Division of Emergency Critical Care

Patient Care

EMERGENCY CRITICAL CARE

ECC faculty are dual-boarded emergency intensivists who provide dedicated specialty care to critically ill patients in the ED, regardless of ICU bed availability. Learn more.

ECC faculty also serve as attending physicians in the medical-surgical ICUs at Stanford Hospital, the primary teaching services for Stanford residents and CCM fellows.

Research

EMERGENCY CRITICAL CARE

The ECC research group has published on severity of illness scores adapted for use in the emergency department, as well as the impact of ECC nurses and ECC physicians on outcomes among the critically ill.

MULTI-CENTER CLINICAL TRIALS

Stanford ECC faculty participate at the national level in multi-center clinical trials focused on early interventions in critical illness, including as part of the NIH-funded PETAL and SIREN networks.

Education

RESIDENCY

The Stanford Emergency Medicine Residency offers special preparation for a career in critical care as part of the Advanced Clinical and Career Enrichment Line (ACCEL) Program. All ECC faculty participate in mentoring EM residents interested in pursuing critical care fellowship training, and partner with residents to host “critical care day,” a half-day of hands-on teaching focused on critical care topics for all EM residents. 

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FELLOWSHIP

Stanford has a long tradition of multidisciplinary training in critical care - our first EM-trained fellow graduated in 1996! Today, ECC faculty are involved in all aspects of the critical care fellowships at Stanford, including as co-director of the critical care ultrasound curriculum and as assistant program director for the internal medicine-CCM fellowship. 

Two pathways are available at Stanford for graduates of an EM residency: Internal Medicine-CCM and Anesthesia-CCM. 

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CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION

ECC faculty help lead CME efforts not only for physicians but also for nurses and respiratory therapists working in critical care. Recent CME offerings include training at ACEP and SCCM annual meetings and the Stanford Respiratory Care Symposium. Local and national courses vary from year to year.

ECC NURSES

ECC RNs are dual ED/ICU-trained nurses who are staffed 24/7 and are primarily responsible for overseeing the care of critically ill patients in the ED. As partners, ECC physicians and ECC nurses work very closely to provide exceptional care for critically ill patients in the ED. Learn more

 

Faculty

Jennifer Wilson MD, MS
Division Chief
Hallie Brown
Clinical Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine
Alexandra Gordon
Clinical Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine
Susannah Ford Empson
Clinical Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine
Natalie Htet
Clinical Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine
Alfredo Urdaneta
Clinical Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine
Shawn Kaku
Clinical Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine
Tsuyoshi (Yoshi) Mitarai
Clinical Professor, Emergency Medicine