A graduate of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Vanderbilt Medical School in Nashville, Kevin Churchwell completed his pediatric residency and a clinical fellowship in Pediatric Critical Care at Boston Children's Hospital. Churchwell became Boston Children’s President and CEO in March 2021, having previously been its Executive Vice President of Health Affairs and Chief Operating Officer since 2013. He also serves on the Harvard Medical School faculty as the Robert and Dana Smith Associate Professor of Anesthesia and as an Associate Professor of Pediatric Anesthesia. Prior to joining Boston Children’s, Churchwell was CEO of the Nemours Children Hospital in Wilmington, Delaware and of Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville. He currently serves on the Institute’s Ad Hoc Committee and Nominating Committee.