Optimizing Outcomes in Distributive Shock: Managing Refractory Septic Shock

Dr. Herbert Patrick is an Intensivist and Program Director of the Critical Care Medicine Fellowship Program at Jefferson Health. He completed his undergraduate bachelor and graduate master’s degrees in electrical engineering at the University of Pennsylvania. He worked in the biomedical industry until obtaining his medical degree at Jefferson Medical College and Pulmonary training at Temple University Hospital. He has been Pulmonary-Critical Care faculty at Jefferson University Hospital as Medical Director of Respiratory Care and at Hahnemann University Hospital as Director of Critical Care Services. He is triple board certified and a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, American College of Chest Physicians and American College of Critical Care Medicine.

Dr. Michael R. Pinsky is a Professor of Critical Care Medicine, Bioengineering, Cardiovascular Diseases, Clinical & Translational Science, and Anesthesiology at the University of Pittsburgh. His primary research interests are cardiovascular and pulmonary physiology, shock resuscitating, sepsis, energy metabolism, healthcare informatics, and outcomes research. He received his MD, CM from McGill University in 1974, Internal Medicine and Pulmonary fellowship at Stanford University in 1979 and Cardiopulmonary Physiology at Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions in 1981. 

Maureen Seckel has published and presented at national forums on critical care including evidence-based practices and sepsis. She is lead critical care clinical nurse specialist and sepsis leader for an 1100 bed healthcare system.  She has expertise with both invasive and non-invasive monitors and methods to assess volume resuscitation. Maureen is an author on the 2016 Surviving Sepsis Guidelines and was a member of the Surviving Sepsis National Inpatient Collaborative.

Dr. Steven Simpson has been the medical director for multiple tertiary and academic ICUs and has led the sepsis team at the University of Kansas since 2004. He is past chair of CHEST’s Critical Care NetWork, led CHEST’s annual postgraduate course in critical care for six years, and has served numerous times on the program committee for the CHEST annual meeting. He has extensive research experience in sepsis, including cell and molecular studies, clinical trials, translational studies, and epidemiology. He founded the Kansas Sepsis Project, a collaborative effort to raise the quality of sepsis care across his home state and has led the Midwest Critical Care Collaborative since its inception in 2005. Dr. Simpson is a member of the board of directors and is Medical Director of Sepsis Alliance, a national education and advocacy group for victims of sepsis.