Professor Jan De Waele is an intensivist at the Surgical ICU of the Ghent University Hospital in Ghent, Belgium. As the current President of WSACS – the Abdominal Compartment Society, he will host the 2015 World Congress on the Abdominal Compartment in Ghent, Belgium in May 2015 (www.wcacs2015.org). Prof. De Waele joined the ICU Management Editorial...
READ MOREProfessor Claudio Ronco is Director of the Department of Nephrology and Transplantation at the International Renal Research Institute (IRRIV) , San Bortolo Hospital, Vicenza, Italy. He is considered the pioneer in many areas of nephrology, including peritoneal dialysis, critical care nephrology, continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT), cardiorenal...
READ MOREProf. Julian Bion was presented with the 2013 President’s Award from the UK’s Intensive Care Society at their recent State of the Art meeting in London. Bion, Professor of Intensive Care Medicine at the University of Birmingham, recently completed his term as an Editorial Board Member of ICU Management. The citation for the Award by Prof. Mark Bellamy...
READ MOREDr. Stephen Brett takes up office as President of the UK's Intensive Care Society in January 2015. We asked him our 7 questions. 1. What are your key areas of interest and research? I have a very broad interest in the clinical aspects of intensive care research and practice. If pressed, I would say that I am interested in understanding recovery...
READ MORELinda Denehy, PhD heads the Department of Physiotherapy at the University of Melbourne’s School of Health Sciences. Prof. Denehy is one of seven invited faculty members at the 2014 Critical Care Congress, the theme of which is “Inspiring ICU”. The conference takes place from 26 to 30 November at the Baxter Theatre Centre in Cape Town, South Africa....
READ MOREProfessor Michael Reade, Australian Defence Force Professor of Military Medicine and Surgery, University of Queensland and ADF Joint Health Command, is a practising specialist intensive care physician and clinician scientist in the Australian Defence Force (ADF), seconded by Joint Health Command to the University of Queensland to lead a programme of...
READ MOREJan Bakker is Professor of Medicine and Vice-chair of the Department of Intensive Care Adults at Erasmus Medical Centre in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. He is Visiting Professor at Columbia University - New York Presbyterian, U.S. and a Visiting Professor at the University Hospital Pontificia Católica de Chile. His research interests include blood lactate,...
READ MOREProfessor Hans Flaatten has been Professor of Intensive Care Medicine at the University of Bergen since 2004, and he is a valued member of the Editorial Board of ICU Management. We asked him our 7 questions: 1. What are your key areas of interest and research? Outcome after intensive care, quality issues in intensive care, education and training...
READ MOREProfessor Daniel De Backer takes up the role of President of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine in October. Dr. De Backer is a Professor in the Department of Intensive Care at Erasme University Hospital in Brussels. We put our 7 questions to Prof. De Backer: 1. What are your key areas of interest and research? Circulatory failure,...
READ MOREProfessor Armand Girbes is an esteemed member of the ICU Management Editorial Board. Since 2001 he has been Professor in Intensive Care Medicine at the VU University Medical Center in Amsterdam since 2001. We asked Professor Girbes our 7 questions: 1. What are your key areas of interest and research? Hypoperfusion and reperfusion...
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