Fadel is a pediatric pulmonologist, the Baylor/Texas Children's Hospital CF Center Director and principal investigator for the CFTN. He has expertise, leadership, and formal training in healthcare deliver and quality improvement methodologies at Institute of Healthcare Improvement, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, and Baylor College of Medicine. His academic objectives are to provide the highest level of quality CF care at his Center, and to participate on cutting edge CF clinical research. Also to improve access and inclusion of minority populations in all aspects of CF care and research.