Adam S. Himebauch, MD, MSCE

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Adam S. Himebauch, MD, MSCE, is an attending physician in the Division of Critical Care Medicine at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

Areas of Expertise: Pulmonary hypertension, Right Ventricular Dysfunction, Echocardiography, Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS), Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)
Locations: Main Hospital; Middleman Family Pavilion
Appointments and Referrals: 1-800-TRY-CHOP (1-800-879-2467)

Background

Dr. Himebauch is a graduate of the University of Delaware and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He completed a Master of Science in Clinical Epidemiology at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in 2022. Dr. Himebauch completed a Pediatrics residency and Pediatric Critical Care Medicine fellowship training at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). He has been an attending physician in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at CHOP since 2012 and is currently on faculty at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and is currently an Assistant Professor of Critical Care and Pediatrics.

Dr. Himebauch has expertise in point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) use in pediatric critical illness and is a leader in the CHOP ECMO Center. His clinical research focuses on the roles of pulmonary hypertension and right ventricular dysfunction in acute and chronic respiratory failure, the use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) for respiratory failure, as well as the implementation and evaluation of bedside clinical technologies, including POCUS, echocardiography, and electrical impedance tomography (EIT) in the clinical care of critically ill and injured children.

Education and Training

Medical School

MD - University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA

Internship

General Pediatrics - The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

Residency

General Pediatrics - The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

Fellowship

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine - The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

Board Certification

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine – American Board of Pediatrics
Pediatrics – American Board of Pediatrics

Titles and Academic Titles

Attending Physician, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Departments and Services

Selected Publications

Please follow this link to Dr. Himebauch’s PubMed Profile.