Joyee G. Vachani

Pediatric Hospitalist and Professor in Pediatrics · Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital · company speakers →

Dr. Joyee Vachani is a pediatric hospitalist and Professor in Pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) and Texas Children’s Hospital (TCH) in Houston, TX who is passionate about collaborating and representing diverse voices to deliver high quality, safe care to children. Dr. Vachani completed a residency in Pediatrics followed by a fellowship in Pediatric Hospital Medicine (PHM) at Emory School of Medicine in 2009. She subsequently completed a Master’s of Education (M.Ed), Advanced Quality Improvement and Patient Safety course and Six-Sigma training at TCH, and a Graduate Certificate in Healthcare Management from Rice University. During her time as faculty, Dr. Vachani has led local and national and international educational, quality improvement, and patient safety initiatives by mentoring inter-professional individuals and teams, developing curricula, participating in NIH and HRSA grant-funded research, disseminating/ publishing scholarly work, and serving in leadership roles. Dr. Vachani currently serves as the Department of Pediatrics Associate Quality Officer and PHM Director of Quality Improvement at BCM/ TCH, an active steering committee member of the American Pediatric Association Quality and Safety Improvement Scholars committee, and recent past Chair of the AAP SOHM PHM fellow conferences and Emerging Leaders conferences. Her favorite role is Mommy to her 12- and 14-year-old daughters. Dr. Vachani describes herself as a chaos organizer, a recovering perfectionist, and an impatient optimist; she is very excited to be here with you this year.

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