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Dr. Nicole Glaser is the Chief of Pediatric Endocrinology and a professor of Pediatrics at UC Davis Children's Hospital. She is recognized as an international expert in pediatric diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA), an important complication of diabetes in children. She has led many of the key multi-center studies that guide DKA management. She has also been involved in the development of several national and international guidelines for DKA management in children that guide current practice worldwide.

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By the end of this podcast, listeners should be able to discuss an expert guided approach to the...

Enid Martinez, MD is a Senior Associate in Critical Care at Boston Children’s Hospital, and an Assistant Professor of Anaesthesia at Harvard Medical School. She is the Director of the Pediatric Critical Care Nutrition Program in the Division of Critical Care Medicine and Principal Investigator for a clinical-translational research program on gastrointestinal function and nutrition in pediatric critical illness.

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Enid Martinez, MD is a Senior Associate in Critical Care at Boston Children’s Hospital, and an Assistant Professor of Anaesthesia at Harvard Medical School. She is the Director of the Pediatric Critical Care Nutrition Program in the Division of Critical Care Medicine and Principal Investigator for a clinical-translational research program on gastrointestinal function and nutrition in pediatric critical illness. 

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Dr. Joshua Nogar is an emergency medicine physician and toxicologist at Northwell Health and an associate professor of emergency medicine at Hofstra University. He is also the chief of the division of Medical Toxicology and the program director of the Toxicology Fellowship at Nor...

Dr. Nicole Glaser is the Chief of Pediatric Endocrinology and a professor of Pediatrics at UC Davis Children's Hospital. She is recognized as an international expert in pediatric diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA), an important complication of diabetes in children. She has led many of the key multi-center studies that guide DKA management. She has also been involved in the development of several national and international guidelines for DKA management in children that guide current practice worldwide.

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Steven Shein, MD, FCCM, is the Chief of Pediatric Critical Care at University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio, and holds the Linsalata Family Distinguished Chair in Pediatric Critical Care and Emergency Medicine. He is also the Co-Director of the PICU Clinical, Basic & Translational Research Program and an Associate Director of the Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Fellowship program. His research focuses on critical bronchiolitis and long-term neuro-cognitive morbidity after critical illness. 

Jatinder Dhami, MD, is a Pediatric Intensivist at University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio. She completed her pediatrics residency at Pe...

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Dr. John Lin is a Professor o...

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Dr. John Lin is a Professor o...

Audrey Miller, MD, is an Attending Neonatologist at Nationwide Children's Hospital and an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at The Ohio State University College of Medicine. Dr. Miller’s clinical interests focus on bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) and improving outcomes for patients with this disease. Dr. Miller serves as Medical Director for the inpatient BPD unit at Nationwide Children’s. Dr. Miller also serves as chair for the advocacy committee of the international BPD collaborative.

Nationwide Children's Comprehensive Center for Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia (BPD)

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Guillaume Emeriaud MD PhD is a Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Montreal and pediatric intensivist at Sainte Justine Hospital in Montreal, Canada. He is a physician scientist with a particular interest in improving pediatric assisted ventilation. In particular, he has developed expertise in monitoring diaphragmatic function by evaluating the electrical activity of the diaphragm. The results of this work have led to less invasive and more effective assistance for children, notably with the NAVA (neurally adjusted ventilatory assist) mode.

E-mail: guillaume.emeriaud.med@ssss.gouv.qc.ca

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Guillaume Emeriaud MD PhD is a Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Montreal and pediatric intensivist at Sainte Justine Hospital in Montreal, Canada. He is a physician scientist with a particular interest in improving pediatric assisted ventilation. In particular, he has developed expertise in monitoring diaphragmatic function by evaluating the electrical activity of the diaphragm. The results of this work have led to less invasive and more effective assistance for children, notably with the NAVA (neurally adjusted ventilatory assist) mode. 

E-mail: guillaume.emeriaud.med@ssss.gouv.qc.ca

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Mike Spaeder is a Prof...

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Mike Spaeder is a Prof...

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Dr. Palen Mallory is an assistant professor of pe...

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Dr. Palen Mallory is an assistant professor of pe...

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Melissa (MJ) Sacco, MD

Andrew Parsons, MD

Learning Objective:

By the end of this podcast, listeners should be able to develop an expert-guided approach to identifying and helping trainees improve deficits in diagnostic reasoning, complex decision-making, and effective communication of complicated clinical situations within the healthcare team.

References:

Parsons AS, Wijesekera TP, Rencic JJ. The Management Script: A Practical Tool for Teaching Management Reasoning. Acad Med. 2020 Aug;95(8):1179-1185. 

Peterson BD, Magee CD, M...

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Dr. Omar Alibrahim is a professor of pediatrics at Duke University and a pediatric intensivist at Duke Children's Hospital. He completed his Pediatric Residency and Chief Residency at St. Joseph's Children's Hospital, followed by Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship at the University of Buffalo. He served as the Pediatric Critical Care Division chief, the PICU Medical Director, and the PCCM fellowship Director in Buffalo, NY, for more than 8 years, during which he worked with the pulmonology and respiratory therapy divisions to develop a negative pressure ventilation program for acute respiratory failure. In 2021 Dr. A...

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Dr. Omar Alibrahim is a professor of pediatrics at Duke University and a pediatric intensivist at Duke Children's Hospital. He completed his Pediatric Residency and Chief Residency at St. Joseph's Children's Hospital, followed by Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship at the University of Buffalo. He served as the Pediatric Critical Care Division chief, the PICU Medical Director, and the PCCM fellowship Director in Buffalo, NY, for more than 8 years, during which he worked with the pulmonology and respiratory therapy divisions to develop a negative pressure ventilation program for acute respiratory failure. In 2021 Dr. A...

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Kyle Rehder, MD, is a Professor of Pediatrics at Duke University and a pediatric intensivist at Duke Children's Hospital, where he serves as the Vice-Chair of Pediatric Education. He completed his medical school, residency, and chief residency at UNC-Chapel Hill, followed by his fellowship at Duke University. His research is focused on team development and evaluation of advanced respiratory support in the PICU.

Learning Objective:

Develop an expert-based approach to diagnosing and managing common presentations of patient-ventilator asynchrony in the PICU.

References: 

Flynn, B. C., Miranda, H...

Thanks to Dr. Abhinav Totapally who is a pediatric intensivist at Nicklaus Children's Hospital in Miami and Dr. Brian Bridges, the Division Chief of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston for joining us for this series. 

Check out their paper published in PCCM in January 2025

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Thanks to Dr. Abhinav Totapally who is a pediatric intensivist at Nicklaus Children's Hospital in Miami and Dr. Brian Bridges, the Division Chief of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston for joining us for this series. 

Check out their paper published in PCCM in January 2025

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Ilyse Genser is a pediatric neurologist and the associate program director of the pediatric neurology combined residency program at Children's National Hospital. She is originally from Westchester, New York, where she attended medical school at New York Medical College. She then completed her general pediatrics training at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, and came to Washington, D.C., to complete her child neurology training at Children's National Hospital.

 Learning Objective:

Develop an expert-guided approach to choosing appropriate neuroimaging techniques for critically ill children. Duration: 00:15:17

About our guest:

Ilyse Genser is a pediatric neurologist and the associate program director of the pediatric neurology combined residency program at Children's National Hospital. She is originally from Westchester, New York, where she attended medical school at New York Medical College. She then completed her general pediatrics training at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, and came to Washington, D.C., to complete her child neurology training at Children's National Hospital.

 Learning Objective:

Develop an expert-guided approach to choosing appropriate neuroimaging techniques for critically ill children. Duration: 00:25:43

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Dr. Philip C. Spinella is a professor in the Departments of Surgery and Critical Care Medicine and the Director of the Trauma and Transfusion Medicine Research Center at the University of Pittsburgh. He also co-founded the THOR network for trauma and hemostasis research and has as been involved with multiple nationally-funded research programs.

References:

Use of whole blood in pediatric trauma: a narrative review - PubMed (nih.gov)

Fresh whole blood transfusions in coalition military, foreign national, and enemy combatant patients during Operation Iraqi F...

About our Guest: 

Dr. Philip C. Spinella is a professor in the Departments of Surgery and Critical Care Medicine and the Director of the Trauma and Transfusion Medicine Research Center at the University of Pittsburgh. He also co-founded the THOR network for trauma and hemostasis research, and has as been involved with multiple nationally-funded research programs.

References:

Use of whole blood in pediatric trauma: a narrative review - PubMed (nih.gov)

Fresh whole blood transfusions in coalition military, foreign national, and enemy combatant patients during Operation Iraqi F...

Article: 

Olson EM, Sanborn DM, Dyster TG, Kelm DJ, Murray SG, Santhosh L, DesJardin JT. Gender Disparities in Critical Care Procedure Training of Internal Medicine Residents. ATS Sch. 2023 Feb 13;4(2):164-176. doi: 10.34197/ats-scholar.2022-0025OC. PMID: 37538076; PMCID: PMC10394715.

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Dr. Emily Olson is a pulmonary and critical care medicine fellow at Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine. She attended medical school at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and completed her internal medicine residency at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. In addition to...

Dr. Sapna Kudchadkar is the Anesthesiologist-in-Chief of the Johns Hopkins Children's Center and Vice Chair for Pediatric Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. Kudchadkar is also the lead PI for the "PICU Up!" study, a 10-site randomized trial of a multifaceted early mobility program for critically ill children.

In this episode, Dr. Kuchadkar shares her path from her general pediatrics residency at Hopkins to running a large multi-center trial as a dual-trained pediatric intensivist and anesthesiologist. 

Citation: Kudchadkar S, Hodges Z, Shanklin A. Building a Research C...

Dr. Sapna Kudchadkar is the Anesthesiologist-in-Chief of the Johns Hopkins Children's Center and Vice Chair for Pediatric Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She completed her training in pediatrics, pediatric intensive care, anesthesiology, and pediatric anesthesiology at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center and the Johns Hopkins Hospital, during which she also received her Ph.D. in clinical investigation at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Kudchadkar is now the lead PI for the "PICU Up!" study, a 10-site randomized trial of a multifaceted early mobility program for critically ill children. Duration: 00:55:15

Kristina Betters, MD is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics in the division of Critical Care Medicine at Vanderbilt University and a pediatric intensivist at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital. Dr. Betters' research interests are focused on early mobility, rehabilitation of the ICU patient, sedation, and delirium in critically ill children. She was an author of the 2022 SCCM PANDEM guidelines.

Brooke Light, MD is a pediatric resident physician at Prisma Health in Greenville, SC. Prior to residency, she completed her MD at the Medical University of South Carolina. She is (obviously) an aspiring pediatric intensivist, and we ar...

Kristina Betters, MD is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics in the division of Critical Care Medicine at Vanderbilt University and a pediatric intensivist at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital. Dr. Betters' research interests are focused on early mobility, rehabilitation of the ICU patient, sedation, and delirium in critically ill children. She was an author of the 2022 SCCM PANDEM guidelines.

Brooke Light, MD is a pediatric resident physician at Prisma Health in Greenville, SC. Prior to residency, she completed her MD at the Medical University of South Carolina. She is (obviously) an aspiring pediatric intensivist, and we ar...

Matthew A. Borgman, M.D. is a Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Pediatric Critical Care at the University of Texas Southwestern.  Dr. Borgman graduated from Uniformed Services University (USU), he completed Pediatric Residency at Brooke Army Medical Center in 2007, followed by a fellowship in Critical Care at Boston Children’s Hospital.  He is a prolific author in pediatric trauma management which has helped redefine the care of injured children. He is also the former national chair of the Pediatric Trauma Society Research Committee and has co-authored the 2022 Pediatric Traumatic Hemorrhagic Shock Consensus Conference Recommendations. 

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Dr. Bill Bortcosh received his Doctorate of Medicine from Albany Medical School, NY. He completed his pediatric residency at the University of Massachusetts Medical School followed by pediatric critical care fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital.
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Dr. Bill Bortcosh received his Doctorate of Medicine from Albany Medical School, NY. He completed his pediatric residency at the University of Massachusetts Medical School followed by pediatric critical care fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital.
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Debra Regier, M.D., Ph.D.,  is the chief of Genetics and Metabolism at Children's National Hospital in Washington, DC. Before transitioning to clinical medicine, Dr. Regier was a biochemist. She came to CNH as a combined pediatric genetics resident and later completed a metabolic fellowship at NIH and served as Children's National's medical genetics program director. 

Dr. Regier’s current work in educational outcomes research has led to federal, industry, and philanthropic funding of almost two million dollars. She has received multiple awards for her impact on rare...

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Debra Regier, M.D., Ph.D.,  is the chief of Genetics and Metabolism at Children's National Hospital in Washington, DC. Before transitioning to clinical medicine, Dr. Regier was a biochemist. She came to CNH as a combined pediatric genetics resident and later completed a metabolic fellowship at NIH and served as Children's National's medical genetics program director. 

Dr. Regier’s current work in educational outcomes research has led to federal, industry, and philanthropic funding of almost two million dollars. She has received multiple awards for her impact on rare...

Dr. Kristen Smith is the PICU medical director, critical care fellowship program director, and director of the nurse practitioner program at the University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital. She received her medical degree from the University of Toledo and completed her pediatric residency at Akron Children’s Hospital, followed by a critical care fellowship at Johns Hopkins. Dr. Smith’s research is focused on the long-term outcome of Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) survivors.

Dr. Carly Schmidt is a critical care fellow at the University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital. She received...

Dr. Kristen Smith is the PICU medical director, critical care fellowship program director, and director of the nurse practitioner program at the University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital. She received her medical degree from the University of Toledo and completed her pediatric residency at Akron Children’s Hospital, followed by a critical care fellowship at Johns Hopkins. Dr. Smith’s research is focused on the long-term outcome of Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) survivors.

Dr. Carly Schmidt is a critical care fellow at the University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital. She received...

Stuart Goldstein, MD is a Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Cincinnati, where he serves as the Clark D. West Endowed Chair. He is a practicing pediatric nephrologist at Cincinnati Children’s where he also is the Director for the Center for Acute Care Nephrology and the Medical Director for the Pheresis Service. Dr Goldstein is the Founder and Principal Investigator for the Prospective Pediatric Acute Kidney Injury Research Group and has evaluated novel urinary AKI biomarkers in the pediatric critical care setting. 

Dr. Katherine Melink (at time of recording) is currently finishing her residency at Cin...

Stuart Goldstein, MD is a Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Cincinnati, where he serves as the Clark D. West Endowed Chair. He is a practicing pediatric nephrologist at Cincinnati Children’s where he also is the Director for the Center for Acute Care Nephrology and the Medical Director for the Pheresis Service. Dr Goldstein is the Founder and Principal Investigator for the Prospective Pediatric Acute Kidney Injury Research Group and has evaluated novel urinary AKI biomarkers in the pediatric critical care setting. 

Dr. Katherine Melink (at time of recording) is currently finishing her residency at Cin...

Dr. Paul Sue is an associate professor of pediatrics at the Columbia University and Director of the Pediatric Transplant and Immunocompromised Host or “PITCH” Infectious Diseases Program at the Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital in NY.  He completed his pediatric residency at Jacobi Medical Center at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx, and his fellowship in pediatric infectious diseases at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. He then moved to UT Southwestern in Dallas TX, where he served as director of Pediatric ICH ID service for the next 8 years, prior to his recent move back to NY.  His rese...

Dr. Paul Sue is an associate professor of pediatrics at the Columbia University and Director of the Pediatric Transplant and Immunocompromised Host at the Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital in NY.  He completed his pediatric residency at Jacobi Medical Center at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx, and his fellowship in pediatric infectious diseases at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. He then moved to UT Southwestern in Dallas TX, where he served as director of Pediatric ICH ID service for the next 8 years, prior to his recent move back to NY.  His research interests include the impa...

Dr. Chris Horvat is a pediatric intensivist and informaticist at UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh. He started his academic career at UNC-Chapel Hill where he got his undergraduate and medical degrees, after which he completed a pediatric residency at Seattle Children's Hospital and a pediatric critical care fellowship at UPMC. Dr. Horvat also completed Pittsburgh’s T-32 Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Pediatric Neurointensive Care through the Safar Center for Resuscitation Research, during which he earned a master’s in health administration (MHA) from the University of Pittsburgh. In his current work, he aims to utilize a combination of electronic heal...

Alexander Rotta, MD is a Professor of Pediatrics and the Division Chief of Pediatric Critical Care at Duke University School of Medicine. He is an accomplished intensivist, educator and physician scientist with well over 100 publications with a focus on respiratory care in critically ill children. He authored a review on high-frequency jet ventilation that served as the foundation for today’s episode. 

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Alexander Rotta, MD is a Professor of Pediatrics and the Division Chief of Pediatric Critical Care at Duke University School of Medicine. He is an accomplished intensivist, educator and physician scientist with well over 100 publications with a focus on respiratory care in critically ill children. He authored a review on high-frequency jet ventilation that served as the foundation for today’s episode. 

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Steven Loscalzo, MD, FAAP is an Attending Physician in the Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine and an Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Critical Care, and Pediatrics at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. He completed his residency and chief residency in Pediatrics at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children, followed by a critical care fellowship at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. He is now an attending physician in the Division of Critical Care Medicine at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

Elorm Avakame, MD, MPP recently completed his Pediatric Critical Care Medicine fellowship at New...

Ayse Akcan Arikan, MD is a dual trained pediatric intensivist and nephrologist and an Associate Professor of Pediatrics with tenure at Baylor College of Medicine. She is the Associate Chief (Research) of the Division of Critical Care Medicine. Dr Arikan is a clinician-scientist whose research focus is on the recognition and management of acute kidney injury in the critically ill, pharmacokinetics in extracorporeal therapies, management of multiple organ failure, as well as sepsis resuscitation and outcomes. Dr Arikan also serves as the Medical Director of the Critical Care Nephrology and Inpatient Dialysis and the Medical Director of the Extracorporeal...

Ayse Akcan Arikan, MD is a dual trained pediatric intensivist and nephrologist and an Associate Professor of Pediatrics with tenure at Baylor College of Medicine. She is the Associate Chief (Research) of the Division of Critical Care Medicine. Dr Arikan is a clinician-scientist whose research focus is on the recognition and management of acute kidney injury in the critically ill, pharmacokinetics in extracorporeal therapies, management of multiple organ failure, as well as sepsis resuscitation and outcomes. Dr Arikan also serves as the Medical Director of the Critical Care Nephrology and Inpatient Dialysis and the Medical Director of the Extracorporeal...

James E. Squires MD, MS, is a pediatric hepatologist and is certified in pediatric gastroenterology and advanced/transplant hepatology by the American Board of Pediatrics. He is an Associate Professor in Pediatrics and is the Associate Director of Hepatology and the Program Director for the Advanced/Transplant Hepatology Fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He received his medical degree from University of Texas in Galveston and completed his residency followed by his fellowships in Pediatric Gastroenterology and Advanced/Transplant Hepatology at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center.

Dr. Maria Pliakas is a critical care fe...

James E. Squires MD, MS, is a pediatric hepatologist and is certified in pediatric gastroenterology and advanced/transplant hepatology by the American Board of Pediatrics. He is an Associate Professor in Pediatrics and is the Associate Director of Hepatology and the Program Director for the Advanced/Transplant Hepatology Fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He received his medical degree from University of Texas in Galveston and completed his residency followed by his fellowships in Pediatric Gastroenterology and Advanced/Transplant Hepatology at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center.

Dr. Maria Pliakas is a critical care fe...

Dr. Martin Kneyber is Chief of the Division of Paediatric Critical Care Medicine at the Beatrix Children’s Hospital, University Medical Center the Netherlands. He is interested in better understanding the respiratory pathophysiology in mechanically ventilated children. His basic science research focuses on ventilator-induced lung injury and its relationship with multiple system organ failure, he is also a principal investigator for PROSpect–Prone and Oscillation pediatric clinical trial. 

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Dr. Martin Kneyber is Chief of the Division of Paediatric Critical Care Medicine at the Beatrix Children’s Hospital, University Medical Center the Netherlands. He is interested in better understanding the respiratory pathophysiology in mechanically ventilated children. His basic science research focuses on ventilator-induced lung injury and its relationship with multiple system organ failure, he is also a principal investigator for PROSpect–Prone and Oscillation pediatric clinical trial. 

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Thomas Conlon, MD is a pediatric intensivist at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, where he also serves as the Director of Pediatric Critical Care Ultrasound. His professional/research interests include clinical and educational outcomes in diagnostic and procedural ultrasound as well as programmatic ultrasound implementation.

Sarah Ginsburg, MD is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Texas Southwestern and pediatric intensivist at Children’s Medical Center Dallas. Her professional & research interests include clinical applications of POCUS in the PICU. She is very active both locally and nationally in improving POCUS skills for pediatric intensivists, including pa...

Thomas Conlon, MD is a pediatric intensivist at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, where he also serves as the Director of Pediatric Critical Care Ultrasound. His professional/research interests include clinical and educational outcomes in diagnostic and procedural ultrasound as well as programmatic ultrasound implementation.

Sarah Ginsburg, MD is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Texas Southwestern and pediatric intensivist at Children’s Medical Center Dallas. Her professional & research interests include clinical applications of POCUS in the PICU. She is very active both locally and nationally in improving POCUS skills for pediatric intensivists, including pa...

Dr. Yigit Guner earned his Doctor of Medicine degree from the Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science at the Chicago Medical School. He completed his internship and residency in general surgery at UC Davis Medical Center, where he served as chief resident. Dr. Guner’s training continued with a fellowship in pediatric surgery at the University of Texas, Houston. In addition, he finished a post-doctoral research fellowship at the USC-CHLA Department of Pediatric Surgery. Dr. Guner continues to publish articles in peer-reviewed journals, presents lectures at nationally recognized conferences, has collaborated on book chapters, and is a member of...

Dr. Yigit Guner earned his Doctor of Medicine degree from the Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science at the Chicago Medical School. He completed his internship and residency in general surgery at UC Davis Medical Center, where he served as chief resident. Dr. Guner’s training continued with a fellowship in pediatric surgery at the University of Texas, Houston. In addition, he finished a post-doctoral research fellowship at the USC-CHLA Department of Pediatric Surgery. Dr. Guner continues to publish articles in peer-reviewed journals, presents lectures at nationally recognized conferences, has collaborated on book chapters, and is a member of...

Dr. Yigit Guner earned his Doctor of Medicine degree from the Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science at the Chicago Medical School. He completed his internship and residency in general surgery at UC Davis Medical Center, where he served as chief resident. Dr. Guner’s training continued with a fellowship in pediatric surgery at the University of Texas, Houston. In addition, he finished a post-doctoral research fellowship at the USC-CHLA Department of Pediatric Surgery. Dr. Guner continues to publish articles in peer-reviewed journals, presents lectures at nationally recognized conferences, has collaborated on book chapters, and is a member of...

L. Nelson Sanchez-Pinto, MD, is a Pediatric intensivist at Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, where he is also an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. 

Dr. Sanchez-Pinto co-led an international group of researchers in the Society of Critical Care Medicine Pediatric Sepsis Definition Task Force for the Development and Validation of the new Phoenix Criteria for Pediatric Sepsis and Septic Shock that was featured at the 2024 SCCM conference.

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L. Nelson Sanchez-Pinto, MD, is a Pediatric intensivist at Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, where he is also an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. 

Dr. Sanchez-Pinto co-led an international group of researchers in the Society of Critical Care Medicine Pediatric Sepsis Definition Task Force for the Development and Validation of the new Phoenix Criteria for Pediatric Sepsis and Septic Shock that was featured at the 2024 SCCM conference.

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Ethan Sanford, MD is an Assistant Professor of Anesthesia and Pediatrics at the University of Texas Southwestern in Dallas. He completed his MD at Harvard University followed by Anesthesiology residency at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and pediatric anesthesia fellowship at Boston Children’s Hospital. He then completed a pediatric critical care fellowship at UTSW. He is board certified in both pediatric anesthesia and pediatric critical care medicine. He works both as a pediatric anesthesiologist and intensivist at UTSW/CMC Dallas.

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By the end of this podcast, listeners should have an improved unde...

Elizabeth Killien, MD MPH is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Washington and an attending physician in the Pediatric ICU at Seattle Children’s. She earned her MD from Dartmouth Medical School in 2011. She completed her residency in General Pediatrics and fellowship in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine at the University of Washington. She underwent additional training in pediatric trauma research at the Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center in the Pediatric Injury Research Training Program from 2017-2019, and completed her Master of Public Health degree in Epidemiology at the University of Washington in 2019. She is a me...

Elizabeth Killien, MD MPH is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Washington and an attending physician in the Pediatric ICU at Seattle Children’s. She earned her MD from Dartmouth Medical School in 2011. She completed her residency in General Pediatrics and fellowship in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine at the University of Washington. She underwent additional training in pediatric trauma research at the Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center in the Pediatric Injury Research Training Program from 2017-2019, and completed her Master of Public Health degree in Epidemiology at the University of Washington in 2019. She is a me...

Alexis Topjian, MD, MSCE is a Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care at the University of Pennsylvania. She is an intensivist at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia where she also serves as the Fellowship Director of Neurocritical Care, Director of the Pediatric Neurocritical Care Program, and the Director of Faculty Development. She also was the first author on the 2019 Pediatric Post–Cardiac Arrest Care Scientific Statement from the American Heart Association.

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Alexis Topjian, MD, MSCE is a Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care at the University of Pennsylvania. She is an intensivist at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia where she also serves as the Fellowship Director of Neurocritical Care, Director of the Pediatric Neurocritical Care Program, and the Director of Faculty Development. She also was the first author on the 2019 Pediatric Post–Cardiac Arrest Care Scientific Statement from the American Heart Association.

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Jenna Miller, MD is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine. She completed her medical school and residency in Kansas City before moving to Texas Children’s for critical care fellowship. She is the director of the pediatric ECMO program and the pediatric critical care medicine fellowship at Children’s Mercy Kansas City. Her professional and research interests include trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole ARDS, ECMO and medical education.

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Dr. Tarif Choudhury is a pediatric cardiac intensivist at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. After finishing his residency in pediatrics at Cohen Children’s Medical Center, he completed his cardiology fellowship at Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago followed by a pediatric critical care fellowship at Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital at Columbia University School of Medicine. His areas of interest are the impact of clinical simulation to improve team performance, clinical outcomes of PCICU patients and clinical outcomes of patients on mechanical circulatory support in the PCICU.

Dr. Gav Apfel is a CICU hospitalist at Col...

Dr. Tarif Choudhury is a pediatric cardiac intensivist at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. After finishing his residency in pediatrics at Cohen Children’s Medical Center, he completed his cardiology fellowship at Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago followed by a pediatric critical care fellowship at Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital at Columbia University School of Medicine. His areas of interest are the impact of clinical simulation to improve team performance, clinical outcomes of PCICU patients and clinical outcomes of patients on mechanical circulatory support in the PCICU.

Dr. Gav Apfel is a CICU hospitalist at Col...

James D. Fortenberry MD, MCCM, FAAP is a Professor Pediatrics in the Division of Pediatric Critical Care at Emory University School of Medicine. He is the Chief Medical Officer of Children's Healthcare of Atlanta & the interim Chief of Critical Care Medicine. He is a past Chair of Critical Care sub-board of the American Board of Pediatrics and on SCCM and AAP critical care committees  He is also a past president of Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (ELSO). 

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By the end of this podcast, listeners should be able to identify key leadership skills across the spectrum of an...

Dr. Nada Mallick is a pediatric intensivist at Children's National Hospital in Washington, DC. She has a master’s in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from the Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health, after which she did her medical residency and chief resident year at Virginia Commonwealth University and her critical care fellowship at Children's National Hospital. Nada now serves as the physician chair for both the Pediatric Early Recognition and Resuscitation Committee and the Late Rescue Collaborative at Children’s National.

The Cribsiders:

The Cribsiders is a pediatric medicine podcast composed of a national netw...

Dr. Nada Mallick is a pediatric intensivist at Children's National Hospital in Washington, DC. She has a master’s in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from the Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health, after which she did her medical residency and chief resident year at Virginia Commonwealth University and her critical care fellowship at Children's National Hospital. Nada now serves as the physician chair for both the Pediatric Early Recognition and Resuscitation Committee and the Late Rescue Collaborative at Children’s National.

The Cribsiders:

The Cribsiders is a pediatric medicine podcast composed of a national netw...

Priya Bhaskar, M.D. is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at UT Southwestern and an attending in the Cardiac ICU at Children’s Medical Center Dallas. She completed her pediatric residency at Inova Children’s Hospital in Virginia and critical care fellowship at UTSW prior to completing a 1 year CICU fellowship at Laurie Children’s in Chicago. Prior to her current position here at UTSW she was a cardiac intensivist at Arkansas Children’s Hospital. Her professional interests include extracorporeal support and education. She serves on the ECMO team as a core staff physician, and she has co-authored a review o...

Dr. Michelle Kittleson is the Director of Postgraduate Education in Heart Failure and Transplantation, Director of Heart Failure Research, and Professor of Medicine at the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai. She received her MD at Yale University School of Medicine followed by a residency in Internal Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital, and a fellowship in Cardiology at John Hopkins, where she also received a PhD in clinical investigation from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. 

Dr. Kittleson is also a guideline author: she was the chair of the writing group for the 2020 American Heart A...

Proshad Efune, MD is an Assistant Professor at UT Southwestern. She completed both her pediatric critical care and pediatric anesthesia fellowships here at UT, and she now practices in both the operating room and the pediatric ICU here at Children’s Medical Center in Dallas. She is interested in pre-operative management of critically ill children.

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After listening to this episode, learners should be able to:

Dr. Eric Silver is an Associate Professor of pediatrics at Columbia University Medical Center. He completed his cardiology fellowship at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and his electrophysiology fellowship at Stanford’s Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital. He is a certified specialist in pediatric electrophysiology and his research has focused on invasive management of AV nodal reentrant tachycardia in children, the response of the transplanted heart to adenosine therapy, and placement of pacemakers and ICDs with minimal fluoroscopy utilizing 3-dimensional mapping systems.

Gav Apfel is a CICU hospitalist at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surg...

Bradley Fuhrman, MD completed his training in pediatrics followed by fellowships in cardiology and neonatology at the University of Minnesota where he went on to found the first PICU and serve as the Chief of critical care at that institution. He has also served as the associate director of the PICU at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Division Chief of Critical Care at Children’s Hospital Buffalo and Physician-in-Chief at El Paso Children’s Hospital. His career in pediatric critical care exceeds 40 years. He has many peer-reviewed publications with a research career that is focused in cardiac and respiratory physio...

Bradley Fuhrman, MD completed his training in pediatrics followed by fellowships in cardiology and neonatology at the University of Minnesota where he went on to found the first PICU and serve as the Chief of critical care at that institution. He has also served as the associate director of the PICU at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Division Chief of Critical Care at Children’s Hospital Buffalo and Physician-in-Chief at El Paso Children’s Hospital. His career in pediatric critical care exceeds 40 years. He has many peer-reviewed publications with a research career that is focused in cardiac and respiratory physio...

Jerry Zimmerman, M.D, PhD, FCCM is a Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Washington and the former Chief of the Division of Critical Care Medicine and the Director of the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Seattle Children’s Hospital. He is a past president of the Society of Critical Care Medicine. Dr. Zimmerman is the co-editor of the textbook Pediatric Critical Care and is an accomplished researcher. He was a charter principal investigator in the Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators (PALISI) network and is a co-principal investigator for the Stress Hydrocortisone in Pediatric Septic Shock (SH...

Jerry Zimmerman, M.D, PhD, FCCM is a Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Washington and the former Chief of the Division of Critical Care Medicine and the Director of the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Seattle Children’s Hospital. He is a past president of the Society of Critical Care Medicine. Dr. Zimmerman is the co-editor of the textbook Pediatric Critical Care and is an accomplished researcher. He was a charter principal investigator in the Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators (PALISI) network and is a co-principal investigator for the Stress Hydrocortisone in Pediatric Septic Shock (SH...

About our Guests: 

Dr. Warren Zuckerman is an associate professor of pediatrics as well as the associate director of the pediatric cardiology division at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York. He completed both his pediatric residency and his cardiology fellowship at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. He is now a practicing pediatric cardiologist at Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital. His research interests include pediatric cardiomyopathies, donor- and recipient-related issues surrounding pediatric heart transplantation, and drug therapies for prevention and treatment of graft rejection following heart transplantation.

Gav Apfel is...

About our Guests: 

Dr. Warren Zuckerman is an associate professor of pediatrics as well as the associate director of the pediatric cardiology division at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York. He completed both his pediatric residency and his cardiology fellowship at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. He is now a practicing pediatric cardiologist at Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital. His research interests include pediatric cardiomyopathies, donor- and recipient-related issues surrounding pediatric heart transplantation, and drug therapies for prevention and treatment of graft rejection following heart transplantation.

Gav Apfel is...

Megan & Ross Maenius are parents to Mila and patient advocates at Children's Medical Center Dallas. They have an incredible story to tell about their child's journey that may help the next time you are caring for a patient with chronic medical complexity in the pediatric ICU.

Erin Gordon, D.O. is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at University of Texas Southwestern and an intensivist in the pediatric cardiac intensive care unit. Dr. Gordon is the medical director of the inpatient developmental care program and directly involved in creating an environment that fosters the growth and development of...

About our guests:

Jeffrey Edwards, M.D is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Columbia University and a pediatric intensivist at Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital in New York. He is an active physician-investigator with clinical and research interests in children with complex chronic conditions and technology-dependence. 

Erin Gordon, D.O. is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at University of Texas Southwestern and an intensivist in the pediatric cardiac intensive care unit. Dr. Gordon is the medical director of the inpatient developmental care program and directly involved in creating an environment that fosters the growth and...

About our guests:

Jeffrey Edwards, M.D is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Columbia University and a pediatric intensivist at Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital in New York. He is an active physician-investigator with clinical and research interests in children with complex chronic conditions and technology-dependence. 

Erin Gordon, D.O. is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at University of Texas Southwestern and an intensivist in the pediatric cardiac intensive care unit. Dr. Gordon is the medical director of the inpatient developmental care program and directly involved in creating an environment that fosters the growth and...

Dr. Yurasek is a graduate of the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. He completed his pediatric residency at Children’s Hospital of Boston followed by a pediatric cardiology fellowship also at Boston Children’s and a PICU fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital. He is now a CICU attending and the director of critical care simulation at Children’s National Hospital in Washington, DC. 

Objectives for this series:
1. Understand the physiologic considerations that influence preoperative care in the cardiac intensive care unit (CICU).
2. Recall the goals and general steps of operati...

Dr. Yurasek is a graduate of the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. He completed his pediatric residency at Children’s Hospital of Boston followed by a pediatric cardiology fellowship also at Boston Children’s and a PICU fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital. He is now a CICU attending and the director of critical care simulation at Children’s National Hospital in Washington, DC. 

Objectives for this series:
1. Understand the physiologic considerations that influence preoperative care in the cardiac intensive care unit (CICU).
2. Recall the goals and general steps of operative repair...

Dr. Yurasek is a graduate of the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. He completed his pediatric residency at Children’s Hospital of Boston followed by a pediatric cardiology fellowship also at Boston Children’s and a PICU fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital. He is now a CICU attending and the director of critical care simulation at Children’s National Hospital in Washington, DC. 

Objectives for this series:
1. Understand the physiologic considerations that influence preoperative care in the cardiac intensive care unit (CICU).
2. Recall the goals and general steps of operative repair...

Jenna Miller, MD is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine. She completed her medical school and residency in Kansas City before moving to Texas Children’s for critical care fellowship. She is the director of the pediatric ECMO program and the pediatric critical care medicine fellowship at Children’s Mercy Kansas City. Her professional and research interests include trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole ARDS, ECMO and medical education.

Dr John Daniel, MD is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine. He completed his pediatric residency at the...

Jenna Miller, MD is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine. She completed her medical school and residency in Kansas City before moving to Texas Children’s for critical care fellowship. She is the director of the pediatric ECMO program and the pediatric critical care medicine fellowship at Children’s Mercy Kansas City. Her professional and research interests include trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole ARDS, ECMO and medical education.

Dr John Daniel, MD is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine. He completed his pediatric residency at the...

Jenna Miller, MD is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine. She completed her medical school and residency in Kansas City before moving to Texas Children’s for critical care fellowship. She is the director of the pediatric ECMO program and the pediatric critical care medicine fellowship at Children’s Mercy Kansas City. Her professional and research interests include trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole ARDS, ECMO and medical education.

Dr John Daniel, MD is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine. He completed his pediatric residency at the...

Jenna Miller, MD is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine. She completed her medical school and residency in Kansas City before moving to Texas Children’s for critical care fellowship. She is the director of the pediatric ECMO program and the pediatric critical care medicine fellowship at Children’s Mercy Kansas City. Her professional and research interests include trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole ARDS, ECMO and medical education.

Dr John Daniel, MD is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine. He completed his pediatric residency at the...

Scott Weiss, MD is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Pathology at Thomas Jefferson University. He serves as the Chair of the Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine at Nemours Children’s Hospital in Wilmington, Delaware.  Dr. Weiss’ research focuses on epidemiology of pediatric sepsis and mitochondrial dysfunction in sepsis-associated organ injury. He recently served as the Co-Vice Chair for the international Pediatric Surviving Sepsis Campaign and was first author on the 2020 pediatric sepsis guidelines.

Learning Objectives: 

By the end of this podcast series, listeners should be able to: 

Scott Weiss, MD is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Pathology at Thomas Jefferson University. He serves as the Chair of the Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine at Nemours Children’s Hospital in Wilmington, Delaware.  Dr. Weiss’ research focuses on epidemiology of pediatric sepsis and mitochondrial dysfunction in sepsis-associated organ injury. He recently served as the Co-Vice Chair for the international Pediatric Surviving Sepsis Campaign and was first author on the 2020 pediatric sepsis guidelines.

Learning Objectives: 

By the end of this podcast series, listeners should be able to: 

Samuel Davila, M.D. is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics here at UT Southwestern. He completed both his pediatric infectious disease and critical care fellowships at Washington University at St. Louis Children’s Hospital. He now is a practicing pediatric infectious disease specialist and intensivist at the UTSW/ Children’s Medical Center in Dallas, Texas. His professional and research interests include cardiovascular infections, cardiac ECMO, and post heart transplant infections. I spend time doing handshake stewardship in the ICUs and committee work for hospital acquired conditions and infection prevention. 

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Karen Fauman, MD is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Chicago and dual boarded pediatric intensivist and palliative care physician at Comer Children’s. She received her medical degree, pediatric and pediatric critical care training at the University of Michigan. Now at the University of Chicago she serves as the critical care medicine fellowship program director and the ECMO medical director. She is very active in ECMO-related research with an added focus on the psychosocial aspects of critical care in children.

The Cribsiders:

The Cribsiders is a pediatric medicine podcast composed of a...

About our guest:

Karen Fauman, MD is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Chicago and dual boarded pediatric intensivist and palliative care physician at Comer Children’s. She received her medical degree, pediatric and pediatric critical care training at the University of Michigan. Now at the University of Chicago she serves as the critical care medicine fellowship program director and the ECMO medical director. She is very active in ECMO-related research with an added focus on the psychosocial aspects of critical care in children.

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Dr. Whyte-Nesfield is a Critical Care attending at Children’s National Hospital in Washington, DC. She completed her medical degree in her home country of Grenada at St. George’s University, and her fellowship in Pediatric Critical Care at Penn State Health Children’s Hospital, PA. Mekela’s research interest is the role of parent and child traumatic stress management in improving long term outcomes of children in the PICU; she ran a multi-center prevalence study during her fellowship. She is also interested in advanced ventilator modes and educating the next generation of intensivists about pulmonary physiology.

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