Ramesh Sachdeva, MD

 
Senior Vice President and Chief Clinical Officer, Nicklaus Children’s Health System
 

Dr. Ramesh Sachdeva joined Nicklaus Children’s Hospital as senior vice president of Quality and Clinical Affairs in September of 2018. Presently, he is senior vice president and chief clinical officer of Nicklaus Children’s Health System.

Prior to joining Nicklaus Children’s Hospital, Dr. Sachdeva served in various roles leading quality efforts at the national level as the medical director of Quality Initiatives for the American Academy of Pediatrics; and corporate vice president and chief quality officer for the Children’s Hospital and Health System of Wisconsin. Most recently, he was senior vice president for Strategic Affairs, Regional Strategy and Quality at the State University of New York (SUNY) Upstate Medical University.

He has participated as the principal investigator on several national grants, including recently leading a large national consortium to develop pediatric quality measures funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). Dr. Sachdeva is a practicing physician specializing in pediatric critical care and sleep medicine with an interest in neurocritical care and is a professor of pediatrics focused on critical care medicine.

Dr. Sachdeva has held clinical, executive and academic roles in other universities and healthcare organizations including Baylor College of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, SUNY Upstate Medical University, American Academy of Pediatrics and Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin.

Along with his medical degree, Dr. Sachdeva holds two doctorates, a PhD in epidemiology from the University of Texas, along with a DBA in management sciences from the United Kingdom. He also earned a JD degree from Marquette University Law School. He is nationally recognized as a leader in healthcare quality measures and has been on the Best Doctors in America list by U.S. News & World Report since 2005.


Totapally, B., Martinez, P., ..., Sachdeva, R. (2023). Racial Inequities in Mortality Rate in Hospitalized Children. Journal of the National Medical Association, 116(1), 56-69. View in Pubmed

Nadiger, M., Ness-Cochinwala, M., ..., Sachdeva, R. (2021). Pediatric COVID-19 presenting as supraglottitis with vocal cord hypomobility. SAGE open medical case reports, 9(), 2050313X21989465. View in Pubmed

Anastas, D.C., Farias, A., ..., Sachdeva, R. (2021). Massive Pulmonary Embolism in an Adolescent with Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome Due to COVID-19. Clinical Pediatrics, 60(8), 341-345. View in Pubmed

Sachdeva, R.C. (2016). Quality and Safety in Healthcare in Children. Philadelphia. Elsevier. Nelson textbook of pediatrics.

Sachdeva, R.C. (2014). Pediatric Critical Care and the Law: Medical Malpractice. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. 1(), 11-15.

Sachdeva, R.C., McInerny, T., Perrin, J.M. (2014). Quality measures and the practicing pediatrician: perspectives from the American Academy of Pediatrics. Academic pediatrics, 14(5 Suppl), S10-S11. View in Pubmed

Byron, S.C., Gardner, W., Kleinman, L.C., ..., Sachdeva, R.C., et al (2014). Developing measures for pediatric quality: methods and experiences of the CHIPRA pediatric quality measures program grantees. Academic pediatrics, 14(5 Suppl), S27-S32. View in Pubmed

Woods, D., Wolraich, M., Pierce, K., ..., Sachdeva, R.C. (2014). Considerations and evidence for an ADHD outcome measure. Academic pediatrics, 14(5 Suppl), S54-S60. View in Pubmed

Zima, B.T., Murphy, J.M., Scholle, S.H., ..., Sachdeva, R.C., et al (2013). National quality measures for child mental health care: background, progress and next steps.. Pediatrics, 131 (Suppl 1), S38-S49. View in Pubmed

McInerny, T.K., Sachdeva, R.C. (2013). The American Academy of pediatrics and quality improvement. Academic pediatrics, 13(6 Suppl), S7-S8. View in Pubmed

Sachdeva, R. (2013). The need for physician education in health care costs to enhance efficiencies in care delivery. Pediatrics, 131(6), 1184-1185. View in Pubmed

Sachdeva, R.C. (2011). Quality and safety in healthcare for children. Philadelphia. Elsevier/Saunders. Nelson's textbook of pediatrics.

Sachdeva, R.C., D'Andrea, L.A. (2009). Emerging medicolegal issues in the practice of pediatric sleep medicine. Child and adolescent psychiatric clinics of North America, 18(4), 1017-1025. View in Pubmed

Sachdeva, R.C., Jain, S. (2009). Making the case to improve quality and reduce costs in pediatric health care. Pediatric clinics of North America, 56(4), 731-743. View in Pubmed

Goday, P.S., Kuhn, E.M., Sachdeva, R.C., et al (2008). Does admission weight influence mortality and morbidity in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit . JPEN. Journal of parenteral and enteral nutrition, 32(3), 130-136.

Sachdeva, R.C. (2007). Electronic healthcare data collection and pay-for-performance: translating theory into practice. Annals of Health Law, 16(2), 291-311.

Sachdeva, R.C. (2007). Measuring quality of legal services – implementing outcomes research in law. Journal of medicine and law, 11(1), 1-32.

Sachdeva, R.C., Williams, T., Quigley, J. (2007). Mixing methodologies to enhance implementation of healthcare operational research. Journal of the Operational Research Society (JORS), 58(), 159-167.

Flores, G., Abreu, M., Chaisson, C.E., ..., Sachdeva, R.C., et al (2005). A randomized, controlled trial of the effectiveness of community-based case management in insuring uninsured Latino children. Pediatrics, 116(6), 1433-1441. View in Pubmed

McCord, S., McElvain, V., Sachdeva, R., et al (2004). Risk factors associated with pressure ulcers in the pediatric intensive care unit. Journal of wound, ostomy, and continence nursing , 31(4), 179-183. View in Pubmed

Kurachek, S.C., Newth, C.J., Quasney, M.W., ..., Sachdeva, R.C., et al (2003). Extubation failure in pediatric intensive care: A multiple-center study of risk factors and outcomes. Critical care medicine, 31(11), 2657-2664. View in Pubmed

Goldstein, S.L., Currier, H., Graf, C.D., ..., Sachdeva, R.C. (2001). Outcome in children receiving continuous venovenous hemofiltration. Pediatrics, 107(6), 1309-1312. View in Pubmed

Sachdeva, R.C. (2001). Measuring the impact of new technology: an outcomes-based approach. Critical care medicine, 29(8 Suppl), N190-195. View in Pubmed

Tweddell, J.S., Pelech, A.N., Frommelt, P.C., ..., Sachdeva, R.C., et al (2000). Factors affecting the longevity of homograft valves used in right ventricular outflow tract reconstruction for congenital heart disease. Circulation, 102(19 Suppl 3), III130-III135. View in Pubmed

McPherson, M.L., Sachdeva, R.C., Jefferson, L.S. (2000 ). Development of a survey to measure parent satisfaction in a pediatric intensive care unit. Critical care medicine, 28(8), 3009-3013. View in Pubmed

Kapadia, A.S., Chan, W., Sachdeva, R., et al (2000 ). Predicting duration of stay in a pediatric intensive care unit: A Markovian approach. European journal of operational research, 124(2), 353-359.

Coss-Bu, J.A., Jefferson, L.S., Stone-McCord, S., ..., Sachdeva, R., et al (1999). Evaluation of a real-time blood glucose monitor in children with diabetic ketoacidosis. Diabetes research and clinical practice, 44(3), 175-181. View in Pubmed

Kozinetz, C.A., Warren, R.W., Berseth, C.L., ..., Sachdeva, R., et al (1999). Health status of children with special health care needs: Measurement issues and instruments. Clinical pediatrics, 38(9), 525-533. View in Pubmed

Sachdeva, R.C. (1999). Statistical basis and clinical applications of severity of illness scoring systems in the intensive care unit. Current opinion in critical care, 5(3), 180-183.

Sachdeva, R.C. (1999). Severity scoring in the critically ill patient: an overview. Current opinion in critical care, 5(3), 165-166.

Sachdeva, R.C. (1999). Near drowning. Critical care clinics, 15(2), 281-296. View in Pubmed

Sachdeva, R.C. (1999). Cost of nosocomial infections in the intensive care unit. Seminars in pediatric infectious diseases, 20(), 239-242.

Sachdeva, R.C. (1998). Peri-Operative Management of Pediatric Transplant Patient. Indian journal of pediatrics, 65(), 512-524.

Sachdeva, R.C. (1998). The “business” of intensive care unit practice management and policy applications of scoring systems. Current opinion in critical care, 4(3), 151-154.

Sachdeva, R.C. (1997). Functional outcome in pediatric models. Current opinion in critical care, 3(3), 179-182.

Sachdeva, R.C., Guntupalli, K.K. (1997). Acute respiratory distress syndrome. Critical care clinics, 13(3), 503-521. View in Pubmed

Sachdeva, R.C., Cantor, S.B., Jefferson, L.S., et al (1997). Health policy implications of a cost- effectiveness analysis for admitting patients to the pediatric intensive care unit. Disease Management and Clinical Outcomes, 3(1), 81-86.

Coss-Bu, J., Sachdeva, R.C., Bricker, J.T., et al. (1997). Hemoptysis: A ten-year retrospective study. Pediatrics, 100(3), e7-e7.

Sachdeva, R.C., Jefferson, L.S., Coss-Bu, J., et al (1996). Resource consumption and the extent of futile care in a pediatric intensive care unit setting. Journal of pediatrics, 128(6), 742-747. View in Pubmed

Sachdeva, R.C., Jefferson, L.S., Coss-Bu, J., et al (1996). Effects of availability of patient-related charges on practice patterns and cost containment in the pediatric intensive care unit. Critical care medicine, 24(3), 501-506. View in Pubmed

Primary Office

Address:
Children's Critical Care Specialists, PA
3100 SW 62 Avenue
Miami, FL 33155
Phone Number:
305-662-2639

Education

Fellowship - Medical College of Wisconsin
Residency - Wayne Oakland Child and Adolescent Medicine Program
Medical School - Armed Forces Medical College

Board Certifications

American Board of Pediatrics (Ped Critical Care Med) - Certified
American Board of Pediatrics (Sleep Medicine) - Certified