The Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Division manages the University of Maryland’s Hospital for Children's Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU), a 10-bed facility that provides state-of-the-art multidisciplinary critical care for young patients with life-threatening medical and surgical conditions. The division also maintains an eight-bed pediatric intermediate care unit to care for children with special needs or who require close monitoring.
John
P. Straumanis, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics; Interim Head, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine; Medical Director, MarylandCARES Program;
Medical Director, Pediatric ICUand Pediatric Respiratory Care
Special Interests: Respiratory Syncitial Virus Infections/Bronchiolitis;
Pediatric Advanced Life Support; Injury Prevention; Nitric Oxide; Child Advocacy
Medical Degree: Louisiana State University of School of Medicine
Residency: Medical University of South Carolina, Pediatrics
Certification: Pediatrics; Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
410-328-6957/appointments
410-328-6957/academic office
Nan A. Garber, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics; Medical Director, Maryland ExpressCare
for Kids
Special Interests: Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
Medical Degree: Tel Aviv University, Sackler School of Medicine
Residency: State University of New York at Buffalo/Children's Hospital
of Buffalo
Fellowship: University Health Care Center of Pittsburgh/Children's Hospital
of Pittsburgh
Certification: Pediatrics; Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
410-328-6957/appointments
410-328-6957/academic office
Courtney
L. Robertson, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Special Interests: Traumatic Brain Injury; Cerebral Resuscitation; Pediatric
Advanced Life Support
Medical Degree: University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston
Residency: University of North Carolina, Pediatrics
Certification: Pediatrics; Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
410-328-6957/appointments
410-328-6957/academic office
Susanna
Scafidi, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Special Interests: Critical Care Medicine
Medical Degree: Samarkand State Medical Institute, Uzbekistan
Residency: The University Children's Hospital, University of Medicine
& Dentistry
Fellowship: Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Bronx, NY
Certification: Pediatrics
410-328-6957/appointments
410-328-6957/academic office
Vinay
U. Vaidya, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics; Director, Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship
Program
Special Interests: Respiratory Failure; Post-Operative Cardiac Care;
Total Parental Nutrition; Computer Applications in the PICU; Medical Informatics;
Computerized Decision Support Systems; Nutrition
Medical Degree: G.S. Medical College, Bombay, India
Residency: University of Arizona Health Sciences Center
Certification: Pediatrics; Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
410-328-6957/appointments
410-328-6957/academic office
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