Markita L. Suttle, MD

Markita Suttle, MD, was born in Columbus, Ohio, and is a graduate of Otterbein University. She obtained her medical degree from the Wright State University School of Medicine and completed her pediatric residency, chief residency, and critical care fellowship at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. She joined the faculty at Nationwide Children's in 2014 and currently serves as the program director for the pediatric critical care medicine fellowship program.

In 2023, Dr. Suttle assumed the role of Clinical Director for Critical Care Health Equity within the Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. In this new role she is responsible for improving care for pediatric intensive care patients and families from marginalized backgrounds by raising awareness of healthcare disparities amongst PICU providers, educating PICU providers on health equity and social justice topics, conducting research and quality improvement projects that aim to reduce healthcare disparities, and engaging with the central Ohio community to improve access to care and prevent ICU-related illnesses and injuries.

The YOU Matter program at Nationwide Children's is a program that provides individual crisis intervention and support services to assist the well-being of healthcare staff. Dr. Suttle serves on the YOU Matter Governance and Core leadership teams and is the critical care co-chair for the hospital’s Second Victim program, a program established to provide support to staff members that experience emotional distress as a result of patient care experiences.

Dr. Suttle’s other academic interests include the psychosocial effects of critical illness on families and providers. She recently concluded a multi-center prospective study exploring the impact of therapeutic alliance on bereaved parental health outcomes and has an ongoing project examining burnout in critical care fellows.