Department or Service
Department of Pediatric Medicine, Intensive Care
Specialty
Intensive Care
Primary Location
Texas Children's Hospital Main Campus
Contact Information
6621 Fannin
MC W6-006
Houston, TX 77030
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Phone: 832-826-6230
Mohammad Hossein Tcharmtchi, M.D.
Director, Fellowship Training Program, Section of Critical Care Medicine - Baylor College of Medicine
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine
Medical School
UNIVERSITAT WIEN - Austria, Doctor of Medicine, 1988
Internship
State University of New York @ Brooklyn College of, Pediatrics, 1991
Residency
State University of New York @ Brooklyn College of, Pediatrics, 1994
Fellowship
Baylor College of Medicine, Pediatric Critical Care,
From Dr. Tcharmtchi
Dr. Tcharmtchi is the program director of the Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Fellowship Training Program. His main focus is on the education of fellows in six core competencies mandated by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Education (ACGME). He is in the process of developing a three-year, outcome-based curriculum for training the next generation of physicians in three significant core competencies: Professionalism, Interpersonal & Communication Skills, and System-Based Practice.
Professional Organizations *
- American Academy of Pediatrics
Fellow - Society of Critical Care Medicine
Member - American Thoracic Society
Member - Texas Pediatric Society
Member
Selected Publications
Katri V. Typpo, M. Hossein Tcharmtchi, Eric J. Thomas, Leticia Castillo, P. Adam Kelly, Hardeep Singh. Impact of Resident Duty Hour Limits on Safety in the ICU: A National Survey of Pediatric and Neonatal Intensivists. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine – in press.
Trung Nguyen1,2 , MD, Ursula G Kyle1 MS, RD/LD, Nancy Jaimon1, BS, RN, M. Hossein Tcharmtchi1, MD, Jorge A Coss-Bu1, MD, Fong Lam1, MD, Jun Teruya3, MD, Laura Loftis1, MD submitted. Coinfection with Staphylococcus Aureus Increases Risk of Severe Coagulopathy in Critically Ill Children with Influenza A (H1N1) Virus Infection.
Tcharmtchi MH "Critical Care in Pediatrics" In: Texas Children's Hospital Handbook of Pediatrics and Neonatology: Lowry AW, Nag PK, Bhakta KY, (eds.). McGraw-Hill 2011, pp 69-87.
* Texas Children's Hospital physicians' licenses and credentials are reviewed prior to practicing at any of our facilities. Sections titled From the Doctor, Professional Organizations and Publications were provided by the physician's office and were not verified by Texas Children's Hospital.
