Paul Checchia, M.D.

Professor

Email

checchia@bcm.edu

Positions

Professor: Pediatrics-Critical Care
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX, US

Associate Chief of Critical Care: Pediatrics
Critical Care Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine

Addresses

TCH-West Tower (Clinic): Room: TXWT-WT6006
Houston, TX, 77030
United States
Phone: (832) 826-6230

Education

M.D. from Southern Illinois University School Of Medicine: 01/1993 - Springfield, IL, United States

Clinical Fellowship at Northwestern University Medical School: 01/1999 - Chicago, IL, United States; Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Residency at Northwestern University Medical School: 01/1996 - Chicago, IL, United States; Pediatrics

Certifications

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine: #00892; American Board of Pediatrics

Websites

VIICTR Publications List

Selected Publications

Britt J, Moffett BS, Bronicki RA, Checchia PA.. " Safety of oral beta-blocker administration in pediatric cardiac intensive care patients. " Pediatrics Cardiology. 2014 Apr 10; [Epub ahead of print]..
Bronicki RA, Checchia PA. " Advances in pediatric cardiac intensive care. " Pediatr. Clin. North Am.. 2013 Jun ; 60 (3) : 655-67.
Pubmed PMID: 23639661.
Chatrchyan S, Khachatryan V, Sirunyan AM, Tumasyan A, Adam W, Bergauer T, Dragicevic M, Erö J, Fabjan C, Friedl M, Frühwirth R, Ghete VM, Hammer J, Hörmann N, Hrubec J, Jeitler M, Kiesenhofer W, Krammer M, Liko D, Mikulec I, Pernicka M, Rahbaran B, Rohrin. " Azimuthal Anisotropy of Charged Particles at High Transverse Momenta in Pb-Pb Collisions at sqrt[s_{NN}]=2.76??TeV. " Phys. Rev. Lett.. 2012 Jul 13; 109 (2) : 22301.
Pubmed PMID: 23030154.
Bronicki RA, Checchia PA, Anas NG, Adams GJ, Penny DJ, Bleiweis MS, Shekerdemian LS. " Cerebral and somatic oxygen saturations after repair of tetralogy of fallot: effects of extubation on regional blood flow. " Ann. Thorac. Surg.. 2013 Feb ; 95 (2) : 682-6.
Pubmed PMID: 22959574.
Chatrchyan S, Khachatryan V, Sirunyan AM, Tumasyan A, Adam W, Aguilo E, Bergauer T, Dragicevic M, Erö J, Fabjan C, Friedl M, Frühwirth R, Ghete VM, Hammer J, Hörmann N, Hrubec J, Jeitler M, Kiesenhofer W, Knünz V, Krammer M, Krätschmer I, Liko D, Mikulec . " Evidence for Associated Production of a Single Top Quark and W Boson in pp Collisions at sqrt[s]=7??TeV. " Phys. Rev. Lett.. 2013 Jan 11; 110 (2) : 22003.
Pubmed PMID: 23383893.
Chatrchyan S, Khachatryan V, Sirunyan AM, Tumasyan A, Adam W, Aguilo E, Bergauer T, Dragicevic M, Erö J, Fabjan C, Friedl M, Frühwirth R, Ghete VM, Hörmann N, Hrubec J, Jeitler M, Kiesenhofer W, Knünz V, Krammer M, Krätschmer I, Liko D, Mikulec I, Pernick. " Measurement of associated production of vector bosons and top quark-antiquark pairs in pp collisions at sqrt[s]=7??TeV. " Phys. Rev. Lett.. 2013 Apr 26; 110 (17) : 172002.
Pubmed PMID: 23679709.
Chatrchyan S, Khachatryan V, Sirunyan AM, Tumasyan A, Adam W, Aguilo E, Bergauer T, Dragicevic M, Erö J, Fabjan C, Friedl M, Frühwirth R, Ghete VM, Hammer J, Hörmann N, Hrubec J, Jeitler M, Kiesenhofer W, Knünz V, Krammer M, Krätschmer I, Liko D, Mikulec . " Measurement of the ?(1S), ?(2S), and ?(3S) Polarizations in pp Collisions at sqrt[s]=7??TeV. " Phys. Rev. Lett.. 2013 Feb 22; 110 (8) : 81802.
Pubmed PMID: 23473130.
Jacobs BR, Nadkarni V, Goldstein B, Checchia P, Ayad O, Bean J, DeMichele S. " Nutritional immunomodulation in critically ill children with acute lung injury: feasibility and impact on circulating biomarkers. " Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2013 Jan ; 14 (1) : e45-56.
Pubmed PMID: 23295853.
Dodge-Khatami A, Checchia PA. " Partial mechanical circulatory support in children. " Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2013 Jun ; 14 (5) : S62-8.
Pubmed PMID: 23735987.

Memberships

Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society: Vice President

American Academy of Pediatrics

American Medical Association

Society of Critical Care Medicine

Society of Thoracic Surgeons