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 School of Medicine. He also serves as the Chief Medical Officer at Intermountain Primary Children's Hospital in Salt Lake City, UT. Prior to arriving in Utah, Dr. Giardino served as Senior Vice President/Chief Quality Office at Texas Children’s Hospital and was Professor of Pediatrics and Section Chief of Academic General Pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine (BCM). 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), earned a Master’s in Public Health from the University of Massachusetts, a Master's in Theology from Catholic Distance University (CDU), a Master’s in Public Affairs from the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, and is 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. He holds subspecialty certifications in Pediatrics and Child Abuse Pediatrics from the American Board of Pediatrics. He is a recipient of the Fulbright & Jaworski L. L. P. Faculty Excellence Award at BCM. Dr. Giardino is an Associate Editor for the 23rd and 24th editions of the classic Rudolph's Textbook of Pediatrics and is Co-Editor of the 4th edition of the Medical Evaluation of Child Sexual Abuse published by the American Academy of Pediatrics. He served as the Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Family Strengths and the Journal of Applied Research in Children and just completed 6 years of service on the board of the U.S. Center for Safe Sport. Dr. Giardino serves on the Board of Directors of Prevent Child Abuse America, and the Intermountain Community Care Foundation.