Past Events
Professor Cook graduated from McMaster Medical School (1985) and Internal Medicine Residency (1988). She completed General Internal Medicine Fellowship (1989) and the MSc (Design, Measurement and Evaluation Program) at McMaster. She then did a Critical Care Fellowship at Stanford University (1991). Dr. Cook practices intensive care medicine at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. At McMaster University, she is Co-Chair of the Evidence-Based Practice Center. As Academic Chair of Critical Care Medicine at St. Joseph’s Healthcare and McMaster University, she has trained many residents and mentored many junior faculty on how to conduct, publish and appraise clinical research. Dr. Cook is interested in risk factors for critical illness, prevention of ICU-acquired illness and complications, life support technology, ethics, and end-of-life choices for critically ill patients. Her research interests are in the design and conduct of multicenter studies, minimizing bias in systematic reviews of the literature, incorporation of diverse kinds of evidence into practice, and end of life decision-making. As a Canada Research Chair of Research Transfer in Intensive Care, and former Chair of the Canadian Critical Care Trials Group, Dr. Cook has published over 600 peer-review articles and supervised many young trainees and successful faculty. She has received numerous local, national and international awards for her practice, teaching, mentoring and research. In 2016, Dr. Cook was named an Officer of the Order of Canada for her global contributions to improving the care of critically ill patients.
Dr. Cortessa Russell
Daryl Oakes, MD
Hannah Wunsch, MD, MSc
SOCCA Women in Critical Care: A Fireside Chat Featuring Guest Speaker: Dolores B. Njoku, MD When: September 28, 2022 Washington University in St. Louis | Dr. Njoku is Wise Professor of Anesthesiology, Adjunct Professor of Pathology and Immunology Division Chief, Pediatric Anesthesiology and Vice Chair Department of Anesthesiology and the Pediatric Anesthesiologist-in-Chief at the St. Louis Hospital for Children | Dr. Njoku is President-Elect of Association of University Anesthesiologists (AUA)
SOCCA Women in Critical Care: A Fireside Chat with Guest Speaker Dr. Natalia Ivascu Girardi When: December 8th, 2022 | 4:30-5:30 pm ET Natalia Ivascu Girardi, MD | Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology Dr. Natalia Ivascu Girardi cares for patients as a Cardiac Anesthesiologist and Critical Care Intensivist in the Cardiothoracic Surgical Intensive Care Unit. Dr. Girardi is the Executive Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs and the Medical Director of the Cardiothoracic Surgical Intensive Care Unit (CTICU). Her academic interests include medical ethics and patient blood management. Dr. Girardi completed her undergraduate studies in Cellular and Molecular Biology at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. She went on to earn her medical degree from Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit, Michigan. She began her career at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Medical College as a resident in Anesthesiology. Dr. Girardi completed an additional year of fellowship training at NYP-Weill Cornell, in Cardiovascular Anesthesiology. She then spent a year at NYP-Columbia as a fellow in Critical Care Medicine. Dr. Girardi is board certified in Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine. She is also a Diplomate of the American Board of Echocardiography with certification in Advanced Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography and Special Competency in Critical Care Echocardiography. |
Fireside Chat: March 17, 2022
May 25 Meeting: Cortessa Russell, MD
SOCCA Women in Critical Care: A Fireside Chat with Guest Speaker Daryl Oakes, MD
SOCCA Women in Critical Care: A Fireside Chat with Guest Speaker Dr. Hannah Wunsch