SCCM Podcast

Troy E. Batterton, PharmD, a pharmacist at Lakeland Regional Medical Central, and Dean Sandifer, MD, an internist, both practicing at Lakeland Regional Medical Center in Lakeland, Florida.

Pratik Pandharipande, MD, FCCM, is an assistant professor of anesthesiology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee.

Samuel A. Tisherman, MD, is a professor of critical care medicine and surgery at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in Pennsylvania, and director of critical care fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh.

Babak Sarani, MD, is a trauma surgeon and an assistant professor of surgery at the University of Pennsylvania.

Craig Coopersmith, MD, FCCM, is a professor of surgery at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia.

Marin H. Kollef, MD, is lead author of an article published in the March 2011 Critical Care Medicine.

Kathleen A. Puntillo, RN, DNSc, is the lead author of an article published in the November 2010 Critical Care Medicine.

Ravi Thiagarajan, MD, MBBS, MPH, discusses his article published in the January Pediatric Critical Care Medicine.

George A. Sample, MD, is a senior attending in critical care at Washington Hospital Center in Washington, DC.

Jerry J. Zimmerman, MD, PhD, FCCM, discusses his article published in the January Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

William Meadow, MD, PhD, is the lead author of an article published in the March Critical Care Medicine titled: Power and limitations of daily prognostications of death in the medical ICU

Randy S. Wax, MD, and Marie Baldisseri, MD, FCCM, discuss disaster management and their relief efforts after the 2010 Haiti earthquake.

Judith Jacobi, PharmD, BCPS, FCCM, discusses drug shortages in the intensive care unit and how such shortages affect critical care patients and those requiring anesthesia.

Society of Critical Care Medicine president Pamela A. Lipsett, MD, MHPE, FCCM, discusses her professional background and research interests.

Alan R. Schroeder, MD, lead author of an article published in the July Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Steven B. Leder, PhD, discusses his article, Dysphagia Testing and Aspiration Status in Medically Stable Infants Requiring Mechanical Ventilation Via Tracheotomy, published in the July 2010 Pediatric Critical Care Medicine.

Christopher L. Carroll, MD, FCCM, lead author of an article published in the May 2010 issue of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine.

Monica Vavilala, MD, discusses her recent article published in the May issue of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine.

Timothy D. Girard, MD, MSCI, discusses his July 2010 Critical Care Medicine article.

Better understanding of important aspects of trial design and interpretation, such as whether patients enrolled in both intervention arms were comparable and whether the primary outcome of the trial is clinically important, will assist the bedside clinician in determining whether to apply the findings from the clinical study into clinical practice.

Adam Keene, MD, MS, discusses his paper published in the January 2010 issue of Critical Care Medicine

Amy Creel, MD, a pediatric critical care physician at Childrens Hospital in New Orleans, Louisiana, served as lead author on an article published in the May 2009 issue of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Niranjan Kissoon, MD, FCCM, discusses his article published in the September 2009 issue of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

M. Luce, MD, FCCM, discusses his latest article: A history of resolving conflicts over end-of-life care in intensive care units in the United States

Matthew C. Scanlon, MD, discuses his article: Value of human factors to medication and patient safety in the intensive care unit.