David Wessel MD
Fetal Cardiology, Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care, Pediatric Cardiac Genetics
Executive Vice President, Chief Medical Officer, Physician-in-Chief, Ikaria Distinguished Professor of Critical Care, Children's National Hospital Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine and of Pediatrics The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
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111 Michigan Ave, NWSuite W5-108Washington, DC 20010
Phone+1 202-476-5047
Fax+1 202-476-5868
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Education & Training
Boston Children’s Hospital/Boston Medical CenterFellowship, Pediatric Cardiology, 1983 - 1985
Mass General Brigham/Massachusetts General HospitalResidency, Anesthesiology, 1981 - 1983
Yale-New Haven Medical CenterResidency, Pediatrics, 1978 - 1981
Yale School of MedicineClass of 1978, MD, Cum Laude- Oxford UniversityBA/MA, Physiological Sciences, First Class Honours, 1972 - 1974
- William & MaryBS, Physics, Phi Beta Kappa, 1968 - 1972
Certifications & Licensure
DC State Medical License 2008 - 2026
VA State Medical License 2023 - 2026
MS State Medical License 2009 - 2014
MA State Medical License 1985 - 2007
CT State Medical License 1980 - 1983
American Board of Anesthesiology Anesthesiology
American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics- American Board of Pediatrics Pediatric Cardiology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Super Doctor SuperDoctors.com
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Risk factors for prolonged infection and secondary infection in pediatric severe sepsis.Zachary Aldewereld, Brendan Connolly, Russell K Banks, Ron Reeder, Richard Holubkov
Infection. 2025-02-01 - 1 citationsPediatric SARS-CoV-2 long term outcomes study (PECOS): cross sectional analysis at baseline.Gina A Montealegre Sanchez, Lauren E Arrigoni, Alexandra B Yonts, Kevin B Rubenstein, James E Bost
Pediatric Research. 2024-12-18 - IMPACT OF ABCC8 AND TRPM4 GENETIC VARIATION IN CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DYSFUNCTION ASSOCIATED WITH PEDIATRIC SEPSIS.Kate F Kernan, Ashley Adkins, Ruchira M Jha, Patrick M Kochanek, Joseph A Carcillo
Shock. 2024-11-01
Press Mentions
Wayne J. Franklin, M.D., F.A.C.C., Named Senior Vice President of the Children’s National Heart CenterMarch 13th, 2024- Pediatric Hospital Beds Are in High Demand for Ailing Children. Here’s WhyMarch 16th, 2023
- DC-Area Pediatricians Explain Which Viruses They're Seeing in Patients Right NowSeptember 20th, 2021
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