Ira Cheifetz, MD

• Chief, Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care, UH Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital
• Chief, Pediatric Cardiology, UH Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital
• Associate Chief Quality Officer, Patient Safety, UH Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital

Ira Cheifetz, MD is the Division Chief for Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Critical Care and Associate Chief Quality Officer for Patient Safety at UH Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital and KeyBank-Meyer Family Chair and Professor of Pediatrics at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. Dr. Cheifetz is a pediatric cardiac intensivist with focused expertise in congenital and pediatric acquired heart disease, postoperative cardiac care, cardiorespiratory interactions, mechanical ventilation, and extracorporeal life support. He is also an active clinical and translational NIH funded researcher who has authored more than 200 peer-reviewed publications and chapters, and presented at numerous national and international scientific symposia.

Expertise

• Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)
• Cardiorespiratory Interactions
• Congenital Heart Disease
• Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO)
• Mechanical Ventilation
• Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care
• Pediatric Critical Care