Kevin B. Churchwell, MD, is the President and Chief Executive Officer at Boston Children’s Hospital (BCH), providing leadership, direction, integration and oversight for a team that’s dedicated to improving and advancing child health through their life-changing work in clinical care, research and innovation, medical education, and community engagement.

Since joining Boston Children’s as its Executive Vice President of Health Affairs Chief Operating Officer in 2013, Dr. Churchwell has been instrumental in leading the hospital’s work to become a High Reliability Organization, reducing safety events that impact patients or employees. He has led an enterprise-wide commitment to building a community that’s made stronger by inclusivity, respect, and diversity, where everyone plays an essential role in the important work of leading pediatrics.

Prior to joining Boston Children’s Dr. Churchwell was Chief Executive Officer for Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington, and he also served as the CEO and Executive Director for the Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital, part of the Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, TN

A graduate of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Vanderbilt Medical School, Dr. Churchwell completed his pediatric residency and a clinical fellowship in Pediatric Critical Care at Boston Children's. He is currently an Associate Professor of Pediatric Anesthesia at Harvard Medical School and the Robert and Dana Smith Associate Professor of Anesthesia at the Harvard Medical School."