Paul Edward Sirbaugh, Professor

Chief Medical Officer

(832) 824-5408

Positions

Chief Medical Officer: TCH The Woodlands
The Woodlands, Texas, United States

Professor: Pediatrics
Emergency Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas, United States

Section Head: Pediatrics
Emergency Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX, US

Division Chief: Emergency Medicine
Texas Children's Hospital
Texas, United States

Assistant Medical Director: City of Houston, EMS
Houston, Texas, United States

Addresses

Emergency Department (Hospital): Texas Children's Hospital
Room: TXCH-A210
Houston, TX, 77030
United States
Phone: (832) 824-5497
sirbaugh@bcm.edu

Emergency Department (Office): Texas Children's Hospital
Room: TXCH-A210
Houston, TX, 77030
United States
Phone: (832) 824-5497
sirbaugh@bcm.edu

Education

B.A. from University Of Maryland At Baltimore: 01/1984 - Baltimore, MD, United States

B.S. from University Of Maryland At Baltimore: 01/1984 - Baltimore, MD, United States

DO from University of North Texas Health Science Center: Fort Worth, TX

Internship at Mount Clemens Regional Medical Center: Mount Clemens, MI

Residency at Baylor College of Medicine: Houston, TX; Pediatrics

Fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine: Houston, TX; Emergency Medicine

MBA from RICE University: 06/2013 - Houston, Texas, United States; Business

Certifications

#234917

American Board of Pediatrics, Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Honors & Awards

2020 Master Clinician: Lifetime Award; Baylor College of Medicine (07/2020)

Professional Interests

Emergency medicine for pediatrics
Prehospital pediatrics
Disaster preparedness and response
Hospital Administration

Professional Statement

Paul E. Sirbaugh, DO, MBA, Associate Professor, Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) Department of Pediatrics, is Chief Medical Officer of Texas Children's Hospital The Woodlands. While he will continue to work clinically as a pediatric emergency medicine provider in the Texas Children's Hospital The Woodlands Emergency Center, he has transitioned out of the combined role as Head, Section of Emergency Medicine - BCM, and Division Chief, Texas Children's Hospital (TCH) Emergency Center which he held since 2012. Dr. Sirbaugh completed his pediatric residency and emergency medicine fellowship at BCM/TCH in 1993 and 1995, respectively, and graduated from the RICE University EMBA program in 2013. Regionally, his academic niche includes the practice and administration of patient-centric pre-hospital (EMS-911) and hospital-based pediatric emergency medicine (PEM).

In addition to his clinical and administrative duties at Texas Children's Hospital, he also serves as the Pediatric Medical Director for the City of Houston Fire Department, Emergency Medical Services (EMS), and is in part responsible for the pediatric-specific education, medical direction, and oversight of 5,000 EMS providers. Nationally, he is a past member of the Committee on Pediatric Emergency Medicine (COPEM) and the Section of Emergency Medicine (SOEM) Executive Committee for the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). While Dr. Sirbaugh plans to remain clinically and academically relevant in prehospital and pediatric emergency medicine, he is fully committed to leading patient-centric and value-based care as Chief Medical Officer for Texas Children's Hospital The Woodlands.

Websites

Dr. Sirbaugh's Research

VIICTR Data Base

Pediatric Emergency Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine

Texas Children's Hospital

Dr. Sirbaugh's TCH Bio

Selected Publications

Arnold AJ, Sirbaugh PE, Moffett BS, Camp EA, Azeem S, Smith LR, Chumpitazi CE. " System-wide process changes improve procedural sedation billing in the pediatric emergency department " Am J Emerg Med. 2018 Mar 17; pii: S0735-6757 (18) : 30229-8.
Pubmed PMID: 29602662.
Crouse HL, Mullan PC, Macias CG, Hsu DC, Shook JE, Sirbaugh PE, Schutze GE, Torrey SB.. " A Novel Approach to Combining Pediatric Emergency Medicine and Global Health Fellowships. " Pediatr Emerg Care.. 2016 Mar ; 32 (3) : 157-62.
Pubmed PMID: 25285392.
Leung SK, Cruz AT, Macias CG, Sirbaugh PE, Patel B. " Improving Pediatric Emergency Care by Implementing an Eligible Learner Endotracheal Intubation Policy. " Pediatr Emerg Care.. 2016 Apr ; 32 (4) : 205-9.
Pubmed PMID: 26990848.
Lyle KC, Milton J, Fagbuyi D, LeFort R, Sirbaugh P, Gonzalez J, Upperman JS, Carmack T, Anderson M. " Pediatric disaster preparedness and response and the nation's children's hospitals. " Am J Disaster Med.. 2015 ; 10 (2) : 83-91.
Pubmed PMID: 26312491.
Daftary RK, Cruz AT, Reaves EJ, Burkle FM, Christian MD, Fagbuyi DB, Garrett AL, Kapur GB, Sirbaugh PE. " Making disaster care count: consensus formulation of measures of effectiveness for natural disaster acute phase medical response. " Prehosp Disaster Med.. 2014 Oct ; 29 (5) : 461-7.
Pubmed PMID: 25226070.
Cruz AT, Tittle KO, Smith ER, Sirbaugh PE. " Increasing Out-of-Hospital Regional Surge Capacity for H1N1 2009 Influenza A Through Existing Community Pediatrician Offices: A Qualitative Description of Quality Improvement Strategies. " Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2012 Jun ; 6 (2) : 113-6.
Pubmed PMID: 22700018.
Sirbaugh PE. " Katrina Changed Us (and Me) in So Many Ways. " Pediatrics. 2011 Aug ; 128 : S20-2.
Pubmed PMID: 21807707.
Cruz AT, Patel B, DiStefano MC, Codispoti CR, Shook JE, Demmler-Harrison GJ, Sirbaugh PE. " Outside the box and into thick air: implementation of an exterior mobile pediatric emergency response team for North American H1N1 (swine) influenza virus in Houston, Texas. " Ann Emerg Med. 2010 Jan ; 55 (1) : 23-31.
Pubmed PMID: 19837479.
Gavagan TF, Smart K, Palacio H, Dyer C, Greenberg S, Sirbaugh P, Fishkind A, Hamilton D, Shah U, Masi G, Ivey RT, Jones J, Chiou-Tan FY, Bloodworth D, Hyman D, Whigham C, Pavlik V, Feigin RD, Mattox K. " Hurricane Katrina: medical response at the Houston Astrodome/Reliant Center Complex. " South. Med. J.. 2006 Sep ; 99 (9) : 933-9.
Pubmed PMID: 17004527.
Sirbaugh PE, Gurwitch KD, Macias CG, Ligon BL, Gavagan T, Feigin RD. " Caring for evacuated children housed in the Astrodome: creation and implementation of a mobile pediatric emergency response team: regionalized caring for displaced children after a disaster. " Pediatrics. 2006 May ; 117 (5) : S428-38.
Pubmed PMID: 16735278.
Hall WL, Myers JH, Pepe PE, Larkin GL, Sirbaugh PE, Persse DE. " The perspective of paramedics about on-scene termination of resuscitation efforts for pediatric patients. " Resuscitation. 2004 Feb ; 60 (2) : 175-87.
Pubmed PMID: 15036736.
Hill MG, Fuchs S, Sirbaugh P. " Prehospital emergencies. " Pediatr Emerg Care. 2004 Feb ; 20 (2) : 135-40.
Pubmed PMID: 14758315.
Gerlacher GR, Sirbaugh PE, Macias CG. " Prehospital evaluation of non-transported pediatric patients by a large emergency medical services system. " Pediatr Emerg Care. 2001 Dec ; 17 (6) : 421-4.
Pubmed PMID: 11753185.
Rosenberg NM, Wang NE, Sirbaugh PE, Kadish H. " Is it or isn't it? " Pediatr Emerg Care. 2000 Apr ; 16 (2) : 130-3.
Pubmed PMID: 10784219.
Sirbaugh PE, Pepe PE, Shook JE, Kimball KT, Goldman MJ, Ward MA, Mann DM. " A prospective, population-based study of the demographics, epidemiology, management, and outcome of out-of-hospital pediatric cardiopulmonary arrest. " Ann Emerg Med. 1999 Feb ; 33 (2) : 174-84.
Pubmed PMID: 9922413.
Sirbaugh PE. " A case of orbital pseudotumor masquerading as orbital cellulitis in a patient with proptosis and fever. " Pediatr Emerg Care. 1997 Oct ; 13 (5) : 337-9.
Pubmed PMID: 9368248.
Renfroe B, Sirbaugh P. " Febrile seizures: a review of the literature and a systematic approach to the evaluation and management of simple febrile seizures. " Semin Pediatr Infect Dis. 1995 Oct ; 6 (4) : 218-22.
Pubmed PMID: 16731351.