Peter Howard Weinstock MD, PhD

Dr. Peter Weinstock serves as Executive Director of Boston Children's on-site pediatric Simulator Program (SIMPeds). His research interests focus on developing methods that inextricably link highly realistic practice and preparedness of individuals, teams, and systems to the delivery of high-quality, safe care to improve the lives of infants, children, and their families.

Dr. Peter Weinstock received his MD from Cornell University and Ph.D. from Rockefeller University in molecular biology, followed by clinical training in plastic and general surgery at the University of Pittsburgh and general pediatrics and critical care medicine at the Boston Children’s Hospital. He currently serves as Senior Associate in Critical Care Medicine, Associate Professor of Anesthesia at Harvard Medical School, Anesthesia Chair of Pediatric Simulation, and Executive Director of the Boston Children's Hospital Simulator Program (SIMPeds; www.simpeds.org). Dr. Weinstock's passion has been to move the needle on healthcare by allowing medicine to follow suit with the safety strategies of all other high stakes industries – namely, to embed regular, timely, ‘life like’, simulation-based rehearsal opportunities for staff, patients, and families to optimize safe, reliable care for all.