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Dr. David H. Beyda is Medical Director of the Pediatric Critical Care Unit and Section Chief of the Division of Pediatric Critical Care at Phoenix Children's Hospital. He also serves as Chairman of the Bioethics Committee of Phoenix Children's Hospital.
Dr. Beyda attended Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine and did his pediatric critical care training at John Hopkins University. He was appointed as a Visiting Fellow and Scholar at the Kennedy Institute of Ethics and the Center for Clinical Bioethics at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., where he completed his training in medical ethics.
His expertise is in the areas of pediatric critical care and medical ethics. His research interests involve the investigation of the cause and effect of pediatric submersion injuries, the measurement of cerebral blood flow and metabolism in brain injured children and the ethical issues relating to end of life in children.
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Dr. Beyda is a member of numerous professional societies and organizations including the Society of Critical Care Medicine, the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Association of Bioethics. In addition to being a nationally and internationally recognized author and guest lecturer, Dr. Beyda also volunteers his expertise abroad. He is currently a member of the Board of Directors of the Children's Heart Project, which provides comprehensive cardiovascular care to children in Sri Lanka. He continues to care for children in Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Guatemala, and Mexico and has a passion for medical mission work. He is a pilot / physician with Flying Samaritans, flying to medical clinics in Mexico. Dr. Beyda has also been the recipient of numerous honors and awards, including the Society of Critical Care Medicine's Annual Scientific Award, the J. Kipp Charlton Humanitarian Award for Community Service and a Rocky Mountain Emmy Award.
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