Critical Care Medicine

 

Our  physicians provide twenty-four hour, in-house coverage in a multi-disciplinary, twenty two bed PICU at Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital a Level I Pediatric Trauma Center located in the Texas Medical Center. It is one of only six organizations in the world to receive the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization’s Award for Excellence in Life Support since 2006 and has earned the three-star rating, the highest possible distinction, from The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS).

Alongside a group of highly qualified and dedicated faculty, our fellows treat pediatric patients from all subspecialties and provide critical care in the busiest Level 1 Trauma Center in the United States. Medical and surgical subspecialists from all disciplines are immediately available in the PICU. Areas of subspecialty expertise include, but are not limited to, cardiovascular surgery, congenital heart disease, hematology, neurosurgery, oncology, sepsis, solid organ transplantation, and trauma. Furthermore, the PICU has available advanced treatment modalities such as extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for neonatal and pediatric respiratory and cardiac failure, high frequency oscillatory ventilation, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, inhaled nitric oxide gas therapy, and non-invasive ventilation.

We are composed of a diverse group of critical care intensivist with many unique perspectives and areas of academic interest. Our team is considered a community educational and clinical care resource, participating in local educational activities, having academic representation at the national level, and directing the transport of critically ill children.