, Pirrallo RG, Utech LM, Sachdeva RC. Cost-effectiveness of Project ADAM: A Project to Prevent Sudden Cardiac Death in High School Students. Pediatric Cardiology. 2004 Jan. 28; published online.
• Kurachek SC, Newth CJ, Quasney MN, Rice T, Sachdeva RC, et al. Extubation Failure in Pediatric Intensive Care: A Multiple-center Study of Risk Factors and Outcomes. Critical Care Medicine. 2003; 31(11):2657-2664.
• Sachdeva RC. Measuring the Impact of New Technology: An Outcomes-based Approach. Critical Care Medicine. 2001; 29(8) Suppl.:N190-N195.
• Goldstein SL, Currier H, Graf JM, Cosio CC, Brewer ED, Sachdeva R. Outcomes in Children Receiving Continuous Veno-venous Hemofiltration. Pediatrics. 2001; 107(6):1309-1312.
• Sachdeva RC, Jefferson LS, Coss-Bu J, et al. Effects of Availability of Patient-related Charges on Practice Patterns and Cost Containment in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. Critical Care Medicine. 1996; 24:501-506.
• Sachdeva RC, Jefferson LS, Coss-Bu J, et al. Resource Consumption and the Extent of Futile Care in a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Setting. Journal of Pediatrics. 1996; 128:742-7.

Contact
Children's Hospital of Wisconsin
PO Box 1997
MS 950
Milwaukee, WI 53201-1997
Phone: (414) 266-3022
Fax: (414) 266-3954
E-mail: rsachdeva@chw.org