Editorial Board

Editor-in-Chief:

Joseph L. Nates, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Director Fellowship Program Critical Care
Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine, and Hyperbaric Medicine
University of Texas, Houston Medical School
Houston, Texas, USA

Associate Editor:

Olivier Wenker, M.D., D.E.A.A.
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care
The University of Texas
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas, USA

Previous Editor-in-Chief: from 1996 to 1998

Joseph Varon, M.D., F.A.C.P., F.C.C.P.
Asst. Professor of Medicine,
Pulmonary and Critical Care Section
Baylor College of Medicine and
Research Director, Department of Emergency Services
The Methodist Hospital
Houston, Texas, USA

Section Editors:

Greg Botz, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Assistant Anesthesiologist
The University of Texas
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas, USA

Acute Lung Injury

Antonio Anzueto, M.D., F.C.C.P.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Chief, Pulmonary Function Test Laboratory
University of Texas Health Science Center and
Veterans Affairs Medical Center
San Antonio, Texas, USA

Biostatistics in Emergency Medicine and Critical Care

Robert E. Fromm, Jr., M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.E.P., F.A.C.P., F.C.C.M., F.C.C.P.
Associate Professor of Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
Director, Emergency Services
The Methodist Hospital
Houston, Texas, USA

Cardiac Transplant and Intensive Care

Stacy Davis, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, Tennessee, USA

Coronary Care

Carlos Jerjes-Sanchez, M.D., F.C.C.P., F.A.C.C.
Clinical Research Coordinator, Emergency Care Department
Hospital de Enfermedades Cardiovasculares y del Tórax
Monterrey, Nuevo León, México

Classics in Emergency Medicine and Intensive Care

George L. Sternbach, M.D., F.A.C.E.P.
Clinical Professor of Surgery
Department of Emergency Medicine
Stanford University Medical Center
Stanford, California, USA

Electrolyte Disturbances

Steven M. Koch, M.D., F.C.C.P.
Assistant Professor,
Department of Anesthesiology and Internal Medicine
The University of Texas at Houston
Houston, Texas, USA

Emergency Medicine

Stephen R. Hayden, M.D.
Co-Director, Emergency Medicine Residency Program
University of California, San Diego Medical Center
San Diego, California, USA

Endocrinology and Metabolism

Al Davies, M.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine
Director, Medical Intensive Care Unit
The Methodist Hospital
Houston, Texas, USA

Ethics in Emergency Medicine and Critical Care

Arthur H. Combs, M.D., F.C.C.P.
Director, Medical Intensive Care Unit
Allegheny University Hospital - MCP Division
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Hyperbaric Medicine

Lindell Weaver, MD, F.A.C.P., F.C.C.P.
Medical Director, Hyperbaric Medicine
Medical Co-Director, Shock,Trauma, Intermountain, Respiratory ICU
LDS Hospital
Associate Professor Of Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine
Salt Lake City, UT

Infectious Diseases in the ICU

Paul E. Marik, MBBCh, MMed, FCP, FRCP
Associate Professor,
Dept. of Medicine, University of Massachusetts
Director, Medical Intensive Care Unit
St. Vincent Hospital
Worcester, Massachusetts

Pharmacology

Tami N. Radtke, Pharm.D.
Clinical Practice Specialist
Critical Care
Division of Pharmacy
The University of Texas
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas, USA

Mechanical Ventilation

Peter J. Papadakos, M.D., F.C.C.P
Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology
The University of Rochester Medical Center
Rochester, New York, USA

Monitoring

Bruce Krieger, M.D., F.A.C.P., F.C.C.P.
Professor of Medicine
University of Miami School of Medicine
Chief, Pulmonary Intensive Care Unit
Mount Sinai Medical Center
Miami Beach, Florida, USA

Nutrition in the ICU

Pamela Roberts, M.D.
Assistant Professor,
Bowman-Gray Medical Center
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA

Outcome Predictors

Professeur J.R. Le Gall
European Consortium
Hopital Saint Louis
Paris, France

Pediatric Critical Care

Fernando Stein, M.D.
Professor of Pediatrics
Baylor College of Medicine
Texas Children's Hospital
Houston, Texas, USA

Pulmonary Disorders & Lung Transplant

Steven Kesten, M.D., F.C.C.P.
Associate Professor of Medicine, Rush Medical College
Medical Director, Advanced Lung Disease & Lung Transplant Program
Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center
Chicago, Illinois, USA

Resuscitation

Joseph P. Ornato, M.D., F.A.C.C.
Chairman, Department of Emergency Medicine
Professor of Medicine (Cardiology)
MCV Hospitals
Richmond, Virginia, USA

Shock and Other Distributive Disorders

Carlos A. Olais, M.D.
Associate Intensivist, Centro Médico Nacional "El Fénix " and
Director, Intensive Care Unit, Centro de Especialidades Médicas de Sureste.
Secretary, Colegio de Medicina Crítica y Terapia Intensiva de Yucatan.
Mérida,Yucatan, México

Surgical Critical Care and Trauma

Peter B. Angood, M.D., F.C.C.M., F.A.C.S.
Director, Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Yale-New Haven Hospital
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Toxicology

Andrew Dawson, M.D.
Dept. of Clinical Toxicology
Newcastle Mater Hospital
Australia

Joseph Varon, M.D., F.A.C.P., F.C.C.P.
Asst. Professor of Medicine,
Pulmonary and Critical Care Section
Baylor College of Medicine and
Research Director, Department of Emergency Services
The Methodist Hospital
Houston, Texas, USA

Reviewers:

Jaime Benrey, M.D., F.A.C.C.
Texas Heart Institute,
Houston ,Texas, USA

Karen Chen, M.D.
Baylor College of Medicine,
Houston, Texas, USA

Carmen C. Cosio, M.D.
Assistant Professor,
Baylor College of Medicine and
Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Texas, USA

Mr. Mark Clore, J.D.
Perdue & Clore, LLP
Houston, Texas, USA

David W. Crippen, M.D., F.C.C.M.
Director, Surgical Critical Care Services
St. Francis Medical Center,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Jose Elizalde, M.D., F.C.C.P.
Associate Professor,
American British Cowdray Hospital
Mexico City, Mexico

Nicola A. Hanania, M.D., F.R.C.P.(C)
Assistant Professor of Medicine,
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas, USA

Susannah Kish, M.S.N., R.N., CCRN, CPAN
The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas, USA

Robert Levine, M.D., F.C.C.M.
Baylor College of Medicine and
St. John's Hospital, Houston, Texas, USA

Patrick M. Reilly, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Trauma & Surgical Critical Care
University of Pennsylvania Medical Center
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Susan D. Ruppert, Ph.D., R.N., C.C.R.N., C.S., N.P.-C.
Associate Professor
The University of Texas School of Nursing
Houston, Texas, USA

Nicholas Sadovnikoff, M.D.
Instructor, Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Francis E. Smit, M.D.
University of Oranje Free State,
Bloemfontein, South-Africa

S.T. (John) Sum Ping, M.D.
Director, Division of Critical Care Medicine
The University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics
Iowa City, Iowa, USA

Thomas V. Taylor, M.D.
Professor of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine
Chief of General Surgery, Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Houston, Texas, USA

Arie Wollner, M.D., F.C.C.P.
Sheba Medical Center
Tel-Hashomer, Israel

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