Critical Care Medicine

Children's Health Service Critical Care (PICU)

Co-Director: Leticia Castillo MD

We care for severely ill children. We provide resident education focused on:

  • early recognition, stabilization, and ongoing management of the critically ill child,
  • the understanding of complex cases,
  • interaction with other specialties, and
  • the psycho social sequelae and ethical concerns in critical illness

 

AB Castillo, Leticia

Leticia Castillo, MD
CLINIC| RESEARCH
Professor, Director PICU

Bedell, Jefferson

Malkani, Gautam


Gautam Malkani, MD 
CLINIC
Associate Professor

Y Gaylor, Cassandra

Cassandra Gaylord
Administrative Associate
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