Critical Care Medicine Section

The primary purpose of the Critical Care Medicine Section (CCMS-AAEM) is to serve as a forum for those interested in critical care to exchange information among the group, as well as with fellow AAEM members. The section will help develop critical care educational opportunities at Scientific Assembly and through webinars, and be a centralized point of communication for medical students, residents, and attendings. The section will work closely with AAEM/RSA to provide mentorship to medical students and residents who are interested in critical care fellowships.

Chair
Frederick Gmora, DO FAAEM

Chair-Elect
Jeremy Kaswer, MD FAAEM

Secretary/Finance Chair
Neil K Dasgupta, MD FAAEM

Immediate Past Chair
Allyson M. Hynes, MD FAAEM FACEP

Councilors
Emily Esposito, DO FAAEM 
Oluwafemi P. Owodunni, MD MPH
Troy D. Rivera, FAAEM
Lane M. Smith, MD PhD FAAEM

AAEM/RSA Representatives
Victoria Glascott, DO
Leah C. Harbison, MS

Board Liaison
To be appointed

Staff Liaison
Heather Thomack

You must be a current AAEM or AAEM/RSA member to join a section.

• I’m already an AAEM Member. Join CCMS-AAEM.
• I’m already an AAEM/RSA Member. Join CCMS-AAEM.

You can also add a CCMS-AAEM Membership when you become an AAEM member or AAEM/RSA member today!

Dues

• Full Voting ($50)
• Associate ($50)
• Fellow-in-Training (Free)
• International ($25)
• Resident (Free)
• Medical Student (Free)

Section memberships run on a calendar year and must be renewed annually.

There are no upcoming events.

Watch recordings from past CCMS-AAEM events:

• Pathways to Critical Care Webinar Series
• CCMS-AAEM Salons
• CCMS-AAEM Junior Speakers Breviloquent

Read articles from AAEM’s member magazine, Common Sense, authored by CCMS-AAEM members.

• Redefining Preoxygenation Practices One Breath at a Time by Oluwafemi P. Owodunni, MD and David Gordon, MD, January/February 2025
• Refractory Hypoxemia? Is Positive End Expiratory Pressure Always the Answer? by Alex Cavert, MD; William Timbers, MD; Frederick Gmora, DO; and Skyler Lentz, MD, November/December 2024
• Acute Pancreatitis Fluid Management: Should We Go Chasing WATERFALLs? by Emily Straley, MD and Skyler Lentz, MD FAAEM, September/October 2024
• The Future of Fluid Resuscitation in Criticallly Ill Patients is Here. Or is It? by Shadman Kabir, OMS-III, Elias Wan, MD, David H. Gordon, MD, May/June 2023
• Overcoming Obstacles to Bystander CPR by Cara Gardner, MS and David Gordon, MD, March/April 2023
• Post Intubate Awareness While Paralyzed and How to Avoid It by Kirstin Acus, MD, Cara Gardner, MS, and David Gordon, MD, January/February 2023
• Critical Care Education: How Early is Too Early? Part Two: A Follow-Up on the Novel “AAEM/RSA Introduction to Critical Care in Emergency Medicine” Curriculum by Matthew Carvey, MD FP-C, Ava Omidvar, MSIII MPS FP-C, Elias Wan, MD FAAEM, and Skyler Lentz, MD FAAEM, November/December 2022
• In Praise of the Ultrasound-Guided Peripheral Intravenous Catheter by David Gordon, MD FAAEM, Alexander Bracey, MD FACEP, and Neil Dasgupta, MD FAAEM, September/October 2022
• Utilization of Arterial Lines in the Emergency Department by Alex Yang, MD and Elias Wan, MD FAAEM, July/August 2022
• Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation for Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest by Matthew Stampfl, MD and Benjamin Rezny, DO FAAEM, May/June 2022
• Critical Care Education: How Early Is Too Early? by Ava Omidvar, MSIII MPH FP-C and Matthew Carvey, MD EMT-P FP-C, March/April 2022
• Captivating Capnography – The Basics of End-Tidal CO2 by Benjamin Rezny, DO FAAEM and Andrew Winkleman, OMS-II, January/February 2022
• Bougie Conundrum: Airway Adjunct or Secret to 1st Pass Success? Should We Incorporate into Routine Practice and How? by Frederick Gmora, DO, Skyler Lentz, MD FAAEM, Elias Wan, MD FAAEM, November/December 2021
• 2020-2021: A One Year Summary of the Critical Care Medicine Section (PDF) by Skyler Lentz, MD FAAEM, 2021-22 Chair and Andrew W. Phillips, MD MEd FAAEM, 2021-22 Immediate Past Chair, July/August 2021
• Vents, Cardiac Events, and Aerosolized Contaminants: Performing CPR on Vented COVID-19 Patients (PDF) by Kerolos Abadeer, DO and Christopher Perry, MD Editor: Alex Flaxman, MD MSE – RowanSOM/Jefferson Health/Virtua-Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Critical Care Fellowship Program, May/June 2021
• We are Nebulizing What Now? Nebulizing Nitro: Therapies for PE iNO More Excuses for PE Therapy (PDF) by Mark Ramzy, DO EMT-P, March/April 2021
• Intubating Asthma (PDF) by Charles J. Blevins, MD, January/February 2021