Paul Edward Sirbaugh, DO, MBA

Chief Medical Officer

Texas Children's Hospital - The Woodlands
Professor, Emergency Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine
Assistant Medical Director, City of Houston EMS

Education

School	Education	Degree	Year
Rice University	Masters	Masters of Business Administration	2013
Baylor College of Medicine	Fellowship	Pediatric Emergency Medicine	1995
Baylor College of Medicine	Residency	Pediatrics	1993
Mt. Clemens General Hospital	Internship	Rotating Internship	1990
University of North Texas Health Science Center	Medical School	Doctor of Osteopathy	1989

About

During my more than 25 years as faculty at the Baylor College of Medicine I have had the honor of providing over 40,000 hours of clinical care to patients/families and 30,000 hours of education to medical students, residents and fellows at Texas Children's Hospitals' Emergency Centers (ECs). In addition, I served as the Houston Fire Department’s (HFD) first and only pediatric-specific Emergency Medical Services (EMS) medical director for over 25 years where I logged more than 150,000 hours of online medical direction, participated in the prehospital resuscitation of approximately 2500 children and provided education and quality oversight of countless prehospital providers.

I have been active in the emergency management preparation, response, recovery and mitigation involving numerous events including Allison, Katrina, Rita, Ike, H1N1, Harvey and COVID-19. I established the first mobile pediatric emergency response team (MPERT) and care unit at the Astrodome/Reliant Center Complex during the evacuation of people from New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina devastated the city in 2005. These efforts led to being named the 2007 local award winner and national nominee for the Jefferson Award for Community and Public Service in Washington D.C.

In 2012, I became the Section Head and Division Chief of Emergency Medicine. During my tenure, I witnessed growth in faculty, fellows, patients, programs, revenue, research, technology and facilities. We built bridges with all subspecialty services, administrative partners and innovated our business model to include provider metrics, productivity expectations and stretch goals.

In 2017, I became the Chief Medical Officer for TCH The Woodlands (TW), an opportunity that depends heavily on clinical acumen as well as collaboration, trust and influence with providers and administration as we together lead the patient care, education and research mission.

Finally, I am honored to have been selected as a 2020 BCM Master Clinician Award for Excellence in Patient Care for my contributions through clinical excellence, leadership, mentoring, clinical innovation and continuous service to the Baylor community. I will continue to emphasize and advocate for the BCM mission while also ensuring that we provide the best care for children.

Selected Publications

PEER AND NON-PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

1. Conners GP, Kressly SJ, Perrin JM, Richerson JE, Sankrithi UM; Committee On Practice And Ambulatory Medicine; Committee On Pediatric Emergency Medicine; Section On Telehealth Care; Section On Emergency Medicine; Subcommittee On Urgent Care; Task Force On Pediatric Practice Change. Nonemergency Acute Care: When It's Not the Medical Home.Pediatrics. 2017 May;139(5). pii: e20170629. doi:10.1542/peds.2017-0629. PMID: 28557775

2. Leung SK, Cruz AT, Macias CG, Sirbaugh PE, Patel B. Improving Pediatric Emergency Care by Implementing an Eligible Learner Endotracheal Intubation Policy. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2016 Apr;32(4):205-9. doi: 10.1097/PEC.0000000000000764. PMID: 26990848

3. Lyle KC, Milton J, Fagbuyi D, LeFort R, Sirbaugh P, Gonzalez J, Upperman JS, Carmack T, Anderson M. Pediatric disaster preparedness and response and the nation's children's hospitals. Am J Disaster Med. 2015 Spring;10(2):83-91. doi: 0.5055/ajdm.2015.0193. PMID: 26312491

4. Crouse HL, Mullan PC, Macias CG, Hsu DC, Shook JE, Sirbaugh PE, Schutze GE, Torrey SB. A Novel Approach to Combining Pediatric Emergency Medicine and Global Health Fellowships. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2014 Oct 3. [Epub ahead of print]

5. Daftary RK, Cruz AT, Reaves EJ, Burkle FM, Christian MD, Fagbuyi DB, Garrett AL, Kapur GB, Sirbaugh PE. Making disaster care count: consensus formulation of measures of effectiveness for natural disaster acute phase medical response. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2014 Oct;29(5):461-7. doi: 10.1017/S1049023X14000922. Epub 2014 Sep 16.

6. American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma; American College of Emergency Physicians Pediatric Emergency Medicine Committee; National Association of Ems Physicians; American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Fallat ME. Withholding or termination of resuscitation in pediatric out-of-hospital traumatic cardiopulmonary arrest. Pediatrics. 2014 Apr;133(4):e1104-16. doi: 10.1542/peds.2014-0176. Epub 2014 Mar 31. Review.

7. American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma; American College of Emergency Physicians Pediatric Emergency Medicine Committee; National Association of EMS Physicians; American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Fallat ME. Withholding or termination of resuscitation in pediatric out-of-hospital traumatic cardiopulmonary arrest. Ann Emerg Med. 2014 Apr;63(4):504-15. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2014.01.013. Review. PMID: 24655460

8. American Academy of Pediatrics, Committee on Pediatric Emergency Medicine; American College of Emergency Physicians, Pediatric Committee; Emergency Nurses Association, Pediatric Committee. Joint policy statement--guidelines for care of children in the emergency department. J Emerg Nurs. 2013 Mar; 39(2):116-31. doi: 10.1016/j.jen.2013.01.003

9. Cruz AT, Tittle KO, Smith ER, Sirbaugh PE. Increasing out-of-hospital regional surge capacity for H1N1 2009 influenza A through existing community pediatrician offices: a qualitative description of quality improvement strategies.Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2012 Jun;6(2):113-6. doi: 10.1001/dmp.2012.16. PMID: 22700018

10. Burkle FM Jr, Argent AC, Kissoon N; Task Force for Pediatric Emergency Mass Critical Care. The reality of pediatric emergency mass critical care in the developing world. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2011 Nov; 12(6 Suppl):S169-79. doi: 10.1097/PCC.0b013e318234a906.

11. Antommaria AH, Powell T, Miller JE, Christian MD; Task Force for Pediatric Emergency Mass Critical Care. Ethical issues in pediatric emergency mass critical care. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2011 Nov;12(6 Suppl):S163-8. doi: 10.1097/PCC.0b013e318234a88b.

12. Mason KE, Urbansky H, Crocker L, Connor M, Anderson MR, Kissoon N; Task Force for Pediatric Emergency Mass Critical Care. Pediatric emergency mass critical care: focus on family-centered care. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2011 Nov;12(6 Suppl):S157-62. doi: 10.1097/PCC.0b013e318234a812.

13. Courtney B, Hodge JG Jr; Task Force for Pediatric Emergency Mass Critical Care. Legal considerations during pediatric emergency mass critical care events. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2011 Nov;12(6 Suppl):S152-6. doi: 10.1097/PCC.0b013e318234a7e1.

14. Burkle FM Jr, Williams A, Kissoon N; Task Force for Pediatric Emergency Mass Critical Care. Pediatric emergency mass critical care: the role of community preparedness in conserving critical care resources. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2011 Nov;12(6 Suppl):S141-51. doi: 10.1097/PCC.0b013e318234a786.

15. Tegtmeyer K, Conway EE Jr, Upperman JS, Kissoon N; Task Force for Pediatric Emergency Mass Critical Care. Education in a pediatric emergency mass critical care setting. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2011 Nov;12(6 Suppl):S135-40. doi: 10.1097/PCC.0b013e318234a764.

16. Barfield WD, Krug SE, Kanter RK, Gausche-Hill M, Brantley MD, Chung S, Kissoon N; Task Force for Pediatric Emergency Mass Critical Care. Neonatal and pediatric regionalized systems in pediatric emergency mass critical care. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2011 Nov;12(6 Suppl):S128-34. doi: 10.1097/PCC.0b013e318234a723.

17. Bohn D, Kanter RK, Burns J, Barfield WD, Kissoon N; Task Force for Pediatric Emergency Mass Critical Care. Supplies and equipment for pediatric emergency mass critical care. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2011 Nov;12(6 Suppl):S120-7. doi: 10.1097/PCC.0b013e318234a6b9.

18. Christian MD, Toltzis P, Kanter RK, Burkle FM Jr, Vernon DD, Kissoon N; Task Force for Pediatric Emergency Mass Critical Care. Treatment and triage recommendations for pediatric emergency mass critical care. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2011 Nov;12(6 Suppl):S109-19. doi: 10.1097/PCC.0b013e318234a656.

19. Cruz AT, Tittle KO, Smith ER, Sirbaugh PE. Increasing Out-of-Hospital Regional Surge Capacity for H1N1 2009 Influenza A Through Existing Community Pediatrician Offices: A Qualitative Description of Quality Improvement Strategies Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness 2012 v. 6, p. 113-116 https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/disaster-medicine-and-public-he…

20. Kissoon N; Task Force for Pediatric Emergency Mass Critical Care. Deliberations and recommendations of the Pediatric Emergency Mass Critical Care Task Force: executive summary. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2011 Nov;12(6 Suppl):S103-8. doi: 0.1097/PCC.0b013e318234a612. No abstract available. PMID: 22067918

21. Rucoba R, Sirbaugh PE. Ethical, Legal Concerns for Emergency Medical Care. AAP News August, 2011; 32:1 http://aapnews.aappublications.org/content/32/8/11.

22. American Academy of Pediatrics; Committee on Pediatric Emergency Medicine and Council on Clinical Information Technology; American College of Emergency Physicians; Pediatric Emergency Medicine Committee. Policy statement--emergency information forms and emergency preparedness for children with special health care needs. Pediatrics. 2010 Apr;125(4):829-37. doi: 10.1542/peds.2010-0186. Epub 2010 Mar 29.

23. Sirbaugh PE. Katrina Changed Us (and Me) in So Many Ways, Pediatrics Vol. 128 No. Supplement 1, August 1, 2011, pp. 520-522 (doi: 10.1542/peds. 2010-37241) http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/128/Supplement_1/S20.full

24. Sirbaugh, P. E. Consent for Emergency Medical Services for Children and Pediatrics. Committee on Pediatric Emergency Medicine and Committee on Bioethics ..., “Consent for Medical Services 2 August 1, 2011 pp. pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/128/2/427.full –http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/128/2/427.full

25. Cruz AT, Patel B, DiStefano MC, Catherine R. Codispoti, M.H.A., Joan E. Shook, M.D., M.B.A., Jeffrey R. Starke, M.D., Gail J. Demmler-Harrison, M.D., Gregory J. Buffone, Ph. D., Sirbaugh PE. Outside the Box and Into Thick Air: Implementation of an Exterior Mobile Pediatric Emergency Response Team for North American H1N1 (Swine) Influenza Virus in Houston, Texas. Ann Emer Med 2010; 55(1):23-31 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.ezproxyhost.library.tmc.edu/pubmed/19837479

26. Grawe G, Sirbaugh P, Manish Shah. Pediatric Case Review: Choking in a 3-year old. Texas EMS Magazine, pg 26-29, July/August, 2007. http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/emstraumasystems/JA07PediatricCaseReview.pdf

27. Author: Gavagan, Thomas. Co- Author: Sirbaugh, PE, et.al Hurricane Katrina: Medical Response at the Houston Astrodome/Reliant Center Complex (G06-15). Southern Medical Journal. 2006. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.ezproxyhost.library.tmc.edu/pubmed/17004527

28. Sirbaugh PE, Gurwitch KD, Macias CG, Ligon BL, Gavagan T, Feigin RD. Caring for Evacuated Children Housed in the Astrodome: Creation and Implementation of a Mobile Pediatric Emergency Response Team: Regionalized Caring for Displaced Children After a Disaster. Pediatrics. 2006; 117(5): S428-438. http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/117/5/S2/S428

29. Hill MG, Fuchs S, Sirbaugh P. Prehospital Emergencies. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2004 Feb; 20(2): 135-40. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.ezproxyhost.library.tmc.edu/pubmed/14758315

30. Hall WL, Myers JH, Pepe PE, Larkin GL, Sirbaugh PE, Persse DE. Paramedics’ Perspective about On-Scene Termination of Resuscitation Efforts for Pediatric Patients. Resuscitation. 2004; 60(2):175-187. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.ezproxyhost.library.tmc.edu/pubmed/15036736

31. Sirbaugh PE, Bradley RN, Macias CG, Endom EE. The Houston flood of 2001: The Texas Medical Center and lessons learned. Clinical Pediatr Emerg Med. 2002; 3(4):275-83.

32. Gerlacher G, Sirbaugh PE, Macias CG. Prehospital evaluation of non-transported pediatric patients by a large emergency medical services system. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2001; 17(6): 421-4. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.ezproxyhost.library.tmc.edu/pubmed/11753185

33. Rosenberg NM, Wang NE, Sirbaugh PE, Kadish H. Is it or Isn’t it? Pediatr Emerg Care. 2000; Apr;16(2): 130-3. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.ezproxyhost.library.tmc.edu/pubmed/10784219

34. Sirbaugh PE, Pepe PE, Shook JE, Kimball KT, Goldman MJ, Ward MA, Mann DM. A Prospective, population-based study of the demographics, epidemiology, management, and outcome of out-of-hospital pediatric cardiopulmonary arrest. Ann Emerg Med. 1999;33:174-184. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.ezproxyhost.library.tmc.edu/pubmed/9922413

35. Renfroe B, Sirbaugh PE. Febrile Seizures – Review of Literature and Update. Seminars in Infectious Disease. 1995;6(4):218-222 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.ezproxyhost.library.tmc.edu/pubmed/16731351

BOOKS/ONLINE RESOURCES1. Sirbaugh P, Meckler G. Prehospital Pediatrics and Emergency Services (EMS). UpToDate. 2016 https://www.uptodate.com/contents/prehospital-pediatrics-and-emergency-…;

2. Sirbaugh P, Srinivasan S. Prehospital Considerations in Pediatric Care. UpToDate. 2016 https://www.uptodate.com/contents/pediatric-considerations-in-prehospit…;

3. Wigginton J, Pepe P, Mann D, Persse D, Sirbaugh P. The Critical Role of Lay Persons and Their Actions in Drowning Incidents. In Bierens J, ed: Handbook on Drowning, 2006, Springer, pp 323-327.

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