Randall C. Wetzel MBBS, MRCP, LRCS, MSB, FAAP, FCCM

Dr. Randall Wetzel is the Chairman of the Department of Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Professor (Tenured) of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, and the Director of The Laura P. and Leland K. Whittier Virtual Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (VPICU) at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. Prior to coming to CHLA, Dr. Wetzel held various faculty appointments in Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine at Johns Hopkins Hospital and University from 1981-1997.

After completing his undergraduate studies at Durham University in England, he went on to receive his medical degree from the Medical College of St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, London University, England. He moved stateside for his pediatric residency, then fellowship training in Critical Care and Pediatric Cardiology at Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital at University Hospitals in Cleveland, Ohio. He was subsequently a fellow in Pediatric Critical Care and Resident/Chief Resident in Anesthesiology/Critical Care Medicine at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. Dr. Wetzel returned to England for a fellowship in Pediatric Anesthesia and Critical Care Medicine at the Hospital for Sick Children and Guy’s Hospital in London. In addition, he earned a Master of Science in Business (Medicine) from Johns Hopkins University (1997). He moved to Los Angeles in 1997.