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Pediatric Critical Care and PICU

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. StraumanisJohn 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
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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
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Courtney L. Robertson, M.D. 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
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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
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Vinay U. VaidyaVinay 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
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This page was last updated on: June 14, 2007.

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