Email

bachuff@bcm.edu

Positions

Assistant Professor

Pediatrics-Critical Care
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX US

Addresses

TCH - Legacy Tower (Clinic)

6651 Main Street
Houston77030
Phone: (832) 826-6230

Education

MD from Jefferson Medical College, 1992

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania United States

Residency at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Pediatrics, 1999

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania United States

Fellowship at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Pediatric Critical Care, 2014

Philadelphia, Texas United States

Professional Statement

I have dedicated my career to the care of children with critical cardiac disease. The sophisticated and highly complex care of such patients requires working within a specialized team to deliver superior care. The team must work in beautiful harmony to create and perform an integrated care plan for both child and family. Clinical Interests: I have a special interest in the pain management and sedation practice with critically ill infants and children in the cardiac intensive care unit. Research Interests: My research interests follow my clinical interests in that I am currently evaluating and formulating personalized pain management and sedation practices to bring high quality and patient appropriate management to the bedside in the cardiac intensive care unit.

Websites

Selected Publications

• Achuff BJ, Nicolson SC, Elci OU, Zuppa AF. "Intraoperative dexmedetomidine reduces postoperative mechanical ventilation in infants after open heart surgery.." Pediatr Crit Care Med..2015/June;16(5):440-7. Pubmed PMID: 25715046
• Achuff BJ, Rossano JR, Mascio CE, Fuller S, Gaynor, JW "HeartWare third-generation implantable continuous flow pump as biventricular support in adolescent with acute myocarditis after ECMO.." 2015/January;Case Report, Poster Presentation PCICS Miami 2014, SCCM:
• Achuff BJ, Elias MD, O’ Connor M "Risk Factors for Mortality in Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit Patients Managed with Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: A Contemporary Review.." 2016/May;Poster presentation ACC, manuscript submission:
• Elias MD, Achuff BJ, O’Connor M "Long-term outcomes of pediatric cardiac patients supported by extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.." 2016/May;Poster presentation ACC, manuscript submission Pediatrics.:

Memberships

Lifesong International, Inc.

Founder and Medical Director

Pediatric Extracorporeal Outcomes Registry (PEDECOR)

Member

Sedation Stewardship Committee, Cardiac Critical Care, Texas Children’s Hospital

Member