Staff Physician
Boston Children's Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts
Dr. Peta Alexander is an Australian-trained Pediatric Cardiologist and Critical Care Physician with particular interest in advanced heart failure and mechanical circulatory support. She is currently Assistant Professor in Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and Staff Physician in the Department of Cardiology of Boston Children’s Hospital where she is Cardiac ECMO Director. In her clinical role, Dr. Alexander strives for program-wide excellence in inter-disciplinary, goal-concordant, family-centered care. She integrates bedside teaching into all aspects of her role and contributes to formal teaching programs for Harvard Medical School students, fellows in the Cardiology Department as well as the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit. She holds leadership positions in multiple professional organizations, including Treasuer of the Board of Directors of the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (ELSO), Co-Chair of PediECMO (a PALISI-ELSO Collaborative), Co-Chair of Cardiovascular PODIUM (an SCCM-PALISI consensus-finding project), Co-Chair of PEACE (Pediatric ECMO Anticoagulation CollaborativE), and is a representative on the Scientific Committees of PALISI and the Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Collaborative (PC4).
Saturday, January 21, 2023
10:50 AM – 11:15 AM PT
Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose.
Saturday, January 21, 2023
1:05 PM – 1:20 PM PT
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