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Dr. Daniel Herr
cme conference educational director
Daniel L. Herr, MD is the Chief of Surgical Critical care services and Director of the Cardiac Surgery Unit at the University of Maryland. He is responsible for the oversight of the clinical ICU care of cardiac surgery patients, heart transplant, lung transplant, ventricular assist devices and, extracorporeal lung support. Dr Herr serves as an Associate professor of Medicine. Dr Herr’s research interests are in use, of Extra corporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) for lung failure, avoidance and treatment of acute confusional states in the ICU and the use of hypothermia for resuscitation. Dr Herr is boarded in the fields of Internal medicine, Critical Care and certified in Neuro-Critical care.
A Fellow of the American College of Critical Care Medicine, Dr. Herr is an experienced principal investigator with special interest in novel therapies and devices. He is proficient in regulatory compliance, protocol design, and pharmacology. His research findings have been published in prominent medical journals such as JAMA, Journal of Neurosurgery, and Critical Care Medicine. He has also authored two book chapters on the subject of nutrition in critical care and endocrine management of the cardiac surgical patient. Most recently he was one of the authors of the Guidelines for Sedation in critically ill patients.
As a recognized expert in the field of critical care, Dr. Herr is frequently invited to speak at medical conferences on topics concerning novel/new treatments and therapies for crucially ill patients. He has served on several Data Safety Monitoring Boards, and often provides consultative services to pharmaceutical companies. Throughout his career, he has been an active member of several medical organizations.
Dr. Herr received a Masters of Science in Pharmacology from Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, and a Medical Degree from St. George’s University School of Medicine, Grenada, W.I. He completed a residency at York Hospital in York, PA, and completed post-graduate training in critical care (medical, surgical and trauma) at Maryland Institute for mergency Medical Services (MIEMSS), University of Maryland Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, and Memorial Sloan-Kettering, Cornell University, New York, NY.
Prior to assuming his current positions, Dr Herr was Assistant Vice President of Scientific Affairs at MedStar Research Institute, as well as Director of Critical Care Research, and Medical Director of the Surgical Intensive Care Unit at Washington Hospital Center (WHC) in Washington, DC. Dr. Herr was responsible for all critical care research conducted at WHC, and oversaw all MedStar-administered research projects conducted in Baltimore, Maryland. Over the past several years, Dr. Herr served as a key scientific contributor to MedStar’s Office of Research Integrity and served as Chair of the Institutional Review Board (IRB) for eight years. In addition to his clinical and research responsibilities, Dr. Herr was an Associate Professor of Medicine at Georgetown University. Prior to those appointments, Dr. Herr served as Assistant Clinical Professor of Neurosurgery at George Washington University in Washington DC, and was Medical Director of MedSTAR, the renowned trauma transport and emergency program at WHC.
Dr. Craig Conoscenti
cme conference PROGRAM director
Dr. Conoscenti received BS from Fordham University and his M.D. from St George’s University School of Medicine. He completed his residency and chief residency at Hackensack University Medical Center. Following this he completed his pulmonary critical care medicine fellowship at the Norwalk Hospital/Yale University fellowship program.
He practiced in a clinical academic program at Norwalk Hospital for 18 years serving as a senior consultant in pulmonary and critical care medicine. Additionally, he was research physician in the Hinds Center for Respiratory Research and the director of the diving and hyperbaric medicine division. He was a faculty educator for both the fellowship and residency programs. His specific area of interest clinically and in his research was interstitial lung disease.
Dr. Conoscenti joined Boehringer Ingelheim in 2002 and until 2021 he was the program area lead for the pulmonary fibrosis program and the Medical Expert, Interstitial Lung Disease. He went on to be the Therapeutic Area Head and Executive Director for Interstitial Lung Disease in the Clinical Development and Medical Affairs group. In early November 2023, Dr. Conoscenti took up his current role as Senior Vice President for Clinical Development, Avalyn Pharma, Seattle WA.
He is a Fellow of the American Thoracic Society and the American College of Chest Physicians, where he has held several committee positions, and the European Respiratory Society. He received the Norman S Brady Fellowship where he served sabbatical time at the Brompton Chest Hospital in London studying quantitative and qualitative chest CT analysis.
Dr. brian houston
Brian Houston is a professor of medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina. As a heart failure cardiologist, his research and clinical interests cover mechanical circulatory support, heart transplant, invasive hemodynamics, right ventricular failure, and the care of inflammatory cardiomyopathies including cardiac sarcoid. Dr. Houston is a renown authority on Chronic Heart failure and end stage heart disease with over 60 articles published including journals such as the New England Journal. He is the medical director of the MUSC mechanical circulatory support program.
Dr. warren Siegel
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DR. CAL MCPHERSON
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DR. NIRAV SHAH
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