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Angelo P. Giardino

Angelo P. Giardino, MPH, MD, PhD, FAAP

Languages spoken: English

Clinical Locations

Eccles Primary Children's Outpatient Services Building

801-587-7415
  • Angelo P. Giardino, MD, PhD, MPH, is the Wilma T. Gibson Presidential Professor and Chair of the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Utah’s School of Medicine and Chief Medical Officer at Intermountain Primary Children’s Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah. He received his medical degree and doctorate in education from the University of Pennsylvania, completed his residency and fellowship training at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), and earned a Master’s in Public Health from the University of Massachusetts. He holds subspecialty certifications in Pediatrics and Child Abuse Pediatrics from the American Board of Pediatrics. He is also a Certified Physician Executive (CPE) within the American Association for Physician Leadership. He completed the Patient Safety Certificate Program from the Quality Colloquium, is certified in medical quality (CMQ) as designated by the American Board of Medical Quality, and is a Distinguished Fellow of the American College of Medical Quality. Prior to arriving in Salt Lake City, Dr. Giardino most recently served as Professor and Division Chief for Academic General Pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine where he also was the Senior Vice-President and Chief Quality Officer at Texas Children’s Hospital. Previous academic leadership positions included serving as the Associate Chair for Clinical Operations, Associate Physician-in-Chief and Vice-President for Clinical Affairs at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children as well as Associate Chair for Operations at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. At both, St. Chris and CHOP, Dr. Giardino was appointed to chair the institution-wide Quality Improvement committee which included the peer-review responsibility.

    Dr. Giardino is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Child Health Finance. He is a recipient of the Fulbright & Jaworski Faculty Excellence Award at Baylor College of Medicine and the 2013 Healthcare Advocacy Award from Doctors for Change in Houston, TX. His academic accomplishments include published articles, chapters and textbooks on child abuse and neglect, contributions to several national curricula on the evaluation of child maltreatment, and presentations on a variety of pediatric topics at both national and regional conferences. He is a Board member for several national and regional boards, including Prevent Child Abuse America, Mobilizing Action for Resilient Communities, the U.S. Center for SafeSport, and the National Advisory Council of the Conference of Major Superiors of Men (CMSM) for the U.S. Catholic Church, where he provides advice on how to best protect children from sexual abuse. He is also co-editor of the Children at Risk Journal of Applied Research on Children: Informing Policy for Children at Risk and the Journal of Family Strengths. Previously, Dr. Giardino served for 12 years on the National Review Board for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, where he chaired the Research Subcommittee, was elected Vice-Chair, and introduced the concept of high reliability as a quality improvement approach to work toward the response, and ultimately the prevention, of child sexual abuse in the church environment.

    Specialties

    Board Certification

    American Board of Pediatrics (Pediatrics)
  • Angelo P. Giardino, MD, PhD, MPH, is the Wilma T. Gibson Presidential Professor and Chair of the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Utah’s School of Medicine and Chief Medical Officer at Intermountain Primary Children’s Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah. He received his medical degree and doctorate in education from the University of Pennsylvania, completed his residency and fellowship training at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), and earned a Master’s in Public Health from the University of Massachusetts. He holds subspecialty certifications in Pediatrics and Child Abuse Pediatrics from the American Board of Pediatrics. He is also a Certified Physician Executive (CPE) within the American Association for Physician Leadership. He completed the Patient Safety Certificate Program from the Quality Colloquium, is certified in medical quality (CMQ) as designated by the American Board of Medical Quality, and is a Distinguished Fellow of the American College of Medical Quality. Prior to arriving in Salt Lake City, Dr. Giardino most recently served as Professor and Division Chief for Academic General Pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine where he also was the Senior Vice-President and Chief Quality Officer at Texas Children’s Hospital. Previous academic leadership positions included serving as the Associate Chair for Clinical Operations, Associate Physician-in-Chief and Vice-President for Clinical Affairs at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children as well as Associate Chair for Operations at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. At both, St. Chris and CHOP, Dr. Giardino was appointed to chair the institution-wide Quality Improvement committee which included the peer-review responsibility.

    Dr. Giardino is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Child Health Finance. He is a recipient of the Fulbright & Jaworski Faculty Excellence Award at Baylor College of Medicine and the 2013 Healthcare Advocacy Award from Doctors for Change in Houston, TX. His academic accomplishments include published articles, chapters and textbooks on child abuse and neglect, contributions to several national curricula on the evaluation of child maltreatment, and presentations on a variety of pediatric topics at both national and regional conferences. He is a Board member for several national and regional boards, including Prevent Child Abuse America, Mobilizing Action for Resilient Communities, the U.S. Center for SafeSport, and the National Advisory Council of the Conference of Major Superiors of Men (CMSM) for the U.S. Catholic Church, where he provides advice on how to best protect children from sexual abuse. He is also co-editor of the Children at Risk Journal of Applied Research on Children: Informing Policy for Children at Risk and the Journal of Family Strengths. Previously, Dr. Giardino served for 12 years on the National Review Board for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, where he chaired the Research Subcommittee, was elected Vice-Chair, and introduced the concept of high reliability as a quality improvement approach to work toward the response, and ultimately the prevention, of child sexual abuse in the church environment.

    Board Certification and Academic Information

    Academic Departments Pediatrics -Primary
    Board Certification
    American Board of Pediatrics (Pediatrics)

    Education history

    Graduate Training Public Affairs - University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley M.P.A.
    Child Advocacy Studies Training (CAST) - National Child Protection Training Center, Winona State University Postgraduate Studies
    Post Graduate Training Certificate in UHCL online Distance Educator Professional Development - University of Houston-Clear Lake (UHCL) Certificate
    Medical and Healthcare Management - Rice University Jesse H. Jones School of Management Certificate
    Graduate Training Theology - Catholic Distance University M.A.
    Public Health Practice - University of Massachusetts Amherst M.P.H.
    Post Graduate Training National Pediatric Faculty Development Scholars Program - Ambulatory Pediatric Association/Health Resources and Services Administration Postgraduate Studies
    Summer Institute Scholar, National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect - Family Life Development Center, Cornell University College of Human Ecology Postgraduate Studies
    Doctoral Training University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education Ph.D.
    General Pediatrics - Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Fellow
    Post Graduate Training Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Program - University of Pennsylvania Postgraduate Studies
    Pediatrics - Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Intern/Resident
    Post Graduate Training Student Trainee, Extramural Summer Research Program - National Institutes of Health Postgraduate Studies
    University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education M.Ed.
    Professional Medical Medicine - University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine M.D.
    Biochemistry - Temple University Ambler B.A.