• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
Choose which site to search.
UAMS Health Logo UAMS Health
  • UAMS.edu
  • MyChart
  • Giving
  • Emergency Room
  • Types of Care
  • Locations
  • Doctors
  • Patients and Guests
  • Referring Physicians
  • Appointments
  • About Us
    • Awards and Recognition
  1. UAMS Health
  2. Providers
  3. Olivia Katherine Irby, M.D.

Olivia Katherine Irby, M.D. Pediatric Critical Care Specialist

Primary Location

Arkansas Children’s Hospital
1 Children's Way
Little Rock, AR 72202

Appointment Phone Numbers
501-263-2644
Primary Care
501-222-4596
Specialty Care
View Location

Overview

Patient Type
Children and Adolescents
Language
English

Patient ratings are not available for this provider. Why not?

Why are there no ratings?

There is no publicly available rating for this medical professional for one of three reasons:

  • He or she does not see patients
  • He or she sees patients but has not yet received the minimum number of Patient Satisfaction Reviews. To be eligible for display, we require a minimum of 30 surveys. This ensures that the rating is statistically reliable and a true reflection of patient satisfaction.
  • He or she is a resident physician.
Olivia Katherine Irby, M.D.

Contents

  • About
  • Academic Background
  • Research
  • Treatments & Procedures
  • Locations

About Dr. Irby

Clinical Biography

Dr. Katherine Irby’s clinical interests include delirium, short- and long-term patient outcomes, anticoagulation and evidence-based medicine education.

Dr. Irby's Academic Background

Academic Biography

Dr. Katherine Irby is an assistant professor in the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and practices at Arkansas Children’s Hospital in Little Rock, Arkansas. She serves as the director of the Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Fellowship Program and as the research director for the Pediatrics Honors Program.

Dr. Irby joined the faculty of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Arkansas Children’s Hospital in 2015 after completing her pediatric critical care medicine fellowship and residency training at UAMS/ACH. Prior to joining UAMS, she completed her undergraduate training at Loyola University New Orleans.

She is board-certified in pediatric critical care and general pediatrics. She is a member of the Society of Critical Care Medicine, the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Critical Care, and PALISI.

She has or is currently serving as the site principal investigator or co-principal investigator for several multi-institutional clinical trials including PROSpect, DOSE, PARDIE, SCAMP, PICU-Flu, VIRUS, Overcoming COVID, and PARK PICU.

Administrative Roles

Department of Pediatrics — Division of Critical Care Medicine
Fellowship Program Director

Faculty Appointments

Department of Pediatrics — Division of Critical Care Medicine
Assistant Professor

Education and Training

Residency
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
Medical School
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Professional Certifications

  • American Board of Pediatrics — Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Associations

  • Society of Critical Care Medicine
  • American Academy of Pediatrics
  • Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators Network

Dr. Irby's Research

She serves as the Research Director for the Pediatrics Honors Program. She runs a pediatric critical care medicine fellow research curriculum, providing direct oversight for all fellow projects, in addition to the fellow’s primary research mentor. Additionally, she is conducting research on interventions to minimize delirium and better understand long-term patient and family outcomes associated with delirium with the assistance of funding through the Arkansas Children’s Research Institute.

She has or is currently serving as the site PI or co-PI for several multi-institutional clinical trials including PROSpect, DOSE, PARDIE, SCAMP, PICU-Flu, VIRUS, Overcoming COVID, and PARK PICU.

Latest Publications

Publications listed below are automatically derived from MEDLINE/PubMed and other sources, which might result in incorrect or missing publications.

    Medical Treatments and Procedures Performed or Prescribed by Dr. Irby

    UAMS Health providers perform and prescribe a broad range of treatments and procedures, some of which may not be listed below.

    • Blood Transfusions
    • Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO)

    Locations Where Dr. Irby Practices

    Arkansas Children's Hospital

    Arkansas Children’s Hospital , Primary Location

    1 Children's Way
    Little Rock, AR 72202

    Appointment Phone Numbers
    501-263-2644
    Primary Care
    501-222-4596
    Specialty Care
    View Location Get Directions
    UAMS Health LogoUAMS HealthUniversity of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
    Mailing Address: 4301 West Markham Street, Little Rock, AR 72205
    Phone: (501) 686-7000
    • Facebook
    • X
    • Instagram
    • YouTube
    • LinkedIn
    • Pinterest
    • Disclaimer
    • Terms of Use
    • Privacy Statement
    • Notice of Privacy Practices
    • Price Transparency

    © 2025 University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

    Please share your location to continue