Meet Our Team
A New Year for Critical Care Transport |
The Transport Program care team is made up of pediatric hospitalists, intensivist, neonatologists, anesthesiologists, respiratory therapists and registered high-risk nurses and nurses cross-trained to provide neonatal and pediatric intensive care.
Transport Program Medical Director: Alireza Fathi
M.D., MBA, FAAP
- Dr. Fathi is board-certified in pediatrics and pediatric critical care.
- Dr. Fathi's special intersts include pulmonary hypertension in children with congenital heart disease and the use of hypertonic saline in treatment of children with head truama.
- He teaches at the university of California, Irvine as an Assistant Clinical Professor and is a Fellow of the American Aacademy of Pediatrics.
- Dr. Fathi speaks Farsi, Turkish and English.
Christopher J. Babbitt, M.D.
Dr. Babbitt is board-certified with a subspecialty in pediatric critical care, and serves ad medical director of the Cherese Mari Laulhere Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) at Miller Children's.
- He is a member of several professional societies, including the California Thoracic Society, American Academy of Pediatrics, AAP Section of Critical Care Medicine and Society of Critical Care Medicine.
- Throughout his career, Dr. babbitt has authored several peer review articles and presented research nationally at the American Academy of Pediatrics, Society of Critical Care Medicine, American College of Chest Physicians and The World Federation of pediatric Critcial Care Meetings. Dr. Babbitt is also a reviewer for several pediatric and critical care journals.
- Dr. Babbitt's resesarch interests include traumatic brain injury and respiratory failure.
Kenneth Chan, M.D.
Dr. Chan is a board-certified physician in obstetrics, gynecology and in maternal-fetal medicine. He leads the effort to reduce Cesarean section rates at Miller Children's and other surrounding hospitals.
- His work has appeared in multiple publications, including the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and the Journal of the Society of Gynecologic Investigation.
- Dr. Chan is an associate clinical professor at the University of California, Irvine Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine.
- He is a member of The Society of Maternal Fetal Medicine, the Society of Gynecologic Investigation, International Society of Prenatal Diagnosis, the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology and the North American Study Group of Diabetes in Pregnancy.
Antoine Soliman, M.D., FAAP
Dr. Soliman is board-certified in both pediatrics and neonatal-perinatal medicine, and serves as the medical director of the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at Miller Children’s.
- Dr. Soliman is a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics and a member of the California Association of Neonatologists.
- He has been listed as a Physician of Excellence by the Orange County Medical Association.
- His primary areas of clinical research include safety and quality improvement in the care of pre-term infants, non-invasive ventilator strategies in extremely low birth weight infants, and newborn infectious diseases.
Find a Provider 
