PedsCrit

Learning Objectives: By the end of this series, listeners should be able to: Understand the research expectations of PICU Fellows in the United States. Explain the types of research available to PICU fellows and how a new fellow might explore their local options.  Explain the work necessary to refine a research question and write mature specific aims for a project.   Understand the key factors inv...

Learning Objectives: By the end of this series, listeners should be able to discuss: The physiologic rationale supporting the use of airway pressure release ventilation (APRV) in ARDS.  The patient populations most likely to benefit from APRV. Key published evidence that informs our use of APRV in critical care. An expert approach to managing a patient with APRV. Next steps in research that will d...

Learning Objectives: By the end of this series, listeners should be able to discuss: The physiologic rationale supporting the use of airway pressure release ventilation (APRV) in ARDS.  The patient populations most likely to benefit from APRV. Key published evidence that informs our use of APRV in critical care. An expert approach to managing a patient with APRV. Next steps in research that will d...

We are so thankful for help from our guests: 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. Reference...

About our Guest:  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 Medica...

About our Guest:  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 Medica...

About our Guest:   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 adv...

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 Learning Objectives: By the end of this podcast, listeners should...

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 Learning Objectives: By the end of this podcast, listeners should...

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 cam...

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 cam...

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 p...

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...

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. About our Guests:   Dr. Emily Olson is a pulmonary and critical care medicine fellow at Northwestern Feinberg Sc...

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. 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, dur...

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 guidel...

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 guidel...

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 managem...

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. Learning Objectives: By the end of this podcast series, listeners should be able to discuss: Why critical evaluation of a patient’s acid-base stat...

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. Learning Objectives: By the end of this podcast series, listeners should be able to discuss: Why critical evaluation of a patient’s acid-base stat...

About our Guest:   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 direc...

About our Guest:   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 direc...

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 re...

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 re...