Dr. Churchwell has served as president and CEO of Boston Children’s Hospital since March 2021, following nearly a decade of senior leadership at the hospital that began in 2013 as executive vice president of health affairs and COO. He has been instrumental in transforming Boston Children’s into a high reliability organization built around a commitment to zero avoidable harm to patients, families and staff. A longtime advocate for equity in pediatric medicine, Dr. Churchwell founded three of the 11 Offices of Health Equity and Inclusion at hospitals across the U.S. and Canada, including the one he established at Boston Children’s in 2016. Since early 2025, he has been an outspoken voice against federal cuts to healthcare and research funding, noting that reductions affecting the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Food and Drug Administration have already slowed the hospital’s vaccine development and sickle cell disease research. Under his leadership, Boston Children’s has been ranked on U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Children’s Hospitals” honor roll for over a decade consecutively. Dr. Churchwell also holds an appointment as associate professor of pediatric anesthesia at Harvard Medical School and serves on the boards of the Massachusetts Hospital Association, the Whitehead Institute, and the Boys and Girls Club of Boston.
