Associate Professor of Pediatrics,Section of Emergency Medicine, Associate Chief of Research
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas, United States
Dr. Corrie Chumpitazi is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics, board certified in Pediatrics and Pediatric Emergency Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine. She is Associate Chief of Research at Texas Children’s Hospital with a passion for pediatric pain management and procedural sedation research, education, and quality improvement. She serves as Sedation Oversight Committee Chair and Pain Care Process Team Assessment Co-Lead at Texas Children’s Hospital.
She has served as the site principal investigator (PI) for the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN) for several pain-related clinical trials, where she serves on the PECARN Pain and Sedation Sub-Committee. She is part of the executive core and a site PI for the Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMSC) Innovation and Improvement Center with focus on Knowledge Management and Research. She is co-chair of the national EMSC Scholar Development Program, and serves on the executive board of the AAP Section of Emergency Medicine Women in PEM subcommittee. She has written several pain and sedation textbook chapters, evidence-based guidelines, and research articles.
Dr. Chumpitazi received a Bachelor of Arts degree in chemistry from DePauw University, medical degree from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, completed her pediatric residency at Massachusetts General Hospital and her pediatric emergency medicine fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine. She additionally received a Master of Science degree in Clinical Research from the University of Texas Health Science Center.
I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.