50 Studies Every Intensivist Should Know

Dr. Edward Bittner, MD, PhD is an anesthesiologist and critical care physician at the Massachusetts General Hospital, where he serves as Program Director for the Critical Care Medicine Fellowship and Associate Director of the Surgical Intensive Care Unit. He is also an Associate Professor of Anesthesiology at Harvard Medical School. He earned his PhD in biostatistics from Tulane University, medical degree from Mount Sinai School of Medicine, and a master's degree in Medical Education from the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Bittner has broad academic and research interests that combine his background in biostatistics and education with his clinical expertise of anesthesiology and critical care. He has published over 150 original articles, reviews, chapters, and editorials in high impact journals and authoritative textbooks. He has also edited nine widely used books in anesthesiology and critical care. Dr. Bittner is a fellow of the American College of Critical Care Medicine, the American College of Chest Physicians, and the American College of Epidemiology.

Haitham Al Ashry, MBBCh
Fellow, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy & Sleep Medicine
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, SC

Ednan Bajwa, MD
Director, Medical Intensive Care Unit
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA

Yuriy Bronshteyn, MD
Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology
Duke University School of Medicine
Durham, NC

Kathryn Butler, MD
Instructor in Surgery
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA

Miguel Cobas, MD
Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Program Director, Critical Care Medicine Fellowship
University of Miami
Miami, FL

Andrea Coppadoro, MD
Department of Emergency and Urgency
A. Monzoni Hospital
Lecco, Italy

Jose L. Diaz-Gomez, MD, FCCM, FASE
Chair, Department of Critical Care Medicine
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
Consultant, Departments of Critical Care Medicine, Anesthesiology, and Neurosurgery
Mayo Clinic
Jacksonville, FL

David M. Dudzinski, MD
Instructor in Medicine
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA

Eric Ehieli, MD
Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology
Duke University School of Medicine
Durham, NC

Matthias Eikermann, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Anesthesia
Massachusetts General Hostpital
Boston, MA

Peter J. Fagenholz, MD
Associate Program Director, General Surgery Residency
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA

Karim Fikry, MD
Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA

Giuseppe Foti, MD
Department of Emergency and Intensive Care
San Gerardo Hospital
School of Medicine and Surgery
University of Milan-Bicocca
Monza, Italy

Alice Gallo De Moraes, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN

Ross Gaudet, MD
Anesthesiology Fellow
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA

Steven Greenberg, MD, FCCP, FCCM
Director of Critical Care Services, Evanston Hospital
NorthShore University HealthSystem
Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesiology
University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
Chicago, IL

Melissa Grillo, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
University of Miami
Miami, FL

Vadim Gudzenko, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor, Critical Care
Director, Critical Care Medicine Fellowship Program
Medical Director, PACU
Medical Director, Perioperative ICU
University of California, Los Angeles
David Geffen School of Medicine
Los Angeles, CA

Joseph R. Guenzer, MD
Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology
University of Utah Health
Salt Lake City, UT

James Sawalla Guseh, MD
Research Fellow in Medicine
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA

J. Michael Guthrie, MD
Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine Fellow
University of California, Los Angeles
David Geffen School of Medicine
Los Angeles, CA

Ryan J. Horvath, MD, PhD
Staff Anesthesiologist
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA

Joseph Hyder MD, PhD
Anesthesiologist
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN

Craig S. Jabaley, MD
Chief of Critical Care Medicine
Medical Director, Surgical ICU Anesthesiology Service Line
Atlanta Veteran Affairs Medical Center
Decatur, GA
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Emory University School of Medicine
South Atlanta, GA

Laleh Jalilian, MD
Clinical Instructor, Department of Anesthesiology
University of California, Los Angeles
David Geffen School of Medicine
Los Angeles, CA

Namita Jayaprakash, MB, BcH, BAO, MCEM
Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN

Christina Anne Jelly, MD, MS
Anesthesiology Resident
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA

Daniel W. Johnson, MD
Division Chief, Critical Care
Director, Critical Care Anesthesiology Fellowship
Associate Director, Cardiovascular ICU
Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE

Haytham M.A. Kaafarani, MD, MPH
Director, Patient Safety & Quality, Trauma & Emergency Surgery
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA

Rebecca Kalman, MD
Anesthesiologist
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA

Jeffrey Katz, MD
Attending Anesthesiologist
NorthShore University Health Systems
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology
University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
Chicago, IL

David C. Kaufman
David C. Kaufman, MD, FCCM
Professor of Surgery, Anesthesia, Medicine, Urology, and Medical Humanities and Bioethics
University of Rochester Medical Center
Rochester, NY

David R. King, MD, FACS
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Harvard Medical School
Director, Trauma Research Program
Associate Director, Trauma & Emergency Surgery Fellowship Program
Division of Trauma, Emergency Surgery, and Surgical Critical Care
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA

Jeanine Wiener Kronish, MD
Anesthetist-in-Chief
Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA

Avinash B. Kumar, MD, FCCM, FCCP
Associate Professor, Anesthesia & Critical Care
Medical Director, Neuro ICU
Associate Fellowship Director, Critical Care Fellowship
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN

Jean Kwo, MD
Medical Director, Preadmission Testing
Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care & Pain Medicine
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA

Jarone Lee, MD, MPH
Medical Director, Blake 12 Surgical Intensive Care Unit
Quality Director, Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA

Sean Levy, MD
Instructor in Medicine
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA

Robert Loflin, MD
Critical Care Fellow
University of Rochester Medical Center
Rochester, NY

Laurie O. Mark, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology
Rush University Medical College
Chicago, IL

Courtney Maxey-Jones, MD
Critical Care Fellow
University of Cincinnati Academic Health Center
Cincinnati, OH

Duncan McLean, MB, ChB
Anesthesiology Resident
University of Rochester Medical Center
Rochester, NY

Zeb McMillan, MD
Critical Care Faculty
UC San Diego School of Medicine
San Diego, CA

Angela Meier, MD, PhD
Anesthesiologist
UC San Diego Health
San Diego, CA

Pedro Mendez-Tellez, MD, PhD
Medical Director, Respiratory Care Services
Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
John Hopkins Medicine
Baltimore, MD

Merrick E. Miles, MD
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Division of Critical Care Medicine
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN

Vivek Moitra, MD
Associate Professor, Anesthesiology
Chief, Division of Critical Care
Department of Anesthesiology
Medical Director, Cardiothoracic and Surgical Intensive Care Units
Program Director, Critical Care Medicine Fellowship program
Columbia University Medical Center
New York, NY

Daniel J. Niven, BSc, MD, MSc, PhD, FRCPC
Assistant Professor
Departments of Critical Care Medicine; Community Health Sciences
University of Calgary
Calgary, Canada

Ala Nozari, MD, PhD
Division Chief of Orthopedic Anesthesia
Associate Professor of Anaesthesia
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA

Ameeka Pannu, MD
Clinical Fellow in Anaesthesia
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA

Thomas Peponis, MD
Research Fellow in Surgery
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA

Richard M. Pino, MD, PhD, FCCM
Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine
Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA

Kimberly Pollock, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Anesthesiology
University of California, San Diego
San Diego, CA

Samad Rasul MD, FACP
Critical Care Medicine,
Buffalo General Medical Center
Buffalo, NY
Olean General Hospital
Olean, NY

Sarah W. Robison, MD
Chief Medical Resident
Mayo Clinic
Jacksonville, FL

Daniel Saddawi-Konefka, MD
Anesthesia Residency Program Director
Massachusetts General Hospital
Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA

Jason L. Sanders, MD, PhD
Clinical Fellow in Medicine
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA

Dante Schiavo, MD
Internist, Pulmonologist, Critical Care Specialist
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN

Ulrich Schmidt, MD
Clinical Professor, Anesthesiology
University of California, San Diego
San Diego, CA

J. Aaron Scott, DO
Associate Fellowship Director
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center
Worcester, MA

Shahzad Shaefi, MD
Assistant Professor of Anaesthesia
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA

Milad Sharifpour, MD, MS
Anesthesiologist/Intensivist
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, GA

Archit Sharma, MD
Anesthesiologist
University of Iowa Health Care
Iowa City, IA

Tao Shen, MD
Anesthesiologist
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA

Matthew James Sigakis, MD
Clinical Lecturer, Anesthesiology
University of Michigan Medical School
Ann Arbor, MI

Bryan Simmons, MD
Resident in Anesthesia
Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA

David Stahl, MD
Department of Anesthesiology
Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
Columbus, OH

Tom Stelfox, BMSc, MD, PhD, FRCPC
Associate Professor, Critical Care Medicine, Medicine and Community Health Sciences
University of Calgary
Calgary, Canada
Scientific Director, Alberta Health Services' Critical Care Strategic Clinical Network
Edmonton, Canada

Christopher "Kit" Tainter, MD
Assistant Professor, Departments of Emergency Medicine and Anesthesia Critical Care
UC San Diego Medical Center
San Diego, CA

Andrew Vardanian, MD
Plastic Surgeon
Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA

Connie Wang, MD
Anesthesiologist
Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA

Anna M. Ward, MD
Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine
Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA

Gabriel Wardi, MD
Fellow, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine
UC San Diego School of Medicine
San Diego, CA

Susan Wilcox, MD
Associate Professor
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, SC

Michael Wolfe, MD
Critical Care and Pain Medicine Resident
Department of Anesthesia
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA

D. Dante Yeh, MD, FACS
Associate Professor of Surgery
Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care
The DeWitt Daughtry Family Department of Surgery
Ryder Trauma Center / Jackson Memorial Hospital
Miller School of Medicine
University of Miami
Miami, FL

"From junior postgraduate residents to senior consultants, this book is a must read." -- Dr Muhammad Haroon, APICARE

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