Barbara-Jo Achuff, M.D.
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Barbara-Jo Achuff, M.D.
Associate Professor
Positions
- Associate Professor
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Pediatrics
Critical Care Medicine
7mÊÓƵ
Houston, TX US
Addresses
- TCH - Legacy Tower (Office)
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6651 Main Street
Houston77030
Phone: (832) 826-6230
- TCH - Legacy Tower (Hospital)
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6651 Main Street
Houston77030
Phone: (832) 826-6230
Education
- MD from Jefferson Medical College, 1992
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania United States
- Residency at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Pediatrics, 1999
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania United States
- Fellowship at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Pediatric Critical Care, 2014
- Philadelphia, Texas United States
- Clinical Fellowship at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
- 06/2015 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania United States
- Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care
Certifications
- Associate Professor
- 7mÊÓƵ/TCH
Professional Statement
I have dedicated my career to the care of children with critical cardiac disease. The sophisticated and highly complex care of such patients requires working within a specialized team to deliver superior care. The team must work in beautiful harmony to create and perform an integrated care plan for both child and family. Clinical Interests: I have a special interest in the pain management and sedation practice with critically ill infants and children in the cardiac intensive care unit. Research Interests: My research interests follow my clinical interests in that I am currently evaluating and formulating personalized pain management and sedation practices to bring high quality and patient appropriate management to the bedside in the cardiac intensive care unit.Websites
Selected Publications
- Achuff BJ, Lemmings K; Causey JC; Sembera KA, Checchia PA Ghanayem NS "." Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2022 May;361-70. Pubmed PMID:
- Achuff BJ, Moffett BS, Acosta S, Lasa JJ, Checchia PA, Rusin CG "." Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2019 Jan; Pubmed PMID:
- Achuff BJ, Achuff JC, Moffet B, Rusin CG, Checchia PA "." Cardiology in the Young. 2017 Dec; Pubmed PMID:
- c) Pande C, Noll L, Afonso N, Serrano F, Monteiro S, Guffey D, Puri K, Achuff BJ, Akcan-Arikan A, Shekerdemian LS "." The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2022 Mar; Pubmed PMID:
- Pollak U, Bronicki RA, Achuff BJ and Checchia, PA "." Journal of Intensive Care Medicine. 2019 Aug 25; Pubmed PMID:
- Achuff BJ, Nicolson SC, Elci OU, Zuppa AF. "." Pediatr Crit Care Med.. 2015 Jun;16(5):440-7. Pubmed PMID:
- Achuff BJ, Elias MD, O’ Connor M "." Cardiol Young. 2019 Jan 29;Poster presentation ACC, manuscript submission Pubmed PMID:
- Elias MD, Achuff BJ, O’Connor M "." Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2015 Jun 8; Pubmed PMID:
Projects
- Optimizing Sedation Practice with Business Informatics
- 7mÊÓƵ/TCH (07/2017 - present)
- CCM
- This novel multidisciplinary quality project visualizes an enterprise-wide dataset of medications to optimize therapy on a personal level for patients in the ICU. Multiple dashboards depict medication administration over time along with cumulative dosing to create an individual profile along with population aggregate data for quality improvement.
Memberships
- Sedation Stewardship Committee, Cardiac Critical Care, Texas Children’s Hospital
- Medical Director
- Pediatric Extracorporeal Outcomes Registry (PEDECOR)
- Member
- Lifesong International, Inc.
- Founder and Medical Director
Funding
- A COMPARISON OF ANALGESIA AND SEDATION AFTER CARDIAC SURGERY BETWEEN CHILDREN WITH DOWN SYNDROME AND THEIR NON-SYNDROMIC COUNTERPARTS - #5U24-HL135691 (07/01/2019 Grant funding from NIH/NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE
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