Tetsu Uejima

Dr. Butch Uejima, Chief Medical Officer and Chairman of the Department of Pediatric Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine at the Nemours Children’s Hospital, Delaware, joined Nemours in August 2013 as chair of anesthesia. In February 2018 he was named chief medical officer to oversee all clinical activities in the Delaware Valley.

Prior to Nemours, Dr. Uejima spent his entire career at the Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, formerly known as Children’s Memorial Hospital. His last position held there was the patient safety officer for the organization. With assistance from the CMO and a colleague, Dr. Uejima helped to create and develop the patient safety program. As a certified health care risk manager (CPHRM), one of only a handful of physicians in the country with this certification, Dr. Uejima also served as the chief risk officer for the organization. In this role, he oversaw all medical malpractice-related matters and was involved with medical malpractice lawsuits, the investigation of potential suits, and the risk financing part of the program.

Dr. Uejima holds a Master of Medical Management degree from Carnegie Mellon, a physician-only leadership-focused program. He is the current chairman of the Leadership Development Committee of the Pediatric Anesthesia Leadership Council, comprised of 50–60 current pediatric anesthesia chairs. He also actively mentors about a dozen physicians and sends out monthly leadership-related material to a group of about 300 individuals across the country.