CEO
Nemours/ A.I. DuPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington
1600 Rockland Road
Wilmington, DE 19806
(302) 651-6708 kchurchw@nemours.org
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Inhaled Nitric Oxide for the Treatment of Pulmonary Hypertension in Pulmonary Patients.
IRB No. 8222 (Principle Investigator) Not funded
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Antithrombin III Treatment in the Management of Meningococcal Purpura Fulminans.
IRB No. 8108 (Principle Investigator) Funded
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Early use of Intravenous Terbutaline in Pediatric Status Asthmaticus.
IRB No. 8012 (Principle Investigator) Funded
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Development of a School-based Health Outreach Program in Collaboration with Vanderbilt
Children’s Hospital and Nashville Metropolitan Public Schools.
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Evaluation of an Online Arterial Blood Gas System in Pediatric Patients.
IRB No. 7956 (Co- Investigator) Funded
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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)
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Assessment of Safety Profile of Antibiotic-Impregnated Catheters in Pediatric Patients. Funded
(Cook Catheter)
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Prophylactic Use of Milrinone in Pediatric Patients Status Post Congenital Heart Disease Surgery.
(Co-investigator)
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Use of Fenololdopam in Pediatric Patients with Hypertension. (Principal Investigator)
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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
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Nitroprusside in Children, NIH contract Co-investigator; 2004 - 2005

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Recertified in Pediatric Critical Care from the American Board of Pediatrics, 2004
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Recertified in Pediatrics, 1998, 2005
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Board Certified in Pediatric Critical Care from the American Board of Pediatrics, 1996
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Permanent License for the State of Tennessee, 1995
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Board Certified From the American Board of Pediatrics, 1991
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Permanent License for the State of Massachusetts, 1990-1995
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Diplomat, National Board Medical Examiners, 1987
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Present Senior Vice President, Nemours/Chief Executive Officer Alfred I. duPont Hospita for
Children, 12/2011
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CEO/Executive Director Monroe Carell, Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt, 7/2007 –2011
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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
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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
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Medical Director, Pediatric ECMO, Vanderbilt Chi ldren’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
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PICU attending, Jackson Madison County Hospital, Jackson, TN, 1997- 2006
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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
1. 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
2. Agarwal Hemant, Mathew Revi, Kelly Kevin, Churchwell, KB , Hyponatremia in Pediatric
Postoperative Craniofacial Patients. January 2007
3. 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
4. Strohler, B, Grzeszczak, M, Churchwell KB . Use Activated Protein C in the Septic Preterm Infant
AAP National Conference and Exhibition. October 2004
5. Agarwal HS, Christen K, Drinkwater D, Churchwell KB . Use of Nitric Oxide Therapy for Bidirectional Glenn Operation”, AAP National Conference and Exhibition, November 2002
6. Grzeszczak M, Patel NR, Churchwell KB . Minocycline Levels in Children with Indwelling
Minocyclineimpregnated Center Venous Cathers”, ESICM Annual Congress, Amsterdam,
Netherlands, October 5-8, 2001
1. Bradley Award ($5000.00 for research instrumentation)
2. GE/Marquette Medical Devices unrestricted educational grant ($3000.00)
3. Roche Pharmaceutical ($5000.00)
4. INO Therapeutics ($25,000) – Development of Symposium on Inhaled Nitric Oxide Use in
Pediatrics – 2000
5. INO Therapeutics ($30,000) – Development of Seminar on Inhaled Nitric Oxide in Pediatrics –
2006
6. 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.
7. Cook Catheters ($6,000), Examination of Minocycline/Rifampin Levels In Pediatric Patients with
Antibiotic Impregnated Catheters
8. Catch Grant, American Academy of Pediatrics ($10,000)

9. Governors Highway Safety Grant ($69,313), Co-investor Child Booster seat use in Tennessee
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Trumpet Award Field of Medicine, 2011
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Legacy Award Tennessee Emergency Medical Services for Children Foundation, 2010
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Nashville Public Schools Hall of Fame, 2009
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NAACP 4th Annual Image Award/Matthew Walker Healthcare Award, 2008
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American Diabetes Association Father of the Year, 2008
 Nashville Business Journal, Health Care Hero’s Community Leaders, 2008
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Top 25 Minority Executives in Healthcare, 2008
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Best Doctors in America, 2006-2008
 America’s Top Pediatricians, 2006-2008
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Best Doctors in America, 2005-2006
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Catch Grant Recipient, American Academy of Pediatrics, 2005-2006
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Best Doctors in America, 2004-2005
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Catch Grant Recipient, American Academy of Pediatrics, 2004-2005
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Award in Education Excellence, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, 2003
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1st place Harvard Medical School: Anesthesia Resident Research Competition, 1993
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Black Student Union Tutor of the Year. M.I.T, 1983
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National Merit Finalist, 1979
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CHCA Executive Forum, 2006 – 2011
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American Thoracic Society, 2006-2010
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American Academy of Pediatrics, 1998 – Present
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American Board of Pediatrics, 1996 – Present

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Society for Neuroscience, 1993 – 1994
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Society of Critical Care Medicine, 1991- Present