The Southeastern Critical Care Summit began in the early 2000’s at Emory University as a multi-professional quality improvement meeting across the growing critical care system. The Summit is an annual symposium that provides targeted education for common critical care conditions and procedures to multi-professional healthcare stakeholders. This program uses interactive and case-based lectures from stakeholders at all levels (physicians, advanced practice providers, pharmacy, nursing, respiratory therapy, administration and more), as well as hands-on teaching in breakout sessions. Topics of particular importance (i.e. prevalence in critical care) or controversy will involve roundtable discussion with stakeholders and/or break-out sessions; these topics will also be utilized for small-group discussions, teaching and procedural education.   At the conclusion of this program, the participant will be able to:

  • Accurately describe and summarize the most recent evidence based medical care guidelines and practice standards for common critical care conditions.
  • Describe recent therapeutic advances in the field of critical care medicine which may directly impact optimal patient-centered care.
  • Develop strategies to standardize and harmonize the application of evidence across the spectrum of critical care providers and clinical conditions.
  • Use methods and implementation strategies that can be applied in your institution to ensure the application of patient-centered care according to evidence-based guidelines.
  • Apply practical hands-on education in the management of common critical conditions and the conduct of common critical care procedures.

Summit Organizing Committee

Micah Fisher, MD
Associate Professor, Pulmonary and Critical Care
Section Chief, Emory University Hospital

Jenny Han, MD, MSc
Associate Professor, Pulmonary and Critical Care
Emory University School of Medicine
Medical Director Respiratory Care, Grady Memorial Hospital

Gabriel Najarro, MMSc, PA-C
Physician Assistant, Lead Affiliate Provider
Cardiac Critical Care Unit
Emory Healthcare

Marina Rabinovich, PharmD, BCPS
Critical Care Clinical Pharmacist Specialist
Grady Health System
Past-President, SCCM Southeast Chapter

Seema Tekwani, MD, MHA
Assistant Professor, Pulmonary and Critical Care
Director of Quality, Emory Critical Care Center

Greg Martin, MD, MSc
Professor, Pulmonary and Critical Care
Executive Associate Division Director, Emory University
Research Director, Emory Critical Care Center

Ashish Mehta, MD, MSc
Associate Professor, Pulmonary and Critical Care
Emory University School of Medicine
Medical Director, MICU, Atlanta VA Medical Center

Mary D. Still, MSN, APRN
Clinical Nurse Specialist Critical Care, Surgical ICU
Emory University Hospital, Emory Healthcare

Annette Esper, MD, MSc
Associate Professor, Pulmonary and Critical Care
Emory University School of Medicine
Section Chief, Grady Memorial Hospital