The Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine is made up of highly motivated faculty members with a wide range of academic and clinical interests, including simulation education, transport medicine, sedation, resuscitation, extracorporeal support, cardiac- and neuro-critical care, quality improvement, telemedicine, non-invasive monitoring, machine learning models, and translational research in acquired brain injury and cardiopulmonary physiology. Division members are nationally recognized experts for research and program development, and hold numerous local and national leadership roles associated with these programs. Division faculty provide clinical services in the AFCH Pediatric ICU and Sedation Clinic, and train the next generation of critical care physicians in the Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship program.
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine News

ICTR selects Neil Munjal for KL2 Scholars Program
The UW Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (ICTR) named Neil Munjal, MD, MS, assistant professor, Divisions of Critical Care and Global Pediatrics, to its KL2 Scholars Program. Funded by the NIH through ICTR’s Clinical and Translational …
August 21, 2026
UW Health achieves ELSO Award for Excellence in Life Support – Gold Level
The Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (ELSO) recognized the UW Health ECMO Program with the ELSO Award for Excellence in Life Support – Gold Level for the third consecutive designation period. This designation is valid for …
August 20, 2026
Awni Al-Subu named interim chief medical officer for American Family Children’s Hospital
Awni Al-Subu, MD, professor, Division of Critical Care, was appointed interim chief medical officer for American Family Children’s Hospital (AFCH). An accomplished pediatric critical care physician and physician leader, Al-Subu brings a strong record of …
August 19, 2026
Caleb Kitcho graduates from Siegler Fellowship in Clinical Medical Ethics
The MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics at the University of Chicago is the oldest and largest fellowship program in clinical ethics. Caleb Kitcho, MD, clinical instructor, Division of Critical Care, recently graduated from its Siegler …
July 17, 2026
Keeping patients safe: Nina Menda and Michael Wilhelm lead quality and safety efforts within UW Health Kids
Every standard solution or medication delivered through a line, every alarm sounding in the night, every hand that touches a patient — in a pediatric hospital, the margin for error is vanishingly small. Two Department …
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