Kevin L. Hummel

Kevin L. Hummel, MD

Languages spoken: English

  • Kevin Hummel, MD is an Assistant Professor in the University of Utah School of Medicine’s Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Critical Care. He cares for critically ill children in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) and Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU) at Intermountain Primary Children’s Hospital.

    Dr. Hummel earned his undergraduate and medical degree from the University of Arizona. He completed a residency in pediatrics at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, prior to fellowships in pediatric critical care at the University of Utah and pediatric cardiology at Boston Children’s Hospital.

    Dr. Hummel’s professional interests include collaborating between health systems and patients and families to measure longitudinal outcomes and the costs or burdens associated with achieving outcomes. This involves researching and implementing quality initiatives and value-based healthcare delivery frameworks both within and out of the ICU setting.

    Specialties

    Board Certification

    American Board of Medical Quality
    American Board of Pediatrics (Pediatrics)
    American Board of Pediatrics (Sub: Pediatric Cardiology)
    American Board of Pediatrics (Sub: Pediatric Critical Care Medicine)

  • Kevin Hummel, MD is an Assistant Professor in the University of Utah School of Medicine’s Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Critical Care. He cares for critically ill children in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) and Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU) at Intermountain Primary Children’s Hospital.

    Dr. Hummel earned his undergraduate and medical degree from the University of Arizona. He completed a residency in pediatrics at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, prior to fellowships in pediatric critical care at the University of Utah and pediatric cardiology at Boston Children’s Hospital.

    Dr. Hummel’s professional interests include collaborating between health systems and patients and families to measure longitudinal outcomes and the costs or burdens associated with achieving outcomes. This involves researching and implementing quality initiatives and value-based healthcare delivery frameworks both within and out of the ICU setting.

    Board Certification and Academic Information

    Academic Departments Pediatrics -Primary
    Academic Divisions Critical Care
    Board Certification
    American Board of Medical Quality
    American Board of Pediatrics (Pediatrics)
    American Board of Pediatrics (Sub: Pediatric Cardiology)
    American Board of Pediatrics (Sub: Pediatric Critical Care Medicine)

    Education history

    Professional Other Value-Based Healthcare - Harvard Business School Certification
    Pediatric Critical Care - Primary Children’s Hospital, University of Utah School of Medicine Fellow
    Residency Pediatrics - Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt Resident
    University of Arizona College of Medicine M.D.
    University of Arizona B.S.

    Selected Publications

    Journal Article

    1. Bassett HK, Beck J, Coller RJ, Flaherty B, Tiedt KA, Hummel K, Tchou MJ, Kapphahn K, Walker L, Schroeder AR (2021). Parent Preferences for Transparency of Their Child's Hospitalization Costs. JAMA Netw Open, 4(9), e2126083. (Read full article)
    2. Hummel K, Whittaker S, Sillett N, Basken A, Berghammer M, Chalela T, Chauhan J, Garcia LA, Hasan B, Jenkins K, Ladak LA, Madsen N, March A, Pearson D, Schwartz SM, St Louis JD, van Beynum I, Verstappen A, Williams R, Zheleva B, Hom L, Martin GR (2020). Development of an international standard set of clinical and patient-reported outcomes for children and adults with congenital heart disease: a report from the International Consortium for Health Outcomes Measurement Congenital Heart Disease Working Group. Eur Heart J Qual Care Clin Outcomes, 7(4), 354-365. (Read full article)
    3. Bassett HK, Coller RJ, Beck J, Hummel K, Tiedt KA, Flaherty B, Tchou MJ, Kapphahn K, Walker L, Schroeder AR (2020). Financial Difficulties in Families of Hospitalized Children. J Hosp Med, 15(11), 652-658. (Read full article)
    4. Jin M, Jackson C, AlAbdulKader AM, Hummel K, Kott J, Nguyen O, Rostami S, Kim SY (2020). ACMQ Student, Resident, and Fellow Section (SRF) COVID-19 Resident and Fellow Survey. Am J Med Qual, 35(3), 289-290. (Read full article)
    5. Hummel K, Millar M, Olson L (2020). Q-Tip: Using a Structured Quality Improvement Process to Generate High-Quality Family Satisfaction Data. Am J Med Qual, 35(3), 282. (Read full article)
    6. Hummel K, Mohler MJ, Clemens CJ, Duncan B (2014). Why parents use the emergency department during evening hours for nonemergent pediatric care. Clin Pediatr (Phila), 53(11), 1055-61. (Read full article)

    Review

    1. Maddux AB, Pinto N, Fink EL, Hartman ME, Nett S, Biagas K, Killien EY, Dervan LA, Christie LM, Luckett PM, Loftis L, Lackey M, Ringwood M, Smith M, Olson L, Sorenson S, Meert KL, Notterman DA, Pollack MM, Mourani PM, Watson RS, Pediatric Outcomes STudies after PICU POST-PICU and PICU-COS Investigators of the Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators and the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Networks (2020). Postdischarge Outcome Domains in Pediatric Critical Care and the Instruments Used to Evaluate Them: A Scoping Review. [Review]. Crit Care Med, 48(12), e1313-e1321. (Read full article)

    Case Report

    1. Hummel K, Glotzbach K, Menon S, Griffiths E, Lal AK (2020). Thrombotic microangiopathy following heart transplant in pediatric Danon disease. Pediatr Transplant, 24(4), e13669. (Read full article)
    2. Bennett EE, Hummel K, Smith AG, Longo N (2018). Acute Presentation and Management of the Encephalopathic Child With an Undiagnosed Inborn Error of Metabolism. J Emerg Med, 56(1), e5-e8. (Read full article)
    3. Hummel K, Gregory A, Desai N, Diamond A (2016). Rhabdomyolysis in adolescent athletes: review of cases. Phys Sportsmed, 44(2), 195-9. (Read full article)

    Other

    1. Hummel K, Ou Z, Latchireddi A, Presson AP, Tonna J (2020). Analyzing clinical and system drivers of satisfaction in the intensive care unit as a component of high quality care. Heart Lung (50(2), pp. 277-283). United States. (Read full article)
    2. Hummel K, Presson AP, Millar MM, Larsen G, Kadish H, Olson LM (2020). An Assessment of Clinical and System Drivers of Family Satisfaction in the PICU. Pediatr Crit Care Med (21(10), pp. e888-e897). United States. (Read full article)
    3. Fink EL, Jarvis JM, Maddux AB, Pinto N, Galyean P, Olson LM, Zickmund S, Ringwood M, Sorenson S, Dean JM, Carcillo JA, Berg RA, Zuppa A, Pollack MM, Meert KL, Hall MW, Sapru A, McQuillen PS, Mourani PM, Watson RS, Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators PALISI Long-term Outcomes Subgroup Investigators and, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network CPCCRN (2020). Development of a core outcome set for pediatric critical care outcomes research. Contemp Clin Trials (91, p. 105968). United States. (Read full article)
    4. Hummel K, McFann KK, Realsen J, Messer LH, Klingensmith GJ, Chase HP (2012). The increasing onset of type 1 diabetes in children. J Pediatr (161(4), pp. 652-7.e1). United States. (Read full article)

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