Charles Dean Kurth

Dr. Kurth is Anesthesiologist-in-Chief and Chair of the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, a top-ranked Children’s hospital in the U.S with ~50,000 pediatric surgeries/year. He holds the John J. Downes, MD Endowed Chair in Pediatric Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine. He is a renowned thought leader in improving perioperative outcomes in children and for using quality improvement science to advance pediatric anesthesia care.