Research and Innovation

The division of Critical Care Medicine at Nationwide Children’s Hospital is a leader in pediatric critical care research, with numerous faculty leading single- and multicenter studies. Nationwide Children’s remains a key member of the National Institutes of Health’s Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network (CPCCRN). This includes service as the central site for the network’s flagship PRECISE study of personalized immunomodulation in pediatric sepsis-induced multiple organ dysfunction syndrome, led by Division Chief Mark W. Hall, MD.

The division is home to six NIH-funded investigators (Katherine Bline, MD, Mark Hall, MD, FAAP, FCCM, Christopher Montgomery, MD, Jennifer Muszynski, MD, MPH, FCCM, Nicole O’Brien, MD and Andrew Yates, MD). These investigators, and many others, lead outstanding research programs in important areas of study that include Staphylococcus aureus microbiology (Christopher P. Montgomery, MD), cerebral malaria and global health (Nicole F. O’Brien, MD; Hunter Wynkoop, MD), transfusion science (Jennifer A. Muszynski, MD, MPH, FCCM), respiratory infections (Todd J. Karsies, MD, MPH), bereavement (Markita L. Suttle, MD), anesthesiology (Joseph D. Tobias, MD), simulation (Tensing Maa, MD, FAAP), resuscitation (Andrew R. Yates, MD), and quality and safety.

The research infrastructure in Critical Care Medicine is outstanding, with highly skilled research coordinators providing seven-day per week support for the conduct of clinical and translational projects, an in-situ research laboratory in the PICU, a divisional biostatistician and the resources of the Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital on the same campus. The AWRI multidisciplinary Critical Illness and Injury Interdisciplinary Research Group, led by Dr. Montgomery, offers a fantastic platform upon which we design and conduct collaborative research studies; provide research mentorship and training for fellows and junior faculty; and leverage local research resources to efficiently and effectively serve our sickest patients.

Critical Care Faculty

Interests

Onsy Ayad, MD, FAAP

Quality and safety, ICU-associated infection
Katherine Bline, MD Lower respiratory tract infection, host immune response in critical illness, myeloid-derived suppressor cells

Margaret Chase, MD

Medical education

Melissa Chung, MD

Neurocritical care, pediatric stroke

Megan Daniel, MD

Medical education, resident education, hematology and oncology

Maria Estrada, DO, FAAP

Trauma care, electronic medical records

Jill Fitch, MD

Advocacy, sedation, blood conservation, cardiac intensive care

W. Joshua Frazier, MD

Extracorporeal therapies, sepsis

Samantha Gee, MD

Inter-facility transport, Quality Improvement

Mark Hall, MD, FAAP, FCCM

Immunobiology of critical illness, sepsis, MODS
Hunter Wynkoop, MD Multiorgan dysfunction in severe malaria, global health, point-of-care ultrasound
John Jennings, MD Simulation, Pediatric Education for Hospitalists

Todd Karsies, MD

ICU infections, antibiotic utilization, critical bronchiolitis

Nadeem Khan, MD, FAAP

Safety and quality

Anthony Lee, MD, FCCM

Safety and quality, airway management, ICU related infections, cardiac intensive care

Ada Lin, MD, FAAP

Nutrition in the ICU

Eric Lloyd, MD

Cardiac Intensive Care, extracorporeal support

Marlina Lovett, MD

Neurocritical care, acute hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy

Jeffrey Lutmer, MD

Quality and safety, cost of care, utilization management

Tensing Maa, MD

Simulation training, patient safety, resuscitation, neurocritical care

Jennifer MacDonald, MD

Neurocritical care, quality and safety, medical education, POCUS, Implementation Science
Lauren Sanchez, MD Medical education and provider burnout

Christopher Montgomery, MD

Microbial pathogenesis, mechanisms of Staphylococcus immunogenicity

Jennifer Muszynski, MD, FCCM

Transfusion medicine, immunobiology of critical illness

Nicole O’Brien, MD

Neurocritical care, global health, non-invasive cerebral blood flow measurement, cerebral malaria
Ambrish Patel, MD Pediatric Anesthesia 
Tsovinar Sorkin, MD Care of medically complex and technology dependent children

Claire Stewart, MD

Medical education, competency-based education, simulation

Markita Suttle, MD

The psychosocial effects of critical illness on families and providers

Joseph Tobias, MD

Anesthesia, procedural sedation

Andrew Yates, MD

Cardiac Intensive Care, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, extracorporeal support

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