Leadership and service
Selected leadership roles are described below.
Emory
- Chief, Division of Critical Care Medicine20 → 40 facultyDepartment of Anesthesiology · 2019–
- Associate Director, Emory Critical Care Centerseven hospitals · ~370 ICU beds · 100+ physicians · 220+ APPs2022–
- Medical Director, Cardiovascular Surgical ICU18 → 48 beds · 8 → 42 APPsEmory University Hospital · 2017–2026
- Established the critical care division and surgical ICU serviceAtlanta VA Medical Center · 2016–2018
National
- Officer, Society of Critical Care AnesthesiologistsTreasurer 2026–2027 · President-Elect 2027–2028 · President 2028–2029
Secretary 2024–2026 · Board of Directors 2021–2024 - Founding Chair, SOCCA Service Chiefs' Advisory Council171 representatives · 107 institutions2022–2025 · Immediate Past Chair 2025–
- Chair, SOCCA Committee on Bylaws2024–2025 · first bylaws revision in over a decade
- Chair, SOCCA Organizational Policy Development Task Force2025 · the society's first policy manual
- Co-Chair, Physiologically Difficult Airway Guideline WorkgroupSOCCA and partner societies · 2021–2024
- Member, ICU Design Guideline CommitteeSociety of Critical Care Medicine · 2021–2025
- Co-Chair, Critical Care Organizations Knowledge Education GroupSociety of Critical Care Medicine · 2025–
- Airway Management Patient Safety Priority Advisory GroupAnesthesia Patient Safety Foundation · Co-Chair 2024–2025 · Member 2025–2026
- Co-Chair, Joint Task Force on COVID-19 Resources (CAESAR ICU)ASA, SCCM, APSF, and SOCCA · 2020–2021
- Associate Examiner, APPLIED ExaminationsAmerican Board of Anesthesiology · 2021–
Editorial
- Assistant Editor for Critical Care, Anesthesia & Analgesia2026–
- Editorial Board, Critical Care Medicine2024–
- Editorial Board, Critical Care2022–
- Contributing Editor, Critical Care ExplorationsEditorial Board 2022– · Contributing Editor 2026–
- Editor, SOCCA Interchange2019–2021
A forum for service chiefs
In 2022 I founded SOCCA's Service Chiefs' Advisory Council to connect the people who run anesthesiology critical care practices. It gives them a standing forum for clinical operations, institutional engagement, and workforce questions, and it now runs a national benchmarking survey of staffing and financial models. It has 171 representatives from 107 institutions. I chaired it through 2025 and now serve as Immediate Past Chair.