New Chairman of Med School Pediatrics and Pediatrician-in-Chief of El Paso Children’s Hospital Announced

Bradley P. Fuhrman, M.D., a professor of pediatrics and anesthesiology in New York, has been appointed professor and Chair of the Department of Pediatrics, TTUHSC Paul L. Foster School of Medicine in El Paso and as the Pediatrician-in-Chief of El Paso Children’s Hospital. He begins his duties August 22^nd, 2011.

“Dr. Fuhrman’s appointment represents another step towards the quality children’s healthcare we’ve all dreamed of here in El Paso,” said Jose Manuel de la Rosa, M.D., Founding Dean TTUHSC Paul L. Foster School of Medicine. “He is representative of our commitment to bringing the highest caliber physicians around the country to practice at the El Paso Children’s Hospital.”

According to Lawrence Duncan, CEO El Paso Children’s Hospital, Dr. Fuhrman was chosen after an extensive search. “Dr. Fuhrman is the best fit for El Paso Children’s Hospital. He will make sure that El Paso Children’s Hospital is synonymous with the highest quality of care for the children of El Paso, West Texas, and New Mexico and beyond. “

Dr. Fuhrman is an internationally recognized expert in alternative modes of life support and disaster preparedness. Dr. Fuhrman is the author or co-author of almost 200 articles and publications including the definitive textbook for pediatric care medicine, Pediatric Critical Care. Dr. Fuhrman has had numerous research inventions, patents and patent applications in his name.  He has served on the editorial boards of the Journal of Pediatrics,Critical Care Medicine, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, as well as on the editorial committee of the World Journal of Pediatrics.

Prior to coming to El Paso, Dr. Fuhrman was a tenured professor of pediatrics and anesthesiology at the State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo and Division Chief of Pediatric Critical Care at Children’s Hospital of Buffalo. He spent more than two decades at the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, SUNY.  Dr. Fuhrman was also a critical care specialist at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine for six years before arriving at SUNY, first as a visiting associate professor, and later as an adjunct professor until 1998.

Dr. Fuhrman began his distinguished career at the University of Minnesota School of Medicine from 1979 through 1985, where he rose from instructor to associate professor. A chemistry major at Franklin and Marshall College in Pennsylvania, Dr. Fuhrman is a graduate of the New York University School of Medicine where he earned his medical degree in 1971. He interned and completed his pediatric residency at the University of Minnesota School of Medicine in 1973. Dr. Fuhrman completed subspecialty training in neonatology in 1974 pediatric cardiology in 1979, both at the University of Minnesota SOM.

Over the years, Dr. Fuhrman has held numerous leadership positions as director, medical director, and division chief at the Children’s Hospital of Buffalo and the University of Minnesota providing services in the pediatric intensive care unit, pediatric cardiology and critical care, and the neonatal intensive care unit. During that time he also held the position of director, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Research and Cardiolpulmonary Research Laboratory, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh.

Dr. Fuhrman is board certified by the American Board of Pediatrics in general pediatrics and three subspecialties: pediatric cardiology, perinatal medicine, and pediatric critical care. He is a Fellow of the American College of Critical Care Medicine. He is also board certified by the National Board of Medical Examiners.

Among his many awards and recognitions are the Helen L. DeRoy Distinguished Visiting Professor of Pediatrics Children’s Hospital of Detroit, Luis Mosovich Award, Pediatric ICU, Children’s Hospital of Buffalo, and the Distinguished Career Award, AAP Critical Care Section.

The El Paso Children’s Hospital is expected to open its doors in February 2012 as the first private non-profit children’s hospital in El Paso. The Paul L. Foster School of Medicine and the El Paso Children’s Hospital will continue to recruit new pediatric specialists that will provide services to the patients seen at the new hospital. Many of those will have dual roles as physicians at the new children’s hospital and as faculty at the medical school.