Maryland CC Project

Oxygenation Targets and Outcomes after Critical Illness

Sat, 31 May 2025 13:27:23 +0000

RESCUE Me

Sat, 31 May 2025 13:12:52 +0000

Benefit of Earlier Antibiotics in Sepsis

Sat, 31 May 2025 13:05:11 +0000

Prolonged ECMO

Sat, 31 May 2025 13:00:03 +0000

Critical Care Education

Sat, 31 May 2025 12:48:24 +0000

VExUS

Sat, 31 May 2025 12:34:43 +0000

Patel – High-Dose B12 in Septic Shock

Sun, 01 Sep 2024 15:53:25 +0000

Dr. Jayshil Patel is an associate professor at the Medical College of Wisconsin and a board certified physician in internal medicine, pulmonary medicine, and critical care medicine. His particularly research […]

Tatebe – Physician’s Role as Advocate

Tue, 20 Aug 2024 00:47:31 +0000

Dr. Leah Tatebe is an associate professor of surgery at Northwestern University in Chicago. In her talk, she discusses various ways that physicians can become advocates, using examples from her […]

Turner – Using AI in Medical Education

Sun, 18 Aug 2024 23:44:42 +0000

Laurah Turner PhD is an assistant dean for assessment and education at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. Her lecture discusses the applications of AI to advance medical education.

Nobleza – Mentorship for Women

Sun, 18 Aug 2024 22:05:43 +0000

Dr. Christa O’Hana Nobleza is practicing neurointensivisit and an associate professor of neurology at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis. Her lecture discusses the importance of mentorship […]

Combes – Mechanical Ventilation on VV-ECMO

Sun, 18 Aug 2024 17:16:03 +0000

Dr. Alain Combes has is a professor of intensive care medicine at Sorbonne Université in Paris. Dr. Combes’ research focuses on the care of critically ill cardiac patients, mechanical circulatory […]

Dull – Hypovolemia with Peripheral Edema: What is Wrong?

Sun, 18 Aug 2024 17:04:08 +0000

Dr. Randal O. Dull is a professor of anesthesiology with joint appointments in the departments of pathology, physiology, and surgery at the University of Arizona College of Medicine. With a […]

Khan – Advanced Noninvasive Neuromonitoring in ECMO

Sun, 18 Aug 2024 16:41:34 +0000

Dr. Imad Khan is an assistant professor in the Division of NeuroCritical Care at the University of Rochester. His research focuses on monitoring cerebral perfusion and pathophysiology in patients with […]

Grissom – Low Tidal Volume Ventilation

Sun, 18 Aug 2024 16:25:06 +0000

Dr. Colin Grissom is professor of medicine at Intermountain Healthcare as well as University of Utah. He discusses his experience with implementing best practices, specifically low tidal volume ventilation, across […]

Smith – Management of Refractory Distributive Shock

Sun, 18 Aug 2024 16:14:16 +0000

Dr. Lane Smith is a critical care medicine specialist at Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center located in Charlotte, North Carolina and serving as the Charlotte academic branch of Wake Forest […]

Hochberg – Prone Positioning in ARDS

Sun, 30 Jun 2024 22:32:06 +0000

Dr. Chad Hochberg is an assistant professor in pulmonary and critical care medicine at Johns Hopkins University. In his lecture today, he will discuss his work on prone positioning in […]

Mailman – Medical Informatics

Sun, 30 Jun 2024 22:23:50 +0000

Dr. Joseph Mailman is an intensive care physician at New York-Presbyterian Weill Cornell with a keen interest in technological innovation. In this lecture, he discusses the field of medical informatics and […]

Ginestra – Treating Sepsis with a Full House: Timing of Antimicrobial Initiation for Hospital-Onset Sepsis Under Capacity Strain

Wed, 31 Jan 2024 18:21:09 +0000

Jen Ginestra, MD, MSHP is an instructor of medicine in the department of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. She is interested in the organization of […]

Munroe & Gershengorn – Peripheral Vasopressor Administration

Wed, 31 Jan 2024 18:16:25 +0000

Elizabeth Munroe, MD, MSc is a clinical instructor and post-doctoral research fellow in the dvision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at the University of Michigan. Hayley Gershengorn, MD, FCCM, […]

Fan – The Role of Driving Pressure and Mechanical Power in Patients with AHRF

Wed, 31 Jan 2024 17:50:56 +0000

Eddy Fan, MD, PhD is a professor of medicine in the Department of Medicine at the University of Toronto. His research is focused on advanced life support for acute respiratory […]

Kruser – The Role of Language

Mon, 01 Jan 2024 00:42:22 +0000

Jacqueline Kruser, MD MS is an assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Allergy, Pulmonary & Critical Care at the University of Wisconsin. In her lecture today, she talks […]

Elmer – Perils in Prognostication

Mon, 01 Jan 2024 00:11:50 +0000

Jonathan Elmer, MD, MS is an associate professor of emergency medicine, critical care medicine, and neurology at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. He received his Batchelor’s degree in biochemistry […]

Wall and Schiff – ECMO-assisted CPR

Mon, 04 Dec 2023 00:12:51 +0000

Tamar Schiff, MD is an internal medicine trained physician who is completing a postdoctoral fellowship in medical ethics at NYU. In her lecture, she presents key ethical and logistical considerations […]

Wahlster – Managing the Breathing Brain

Wed, 01 Nov 2023 02:05:39 +0000

Dr. Sarah Wahlster is an associate professor of neurology at University of Washington in Seattle. The focus of her lecture is on mechanical ventilation in patients with neurologic disease.

Roh – Laboratory and Transfusion Medicine Strategies in Intracerebral Hemorrhage

Wed, 11 Oct 2023 17:43:33 +0000

Dr. David Roh is an Assistant Professor of Neurology at Columbia University where he is an attending neurointensivist. In this lecture, Dr. Roh reviews the currently implemented diagnostic and treatment […]

Bosch – Hemoglobin threshold-based RBC Transfusion during critical illness

Wed, 11 Oct 2023 17:28:41 +0000

Nick Bosch, MD, MSc is an assistant professor in the pulmonary division at the Boston University School of Medicine. In his lecture, he reviews the results of prior studies of […]

Siuba – Righting the Right Ventricle in ARDS

Wed, 11 Oct 2023 17:12:37 +0000

Matt Siuba, DO, MS is an assistant professor of medicine in the department of critical care medicine at Cleveland Clinic. He is one of the authors of a recent review […]

Marini – VILI Risk

Mon, 04 Sep 2023 16:05:30 +0000

Dr. John Marini is a professor of medicine at the University of Minnesota. He trained at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine as well as the University of Washington in […]

Cox – ICU-based Palliative Care

Wed, 30 Aug 2023 20:02:19 +0000

Dr. Christopher Cox discusses palliative care in the ICU.

Athale – Bleeding and Clotting Disorders in the ICU

Fri, 14 Jul 2023 11:54:34 +0000

Janhavi Athale, MD is an assistant professor in the critical care medicine department as well as the hematology and oncology department at Mayo Clinic in Phoenix, Arizona. Her lecture focuses […]

Viglianti – #MeTooInMedicine: Where are we now?

Fri, 14 Jul 2023 02:27:54 +0000

Elizabeth Marie Viglianti, MD, MPH, MSc is an assistant professor of pulmonary and critical care at the University of Michigan. Her topic today is #MeToo in medicine and the current […]

Villalobos – Why You Shouldn’t Forget the Renal Ultrasound

Fri, 14 Jul 2023 02:04:18 +0000

Nick Villalobos, MD is the medical director of the MICU and critical care ultrasound at the San Antonio Military Medical Center. His lecture focuses on renal ultrasound techniques and how […]

Ghoreishi – What a Multidisciplinary Aortic Team Can Offer Patients with Aortic Disease in 2023

Fri, 14 Jul 2023 01:34:29 +0000

Mehrdad Ghoreishi, MD is an assistant professor of cardiac surgery at the University of Maryland. He currently serves as the director of the Aortic Center. His lecture focuses on novel […]

Grazioli – ICU Renal Replacement Therapy & Challenges

Fri, 14 Jul 2023 00:54:28 +0000

Alison Grazioli, MD is an assistant professor at the University of Maryland. She completed fellowships in both critical care and nephrology and currently serves as the medical director of the […]

Garcia Santibanez – Neuromuscular Disorders in the ICU

Fri, 14 Jul 2023 00:26:08 +0000

R. Carolina Garcia Santibanez, MD is an assistant professor of neurology at Emory University. Her lecture focuses on the most common primary neuromuscular disorders seen in the intensive care unit.

Applefeld – RV Structure & Point of Care Imaging

Thu, 06 Jul 2023 13:00:49 +0000

Dr. Willard Applefeld attended the University of Maryland School of Medicine and did his internal medicine residency at Johns Hopkins. He completed a fellowship in critical care at the National […]

Frank Rasulo – Intracranial Hypertension

Tue, 04 Jul 2023 13:13:44 +0000

Dr. Frank Rasulo is an associate professor of anesthesiology and intensive care at University Hospital in Brescia, Italy, where he heads the neurocritical care department. The topic of his presentation […]

Lankford – Gas Exchange and Pulmonary Ventilation in the Critically Ill Obstetric Patient

Tue, 30 May 2023 01:53:46 +0000

Dr. Allison Lankford is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Services at the University of Maryland. She is a Maternal Fetal Medicine and Critical Care physician at the University of Maryland Medical Center. Dr. Lankford presents a lecture entitled "Gas Exchange and Pulmonary Ventilation in the Critically- Ill Obstetric Patient" as part of the DC5 Lecture series.

Lankford – Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy

Tue, 30 May 2023 00:26:09 +0000

Dr. Allison Lankford is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Services at the University of Maryland. She is a Maternal Fetal Medicine and Critical Care physician at the University of Maryland Medical Center. Dr. Lankford presents a lecture on the "Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy" as part of the DC5 Lecture series.

Sjulin – Massive Transfusion

Mon, 29 May 2023 23:58:34 +0000

Dr. Tyson Suljin is Deputy Chief of Critical Care Medicine and APD of the Internal Medicine Residency Program at Brook Army Medical Center. He presents a lecture entitled "Massive Transfusion" from the Critical Care perspective as part of the DC5 lecture series.

Law – Survivorship After the ICU

Mon, 29 May 2023 20:15:25 +0000

Anica Law, MD, MS, Assistant Professor of Medicine/Pulmonary Center at the Boston University School of Medicine presents Critical Care Grand Rounds with a lecture entitled "After Our Work Here is Done: Survivorship After the ICU."

Marino – Oxygen: Creating a New Paradigm Part II

Fri, 26 May 2023 19:36:16 +0000

Dr. Paul Marino, Critical Care Specialist at Cayuga Medical Center, and esteemed author of "The ICU Book", the largest-selling textbook on Critical Care medicine in the United States, presents a lecture entitled Oxygen: Creating a New Paradigm Part II. This lecture is based on his new book that challenges the traditional notion that the human body thrives on oxygen and that promoting tissue oxygenation is necessary for promoting life.

Keller – Heart-Lung Interactions in Spontaneous and Mechanical Ventilation

Fri, 26 May 2023 17:38:06 +0000

Dr. Michael Keller is a Staff Clinician in the Critical Care Medicine Department at the NIH Clinical Center and Instructor of Medicine in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Johns Hopkins Hospital. He presents a lecture entitled "Heart-Lung Interactions in Spontaneous and Mechanical Ventilation" as part of the DC5 lecture series.

Wortmann – Healthcare Associated Infections in the ICU

Fri, 26 May 2023 16:25:00 +0000

Dr. Glenn W. Wortmann, FIDSA, FACP is the Section Director of Infectious Diseases at MedStar Washington Hospital Center and the Medical Director of Infection Prevention at the MedStar Institute of Quality and Safety. He maintains academic appointments at Georgetown University Hospital as a Professor of Clinical Medicine and at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences as Professor of Medicine. He presents a lecture entitled "Healthcare Associated Infections in the ICU" as part of the DC5 lecture series

Schreiber – Ethical Issues in the ICU

Fri, 26 May 2023 15:44:37 +0000

Disease/Critical Care Medicine at MedStar Washington Hospital Center presents a talk entitled "Ethical Issues in the ICU" as part of the DC5 lecture series.

Hager – A Better Understanding of Intermediate Care

Fri, 26 May 2023 14:59:29 +0000

David Northrop Hager, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Medicine, Director of the Medical Intensive Care Unit, and Director of the Medical Intermediate Care Unit at Johns Hopkins SOM/Medicine presents our Critical Care Curriculum with a lecture entitled, "A Better Understanding of Intermediate Care."

Zilberstein – Compassion in Healthcare

Fri, 26 May 2023 01:59:19 +0000

Jeffrey Zilberstein, MD, FCCP, Medical Director of Peconic Bay Medical Center and President of Peconic Bay Medical Group presents during our Critical Care Curriculum with a lecture entitled, Compassion in HealthCARE

Hyzy – Electrical Impedance Tomography Use in ARDS

Fri, 26 May 2023 00:50:56 +0000

Robert C. Hyzy, MD, Professor of Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and Medical Director of the Critical Care Medicine Unit at the University of Michigan Hospital presents at Critical Care Grand Rounds with a lecture entitled, "Electrical Impedance Tomography Use in ARDS."

Kress – Optimal Sedation Protocols in Mechanically Ventilated Patients

Fri, 26 May 2023 00:42:29 +0000

Dr. John P. Kress is a Professor of Medicine and Director of the Medical Intensive Care Unit at the University of Chicago Medicine. He presents a lecture entitled "Optimal Sedation Protocols in Mechanically Ventilated Patients" as part of the DC5 lecture series.

Taylor – Clinical Subtypes of Sepsis Survivors Predicts Readmission and Mortality After Hospital Discharge

Thu, 25 May 2023 22:00:14 +0000

Stephanie Taylor, MD, Associate Professor of Internal Medicine at Carolinas Medical Center presents at Critical Care Grand Rounds, a lecture entitled, "Clinical Subtypes of Sepsis Survivors Predicts Readmission and Mortality After Hospital Discharge.”

Abouassaly – Pancreatitis

Thu, 25 May 2023 21:33:30 +0000

Dr. Chadi Abouassaly, Assistant Program Director of General Surgery at Medstar Washington Hospital Center and Associate Medical Director of the Trauma and Burn ICU presents a lecture on Pancreatitis as part of the DC5 lecture series.

Rose – Developing Heme Proteins as Therapeutics

Thu, 25 May 2023 21:27:37 +0000

Jason J. Rose, MD, MBA, Associate Professor of Medicine, Interim Chair of the Department of Dermatology, and Associate Dean of Innovation & Physician Science Development at the University of

Abrams – ECMO for Respiratory Pandemics

Mon, 09 Jan 2023 17:37:20 +0000

Darryl Abrams, MD is an Associate Professor of Medicine and a medical intensivist and ECMO attending at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center. He is the Associate Medical Director and Director of Research of the Medical ECMO Program at the Center for Acute Respiratory Failure, as well as Medical Director of Intermediate Care and Pre-Critical Care Services. He presents a lecture during Critical Care Grand Rounds entitled "ECMO for Respiratory Pandemics".

Holden – Pleural Disorders

Mon, 09 Jan 2023 17:36:45 +0000

Dr. Van Holden is an Associate Professor and Program Director of the Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship Program at the University of Maryland, School of Medicine. She presents a lecture entitled "Pleural Disorders" as part of the DC5 lecture series.

Fouad – Managing Massive Hemoptysis

Mon, 09 Jan 2023 17:36:15 +0000

Dr. Jan Fouad is a recent graduate of the Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine Fellowship at the Yale School of Medicine and is currently an Interventional Pulmonology Fellow at the University of Maryland. He presents a lecture entitled "Managing Massive Hemoptysis" as part of the DC5 lecture series.

Sinha – Personalized Treatments in ARDS: Can Phenotyping Help?

Wed, 04 Jan 2023 02:36:25 +0000

Pratik Sinha, MBChB, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Dr. Sinha’s current research interests are in using big data analytics to identify biologically-driven homogeneous subgroups within heterogeneous critical-illness syndromes, with applications in precision medicine. For our Critical Care Grand Rounds, Dr. Sinha presents a lecture entitled "Personalized Treatments in ARDS: Can Phenotyping Help?"

Oweis – Mechanical Ventilation in Obstructive Lung Disease

Wed, 04 Jan 2023 02:26:02 +0000

Dr. Emil Oweis is a board-certified pulmonary and critical care attending physician and is an Associate Medical Director of Respiratory Therapy at MedStar Washington Hospital Center. He gives a lecture as part of the DC5 Lecture Series entitled "Mechanical Ventilation in Obstructive Lung Disease".

Manning – Selective Aortic Arch Perfusion (SAAP) in Trauma and Medical Cardiac Arrest

Sat, 10 Dec 2022 17:25:48 +0000

James Manning, MD, the Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer at Resusitech, Inc and Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Medicine, presents a lecture entitled "Selective Aortic Arch Perfusion in Trauma and Medical Cardiac Arrest".

Barbash – ICU Telemedicine: the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond

Thu, 10 Nov 2022 23:49:38 +0000

Ian J. Barbash M.D, M.S, Assistant Professor of Medicine in Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh and Medical Director of UPMC TeleICU, presents on Critical Care Grand Rounds, a lecture entitled "ICU Telemedicine: the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond".

Garg – Endocarditis & the Critical Care Setting

Thu, 10 Nov 2022 23:07:44 +0000

Vaani Panse Garg, MD, is a Cardiologist at MedStar Washington Hospital Center. She is board certified in internal medicine, cardiovascular disease, nuclear cardiology, and adult comprehensive echocardiography. She presents a lecture entitled "Endocarditis and the Critical Care Setting" as part of the DC5 Lecture Series.

Bosslet – Public Health and Our “Lane”: Lessons I Learned from the COVID-19 Pandemic

Thu, 10 Nov 2022 20:29:02 +0000

Dr. Bosslet is an Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine in the Department of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep and Occupational Medicine at Indiana University and Fellowship Director for Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. Dr. Bosslet presents a lecture entitled "Public Health and Our "Lane": Lessons I Learned from the COVID-19 Pandemic".

Singham – Temporary Mechanical Circulatory Devices in the CICU

Tue, 08 Nov 2022 19:26:33 +0000

Dr. Narayana Sarma V. Singham, a Critical Care Cardiologist at Washington Hospital Center Heart & Vascular Institute presents a lecture entitled "Temporary Mechanical Circulatory Devices in the CICU" as part of the DC5 lecture series.

Albin – You Are What You Tweet: Using Social Media in Medicine

Tue, 08 Nov 2022 19:14:24 +0000

Dr. Catherine Albin, Assistant Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery in the Division of Neurocritical Care at the Emory University School of Medicine presents on Critical Care Grand grounds, a lecture entitled "You are What you Tweet: Using Social Media in Medicine"

Marino – Oxygen: Creating a New Paradigm

Mon, 07 Nov 2022 19:51:48 +0000

Dr. Paul Marino, Critical Care Specialist at Cayuga Medical Center, and esteemed author of "The ICU Book", the largest-selling textbook on critical care medicine in the United States, presents a lecture entitled Oxygen: Creating a New Paradigm.

Galvagno – Full Spectrum Sedation for Critically Ill Patients

Wed, 21 Sep 2022 01:56:38 +0000

Dr. Samuel M. Galvagno, D.O, PhD, FCCM, Professor of Anesthesiology, Executive Vice Chair of Anesthesiology at the University of Maryland, School of Medicine, and Medical Director of the Statewide Critical Care Coordination Center presents as part of the Critical Care Curriculum. His lecture is entitled "Full Spectrum Sedation for Critically Ill Patients: Science vs Mythology".

Leekha – Updates on Central Line-associated Bloodstream Infection Prevention

Tue, 20 Sep 2022 15:58:01 +0000

Dr. Surbi Leekha, MBBS, MPh, Associate Professor of Epidemiology & Public Health, Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, and Medical Director of Infection Prevention and Hospital Epidemiology at UMMC presents at Critical Care Grand Rounds. Her lecture is entitled, "Updates on CLABSI Prevention".

Schmidt – ECMO for Severe ARDS Associated with COVID-19

Tue, 20 Sep 2022 15:45:00 +0000

Dr. Matthieu Schmidt, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Intensive Care Medicine at the University of Paris, Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris 6 and senior intensivist in the Medical intensive care, Pitié-Salpêtrière hospital in Paris presents our Critical Care Grand Rounds. His lecture is entitled "ECMO for Severe Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Associated with COVID-19".

Sassoon – Reverse Triggering: Impact on the Lungs and Diaphragm

Tue, 20 Sep 2022 15:21:02 +0000

Dr. Catherine D. Sassoon, Professor in Residicine in Medicine, School of Medicine at the University of California, Irvine, and Chief of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine at the VA Medical Center, Long Beach presents Critical Care Grand Rounds, a lecture entitled "Reverse Triggering: Impact on the Lungs and Diaphragm".

Wyatt – Systems are Divisive…Especially in Research

Tue, 20 Sep 2022 15:07:55 +0000

Dr. Tasha R. Wyatt PhD, Associate Director, Center for Health Professions Education (CHPE) and Associate Professor, Department of Medicine at the F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences presents a lecture titled "Systems are Divisive..Especially in Research" as part of the DEI lecture series.

Rivosecchi & Sanchez – Anticoagulation Controversies and Future Directions in Extra-corporeal Life Support

Wed, 13 Jul 2022 00:32:04 +0000

Dr. Ryan Rivosecchi, Pharm D Unit Based Clinical Pharmacist at UPMC and Dr. Pablo Sanchez, MD, PhD, FACS, Associate Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Vice Chairmen, Benign Lung Diseases, Chief, Division of Lung Transplant and Lung Failure, Surgical Director of Lung Transplantation and ECMO, Director of Lung Transplant Research, and Director of Ex Vivo Lung Perfusion Program all within the Department of Cardiothoracic surgery at the University of Pittsburgh presents a lecture entitled "Anticoagulation Controversies and Future Directions in Extra corporeal Life Support".

Quraishi – Feeding in the ICU: Macronutrients, Micronutrients, and Nutraceutical Immunomodulators

Tue, 05 Jul 2022 02:21:01 +0000

search in the Department of anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine, presents a lecture entitled "Feeding in the ICU: Macronutrients, Micronutrients, and Nutraceutical Immunomodlators" as part of the Critical Care Grand Rounds

Reynolds – A Breath of Fresh Air: Diaphragm Pacing and the Re-emergence of Negative Pressure Ventilation

Thu, 02 Jun 2022 19:35:08 +0000

Dr. Steven Reynolds, Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of British Columbia, presents at Critical Care Grand Rounds in a lecture entitled "A Breath of Fresh Air: Diaphragm Pacing and the Re-Emergence of Negative Pressure Ventilation".

Athale – Hematologic and Oncologic Emergencies

Thu, 02 Jun 2022 01:56:11 +0000

Dr. Janhavi Athale is a Critical Care physician and Hematologist/Oncologist at Mayo Clinic in Phoenix, Arizona. She presents a lecture on important "Hematologic and Oncologic Emergencies" as part of the DC5 lecture series.

Chawla – Acute Kidney Injury 2.0

Tue, 31 May 2022 23:56:55 +0000

Dr. Lakhmir S. Chawla is the Chief Medical Officer of Silver Creek Pharmaceuticals and previously was CMO at La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company (LJPC). Prior to joining LJPC, Dr. Chawla was a Professor of Medicine at the George Washington University, where he has dual appointments in the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine as well as in the Department of Medicine, Division of Renal Diseases and Hypertension. Dr. Chawla presents a lecture on "Acute Kidney Injury" as part of the DC5 lecture series.

Bosch – Implementation of a Phenobarbital Pathway for Severe Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome

Tue, 31 May 2022 21:51:49 +0000

Dr. Nicholas Bosch MD, Msc, Assistant Professor of Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep & Critical Care Medicine at Boston University School of Medicine presents a lecture on the "Implementation of a Phenobarbital pathway for Severe Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome" as part of the Critical Care Grand Rounds.

Galiatsatos – VTE/PE: Understanding Current Disparities in Critically Ill Patients

Fri, 27 May 2022 21:36:53 +0000

Dr. Panagis Galiatsatos, Assistant Professor in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Johns Hopkins Hospital School of Medicine and Director of the Tobacco Treatment Clinic at John Hopkins Bayview and Co-Director of Medicine for the Greater Good, presents a lecture as part of the Critical Care curriculum on VTE/PE and understanding the current disparities

Knight- Health Disparities: Current Realities and the Path Forward

Sat, 09 Apr 2022 22:17:51 +0000

Dr. Michael Knight, the Associate Chief Quality and Population Health Officer and Head of Healthcare Delivery Transformation at the George Washington University presents on Health Disparities as part of the DC5 lecture series.

Lankford – Physiologic Changes of Pregnancy Part II

Mon, 28 Mar 2022 01:50:15 +0000

Dr. Allison Lankford is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Services at the University of Maryland. She is a Maternal Fetal Medicine and Critical Care physician at the University of Maryland Medical Center. Dr. Lankford presents a lecture on the "Physiologic Changes of Pregnancy" with a maternal and fetal Case-based approach as part of the DC5 Lecture series.

Lankford – Physiologic Changes of Pregnancy Part I

Sun, 27 Mar 2022 17:14:11 +0000

Dr. Allison Lankford is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Services at the University of Maryland. She is a Maternal Fetal Medicine and Critical Care physician at the University of Maryland Medical Center. Dr. Lankford presents a lecture on the "Physiologic Changes of Pregnancy" with a maternal and fetal Case-based approach as part of the DC5 Lecture series.

Ashana – Interpersonal and Structural Racism in Critical Care Medicine

Sun, 27 Mar 2022 00:58:37 +0000

Dr. Deepshikha C Ashana, MBA, MS, an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care at Duke University School of Medicine presents during our Critical Care DEI series on "Interpersonal and Structural Racism in Critical Care".

Chung – Environmental Injuries: Burns, Electrical, Altitude, Heat Stroke

Mon, 07 Mar 2022 21:07:21 +0000

Dr. Kevin Chung, Professor and Chair of the Department of Medicine, and professor of Surgery, at the F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences presents on Environmental Injuries including burns, electrical, altitude and heat stroke.

Smith – Trauma Radiology

Mon, 07 Mar 2022 20:06:45 +0000

Dr. Elana Smith is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine who presents on the Top 10 Radiology Diagnoses in Trauma.

Costa – Mechanical Power and Lung Protection

Thu, 24 Feb 2022 02:33:58 +0000

Dr. Eduardo Leite Vieira Costa MD, PhD, Professor of Pulmonary and Critical Care at the University of Sao Paulo School of Medicine, Brazil and Researcher at Hospital Sirio Libanes, Brazil presents Critical Care Grand Rounds with a lecture entitled "Mechanical Power and Lung Protection."

Maves – Meningitis & Encephalitis

Wed, 23 Feb 2022 02:46:57 +0000

Dr. Ryan Maves, a Professor of Medicine and Anesthesiology at the Wake Forest School of Medicine presents on Meningitis and Encephalitis as part of the DC5 lecture series.

Valley – Race, Risk, and Structural Racism

Mon, 21 Feb 2022 22:30:31 +0000

Thomas Valley MD, MSc is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine in the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Michigan. He presents at the Critical Care Grand DEI rounds on "Risk, Race, and Structural Racism"

Chertow – Viral Illness in the ICU – Current and Emerging Threats

Mon, 07 Feb 2022 03:26:47 +0000

Captain Daniel S. Chertow MD, MPH is an investigator in the Critical Care Medicine Department at the NIH Clinical Center and in the Laboratory of Immunoregulation, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. He serves as a senior officer in the United States Public Health Service (USPHS). He presents an interactive lecture on viral illness in the ICU with current and emerging threats as part of DC5 lecture series.

Shorr – Issues in Nosocomial and Ventilator Associated Pneumonia

Thu, 03 Feb 2022 02:51:16 +0000

Dr. Andrew Shorr, MD, MPH, MBA, the Director of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and Professor of Medicine at Georgetown Medstar Hospital presents a lecture on issues in nosocomial and ventilator associated pneumonia as part of the DC5 lecture series

Grier – COVID-19 Update 1/14/22

Thu, 03 Feb 2022 02:28:50 +0000

Dr. William Grier, a fellow in the Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine program at the University of Maryland provides an update on new COVID-19 literature including the new Omicron variant and novel therapeutics.

Chow – The Evidence for Anti-Platelet Therapy in COVID-19

Mon, 03 Jan 2022 18:43:22 +0000

Dr. Jonathan Chow, Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Program Director of the Critical Care Anesthesia Fellowship, and Director of Transplant Anesthesiology at the George Washington University presents a lecture on "Examining the Evidence For and Against Antiplatelet Therapy in COVID-19"

Jamieson – Poisonings & Toxidromes

Mon, 03 Jan 2022 14:23:56 +0000

Dr. Daniel Jamieson is an Associate Professor in the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine at Georgetown University Medical Center. Dr. Jamieson presents a lecture on poisonings and toxidromes as part of the DC5 lecture series.

Krutsinger – Nudging Critical Care Research Enrollment in the Setting of Historic Abuses, Present Disparities, and Systemic Racism

Mon, 03 Jan 2022 04:52:48 +0000

Dr. Dustin Krutsinger is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Dr. Krutsinger presents a lecture on "Nudging Critical Care Research Enrollment in the Setting of Historic Abuses, Present Disparities, and Systemic Racism" as part of the DEI lecture series.

Kitsios – The Lung Microbiome in Pneumonia and ARDS

Mon, 03 Jan 2022 02:08:54 +0000

Dr. George Kitsios, Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh presents during critical care grand rounds on the Lung Microbiome in pneumonia and ARDS.

Sherner – Massive Pulmonary Embolism

Fri, 19 Nov 2021 19:13:49 +0000

Dr. John Sherner, board-certified pulmonary and critical care physician at MedStar Washington Hospital Center, where he is currently Chairman of the Department of Medicine presents on management of massive pulmonary embolism as part of the DC5 lecture series.

Valbuena – Measurement Bias and the Implications of Racialized Medicine

Thu, 18 Nov 2021 02:27:59 +0000

Dr. Valeria Valbuena, a general surgery resident at Michigan Medicine presents a lecture on measurement bias and the implications of racialized medicine as part of our DEI lecture series.

Badulak – ECMO Indications & Complications

Thu, 18 Nov 2021 02:11:40 +0000

Dr. Jenelle Badulak, an emergency physician and intensivist at the University of Washington Medical Center presents a lecture on ECMO indications and complications as part of the DC5 lecture series.

Sonti – Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Wed, 20 Oct 2021 02:24:15 +0000

Dr. Rajiv Sonti, Assistant Professor and Assistant Program Director of the Pulmonary Critical Care Fellowship at Medstar Georgetown University Hospital presents a discussion on current research and guidelines for ARDS.

Karvellas – Current Evidence for Extracorporeal Liver Support

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 02:25:01 +0000

Dr. Constantine Karvellas, MD, MsC, FRCPC, FCCM Professor of Medicine (Critical Care Medicine and Gastroenterology/Hepatology) at the University of Alberta and Adjunct Professor in the School of Public Health Sciences presents on Critical Care Grand Rounds on "Current Evidence for extracorporeal liver support in acute and acute-on-chronic liver failure"

Shah – Mechanisms of Hypoxemia

Sat, 09 Oct 2021 20:56:20 +0000

Dr. Nirav Shah, an Associate Professor of Medicine and Assistant Dean for Curriculum at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, takes us back to the basics to review the mechanism of hypoxemia as part of the DC-Baltimore Critical Care Educational Consortium.

Migdady – Ancillary Studies in Brain Death Determination

Wed, 06 Oct 2021 02:35:58 +0000

Dr. Ibrahim Migdady, a Neurocritical Care Fellow at Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital presents at Critical Care Grand Rounds on Ancillary Studies in Brain Death Determination.

Mallia – Critical Care Ultrasonographic Assessment of the LV and RV

Tue, 05 Oct 2021 21:38:34 +0000

Dr. Anantha K. Mallia, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and Associate Program Director of the Pulmonary and Emergency Medicine-Critical Care Fellowship at MedStar Washington Hospital presents on critical care ultrasound for the assessment of the LV and RV as part of the DC5 lecture series.

Bunin – Operationalizing Solutions for Implicit Bias

Fri, 01 Oct 2021 17:13:43 +0000

Dr. Jessica Bunin, the Critical Care Medicine Fellowship Program Director for the National Capital Consortium and the Assistant Dean for Faculty Development at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences presents an interactive discussion on implicit bias as part of our DEI series.

Quezada – Great IDEAs: Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Antiracism in Academic Medicine

Tue, 31 Aug 2021 21:03:44 +0000

Dr. Sandra Quezada, Associate Dean for Admissions, Assistant Dean for Faculty Diversity and Inclusion, and Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine presents on inclusion, diversity, equity, and anti racism in academic medicine.

Ludmir – Evolution of Cardiac Critical Care

Fri, 18 Jun 2021 20:30:22 +0000

Dr. Jona Ludmir, critical care cardiologist at the Corrigan Minehan Heart Center ICU at Mass General and instructor of medicine at Harvard Medical School presents on the evolution of cardiac critical care.

Patel – Nutrition Therapy in Critical Illness: Why, When, Where, and What do I Feed my Critically Ill Patient?

Mon, 14 Jun 2021 20:20:52 +0000

Dr. Jayshil Patel, MD, Associate Professor of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin, discusses nutrition therapy in critical illness.

Boswell – ECMO Before, During, and After COVID-19

Mon, 31 May 2021 22:39:33 +0000

Dr. Kim Boswell, Assistant Professor at the University of Maryland and Shock Trauma, discusses ECMO before, during, and after COVID-19.

Nates – General and COVID-19 ICU triage

Fri, 14 May 2021 02:53:40 +0000

Dr. Joseph Nates, Professor, Deputy Chair, and Medical Director of Intensive Care Units at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center discusses intensive care triage and triaging during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Girard – Inflammation during Critical Illness, Delirium, and Long-Term Cognitive Impairment

Mon, 03 May 2021 22:56:15 +0000

Timothy Girard, MD, MSCI, Director of the Clinical Research, Investigation, and Systems Modeling of Acute Illness (CRISMA) Center and Associate Professor of Critical Care Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh presents on inflammation during critical illness, delirium, and long-term cognitive impairment.

Morris – Post-Cardiac Arrest Care: Targeted Temperature Management Prescriptions

Mon, 19 Apr 2021 20:51:25 +0000

Dr. Nicholas A. Morris, Assistant Professor of Neurology and Fellowship Director of the Neurocritical Care at the University of Maryland presents on targeted temperature management following cardiac arrest.

Pickering/Holden – Management of Massive Hemoptysis and Tracheal Complications in the ICU

Sun, 04 Apr 2021 17:32:25 +0000

Van K. Holden, MD, FCCP, Assistant Professor of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine and Director of the Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine Fellowship Program at the University of Maryland and Edward M. Pickering, MD, Assistant Professor of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine at the University of Maryland and Director of Interventional Pulmonology at the Baltimore VA Medical Center present on the management of massive hemoptysis and tracheal complications in the ICU.

Seam – Effectively Consuming Medical Information in the Era of Social Media

Sat, 27 Mar 2021 15:05:08 +0000

Dr. Nitin Seam, MD, Associate Chief and Fellowship Director of the Critical Care Medicine Department at NIH Clinical Center, presents on how to effectively consume medical information in a social media world.

Siuba – Introduction to Zentensivism: Defining the Art of Critical Care

Mon, 15 Mar 2021 03:02:00 +0000

Dr. Matt Siuba, intensivist and critical care medicine specialist at the Cleveland Clinic, presents on Zentensivism: the art of critical care medicine.

Stein – Contemporary Management of the Patient with Severe Traumatic Brain Injury

Thu, 11 Mar 2021 02:32:54 +0000

Dr. Deborah Stein, MD, MPH, FACS, FCCM, Professor and Chief of Surgery at the Zuckerberg San Francisco General and Vice Chair of Trauma and Critical Care Surgery at the UCSF Department of Surgery, presents on the contemporary management of severe traumatic brain injury.

Richards – Multimodal Analgesia in the Intensive Care Unit

Sat, 06 Mar 2021 21:10:24 +0000

Dr. Justin Richards, Assistant Professor of Trauma Anesthesiology at the University of Maryland/R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, presents on multimodal analgesia in the intensive care unit.

Churpek – Using Big Data to Detect and Prevent Clinical Deterioration

Mon, 30 Nov 2020 16:54:26 +0000

Dr. Matthew Churpek, Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Wisconsin - Madison, presents on machine based learning and how it can be used in detection and early prevention of deteriorating patients.

Calfee – Molecular Phenotyping of ARDS

Mon, 09 Nov 2020 20:54:17 +0000

Dr. Carolyn Calfee, Professor of Medicine and Anesthesia at the University of California, San Francisco, presents on molecular phenotyping of ARDS and the implications for precision medicine.

Lee – Medical Education and Global Critical Care

Tue, 29 Sep 2020 04:13:29 +0000

Dr. Burton Lee, Head of Medical Education and Global Critical Care at the National Institutes of Health presents on medical education and global critical care.

Zakaria – Ventricular Arrhythmias in the ICU

Sun, 27 Sep 2020 22:47:09 +0000

Sammy Zakaria, M.D., M.P.H., Associate Professor of Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Assistant Director of the Johns Hopkins Bayview Cardiac Intensive Care Unit presents on ventricular arrhythmias in the ICU.

Munir – Thyroid Emergencies

Sun, 13 Sep 2020 23:01:09 +0000

Dr. Kashif Munir, associate professor and medical director of the University of Maryland Center for Diabetes and Endocrinology, presents on thyroid emergencies.

Grazioli – Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy in the ICU

Mon, 07 Sep 2020 21:02:39 +0000

Dr. Alison Grazioli, Assistant Professor at the University of Maryland, presents on CRRT in the ICU.

Meduri – Glucocorticoid Treatment in ARDS: Safe and Highly Effective

Fri, 04 Sep 2020 03:06:14 +0000

Dr. Gianfranco Umberto Meduri, Professor of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, presents on glucocorticoid therapy in ARDS.

Bain – ARDS: Recognition and Basics of Ventilator Management

Fri, 04 Sep 2020 01:56:18 +0000

Dr. William Bain, Assistant Professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, presents on ARDS, pneumonia, and the basics of ventilator management.

Butcher – Post ICU Syndrome

Fri, 19 Jun 2020 12:00:46 +0000

Dr. Brad Butcher, Assistant Professor of Critical Care Medicine from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, presents on post-ICU syndrome and post-ICU care.

Reed – Steroids in ARDS and COVID-19

Tue, 16 Jun 2020 20:11:00 +0000

Dr. Robert Reed, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Maryland, presents a timely topic on steroids use in ARDS and COVID-19 related respiratory failure.

Saleeb – Tuberculosis

Mon, 08 Jun 2020 12:00:43 +0000

Dr. Paul Saleeb, Assistant Professor of Medicine, from the Division of Infectious Diseases presents on tuberculous infections focusing on pulmonary manifestations

Ramani – Pulmonary Hypertension for the Pulmonologist

Mon, 01 Jun 2020 12:00:58 +0000

Dr. Ramani, associate professor of medicine at the division of cardiology presents the pulmonary core curriculum lecture with the topic being pulmonary hypertension.

Galvagno – Endpoints of Resuscitation

Fri, 29 May 2020 12:00:01 +0000

Samuel M. Galvagno Jr., DO, PhD, MS, FCCM, Associate Professor of Anesthesiology at the University of Maryland SOM & Associate Director, Maryland Critical Care Network at UMMC and Ross Carpenter, MD, Fellow in Cardiothoracic Anesthesia at the University of Maryland, presents the weekly multi-departmental critical care fellows' lecture on "Endpoints of Resuscitation"

King – Nephrology and Toxicology Challenges in COVID-19

Wed, 20 May 2020 12:00:59 +0000

Dr. Joshua D. King, Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Division of Nephrology, and the Director of the Maryland Poison Control presents Ground Rounds at the University of Maryland. The topic is: “Nephrology and Toxicology Challenges in COVID-19: AKI, Addiction, and Accidental Poisonings”

Murthi – Lung Ultrasound in the ICU: Focus on COVID-19

Fri, 15 May 2020 16:34:16 +0000

Dr. Sarah B. Murthi, MD, Associate Professor of Surgery at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and director of the the critical care ultrasound program presents the weekly multi disciplinary critical care lecture. The lecture is entitled “Lung Ultrasound in the ICU: Focus on COVID-19.”

Saleeb – Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infection

Sun, 10 May 2020 21:00:32 +0000

Dr. Paul Saleeb, Assistant Professor of Medicine, from the Division of Infectious Diseases presents on non tuberculous infections focusing on pulmonary manifestations of nocardia and actino infections.

Ward – Care in the Chaos: Pitfalls in Post-disaster and Conflict

Fri, 08 May 2020 12:00:33 +0000

The lecture today is presented by Clay Ward, PA-C, and is entitled "Care in the Chaos: Pitfalls in Post-disaster and Conflict Response"

Chow – Investigational Therapeutics for the Treatment of SARS CoV-2

Thu, 07 May 2020 12:00:59 +0000

This is an anesthesiology ground rounds lecture presented by Dr. Jonathan Chow, Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology at the University of Maryland. The lecture topic is timely, it is titled "Investigational Therapeutics for the Treatment of SARS CoV-2"

Wickwire – Sleep selfcare and resilience for health professionals during COVID19

Tue, 05 May 2020 12:00:22 +0000

Dr. Emerson Wickwire is Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, and Director of the Insomnia Program at the University of Maryland Midtown Medical Center presents pulmonary grand rounds. His topic is timely, and is titled "Sleep self-care and resilience for health professionals during COVID-19"

Shashaty – AKI in Critical Illness: Using Human Study to Inform Mechanisms

Fri, 01 May 2020 12:00:52 +0000

This Critical Care Grand Rounds' lecture is presented by Dr. Michael Shashaty, Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. The lecture will be entitled “AKI in Critical Illness: Using Human Study to Inform Mechanisms.”

Brocco – Ethics in Delivering Critical Care in Resource Limited Settings

Fri, 24 Apr 2020 12:00:49 +0000

Fr. Enzo del Brocco presents the weekly critical care lecture at the University of Maryland. The title of today's talk is "From Altar to Hospital to Academics: Ethics in Delivering Critical Care in Resource Limited Settings."

Cassady – CTEPH: Underestimated, Complex, Treatable

Tue, 21 Apr 2020 12:00:10 +0000

Steven Cassady, Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellow, University of Maryland, School of Medicine presents pulmonary grand rounds titled "CTEPH: Underestimated, Complex, Treatable". The objectives of the presentation are:

McCurdy – Angiotensin II in Vasodilatory Shock

Tue, 14 Apr 2020 12:00:19 +0000

Dr. Michael McCurdy presents Pulmonary Grand Rounds. The title of his talk is "Angiotensin II for vasodilatory shock in the era of COVID-19"

Gordon – COVID-19 Literature Review Part 1

Sat, 04 Apr 2020 01:36:22 +0000

Dr. David Gordon, will be hosting a two part series. The series will be a concise review of the critical care COVID-19 literature with some discussion on current COVID-19 management controversies. Part 1 will focus on respiratory therapeutics and coagulopathy.

Hines – Regulatory Context of Occupational Lung Disease

Fri, 03 Apr 2020 00:07:00 +0000

Regulatory Context of Occupational Lung Disease

Chow – Rescue Medications for COVID-19 Related Shock

Mon, 30 Mar 2020 13:00:36 +0000

Rescue Medications for the Treatment of COVID-19 Related Shock

Deepak – Smoking Liberation: Facts and Myths

Wed, 18 Mar 2020 01:01:51 +0000

Dr. Janaki Deepak, MBBS, Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Maryland, School of Medicine presents “Smoking Facts and Myths”

Deming & Williams – Influenza vs. Coronavirus: Just another cold?

Fri, 06 Mar 2020 13:00:45 +0000

Dr. Meagan Deming and Dr. Sarah Williams present a timely talk entitled "Influenza vs. Coronavirus: Just Another Cold?"

Suffredini – Omics and Diagnosis of Sepsis

Fri, 21 Feb 2020 13:00:47 +0000

This is the Critical Care Grand Rounds presented by Dr. Anthony Suffredini, Deputy Chief, Senior Investigator at the Critical Care Medicine Department of the National Institutes of Health. The lecture is entitled “Will Omics Improve the Diagnosis of Sepsis in Critical Ill Patients?"

Khanna – Perioperative Cardiorespiratory Compromise

Fri, 07 Feb 2020 13:00:55 +0000

Dr. Ashish Khanna, Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Section on Critical Care Medicine at Wake Forest School of Medicine, presents on "Perioperative Cardiorespiratory Compromise - Connecting the operating room, the ICU, and the hospital wards."

Motta – Encephalitis

Fri, 24 Jan 2020 13:00:53 +0000

Dr. Melissa Motta, Assistant Professor of Neurology at University of Maryland. presents the multidisciplinary Critical Care Curriculum. The lecture will focus on Encephalitis.

Chow – Rescue Medications for Vasodilatory Shock

Sat, 21 Dec 2019 02:50:05 +0000

This is a Core Curriculum lecture presented by Dr. Jonathan Chow, Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology at the University of Maryland. The lecture will focus on Vasopressors.

Masur – HIV/AIDS Related Infections

Fri, 13 Dec 2019 12:00:21 +0000

Dr. Henry Masur, Senior Investigator and Chief of the Critical Care Medicine Department at the National Institutes of Health. The lecture will focus on HIV/AIDS Related Critical Care Complications.

Talbot and Dean – Moral Injury

Fri, 22 Nov 2019 12:00:41 +0000

This is a special lecture on Moral Injury (also known as Burnout). This is an important issue for trainees and faculty. The Grand Rounds will be presented by Dr. Talbot and Dr. Dean.

Rivera-Lebron & Toma – Pulmonary Embolism Response Team

Fri, 15 Nov 2019 12:00:06 +0000

Dr. Belinda Rivera-Lebron, Associate Professor of Medicine, Director of the PERT Team, and Director of the CTEPH program and Dr. Caitilin Toma, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Interventional Cardiologist on the PERT at the University of Pittsburgh present on Pulmonary Embolism and discuss the current PE literature and management guidelines.

Mazzeffi – ECMO Induced Coagulopathy

Fri, 08 Nov 2019 12:00:24 +0000

Michael A. Mazzeffi, MD, Associate Professor of Anesthesiology presents on " ECMO Coagulopathy: Potential Mechanisms and Early Insights "

Cox – Approach to Airway

Fri, 01 Nov 2019 23:23:02 +0000

Today’s lecture will be a Core Curriculum presented by Dr. Elizabeth Cox Williams, Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology at the University of Maryland. The lecture will focus on Airway Management.

Herr – Pain, Agitation, and Delirium in the ICU

Fri, 25 Oct 2019 12:00:41 +0000

Dr. Daniel Herr Associate Professor of Medicine and Surgery and Chief of Surgical Critical at the University of Maryland presents on "Pain, Agitation, and Delirium in the ICU".

King – ICU Toxicology

Fri, 11 Oct 2019 12:00:55 +0000

Dr. Joshua King, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Pharmacy at the University of Maryland and Medical Director of Maryland Poison Control presents on "ICU Toxicology".

Patel – Antibiotics in the ICU

Fri, 27 Sep 2019 12:00:49 +0000

Dr. Devang Patel, Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Maryland, presents on "Antibiotics in the ICU".

Ziai – ICP, CCP in ICH and IVH

Fri, 20 Sep 2019 12:00:08 +0000

Dr. Wendy Ziai, Associate Professor of Neurology at Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Ziai’s lecture will cover “ICP, CCP in ICH and IVH.”

Baldisseri – How to Prepare your ICU for a Disaster

Fri, 13 Sep 2019 22:57:03 +0000

Dr. Marie Baldisseri, Professor of Critical Care Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Baldisseri’s lecture will cover “How to Prepare your ICU for a Disaster.”

Tisherman – Hemorrhagic Shock

Fri, 13 Sep 2019 12:00:58 +0000

Dr. Sam Tisherman, Professor of Surgery at the University of Maryland. Dr. Tisherman’s lecture will cover “Hemorrhagic Shock.”

Morris – Brain Death

Sat, 31 Aug 2019 13:59:38 +0000

Dr. Nicholas Morris, Assistant Professor of Neurology at the University of Maryland. Dr. Morris’ lecture will cover “Brain Death.”

Tisherman – Belly Badness

Fri, 23 Aug 2019 12:00:23 +0000

Dr. Samuel Tisherman, Professor of Surgery at the University of Maryland. Dr. Tisherman presents about Belly Badness.

Stephens – Mechanical Ventilation Management during ECMO for ARDS

Fri, 16 Aug 2019 12:00:12 +0000

Dr. R. Scott Stephens, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Director, Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplant Critical Care at Johns Hopkins University presents his work on Mechanical Ventilation Management during ECMO for ARDS.

Shanholtz – Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Fri, 09 Aug 2019 12:00:39 +0000

Carl Shanholtz, MD, Professor of Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care and Director of the Medical ICU at the University of Maryland presents the multi-departmental critical care curriculum lecture on ARDS.

Galvagno & Carpenter – Molecular Adsorbent Recirculating System: Life on MARS.

Thu, 27 Jun 2019 12:00:31 +0000

Samuel M. Galvagno Jr., DO, PhD, MS, FCCM, Associate Professor of Anesthesiology at the University of Maryland SOM & Associate Director, Maryland Critical Care Network at UMMC and Ross Carpenter, MD, Fellow in Cardiothoracic Anesthesia at the University of Maryland, present the weekly multi-departmental critical care fellows' lecture on "Molecular Adsorbent Recirculating System: Life on MARS."

Osborn – ECMO and the Brain

Thu, 20 Jun 2019 12:00:09 +0000

Erik Osborn, MD, COL, MC USA, Director Adult Extracorporeal Service, Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit at Inova Fairfax Hospital, presents the weekly multi-departmental critical care fellows' lecture on “ECMO and the Brain”.

Trager – Patient transport: In-between and within

Thu, 13 Jun 2019 12:00:34 +0000

Jonathan Trager, DO, PA Medical Director at Lehigh University EMS & Police Department and PA Medical Director- Emergency/EMS, Transport and Critical Care Transport at St. Luke’s Emergency & Transport Services, presents the weekly multi-departmental critical care fellows' lecture (Thursday, 6/13) on "Patient Transport: In-between & Within."

Merino – Appraising manuscripts: an editor’s perspective

Thu, 06 Jun 2019 12:00:30 +0000

José G. Merino, M.D., M.Phil., FAAN, FAHA, Associate Professor, Department of Neurology at the University of Maryland SOM and US Research Editor, The BMJ, presents the weekly multi-departmental critical care fellows' lecture on "Appraising manuscripts: an editor’s perspective."

Tupchong – Decision-making in Critical Care Triage

Thu, 30 May 2019 12:00:05 +0000

Keegan Tupchong, MD, Fellow, Critical Care Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at the U of Maryland SOM, presents the weekly multi-departmental critical care fellows' lecture on "Decision-making in Critical Care Triage."

Koenig – Transesophageal Echocardiography in the Intensive Care Unit

Thu, 09 May 2019 01:25:47 +0000

Dr. Seth J Koenig, Professor, Dept of Medicine and Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery; Professor of Medicine, Donald and Barbara Zucker SOM at Hofstra/Northwell; Director, Acute Lung Injury Center, Northwell Health; and Director, MICU at the Long Island Jewish Medical Center, presents on “Transesophageal Echocardiography in the Intensive Care Unit”.

Spiegel – Starling Guyton and Venous Ultrasound

Mon, 01 Apr 2019 12:00:50 +0000

Rory Spiegel, MD, Critical Care Medicine Fellow, Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine and Clinical Instructor, Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Maryland SOM, presents the weekly multi-departmental critical care fellows' lecture on "Starling, Guyton, and Ultrasonographic Findings of Venous Excess."

Stein – What kills you in the first 20 minutes after injury

Thu, 28 Mar 2019 12:00:28 +0000

Dr. Deborah M. Stein, MD, MPH, R Adams Cowley Professor in Shock & Trauma and Chief of Trauma at the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center and University of Maryland SOM presents the weekly multi-departmental critical care fellows’ lecture on ”What kills you in the first 20 minutes after injury.”

Chow – Rescue Medications for Vasodilatory Shock

Thu, 21 Feb 2019 12:00:01 +0000

Jonathan Chow, MD, Assistant Professor and Director, Critical Care Fellowship in the Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology at the University of Maryland SOM presents the weekly multi-departmental critical care fellows’ lecture on “When All Else Fails – Rescue Medications for Vasodilatory Shock.”

Hirsch – Brain Injury after Cardiac Arrest: Management, Prognosis, and Controversies

Mon, 12 Nov 2018 22:14:37 +0000

Please welcome back an old friend of Baltimore, Karen G. Hirsch, MD. Dr. Hirsch is an Assistant Professor of Neurology and the Director of Neurocritical Care at the Stanford University Medical Center. She is also one of the guru’s and experts in the field of neuroprognostication after cardiac arrest leading to a multitude of publications and numerous grants. Today we are exceedingly fortunate to have her grace the halls of The University of Maryland to give us a crash course on what we SHOULD be doing for our cardiac arrest patients. I assure you, this is a lecture all of us need to hear!

Tisherman – Acute Abdomen in ICU patients

Thu, 27 Sep 2018 09:27:30 +0000

Today we welcome back Samuel Tisherman, MD, Professor of Surgery and Director of the Center for Critical Care and Trauma Education and the Director of the Surgical ICU of the University of Maryland Medical Center. Dr. Tisherman recently joined UMMC directly from The University of Pittsburgh, where he was the Director of the Multidisciplinary Critical Care Training Program and program director for the Surgical Critical Care Fellowship. In his 20 years at the University of Pittsburgh he held several other titles, including Associate Director of the Safar Center for Resuscitation Research, Professor in the Departments of Critical Care Medicine and Surgery, and Director of the Neurotrauma Intensive Care Unit. Today we are fortunate to have Dr. Tisherman speak on what he know’s best: the cursed surgical abdomen. Over the next 60 minutes he navigates this unstable mine-field and leaves you with a better understanding of the thought process used before opening someone’s abdomen!

Hsu: Lung US; Reading sonographic tea leaves

Thu, 13 Sep 2018 19:32:24 +0000

Today we are fortunate to welcome Sam Hsu, MD, RDMS, Assistant Professor for the University of Maryland Medical School. Dr. Hsu is the acting Emergency Department Ultrasound Director at one of the UMMC satellite centers her in Baltimore, Mercy Medical Center. He also takes on command of medical student emergency ultrasound education for the medical school. I guess you could say, he lives and breaths ED ultrasound! Today he takes us through his algorithm on how to approach ultrasonography of the lungs. I have attending many lectures on the topic and have even performed lung US research, but this lecture is the best presentation I have ever seen on the topic. You NEED to watch this lecture.

Rubinson – Life Threatening Status Asthmaticus

Thu, 13 Sep 2018 12:00:03 +0000

Lewis Rubinson, MD, PhD, Professor of Medicine, Program in Trauma, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center at the University of Maryland SOM and Vice President & Deputy Chief Clinical Officer at UMMC, presents the weekly multi-departmental critical care fellows' lecture on “Status Asthmaticus.”

Pickering – Evaluation and Management of Hemoptysis

Thu, 06 Sep 2018 12:00:12 +0000

Edward Pickering, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine at University of Maryland SOM and Director, Interventional Pulmonology at Baltimore VAMC, presents the weekly multi-departmental critical care fellows' lecture on “Evaluation and Management of Hemoptysis: From a Trickle to Projectile.”

Heavner – Alcohol withdrawal management in the ICU

Thu, 09 Aug 2018 12:00:11 +0000

Mojdeh S. Heavner, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP, Assistant Professor, Critical Care, Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science at the U of Maryland School of Pharmacy and Jason J. Heavner, M.D., Chair, Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Maryland Baltimore Washington Medical Center, present the weekly multi-departmental critical care fellows' lecture on “Advances in Protocol-Driven Management of Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome in the ICU.”

Hager – Vitamin C, Thiamine, and Steroids in Sepsis

Mon, 06 Aug 2018 12:00:00 +0000

Dr. David Hager, MD, PHD, Assistant Professor, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine presents on “Vitamin C in Sepsis: Rationale for the VICTAS Trial.”

Kon- VA-ECMO for massive pulmonary embolism

Fri, 20 Jul 2018 16:30:20 +0000

Today we welcome Zachary Kon, M.D., Assistant Professor in the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at NYU. In addition to acting as the Surgical Director of Pulmonary Hypertension/Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy Program, Dr. Kon also acts as the Surgical Director of the NYU Lung Transplantation Program. In addition to > 70 peer-reviewed publications, he has been invited all over the world as an expert speaker in the field pulmonary embolism therapy. We are fortunate to have him in-house to share his knowledge of what to do when the PE is starting to become overwhelming!

King: Poisonings treated (and caused) by the ICU!

Thu, 28 Jun 2018 00:56:32 +0000

Today we welcome Josh D King, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Virginia School of Medicine where he also serves as the associate program director for the nephrology fellowship program. Dr. King is a rare specimen, with board certifications in both Nephrology and Toxicology he focuses on critical care nephrology, acute treatment of drug overdoses, and addressing acute poisoning and envenomation. In addition to his clinical work, Dr King is a prolific academician, publishing numerous journal articles on the topic of acute care toxicology. Today he was kind enough to travel up Interstate 95 and donate an hour of his time to explain what we HAVE TO KNOW if we plan to work in the modern ICU!

Shah – Lactate in the ICU

Thu, 29 Mar 2018 12:00:03 +0000

Dr. Sanjeev Shah, Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania presents present the weekly multi-departmental critical care fellows’ lecture on “Lactate in the ICU - more th

Chung- Critical Care of the Severely Burned

Sat, 24 Mar 2018 04:00:58 +0000

Today with have the distinct pleasure to welcome a mentor of mine and a true expert in the field of critical care, Kevin K Chung, MD, FCCM, FACP, Colonel, Army. After finishing a fellowship in Critical Care Medicine at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Dr. Chung was assigned to the US Army Institute of Surgical Research (USAISR) where he has served in the capacity of Medical Director of the Burn Intensive Care Unit, Task Area Manager of Clinical Trials in Burns and Trauma, and the Director of Research for the USAISR. We are exceedingly fortunate to have him in town to speak on ICU management of Burns. Dr. Chung is the WORLD EXPERT on this topic. I recommend everyone, no matter your practice, take 60 minutes to appreciate the depth of knowledge passed along in this lecture. Burns don’t just present to burn centers!

Adhikari – Challenge and opportunities for sepsis research in resource-limited settings

Mon, 19 Mar 2018 16:53:33 +0000

Today we have the distinct pleasure to welcome Neill Adhikari, MDCM, M.Sc., one of the world’s experts on critical care management in resource limited settings. Dr Adhikari is currently practicing as an intensivist at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in the Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care at the University of Toronto. He also acts as an Associate scientist, Evaluative Clinical Sciences, Trauma, Emergency & Critical Care Research Program, at the Sunnybrook Research Institute where he focuses on critical care delivery in low-resource settings. Over his brief academic career Dr. Adhikari has been incredibly prolific in academic production, publishing over 180 peer-reviewed journal articles and accepting speaking engagements from around the globe. This afternoon we were fortunate to lure him down from Canada to speak on an exceedingly important topic: how can we address the devastation of sepsis in areas of the world where basic labs and clean water can often be a luxury and not a guarantee?

Shanholtz: Accidental Drowning in the ICU

Tue, 30 Jan 2018 05:44:47 +0000

Enough is enough..... When have we gone too far with fluid resuscitation? Dr. Carl B. Shanholtz, Professor of Medicine and author to over 100 peer reviewed journal articles discusses this highly debated topic. I assure you, this talk will truly open your mind into exactly how LITTLE we know about fluid resuscitation!

James: We count our successes in lives; the best medical results at the lowest necessary cost

Wed, 10 Jan 2018 17:11:03 +0000

This is a rare occasion, for a brief period we were able to lure Brent C. James, M.D., M.Stat. off Capital Hill long enough to allow us to record his brilliance in the form of a 90 minute lecture. Dr. James has earned too many accolades to list all in one place, briefly he joined Intermountain Healthcare in 1986 as the Director of Medical Research and Continuing Medical Education and quickly crafted Intermountain into a juggernaut of medical informatics pushing them to the pinnacles of quality health care. He just recently has stepped down as the Chief Quality Officer to focus more on the teaching aspects of his career as he continues to lead the Intermountain Advanced Training Program.

Tanaka: ROTEM-guided Coagulation Management

Mon, 04 Dec 2017 17:46:51 +0000

Join me in welcoming Kenichi Tanaka, M.D., MSc., Professor of Anesthesiology and Division Chief Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology at the University of Maryland Medical Center. Dr. Tanaka started his Anesthesia training at Pittsburgh, then specialized in Cardiothoracic Anesthesia at Emory where he also earned a Masters in the Science of Clinical Research. Since joining UMMC in 2014 Dr. Tanaka has raised the bar in regards to academic research by publishing > 100 peer-reviewed journals and serving on the editorial boards of British Journal of Anaesthesia (Associate Editor), Anesthesia & Analgesia (Senior Editor), and Journal of Cardiothoracic Vascular Anesthesia. Dr. Tanaka discusses how to stop the bleeding like a sniper, rather than using a shotgun approach.

Lim: Understanding global critical care

Wed, 08 Nov 2017 07:31:09 +0000

Today is quite a pleasure and a unique opportunity for MCCP, this talk was sent to us by Andrew Lim, MD. During his tenure as a medical student at UCSF Dr. Lim found time to also complete the UC Berkeley – UCSF Joint Medical Program for his M.S. in Public Health. Andrew put these skills to good use as an Emergency Medicine resident at The University of Washington jumping on every chance to make his mark on the International Health community. However, don’t let the ACGME status fool you, he has been around the world working with some remarkable people along the way. The things you will hear and learn in this talk will open your eyes to just what it means to treat sepsis in Sub-Saharan Africa, or how to make an ARDS diagnosis when a blood gas is a luxury. I assure you, this is one the better uses of 30 minutes you will find all year!

Scott: Submassive PE; What to do?

Fri, 03 Nov 2017 01:36:30 +0000

Today we welcome back one of our favorite graduates of the EM/IM/CCM residency/fellowship here at University of Maryland, Michael C. Scott, MD. Luckily he stayed local and has been paving his own path across town at St. Agnes Hospital of Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Scott originally hails from San Antonio Texas, where he graduated from the University of Texas Medical School Medical School before heading up to the North East. Since his arrival to Baltimore, Mike has demonstrated a wide knowledge of modern academic literature and has continued to challenge the status quo in medicine! Dr. Scott has proved time and time again that there are no definitives in medicine and today he tackles a very polarizing topic: what to do with a submassive PE?

Palmer: Long run ECMO, The Stockholm experience

Tue, 17 Oct 2017 08:30:20 +0000

Today it is a privilege to welcome Kenneth Palmér, MD, Director of the Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Center (ECMO) at Karolinska Hospital located in Stockholm, Sweden. In his tenure at Karolinska he started the world’s first ECMO center in 1986, has perfected the use of awake ECMO support, and has assisted in creating one of the three biggest ECMO centers in the world! In addition, Dr. Palmér has been invited to give over 200 international lectures on the topic of ECMO. In addition to perfecting ECMO use for inpatients, Dr. Palmér has also perfected the use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in transport.

Potosky: Liver transplantation for alcoholic liver disease

Sun, 01 Oct 2017 19:44:11 +0000

Today we are pleased to post the parting lecture that Darryn R. Potosky, MD gave to the attendants of the December 2016 UMMC Critical Care conference. Dr. Potosky was an undergrad, medical student, resident, and fellow of the University of Maryland system. During his tenure as staff at UMMC, Dr. Potosky was the director of Hepatology and Assistant Professor of Medicine. In addition, he has published numerous articles in peer-reviewed publications on liver transplantation, spoken at national and international meetings including the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD). Today he is breaking down a problem plaguing ICUs around the country: the massive influx of pre-transplant liver failure patients. This is an issue I can assure you is not just effecting the doctors here in Baltimore!

Allison: Volume responsiveness in the ICU, the Lebowski way!

Tue, 29 Aug 2017 17:24:56 +0000

This afternoon we were fortunate to pull Michael G. Allison, MD from the ICU at St Agnes Hospital, Baltimore, MD back over to UMMC where he was gracious to donate an hour of his his brilliance. Dr. Allison is a previous graduate of the Emergency Medicine/Internal Medicine/Critical Care fellowship here at the University of Maryland Medical Center where he molded his training and career to the speciality use of ultrasound and echocardiography in the intensive care unit. He has taken this unique niche and dominated the field of volume assessment in the critically ill patient. Today I welcome you to sit back and enjoy what has been one of the more enjoyable journeys in education we have been privy to here at CCproject!

Kritek: ARDS Management Overview (What can whiteboards do for you? )

Thu, 17 Aug 2017 10:31:24 +0000

Today we have the pleasure of undergoing something we have NEVER before demonstrated on MCCP, our first whiteboard lecture! And we have the best person possible to accomplish this monumental feat: Patricia A. Kritek, MD, EDM. Dr. Kritek is a Professor in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and Associate Medical Director of Critical Care at the University of Washington Medical Center. In addition, she has revolutionized the way training programs use technology to teach medical students, residents and fellows, having earned her EdM from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Today she was kind enough to cross the USA and grace us with a fantastic, interactive, and highly educational talk on the ways we should and should not treat ARDS. Don’t miss this opportunity to experience her brilliance!

Buchman- The next generation of critical care

Tue, 08 Aug 2017 02:18:53 +0000

Today we are immensely honored to welcome Timothy G. Buchman, PhD, MD, FACS, FCCP, MCCM, Professor of Surgery and Anesthesiology, Emory University School of Medicine. In addition, Dr. Buchman has served as president of nearly EVERY major critical care society, has published 231 peer reviewed journals, and most recently acts as the Editor in Chief for Critical Care Medicine. In 2012 Dr. Buchman founded the Emory Critical Care Center (ECCC), and as director he has united the care of all the critically ill patients in the Emory Health Care System. In 2014, he directed his focus to the development of the Emory Electronic ICU (eICU), a mecca of telemedicine which has revolutionized the way critical care is administered. Today he is gracious to have flown up in order to speak with us on a very hot topic: where is critical care going and how can we not be left behind?

Metkus: Should we examine our ICU patients? The subtle art of physical exams in the ICU

Wed, 19 Jul 2017 18:53:42 +0000

Today we are fortunate to have convinced Dr. Thomas Stephen Metkus to cross the interstate and join us for CCP rounds here at the University of Maryland. Dr. Metkus is an assistant professor of cardiology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine whose research focuses on using cardiac physiology for risk stratification and therapeutics in non-cardiac critical illness (mainly sepsis & ARDS). Dr. Metkus started his career with an undergraduate degree from Boston University College of Engineering, moving down 95 to collect a medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Keeping the Ivy League streak going he went onto to complete a medicine residency at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and then a fellowship at both Harvard Medical School and Johns Hopkins Hospital. Fresh off publication of a highly lauded article focusing on bedside diagnoses in the ICU, today he is gracious enough to take the reigns of the late/great Osler and discuss why physical exam in the ICU is NOT a dead art!

Verhoef: Healthcare reform in 2017, What does it mean for the intensivist?

Sun, 21 May 2017 13:33:28 +0000

Today we welcome another brilliant individual, Philip Verhoef, MD, PhD, FAAP, FACP. Dr. Verhoef demonstrates a significant level of dedication to medicine. Not only did he do a Med-Peds residency at University of California-Los Angeles, but he then went and completed a Fellowship in both Adult and Pediatric Critical Care Medicine at the University of Chicago (10 years of training!!). Since that time he has stayed on at the University of Chicago with an appointment in both Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine and Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, recently rising to the level of Assistant Professor. He has also made a name for himself as a clinical expert on the REAL ramifications of the boom that is Healthcare Reform. Today he was kind enough to stop by for lunch and share a very concentrated view on the ACA, AHCA, and on the idea of Single Payer system. This talk is vital not only to the intensivist, but to everyone in the United States. I assure you, this is one lecture you will want to watch with the ENTIRE family!!

Heavner: Pharmacokinetic & pharmacodynamic changes in critically ill patients

Thu, 20 Apr 2017 04:37:30 +0000

Today we welcome Mojdeh Saba Heavner, Pharm.D., BCPS, BCCCP. Dr. Heavner is an assistant professor here at the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy and a clinical pharmacy specialist in the UMMC MICU. She recently came back to us after a Critical Care & Transplant Specialty Pharmacy Residency at Yale, where she was voted the BEST Pharmacist in Connecticut. Now she is shaking things up here on MICU daily rounds and has revolutionized the care of our patients. So if you want to avoid the brow beating from your own pharmacist every morning, I highly suggest you listen to this lecture twice!!

Reynolds: Chronic critical illness, what can be done?

Sun, 26 Mar 2017 13:53:27 +0000

Today we welcome a local legend: H. Neal Reynolds, MD. Dr. Reynolds is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine as well as the Associate Director of the Shock Trauma Center’s Multi-Trauma ICU. Today Dr. Reynolds provides us with an in-depth look at the world of the chronically ill. Every ICU has them, now it’s time to have a primer on the proper management of this issue before it becomes too late!

Mazzeffi: Management of Bleeding in Patients on Mechanical Circulatory Support

Sun, 12 Mar 2017 22:43:04 +0000

Welcome back to MCCP! To kick things off we welcome in Dr. Michael Mazzeffi, Associate Professor of Anesthesia at the UMMC, where he additionally acts as the Director for Resident Research Education and Adult Cardiothoracic Fellowship Program Director. He has fast become one of the foremost experts in the field of mechanical circulatory support, publishing numerous papers on the topic. Additionally, his academic prowess has yielded invitations to speak at many prestigious locations around the world. Dr. Mazzeffi was recently a key speaker at the 2016 International Anesthesia Research Society and today he has graciously offered to give us the talk that was the talk of the symposium!

Rothman: Beyond the Early Warning Score, The Rothman Index

Sun, 29 Jan 2017 04:13:26 +0000

Today Michael Rothman, Ph.D., co-founder and chief science officer, PeraHealth is presenting his work on early detection of critical illness. After losing his mother to an undetected complication following a low-risk surgical procedure, Dr. Rothman was determined to develop a method to predict such travesties before they occurred. He accomplished this by leveraging over 30 years of data analysis and mathematical modeling experience to create a method of tracking patient progress, allowing detection of declining health, and allowing earlier intervention. These models are referred to as the Rothman Index and the pediatric Rothman Index, both of which are revolutionizing the way we care for critically ill patients.

Galvagno: Patient-ventilator interactions, perfusion-protection strategies

Wed, 11 Jan 2017 07:00:02 +0000

Today we welcome back Samuel M. Galvagno, DO, PhD, Associate Professor of Anesthesiology & Chief, Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Maryland School Of Medicine. Dr. Galvagno has an extremely impressive resume, including a Ph.D. from The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg University School of Public Health as well as over 60 peer reviewed publications coupled with years of clinical expertise in airway and ventilator management. Today he is gracious to share some pearls of wisdom to guide the average intensivist in the management of a newly ventilated patient. There is so much information in this lecture that I am certain you will want to watch it multiple times!

Hardy: HSCT for the intensivist: indications, interventions, & complications

Sun, 08 Jan 2017 01:57:01 +0000

Today we have the pleasure to welcome Nancy Maureen Hardy, MD, MA, FACP, Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Maryland Marlene & Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center. Dr. Hardy originally trained at Duke University for her medical degree, her Internal Medicine residency, and an Oncology fellowship. Next she moved on to the NIH where she completed both an ID fellowship and Research Fellowship in Immunology. She then stayed on the NIH faculty for 10 years at the Experimental Transplantation and Immunology Branch of the National Cancer Institute until 2014. Now we have get genius gracing the halls of UMMC where she acts as the Director of Allogenic Transplantation and Cell Therapy Laboratories....

Pepe- Don’t mind the pressure- Go with the flow!!

Thu, 01 Dec 2016 23:44:27 +0000

Today we have the absolute pleasure to host a recent talk given by the great Paul E. Pepe, M.D., M.P.H.. This talk was recently given during his visit to the […]

McCarthy- Nutrition in the ICU, a vital update!

Tue, 15 Nov 2016 23:54:28 +0000

Today’s special guest speaker, Paul J McCarthy MD, CNSC, is a new addition to the Maryland family. Dr. McCarthy recently practiced at the LSU Health Sciences Center, where he acted as an Assistant Professor of Medicine and Neurosurgery as well as the Assistant Director Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit. Now he serves his time as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine here at the University of Maryland SOM and had been a constant presence in the MICU. Over his extensive career in medicine, Dr. McCarthy has been a voice of reason when it comes to ICU nutrition. Today he gives us a crash course in everything we need to know to keep our patients healthy and fed!

Law: Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis, a critical care conundrum!

Wed, 09 Nov 2016 00:27:41 +0000

Today we welcome Jennie Y. Law, M.D., Assistant Professor of Medicine here at the University of Maryland. Dr. Law is a true home grown talent, doing both her medical school and medicine residency here at the University of Maryland before leaving to do her fellowship in Hematology/Oncology at UT Southwestern down in Dallas, Texas. Today she is here to talk about Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH), a topic that has puzzled internists, intensivists, and hematologists alike. Review the pathophysiology, learn the criteria for diagnosis – both the HLH 2004 criteria and the newer HSCORE – and go through her treatment algorithms. See why and how you may be overlooking this important diagnosis in your patients!

Tisherman- Hypothermia, coming to trauma bay near you!

Mon, 31 Oct 2016 13:15:24 +0000

Today we are pleased to feature a groundbreaking talk by a recent addition to the Shock Trauma faculty, Samuel Tisherman, MD, FACS, FCCM. Dr. Tisherman is a Professor of Surgery and Director of the Division of Critical Care and Trauma Education here at the University of Maryland. He is also one of the worlds foremost experts on using hypothermia in the resuscitation of trauma patients. Today he gives a preface for his revolutionary EPR-CAT trail. You will want to be on the cutting edge of this revolutionary concept!

Weiss: Informed consent- statutes and caselaw

Wed, 26 Oct 2016 18:58:24 +0000

Today we welcome back Larry Weiss, M.D., J.D., Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Maryland and overall expert in the field of medico-legal issues. Dr. Weiss has been invited all over the United States to speak on the delicate aspects of practicing medicine in the legal mine fields of modern medicine. Today he focuses on the subtleties of the medical consent process. Although the laws and statutes are focused on the state he practices medicine, Maryland, the overall concepts are secure. It’s been said before, but these ideals are something you have to master to practice medicine successfully!

Gillard: Communicating with grieving families

Tue, 18 Oct 2016 11:33:55 +0000

Today we welcome a very special guest, Ms. Erin Gillard, LCSW-C. Ms. Gillard is the Clinical Manager, Family Services at The Living Legacy Foundation of Maryland. Additionally, she is has over ten years of social work experience here at the University of Maryland. Most recently, she has broadened her expertise as a yoga therapy instructor with Yama Studio. Today Ms. Gillard will approach a topic that is often overlooked in standard critical care training, how to truly communicate with families when they dealing with a significant level of crisis and emotional distress. This is a topic that is truly cutting-edge in the modern ICU, so I assure you this will be a skill you will be expected to master!

Weiss: EMTALA- What the Intensivist needs to know!

Mon, 10 Oct 2016 00:07:25 +0000

Today we welcome the brilliant mind of Larry D. Weiss M.D., J.D. for an afternoon not to be missed. Dr. Weiss has been a staple for legal-based lectures for the last 16 years here at the University of Maryland where he acts as a Professor of Emergency Medicine. Although Dr. Weiss stopped actively practicing law years ago, he is one of the foremost experts in his field as he has been called to all corners of the world to speak on health policy and risk reduction. I highly recommend that you take the time to soak in only a brief sampling of his infinite wisdom!

Allison: High flow like a pro!!

Sat, 24 Sep 2016 17:43:38 +0000

Today we are excited to welcome back one of the smartest fellows we have ever graduated, Michael Allison, MD. Dr. Allison is a native New Yorker, training at SUNY Downstate College of Medicine before completing a rigorous EM/IM/CCM training program here at the University of Maryland. Since that time he has spent his days at St. Agnes Hospital located downtown in Baltimore, MD. Since his departure, Dr. Allison has spent countless hours researching the exact mechanisms of respiratory failure in an attempt to solve this problem before it ever develops. Today he takes us through his approach to using high flow nasal cannula for nearly every patient who walks into his ICU, and in doing so unlocks a few novel uses along the way. Trust me, this is a talk your patients cannot afford for you to miss!

Chertow: Influenza, coming soon to an ICU near you!

Fri, 16 Sep 2016 02:30:42 +0000

Today we are excited to present a Pulmonary Grand Rounds presentation from Daniel S. Chertow, M.D., M.P.H. Dr. Chertow is an Assistant Clinical Investigator in the Critical Care Medicine Department of the NIH and a Special Volunteer in the Viral Pathogenesis and Evolution Section, Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, NIAID. Over the last several years he has solidified his role as a world expert in the field of virology and today speaks on a topic he has published a great deal about, Influenza virus. Tis the season for influenza, and if you ever hope to survive it, you will listen to this talk!

Netzer: Family Intensive Care Syndrome (FICUS)

Fri, 09 Sep 2016 19:20:21 +0000

Today we welcome Giora Netzer M.D., M.S.C.E., Associate Professor of Medicine here at the University of Maryland Medical Center. Dr. Netzer was trained at the great bastion of intensive care medicine, the University of Pennsylvania, where he also earned a master’s degree in clinical epidemiology. Since joining the University of Maryland Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine department he has proven to be one the greatest minds the ICU has to offer, earning him the title: Wiki-Netzer. His passion for knowledge led to his appointment as the Director of Clinical Research and has yielded a tremendous breadth of publications. Today he focuses on his true passion: how to assist family members care for their loved ones both in the ICU and in the post-ICU setting. Trust me, this is a topic that is often overlooked and one that can truly mean life or death for your patients!

Lewin- Reversal agents in ICH, What you need to know!

Fri, 02 Sep 2016 02:26:14 +0000

Today we welcome one of the gurus in anti-coagulant reversal, John J. Lewin. Dr. Lewin recently published one of the recent landmark articles in the field of Neurocritical care: "Guideline for Reversal of Antithrombotics in Intracranial Hemorrhage". Today he is gracious enough to spend 60 minutes with us, and not a second can be missed if you EVER expect to take care of a patient with a head bleed on AC!!

Pallone- Acid-Base physiology, a tale of NH3

Thu, 18 Aug 2016 07:00:47 +0000

Today we welcome Dr. Thomas Pallone, Professor of Medicine in the Division of Nephrology here at the University of Maryland. In addition to being a brilliant clinician, Dr. Pallone also spent time doing research at the Medical Engineering Medical Sciences division of the HST program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It is safe to say, he is one of the most brilliant minds we have at Maryland and today he takes an hour to give us a simplified look at the way the kidneys deal with acids and bases. This talk will give you a common sense look at renal physiology and just might give you the information you need to crack the next complex renal failure case!

Chawla: Vasopressors- Time to target new receptors?

Thu, 11 Aug 2016 07:00:07 +0000

Today we are very excited to host Dr. Lakhmir S. Chawla, nephrologist, intensivist, and international expert on the management of shock. Dr. Chawla has recently taken a sabbatical from his position as Professor of Critical Care Medicine, George Washington U to become the Chief Medical Officer of La Jolla Pharmaceuticals. It in this role he investigates an old and forgotten friend in the treatment of hypotension, and has become the chief researcher for the ATHOS (Angiotensin II for the Treatment of High-Output Shock) 3 trial. Today he takes a fascinating look at the way we treat shock-induced hypotension and asks one simple question: Can’t we do better?

Reed: The past, present, and future of COPD

Thu, 04 Aug 2016 07:00:15 +0000

Today we have a talk that Dr. Robert Reed gave at a 2015 Maryland Pulmonary Medicine Conference. Dr. Reed is a Associate Professor of Medicine here at the University of Maryland and the current Medical Director of Lung Transplantation at the Veterans Administration Southeast Region. This talk was SO educational and useful that we begged him for the opportunity to share this knowledge. Thankfully he agreed! So sit back and prepare to have a concentrated 40 minutes of COPD pearls and a fantastic discussion on just how well we do with lung transplants!

Parikh – Updates in NeuroCritical Care

Thu, 28 Jul 2016 07:00:39 +0000

Today we were able to convince Dr. Gunjan Parikh to grace the lecture hall and give us an amazing update in the field of neurocritical care! Dr. Parikh is an Assistant Professor of Neurology at the University of Maryland Medical Center where he primarily works in the Neurocritical ICU and Neurotrauma ICU. Today we will go through everything from the newest studies of tPA use in intracranial hemorrhage to the use of diabetic medications to improve outcomes in CVA patients. This talk cannot be missed no matter which ICU you find yourself in!

Shah: Mechanical Ventilation, Focusing on the basics

Thu, 21 Jul 2016 07:00:58 +0000

Today we welcome back Dr. Nirav Shah, program director for the Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship program at the University of Maryland Medical Center. Today Dr. Shah takes us back to the basics of ventilator use. Even the experts in the audience will find tips and tricks to take back to the ICU in order to improve patient care. And for all the budding intensivists out there, this is a talk you cannot miss!!

Wacker: Refeeding Syndrome: Recognizing and Treating

Tue, 19 Jul 2016 07:00:33 +0000

Today we present a talk by David Wacker MD, PhD, one of our recently graduated University of Maryland EM/IM/CCM critical care fellows and new addition to the University of Minnesota. Today he presents a fantastic talk on what happens when we become TOO aggressive with ICU feeding. The history lesson alone is worth the listen, but it is a topic that is often overlooked and misdiagnosed. You might be surprised after this talk at just how many of these patients you have missed!

Shiber: The History of Resuscitative Medicine

Thu, 14 Jul 2016 07:00:55 +0000

We are excited to welcome back Dr. Joseph R. Shiber, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Florida College of Medicine. Dr. Shiber is currently on loan to us here at the University of Maryland as he completes his Critical Care Medicine Fellowship. He is the first EM/IM/CCM graduate our program ever had and has been making waves in the academic world since his departure. After many requests he has agreed to share one of his most requested lectures: A history of resuscitative medicine.

Slack- Refractory Status Asthmaticus: Drips & Gases & ECMO, Oh My!

Mon, 11 Jul 2016 07:00:48 +0000

Today we are happy to welcome Dr. Donald Slack, A second year Pulmonary-Critical Care fellow here at the University of Maryland. He hails to us most recently from Christiana Health Care System where he completed his internal medicine residency before returning home to UMMC, where he spent his medical school training. Today he shares some information extracted from a VERY difficult asthma case that presented to his service several months ago. This is a fantastic review of the random things we attempt to keep asthmatic airways open. So before you reach for that EpiPen or start the ketamine drip, you should take 45 minutes and learn about why those ideas may not be as helpful as you think.

Herr: You think you know ETCO2?!?

Thu, 07 Jul 2016 07:00:16 +0000

Today we are fortunate that Dr. Daniel Herr, Chief of Surgical Critical Care services and Director of the Cardiac Surgery/Heart-Lung Transplant ICU here at the University of Maryland and overall critical care genius. Today Dr. Herr tackles a topic that often stares us right in the face, offering us all the knowledge we could ever need to treat patients, and yet we ignore it: End Tidal CO2!!

Rubin: AKI in the ICU, an Updated Look

Wed, 22 Jun 2016 07:37:35 +0000

Today we are joined by Dr. Mario Rubin, Associate Professor of Medicine in the Nephrology Department and the acting Director of the Nephrology fellowship here at the University of Maryland. Dr. Rubin is a recent transplant from Boston where he served as director of nephrology education and director of the Transplant Nephrology Fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital. We stole him for a single hour to discuss some of the basics & cutting edge controversies about AKI in the the critically ill patient .

Lane-Fall: After the ICU: post-intensive care syndrome

Wed, 15 Jun 2016 03:00:57 +0000

Today we are fortunate to welcome Meghan Brooks Lane-Fall, MD, MSHP all the way down from Philadelphia! Dr. Lane-Fall is an Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and one of the world’s experts on what happens to your patient’s after they leave the ICU. She has published numerous papers on the topic and is THE GURU on improving transitions of care. She has perfected the art of transitioning care between physicians, and today she will delve into the complicated topic of transitioning patients from their ICU bed all the way to their trip home with family. This is a VERY hot topic and one that will truly change the future of ICU medicine!!

D’Alessio: The Pathobiology of Sepsis

Sun, 22 May 2016 23:29:11 +0000

Today we are very fortunate to welcome Franco Rafael D’Alessio MD, assistant professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine with a specialty on critical care medicine. If there is one thing that Dr. D’allasio knows, it is sepsis. In fact over the last several years he has published numerous papers on the immunology of lung disease, focusing on T cell use, macrophage response, and the changes to inflammation that occur with aging. Today he focuses his brilliance to a 45 minute talk that is essential if you ever want to truly understand what sepsis does to your patients!

Spiegel: Science vs. truth, an approach to journal analysis

Thu, 28 Apr 2016 07:00:39 +0000

Today we are visited by Dr. Rory Spiegel. The man behind EM Nerd and the most recent winner of the EMRA Educator and FOAMer of the year! Dr. Spiegel is most recently completing his Resuscitation Fellowship at Stony Brook University Medical Center where every day activities focus on two things: the creation of an ED-ICU model AND reviewing/critiquing scientific papers. Today he will be doing his best to concentrate his brilliance into a 45 minute presentation. I have heard a ton of lectures on EBM, but never before has one made so much sense in such a short period of time!

Winters: Running the perfect code

Sun, 24 Apr 2016 07:01:25 +0000

Dr. Michael Winters is the medical director of the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Maryland and a brilliant speaker on critical care and emergency medicine topics. Dr. Winters has become one of the most well known and widely published experts in the field of practicing critical care medicine in the emergency room. You cannot find a more knowledgable and dedicated educator, so I hope you take advantage of this fantastic lecture! Your patients will thank you for it!! He is also well known as the creator and host of Critical Care Perspectives in Emergency Medicine (Twitter: @critcareguys)

Tisherman: Preventing surgical airway disasters

Tue, 12 Apr 2016 07:00:43 +0000

Today we have Dr. Samuel Tisherman, the current Director of the Center for Critical Care and Trauma Education here at the UMMC. Dr. Tisherman is a recent transplant from the University of Pittsburg where he was the Director of the Multidisciplinary Critical Care Training Program and program director for the Surgical Critical Care Fellowship. If all that wasn’t enough, in addition to his numerous teaching awards, he was also elected to the prestigious University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Academy of Master Educators. So obviously with this phenomenal educational pedigree, Dr. Tisherman is the perfect individual to lead a discussion on the one topic we only get one shot to master: Emergency and Surgical Airways! Trust me, this talk WILL save someone’s life in the next week!!

Brower: Driving pressure in ARDS, does it matter?!?

Thu, 07 Apr 2016 12:00:00 +0000

Dr. Roy Brower returns to discuss a HOT topic in critical care - Driving Pressure. Is this the new mechanical ventilation resus end-point? Is pPlat < 30 out? In this talk, Dr. Brower will explain how to calculate the driving pressure, how it correlates with the stress index, and how you may be able to prevent VILI with just some simple bedside adjustments.

Papali: Adult sepsis in a resource-constrained world

Tue, 05 Apr 2016 03:22:16 +0000

Wood: The Quality-Cost Interface of Healthcare Reform

Tue, 02 Feb 2016 23:21:43 +0000

Today we are fortunate to welcome Dr. Kenneth E. Wood, current Associate Chief Compliance Officer for the University of Maryland Medical Center as well as the new Director of the Maryland Critical Care Network. Dr. Wood just recently joined us from the Geisinger Health System, where he was the Chief Medical Officer as well as the Director of the IAA Geisinger Center for Healthcare Systems Re-Engineering. AND before that he was the Director of Critical Care Medicine and the and Program Director for the Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship at the University of Wisconsin.... Needless to say, he has spent a majority of his life making medicine run like an efficient machine. However, today Dr. Wood explains the real issue plaguing our society. Quite simply, the United States health care system is failing to do its most fundamental duty: take care of it's people. This is a lecture I assure you cannot be watched just once...

Woods: Care of the Critically Ill HIV patient

Tue, 26 Jan 2016 23:02:15 +0000

Shiber: Updates in Traumatic Brain Injury

Sat, 23 Jan 2016 18:45:08 +0000

Anders- Avoiding Pitfalls in Patient Safety: Starting with Quality Assessment and Improvement!

Wed, 30 Dec 2015 01:03:26 +0000

Today we would like to welcome Dr. Megan Anders, Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology at the University of Maryland and QA/QI guru! In fact, her most recent quality improvement project involved […]

Stein: Coma and Brain Death

Thu, 26 Nov 2015 09:00:03 +0000

Galvagno: End Points of Resuscitation in Traumatic Shock

Sun, 08 Nov 2015 07:28:36 +0000

Haase/Murthi: LVEF and VTI: Making sense of left ventricular output

Wed, 14 Oct 2015 18:35:13 +0000

Shiber: Non-Invasive Ventilation in the ICU

Wed, 07 Oct 2015 11:15:10 +0000

Today we are fortunate to have Dr. Joseph R. Shiber, an Associate Professor in the Departments of Emergency Medicine and Surgical Critical Care at the University of Florida College of Medicine. Dr. Shiber also acts as the Co-Director of the Neuroscience ICU and attends in the SICU/TICU. And if that wasn’t enough, he has also has the distinct pleasure of the being in the FIRST graduating class of the EM/IM/CCM program at the University of Maryland! This is a talk that you CANNOT miss if you ever plan to encounter COPD or CHF in your patient population.

Abdelhady: Who's who in the Acid/Base story…

Wed, 30 Sep 2015 20:01:24 +0000

McCarthy: "Choosing Wisely", how we can save modern medicine

Wed, 09 Sep 2015 07:00:38 +0000

Motta – Cutting Edge Acute Ischemic Stroke Care

Tue, 01 Sep 2015 15:47:13 +0000

Today we are privileged to welcome Dr. Melissa Motta, Assistant Professor of Neurology and a mainstay in the Neuro-Critical Care Unit here at the University of Maryland. Dr. Motta has an extensive research background on the topics of rehab and quality of life improvement after an acute stroke and has published numerous papers that have revolutionized the field. Over the last several years she has compiled all current research on the treatment of acute ischemic stroke and was gracious enough to share a summary of this information over the next 50 minutes. If you come across stroke patients in your daily practice, then this talk cannot be missed!

Frank: Transfusion Practice and Blood Management

Mon, 24 Aug 2015 07:00:10 +0000

Rosenthal: How “Critical” is O2 in Critical Care?

Thu, 16 Jul 2015 07:00:27 +0000

Tisherman – Abdominal Catastrophes in the ICU

Sat, 04 Jul 2015 03:10:26 +0000

Greenwood – Why We Do What We Do and the Future of MarylandCCProject

Fri, 12 Jun 2015 02:32:10 +0000

This is a talk I gave at this month's Critical Care Grand Rounds about the concepts that have driven the development of MarylandCCProject along with our evolution over the past 2 years. Since the beginning, our goal has been to improve the critical care education at the University of Maryland, as well as show others the great work we are doing here in Baltimore. I think we've done that. But we're not finished.

Rahul Nanchal: Extra-hepatic Issues in Cirrhosis

Wed, 10 Jun 2015 15:33:05 +0000

Welcome to a momentous occasion for MCCP. Today we have Dr. Rahul Nanchal, the co-Chair of both the SCCM and ESICM task force on hepatic failure in the ICU; making him […]

Tisherman – Nutrition for the Critically-Ill

Thu, 28 May 2015 03:20:45 +0000

It’s an unbelievable honor to have Dr. Sam Tisherman come and join our critical care faculty at the Shock Trauma Center and University of Maryland. Dr. Tisherman is a Professor […]

Kim – Toxic Hemoglobinopathies

Mon, 11 May 2015 08:00:59 +0000

Dr. Hong Kim is back – this time to discuss two classic hemoglobinopathies. Do you you know the common iatragenic causes of methemoglobinemia? How about when to send a patient […]

Herr – How to Pick a Job and Be an Effective Leader

Fri, 17 Apr 2015 11:44:05 +0000

Dr. Daniel Herr is the Chief of Surgical ICU Services and also the Director of our Cardiac Surgery ICU at the University of Maryland. Dr. Herr is known internationally for his […]

Stein – Advanced Concepts in CRRT and MARS

Tue, 07 Apr 2015 00:27:02 +0000

Dr. Deborah Stein is the Chief of Trauma at the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, Medical Director of the Neurotrauma Intensive Care Unit at STC, and an expert in renal […]

Goyal – Intensive Care Outside of the ICU

Fri, 20 Mar 2015 11:44:56 +0000

Dr. Munish Goyal is an Emergency Medicine trained Intensivist who has been a leader in resuscitation science over the past decade. Dr. Goyal is returning to the University of Maryland […]

Nielsen – Extravascular Lung Water and Transpulmonary Thermodilution

Tue, 17 Mar 2015 01:43:17 +0000

Managing complex patients with ARDS can be challenging. Many believe the Berlin criteria we use to identify ARDS are largely confounded and often identify the disease too late. Additionally, how do you […]

Burton Lee – Ethics, Human Nature, & Scientific Evidence

Thu, 05 Mar 2015 13:00:36 +0000

Dr. Burton Lee is BACK! It’s always an honor to have Dr. Lee return to the US from Kenya and take a break from his critical care clinical and academic […]

TEG & EP GAS: The enemy of good is perfect!

Thu, 19 Feb 2015 07:00:09 +0000

Today we are in for a real treat! We have two of the smartest doctors to ever grace the stage here at the University of Maryland. First you will hear […]

Sam Galvagno- Osmotherapy: Agents to know for your next "Brain Code"

Thu, 05 Feb 2015 07:00:44 +0000

Today we are once again excited to have Dr./LtCol/All-around critical care guru Sam Galvagno. In addition to publishing in multiple major journals, defending the country, maintaining FOUR board certifications, AND maintaining […]

Giora Netzer – Family Intensive Care Unit Syndrome

Fri, 30 Jan 2015 16:47:06 +0000

Dr. Giora Netzer (@GioraNetzer) is one of our esteemed faculty who is trained in clinical epidemiology as well as pulmonary critical care. He has done an extensive amount of research […]

Sam Galvagno – Earning the Anesthetic for RSII

Fri, 23 Jan 2015 14:37:55 +0000

Dr. Sam Galvagno is a Lieutenant Colonel in the US Air Force who is an expert in anesthesia critical care, airway management, critical care education, published in JAMA, and a black […]

Megan Brenner – REBOA

Mon, 12 Jan 2015 13:00:24 +0000

Dr. Megan Brenner is currently one of the leaders in the development of Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta (REBOA). As a trained trauma, critical care, and vascular surgeon […]

Carl Shanholtz – Hematologic Malignancies and Critical Care

Thu, 18 Dec 2014 07:00:05 +0000

Carl Shanholtz, MD is medical director of the Medical Intensive Care Unit at the University of Maryland Medical Center. After a fellowship in critical care medicine at Johns Hopkins University he […]

Lewis Rubinson – 100% Discipline – Managing Patients with the Ebola Virus Disease

Thu, 11 Dec 2014 12:00:16 +0000

Lewis Rubinson, MD, PhD is Director of the Critical Care Resuscitation Unit at R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center at the University of Maryland. He recently spent a month in […]

Hong Kim – Alcohol Withdrawal and Cyanide Toxicity

Fri, 05 Dec 2014 04:57:30 +0000

Dr. Hong Kim is an emergency medicine trained toxicologist who also trained in New York city at the famed Bellevue toxicology program. In this week’s core content lecture, Dr. Kim […]

Marc Zubrow – Telemedicine in the ICU

Fri, 28 Nov 2014 12:00:14 +0000

Marc Zubrow is the Vice-President of Telehealth and an Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. As Medical Director of eCare at the University of Maryland […]

ECLS gone wrong… i.e. When ECMO attacks!!!

Tue, 25 Nov 2014 11:00:41 +0000

Greetings again from ECMOVember 2014!! Here is another lecture I gave at a recent ECMO training course. Today we have a picturesque look at the times when ECMO doesn’t go as […]

eCPR: Correcting the failures ACLS leaves behind!

Tue, 18 Nov 2014 06:00:49 +0000

Welcome to ECMOvember 2014!! Apologies for the late start, but I think you will agree the wait was worth it! Today we have a talk that I gave at the […]

Alejandro Baez – A Bayesian Approach to Clinical Decision Making

Tue, 11 Nov 2014 12:00:12 +0000

Dr. Amado Alejandro Baez is the Emergency Medicine Program Director at the Jackson Memorial Hospital/ University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and has published extensively in Emergency Medicine, Trauma […]

Shah + Badjatia: Therapeutic Hypothermia 2014

Fri, 07 Nov 2014 13:24:58 +0000

Today we are fortunate to have the combined mental powers of two of the greatest minds in the field of therapeutic hypothermia. First you will hear from Nirav Shah, Assistant […]

Sanjay Desai – What’s the Diagnosis? Ventilator Waveform Analysis

Thu, 16 Oct 2014 08:00:19 +0000

Dr. Sanjay Desai is the Director of the Osler Medical Training Program at Johns Hopkins University as well as an intensivist who has mastered the art of ventilator waveform analysis. […]

Klaus Gorlinger: TEM-guided POC Coagulopathy Management

Mon, 13 Oct 2014 12:57:18 +0000

Dr. Klaus Gorlinger is one of the leading international experts in the management of coagulopathy and has dedicated his career to perfecting the art & science of hemostatic resuscitation. One of his major […]

Patel- Viral Infections & the ICU: a deadly combination!

Fri, 03 Oct 2014 03:53:03 +0000

Dr Devang Patel is a member of the Institute of Human Virology (IHV) in the Division of Infectious Diseases at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and works currently as the Chief […]

Steve Trzeciak on Sepsis, Perfusion, & Microcirculation

Mon, 29 Sep 2014 10:00:23 +0000

Dr. Stephen Trzeciak is a world renowned research and clinical expert in the management of sepsis and post-cardiac arrest care. A large amount of his work has been incorporated into […]

Ron Tesoriero – Don’t #!*% with the Pancreas – Management of Severe Pancreatitis in the ICU

Thu, 04 Sep 2014 10:00:02 +0000

Dr. Ron Tesoriero, Assistant Professor in the Department of Surgery & Associate Program Director of the Surgical Critical Care and Acute Care Surgery Fellowship at UMMC & Shock Trauma has […]

Kim Boswell – POD 0: Care After Cardiac Surgery

Tue, 26 Aug 2014 18:16:59 +0000

Dr. Kim Boswell is an Emergency Medicine trained intensivist who not only works in the ED but takes care of some of the sickest patients at the University of Maryland […]

Jeff Zilberstein – Community ICU Admin is Freaking Hard, But You Can Make a World of Difference

Fri, 13 Jun 2014 15:47:23 +0000

Sweet! You just graduated from your Critical Care fellowship and landed a great job in the community. No more PGY paychecks or 80+ hour work weeks. Things are looking up! […]

Giora Netzer – Blood Transfusion Strategies in the Modern Era

Thu, 05 Jun 2014 17:50:14 +0000

Giora Netzer (@GioraNetzer) is one of those “evidence-based medicine” guys, who has an obsession with transplant medicine – to be more specific – blood transfusion strategies in the ICU. What […]

Dale Needham: Post Intensive Care Syndrome

Thu, 29 May 2014 19:44:21 +0000

Congrats! You saved your patient from their critical illness – but do you know what happens to them after they leave your ICU? Well, if not – you might be […]

Nader Habashi: Airway Pressure Release Ventilation (APRV) – A mechanistic and physiologic view

Thu, 22 May 2014 10:38:42 +0000

Dr. Nader Habashi is a master of all things APRV. What’s the evidence for APRV? Should APRV be used as a preventative mode of mechanical ventilation in patients at risk […]

Angela's Story – Resus of an Amniotic Fluid Embolism Induced DIC with TEG

Fri, 09 May 2014 11:10:27 +0000

About a month ago, a young woman by the name of Angela Knight reached out to let us to let us know that she believes the use of the thrombelastogram […]

Roy Brower – Managing Severe ARDS and Being on the Edge of the Evidence

Wed, 23 Apr 2014 03:59:03 +0000

Dr. Roy Brower is one of the original ARDSnet authors that brought Low Tidal-Volume ventilation to the masses. We asked him to speak his mind on what he thinks we should […]

General Principles of Post-operative Care: When Physiology Goes Awry

Thu, 17 Apr 2014 16:00:24 +0000

Today we are pleased to welcome a very prestigious guest: Dr. Mary Njoku, owner of the M. Jane Matjasko Professorship for Education in Anesthesiology, the current director of the University of […]

Burton Lee – Numeracy II: The tale of sample sizes, the superstitious student, & superb studies

Tue, 08 Apr 2014 23:05:23 +0000

Dr. Burton Lee returns to MarylandCCProject to discuss the second half of his deeper dive into numeracy of the medical literature (“deep dive” is a bit of a stretch for […]

Principles of antibiotic therapy in the critically ill

Thu, 03 Apr 2014 11:06:13 +0000

Today we are lucky to have Dr. Manjari Joshi, Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases at both the University of Maryland SOM and the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center. For today’s lecture, […]

Polyneuromyopathy of critical illness: when to call in the cavalry!

Thu, 27 Mar 2014 11:00:57 +0000

Dr. Neal Porter is an Assistant Professor of Neurology here at the University of Maryland with a special clinical focus on neurophysiology. Over the last twenty years, Dr Porter has […]

Anthony Harris – Infection Control

Fri, 21 Mar 2014 05:26:15 +0000

Dr. Anthony Harris is a Professor of Medicine at the University of Maryland and an expert in infection control as well as epidemiology. He recently published a paper in JAMA […]

You saved them from critical illness…. Now what?

Thu, 13 Mar 2014 11:00:48 +0000

Today we are fortunate to have Avelino Verceles, Associate Professor of Critical Care and Pulmonary Medicine here at the University of Maryland as well as acting director and architect of one […]

HIV + Critical Illness: a primer of ICU management

Fri, 07 Mar 2014 09:45:51 +0000

Dr Henry Masur is a clinical expert in HIV from the National Institute of Health (NIH) who has published over > 300 peer reviewed publications related to infections and HIV. […]

Stats 101: A Blueprint to Mastering Numeracy & Avoiding Apophenia

Thu, 27 Feb 2014 07:05:33 +0000

Today we are honored and privileged to have one of the premier minds in the field of critical care epidemiology, Dr. Burton Lee. In addition to his role as program […]

Medical Literature: Trust no one and expect sabotage!

Thu, 20 Feb 2014 12:00:22 +0000

Today we are pleased to welcome Dr. Majid Afshar, one of the newest members of the Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine at the University of Maryland. Today he was willing […]

Shanholtz – Salvage Therapy for Acute Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure

Thu, 13 Feb 2014 13:00:17 +0000

Dr. Carl Shanholtz was the man of the hour at the University of Maryland Multidisciplinary CC Conference this week, here to discuss his “Plan B – Z” for patients with […]

Airway and Thoracic Procedures: 3 Topics You Gotta Know

Thu, 06 Feb 2014 12:00:58 +0000

Today we are fortunate to have Dr. Ashutosh (Ash) Sachdeva, director of the University of Maryland Interventional Pulmonology Service and all around bronchoscopic wizard, to speak to us on his passion: […]

Hayes – Vanc & Zosyn is NOT the Answer to Everything

Fri, 31 Jan 2014 01:24:47 +0000

This week, Dr. Bryan Hayes – Clinical Pharmacologist and expert in Toxicology gives an amazing talk highlighting 10 of his top tips for antimicrobial use in the emergency department & […]

Anders – Critical Care for Two: When Pregnancy Meets the ICU

Thu, 23 Jan 2014 12:00:52 +0000

We were fortunate to have Dr. Megan Graybill Anders, anesthesiologist extraordinaire and all around critical care expert. For today’s lecture, Dr. Anders will walk the audience through those tense several […]

Bacterial Infections in the ICU

Thu, 16 Jan 2014 05:58:11 +0000

Dr. Manjari Joshi is an expert in infectious diseases who works at the Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore, and specializes in battling the rages of hospital associated infections as well […]

The Fungal Invasion of the ICU- A Catastrophe Waiting to Happen

Thu, 09 Jan 2014 20:09:27 +0000

Dr. Devang Patel currently serves as Chief of Infectious Disease for the MICU here at the University of Maryland. Today he was was gracious enough to speak on invasive fungal infections not only […]

Dr. Michael Chansky: Acid-Base (Made Easy)

Thu, 26 Dec 2013 13:02:52 +0000

We were fortunate to have Dr. Michael Chansky, Professor & Chair of Emergency Medicine at Cooper University Hospital and a member of the Master Educator’s Guild come down to the […]

Introduction to Ventricular Assist Devices

Thu, 12 Dec 2013 13:00:09 +0000

This week’s lecture was an introduction to the Left Ventricular Assist Device given by Dr. Gautam Ramani. In this talk Dr. Ramani discusses the fundamentals in deciding which patients should […]

Surgically-Altered Airways: What you NEED to Know to Avoid Disasters!!

Thu, 28 Nov 2013 12:00:53 +0000

Today we have the pleasure of welcoming Dr. Megan Graybill Anders, a new addition to the Maryland Anesthesiology-Critical Care department and all-around airway guru! Over the last year, she has started […]

Managing the Burn Patient in the ICU

Thu, 21 Nov 2013 13:00:29 +0000

Dr. Brandon Bruns is an Assistant Professor of Surgery here at the University of Maryland and did a large amount of his training at University of Texas Southwestern, home of […]

ICU Toxicology: Lethal poisonings and ODs – How to best manage them

Thu, 14 Nov 2013 12:00:47 +0000

Today we have Dr. Fermin F. Barrueto, Clinical Associate Professor of EM here at U-Maryland and all-around tox guru, to share his wisdom on the topic of critical care toxicology. Over the last […]

Introduction to ECMO and its emerging role in cardiac arrest & shock

Tue, 12 Nov 2013 14:00:30 +0000

Welcome back to ECMOvember at MarylandCCProject.org. This is a presentation that was given at the 2013 American Academy of Emergency Medicine’s Scientific Assembly on the utility of extracorporeal life support […]

Alternatives to Oxygenation, When to Take the Ventilator Out of the Equation

Mon, 11 Nov 2013 03:10:28 +0000

Welcome to the first posting of ECMOvember!! Our hope is that over the next several weeks we can take you through a journey to not only introduce the process of […]

Cardiogenic Shock, When the Pump Fails

Wed, 06 Nov 2013 03:35:07 +0000

Today we are fortunate to have Dr. Sammy Zakaria, Assistant Director of the Johns Hopkins Bayview Cardiac Intensive Care Unit and overall cardiac critical care guru. He will discuss his […]

Ventilator Waveform Analysis

Thu, 24 Oct 2013 20:14:29 +0000

This is hopefully the first of many lectures we will be able to post from Dr. Nirav Shah – master of all things vent related. In this lecture Dr. Shah […]

Principles of Resuscitation

Thu, 17 Oct 2013 11:30:33 +0000

We were incredibly lucky to have the eminent Dr. Thomas Scalea – Francis X. Kelly Professor of Trauma Surgery & Physician-in-Chief at the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center – come […]

How CRASH2 got it right – Counterpoint by Dr. Scott Weingart

Fri, 04 Oct 2013 07:00:12 +0000

The academic debate surrounding the strengths & weaknesses of the CRASH 2 trial & TEG has been heating up. Dr. Walsh’s comments have been met with both contention and praise… either […]

How CRASH-2 got it wrong – A response by Dr. Mark Walsh

Tue, 01 Oct 2013 12:00:20 +0000

Some great questions came out of Dr. Mark Walsh’s lecture on TEG, so we decided to go straight to the source and pick the HUMONGOUS brain of Dr. Walsh and […]

Trauma Care for the Non-Surgical Intensivist

Sat, 28 Sep 2013 03:27:22 +0000

Dr. Mayur Narayan is a trauma intensivist who has a special interest in the development of trauma systems, especially in underdeveloped countries. In this talk Dr. Narayan discusses the challenges […]

Cardiac Arrest & Why ACLS May Be Wrong

Fri, 27 Sep 2013 00:01:54 +0000

Dr. Munish Goyal comes to us all the way from downtown DC, where at the Georgetown University School of Medicine he acts as Director of Emergency Intensive Care and Associate Program […]

Management of Pain, Agitation, and Delirium in the ICU

Fri, 20 Sep 2013 12:00:31 +0000

When not acting as Chief of Surgical Critical care services and Director of the Cardiac Surgery Unit at the University of Maryland, Dr. Dan Herr finds time to be a […]

The Use of TEG & Goal Directed Blood Component Therapy

Thu, 12 Sep 2013 10:28:05 +0000

One of the leading experts in the use of thromboelastography (TEG) is Dr. Mark Walsh from South Bend, Indiana. We were fortunate enough to have Dr. Walsh come all the […]

Principles of Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy

Wed, 28 Aug 2013 11:40:19 +0000

Dr. Deborah Stein returns for another core content lecture, this time giving a crash course on hemodialysis, CRRT, CVVH, CVVHD, and a number of other concepts about managing acute renal […]

Choose Wisely… IVF Therapy & the Critically-Ill Patient

Tue, 20 Aug 2013 12:32:09 +0000

Dr. Michael Winters returns to discuss IV Fluid resuscitation in the critically ill patient. Should we abandon Normal Saline? What other options are available? What is a balanced fluid, and […]

Critical Pearls for Acute Upper GI Bleeds

Mon, 29 Jul 2013 10:00:33 +0000

Dr. Michael Winters is an Associate Professor in both Emergency Medicine and Internal Medicine at the University of Maryland. He is an internationally known speaker in the area of critical […]