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Our Impact

Under the leadership of Michael J. Bell, M.D., the Division of Pediatric Critical Care seeks to fulfill its missions:

  • Providing state-of-the-art care for critically ill children in the region
  • Educating the next generation of leading pediatricians and intensivists to advance our current knowledge for future generations
  • Performing innovative research to provide more opportunities for improved outcomes for children in this region and around the world
  • Advocating for the care of children so that they can grow up with improved lives

2024 Impact

  • By the Numbers

    By the Numbers

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    Faculty

    • 38 faculty
    Fellowships icon

    Clinical

    • 4 clinical sites
    • 19,726 inpatient encounters
    • 127 outpatient encounters
    • EMPOWER Clinic initiated in 2025 to follow children requiring extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
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    Education

    • 16 fellows; all pediatric residents rotate through ICU
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    Research

    • 8 active awards
    • $605,991 total funding from grants (FY25)
    • 6 active clinical trials
    • $23,256 revenue from clinical trials (FY25)
    • 3 lab and data studies
    • 49 publications
    • 3,895 citations
  • Honors and Awards

    Honors and Awards

    D Magazine Best Doctor

    Archana Dhar, M.D.

  • Top Peer-Reviewed Publications and Book Chapters

    Top Peer-Reviewed Publications and Book Chapters

    • Kochanek PM, Tasker RC, Bell MJ, Adelson PD, Carney N, Vavilala MS, Selden NR, Bratton SL, Grant GA, Kissoon N, Reuter-Rice KE, Wainwright MS. Management of Pediatric Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: 2019 Consensus and Guidelines-Based Algorithm for First and Second Tier Therapies. Pediatr Crit Care Med 20(3):269-279, 2019. PMID: 30830015.
    • Shah N, Li X, Shanmugham P, Fan E, Thiagarajan RR, Venkataraman R, Raman L. Early Changes in Arterial Partial Pressure of Carbon Dioxide and Blood Pressure After Starting Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Children: Extracorporeal Life Support Organization Database Study of Neurologic Complications. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2023 Jul 1;24(7):541-550. doi: 10.1097/PCC.0000000000003216. Epub 2023 Mar 6. PubMed PMID: 36877009.
    • Farhat A, Li X, Huet B, Tweed J, Morriss MC, Raman L. Routine Neuroimaging: Understanding Brain Injury in Pediatric Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation. Crit Care Med. 2022 Mar 1;50(3):480-490. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000005308. PubMed PMID: 34637418.
    • Feinberg C, Carr C, Zemek R, Yeates KO, Master C, Schneider K, Bell MJ, Wisniewski S, Mannix R. Association of Pharmacological Interventions with Symptom Burden Reduction in Patients with Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: A Systematic Review. JAMA Neurol 78(5): 596-608, 2021. PMID: 33464290.
    • Bell MJ, Rosario BL, Kochanek PM, Adelson PD, Morris KP, Au AK, Schober M, Butt W, Edwards RJ, Zimmerman J, Pineda J, Le TM, Dean N, Whalen MJ, Figaji A, Luther J, Beers SR, Gupta DK, Carpenter J, Buttram S, Wisniewski SR and the ADAPT Investigators. Comparative Effectiveness of Diversion of Cerebrospinal Fluid for Children with Severe Traumatic Brain Injury. JAMA Netw Open 5(7): e2220969, 2022. PMID: 35802371.
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