Dr. Cheng serves in three critical roles at Cincinnati Children’s. She is chief medical officer, where she oversees clinical services across outpatient, emergency and urgent care visits each year. She is a B.K. Rachford professor and chair of pediatrics at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, where she oversees faculty and medical staff across specialty and research divisions. She is director of Cincinnati Children’s Research Foundation, where she oversees research full-time equivalents and research staff. She has greatly contributed to Cincinnati Children’s clinical outcomes and culture of diversity, equity and inclusion. For 15 years, Dr. Cheng co-led the National Institutes of Health-funded D.C.-Baltimore Research Center on Child Health Disparities, the only center focused on children. An elected member of the National Academy of Medicine, she serves as vice chair of the membership committee for the section on pediatrics and obstetrics and gynecology, and on the forum for children’s wellbeing.
