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Richard Speicher, MD

Richard Speicher, MD

  • Specialty: Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
  • Languages Spoken: English

Biography: Richard Speicher, MD

Titles

  • Co-Director, Pediatric Trauma, UH Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital
  • Medical Director, PICU, UH Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital
  • Associate Professor, CWRU School of Medicine

Certifications & Memberships

  • Pediatric Critical Care Medicine - American Board of Pediatrics
  • Pediatrics - American Board of Pediatrics

Education

Fellowship | Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine - University Hospitals Of Cleveland (2004 - 2007)

Residency | Pediatrics
Pediatrics - University Hospitals Of Cleveland (2001 - 2004)

Medical Education
Drexel University College Of Medicine/Hahnemann University (2001)

Undergraduate
Muhlenberg College (1997)

About

Richard Speicher, MD, has served as the Medical Director of the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children’s since 2013. In addition, he serves as the Co-Director for Critical Care for the Pediatric Trauma Program at UH Rainbow, the Medical Director for Pediatric Critical Care Transport, and represents pediatrics on the UH Cleveland Medical Center Organ Donor Council. He is a member of the Society of Critical Care Medicine Pediatric MCCKAP and On-Line Module Development committees and has been awarded the 2014 Annual Scientific Award and 2016 Presidential Citation by the Society of Critical Care Medicine. He is also a member of the Pediatric Trauma Society and serves as the Co-Chair of the Critical Care special interest group and is a member of the Injury Prevention Guidelines committee. He founded and directs the Midwest PICU Collaborative and in 2025 was inducted as a Fellow of Critical Care Medicine in the American College of Critical Care Medicine.