Rainer Gedeit

As acting chief medical officer, Rainer Gedeit, MD, provides medical leadership, works closely with hospital and provider partners, and serves as a liaison between providers and hospital administration on our Milwaukee campus.

He is responsible for the achievement of provider quality clinical care standards, and providing input on the operational efficiency of patient care services. In addition, he oversees and has direct responsibility for assuring compliance with provider governance and expectations, including the credentialing and privileging processes for Medical Staff Services office on our Milwaukee campus.

For the past 30 years, Dr. Gedeit has practiced and served in various hospital and clinical administrative roles within both Children’s Wisconsin and the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW), including being the former Associate Chief Medical Officer. His experience at Children’s includes medical director for Respiratory Care Services, a position he’s held since 1998, as well as associate medical director for Pediatric Critical Care since 1993. He was elected to chief of medicine from 2001 – 2011, president of Medical Staff Services from 2012 – 2015, and Children’s Specialty Group board of directors member since 2016. Since 2015, he’s been associate program director for the Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship Program with MCW, as well as a professor of Pediatrics within MCW’s Department of Pediatrics since 2011.

Dr. Gedeit earned his medical degree from Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine in Maywood, Illinois. He then completed his residency in Pediatrics at the Loyola University Medical Center, and his fellowship in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine within MCW and Children’s from 1990 – 1993.

Dr. Gedeit lives in Pewaukee with his wife, Margie, and has four adult daughters – all who are involved with work in health care. In his free time, he enjoys bicycling and working in his garden.