The sixth annual Multidisciplinary Critical Care Medicine Boot Camp was held in early August. Eighteen fellows from the Departments of Anesthesiology, Emergency Medicine, Neurology, and Surgery, along with thirteen anesthesiology residents as part of Resident Academic Days, came together to learn the ins and outs of critical care medicine at UF Health. Critical care medicine touches a number of departments in the University of Florida College of Medicine and our anesthesiology critical care team works closely with colleagues in these other areas to produce a comprehensive Critical Care Medicine Fellowship.
The two-day boot camp organized by Peggy White, M.D., associate professor of anesthesiology and program director for the Critical Care Medicine Fellowship, along with staff from the Anesthesiology Education Office, consisted of simulations and hands-on training with a few lectures. Some key areas of focus were mechanical ventilation, airway management, cardiac arrest and cardiovascular procedures, team training, and Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) initiation, troubleshooting, and cannulation.
White highlighted the emphasis on hands-on learning, noting, “This year we really focused on hands-on skill stations and simulations, and for the first time, we taught both venovenous and peripheral venoarterial ECMO cannulation.”
Marc Maybauer, M.D., Ph.D., professor of anesthesiology and chief of our Critical Care Medicine Division, is an expert in ECMO. This year our critical care medicine fellows can specialize in a new ECMO track within the fellowship. Maybauer, who is an internationally renowned physician with more than 20 years in anesthesia and critical care medicine, joined the Department of Anesthesiology in 2023.
Many thanks to the faculty, healthcare workers, and staff below for their assistance in teaching and planning.
Department of Anesthesiology
- Lauren Berkow, M.D.
- Amanda Frantz, M.D.
- Everett Jones, M.D.
- Sem Lampotang, Ph.D.
- Peggy White, M.D.
Department of Surgery
- Kirsten Freeman, M.D.
- Edward Staples, M.D.
- Julie Stortz, M.D.
- Joshua Yeykal, D.O.
Department of Emergency Medicine
- Torben Becker, M.D.
- John Bruno, M.D.
- Kruti Shah, M.D.
- Beulah Augustin, M.D.
- Nishil Patel, D.O.
- Jacob Milling, M.D.
Respiratory Therapists
- Melissa Mann
- Madison Shays
- Blair Smith
- Trevor Finley
ECMO Specialists
- Ryan Stahl
- Andrew Jaudon
- Cody Rigsby
CCM Advanced Practice Provider
- Brittany Venegas
Unit 77 Nurse Educator
- Truitt Renaud
Heart Failure NP
- Shelley Beldock
Administrative Support
- Aleshia Sirmons
- Nicole Reed
- Richelle McComas
- Keiana Warren
- Sarah Lyn Box
Simulation Staff
- Tom LeMaster
- Jean Hutton
- Luiz Bittencourt
- Valeria Westring
- Simon Mesber