Pediatric Intensive Care

Edited by R. Scott Watson, MD, MPH, Professor of Pediatrics, University of Washington; Associate Division Chief, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Seattle Childrens Hospital; Center for Child Health, Behavior, and Development, Seattle Children's Research Institute, and Edited by Ann Thompson, MD, MHCPM, Professor of Critical Care Medicine and Pediatrics; Vice Dean, School of Medicine; Vice Chair for Faculty Development, Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh

Dr. Watson attended medical school at the University of Pennsylvania, pediatrics residency and pediatric critical care fellowship at Seattle Children's Hospital, and received an MPH in Epidemiology from the University of Washington School of Public Health. He on faculty of the University of Pittsburgh for 14 years before returning to the University of Washington in 2014. In addition caring for critically ill children and educating medical students, residents, and fellows, Dr. Watson conducts research to increase the understanding of the long-term effects of critical care on children and their families.

Dr. Thompson received a BA from the University of Chicago and her MD from Tufts University School of Medicine. She completed residencies in Pediatrics and Anesthesiology at the Boston Floating Hospital, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, and the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, and a fellowship in pediatric critical care at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. She was division chief of Pediatric Critical Care at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh from 1981 to 2010 with a particular interest in and communication and ethics in the PICU and is currently Vice Dean of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.

Samina Afreen, MD
Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Michael Agus, MD
Division Chief, Division of Medicine Critical Care
Department of Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts

Erik R. Barthel, MD, PhD
Chief Resident, Pediatric Surgery
Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California

Jeffrey J. Bednarski, M.D, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Division of Hematology & Oncology
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, Missouri

Robert A. Berg MD


Desmond Bohn, MB, FRCPC
Professor of Pediatrics and Anesthesia
University of Toronto
Former Chief, Department of Critical Care Medicine,
The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Sandra D.W. Buttram, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Phoenix Children's Hospital
Department of Child Health
University of Arizona College of Medicine, Phoenix
Phoenix, Arizona

Joseph A. Carcillo, MD
Professor of Critical Care Medicine and Pediatrics
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Ira M. Cheifetz, MD, FCCM, FAARC
Professor of Pediatrics and Anesthesiology
Division Chief, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
Vice-Chair, Inpatient Practice, Department of Pediatrics
Duke University Medical Center
Chief Medical Officer, Duke Children's Hospital
Associate Chief Medical Officer, Duke Hospital
Durham, North Carolina

Robert S. B. Clark, MD
Chief, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
Professor of Critical Care Medicine
Associate Director, Safar Center for Resuscitation Research
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Elizabeth Cleek, RN MS
Trauma Program Manager
Division of Pediatric Surgery
Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California

Jorge A. Coss Bu, MD

Heidi J. Dalton MD, MCCM
Pediatric ICU
Alaskan Native Tribal Health Consortium
Anchorage, Alaska

Mark Davidson, MD
Consultant Paediatric Intensivist
Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Glasgow
Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer
University of Glasgow
Glasgow, Scotland, UK

Kathryn Felmet, MD
Department of Critical Care Medicine
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Joel E. Frader, MD
Head, Academic General Pediatrics and Primary Care
Medical Director, The Bridges Program - Pediatric Palliative and End-of-Life Care
A. Todd Davis Professor of General Academic Pediatrics
Professor of Medical Humanities and Bioethics
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago, Illinois
Bradley P. Fuhrman, MD
Professor of Pediatrics and Anesthesiology
Chief of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
Women & Children's Hospital of Buffalo
Buffalo, New York

Dana Y. Fuhrman, DO
Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
Department of Critical Care Medicine
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Barbara Gaines, MD
Clinical Director, Pediatric General and Thoracic Surgery
Director, Trauma and Injury Prevention
Program Director, Pediatric Surgery Training Program
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Catherine Goodhue, MN, CPNP
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Division of Pediatric Surgery
Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California

Iskra I. Ivanova, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
University of Washington School of Medicine
Seattle Children's Hospital
Seattle, Washington

Jan Hau Lee MBBS, MRCPCH
Consultant, Children's Intensive Care Unit
Department of Paediatric Subspecialties
KK Women's and Children's Hospital
Little India, Singapore

Joanna C. Lim, MD
Pediatric Surgery Research Fellow
Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California

Lynn D. Martin, MD, MBA
Professor of Anesthesiology & Pediatrics
University of Washington School of Medicine
Director, Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
Medical Director, Bellevue Clinics and Surgery Center
Seattle Children's Hospital
Seattle, Washington

Kelly N. Michelson, MD, MPH
Attending Physician, Critical Care
Children's Hospital of Chicago
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Director of Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities
Northwestern University Fienberg School of Medicine
Chicago, Illinois

Marian G. Michaels MD, MPH
Professor of Pediatrics and Surgery
Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Michael L. Moritz, MD
Division of Nephrology
Department of Pediatrics
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Vinay Nadkarni, MD, MS
Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Renán A. Orellana, MD
Associate Professor
Pediatrics and Critical Care
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas

Richard Orr
Department of Critical Care Medicine
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Diana Pang, MD
Clinical Instructor of Critical Care Medicine
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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Carmen Soto-Rivera, MD

Peter P. Roeleveld, MD
Consultant Paediatric Intensivist
Leiden University Medical Center
Leiden, The Netherlands

Anne-Michelle Ruha, MD
Director, Medical Toxicology Fellowship Program
Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center
Center for Toxicology and Pharmacology Education and Research
University of Arizona College of Medicine, Phoenix
Phoenix, Arizona

Jorge G. Sainz, MD
El Paso Children's Hospital
El Paso, Texas

Stephen M. Schexnayder, MD

Steven L. Shein, MD
Specialist in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
Division of Pediatric Pharmacology and Critical Care
University Hospitals Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Cleveland, Ohio

Philip C. Spinella, MD, FCCM
Director, Pediatric Critical Care Translational Research Program and Blood Research Program
Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Washington University in St Louis School of Medicine
St. Louis, Missouri

Robert M. Sutton MD, MSCE

Ravi R. Thiagarajan MBBS, MPH
Senior Associate in Cardiology
Boston Children's Hospital
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts

Jeffrey S. Upperman, MD
Director, Trauma Program
Division of General Pediatric Surgery
Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California

Hector R. Wong, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
Director, Division of Critical Care Medicine
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Cincinnati, Ohio

Vamsi V. Yarlagadda, MD
Cardiac Intensive Care Unit
Department of Cardiology
Boston Children's Hospital
Department of Pediatrics
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts

Athena Zuppa, MD

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