Critical Care Medicine

Faculty and Staff

Name	Areas of Special Interest
Ira M. Cheifetz, MD, FCCM, FAARC, Chief	Acute lung injury, mechanical ventilation, cardiorespiratory interactions
Jon N. Meliones, MD, FCCM	Cardiac intensive care, cardiorespiratory interactions, patient safety initiatives
George Ofori-Amanfo, MD	Post operative management of the critically ill neonate after open heart surgery, outcomes of neonatal cardiac surgery, cardiac critical care education and simulation
Caroline P. Ozment, MD	Transfusion medicine, acute lung injury
Stacey Peterson-Carmichael, MD	Lung pathophysiology, performance of lung function measures in infants, RSV, congenital diaphragmatic hernia
Kyle Rehder, MD	Care of critically ill infants and children, including the use of mechanical ventilation and extra corporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), patient safety, quality improvement.
Christine C. Rudd, PharmD	Pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics in the critical care patient
Scot R. Schulman, MD, MHS	Pediatric cardiac anesthesiology
Rebecca L. Smith, MD	Pediatric critical care for children from birth through adolescence
Jennifer L. Turi, MD	Lung inflammation, iron metabolism
David A. Turner, MD	Education, medical simulation, patient safety iniatives
B. Craig Weldon, MD	Blood management, mechanical ventilation, postoperative delirium

Name	Role
Michael A. Gentile, RRT, RCP, FAARC	Research Associate
Samantha Tate	Clinical Research Coordinator
Lisa Mamo	Research Analyst
Austin B. Cutler, PharmD	Clinical Pharmacist
Chris Rudd, PharmD	Clinical Pharmacist
Susan Strasser, RN, BSN, MBA	Clinical Operations Director, Neonatal & Pediatric Critical Care
Beth Hutchinson, RN	Nurse Manager of Operations, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Tammy L. Uhl, RN, MSN, CCRN, CCNS	Clinical Nurse Specialist, PICU/PCICU
Valorie Smith	Division Administrator
Veronica Mills	Research Analyst II

Name
Catherine Baxter, RN, MSN, CPNP-AC	Pediatric Critical Care Nurse Practitioner
Debbie Guentensberger, RN, MSN, CPNP-AC, DNP	Pediatric Critical Care Nurse Practitioner
Remi Hueckel, RN, MSN, FNP, CPNP-AC, DNP	Pediatric Critical Care Nurse Practitioner
Lisa Jacobs, RN, MSN, CPNP-AC	Pediatric Critical Care Nurse Practitioner
Jeannie Koo, RN, MSN, CPNP-AC	Pediatric Critical Care Nurse Practitioner
Keyatta Lackey, RN, MSN, PCCNP	Pediatric Critical Care Nurse Practitioner
Kelly Swain, RN, MSN, CPNP-AC	Pediatric Critical Care Nurse Practitioner
Mark D. Weber, RN, MSN, PCCNP	Pediatric Critical Care Nurse Practitioner