Mission

Pediatric Neurocritical Care Research Group Mission

The PNCRG is dedicated to advancing knowledge to optimize neurologic outcomes for critically ill children by performing clinical and preclinical studies, supporting education, developing and promoting best practices for pediatric neurocritical care and fostering advocacy. Click here to support PNCRG.

Executive Committee:

Chair: Sandra Buttram, MD. Phoenix Children’s Hospital / University of Arizona

Chair-Elect: Jennifer Munoz Pareja, MD. Holtz Children’s Hospital / University of Miami

Immediate Past Chair: Kristin Guilliams, MD. St. Louis Children’s Hospital / Washington University School of Medicine

Secretary/Treasurer: Sue Hong, MD. Johns Hopkins Children’s Center / Johns Hopkins University

Member-at-Large: Michael Wolf

Early Career Member-at-Large: Ajay Thomas

Leadership Council:

Scientific Committee Co-Chairs: Peter Ferrazzano, MD. American Family Children’s Hospital / University of Wisconsin & Matt Kirschen, MD/PhD. Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia / University of Pennsylvania

Education Committee Chair: Mark Wainwright, MD/PhD. Seattle Children’s Hospital / University of Washington

Clinical Practice Committee Chair: Kerri LaRovere, MD. Boston Children’s Hospital / Harvard University

Advocacy Committee Chair: Conall Francoeur, MD. Montreal Children’s Hospital / McGill University Health Center

Nursing Committee Chair: Rachel Sawdy, DNP CPNP-AC. Children’s Wisconsin / Medical College of Wisconsin

Member-at-Large: Michael Wolf, MD. Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital / Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Early Career Member-at-Large: Ajay Thomas, MD. Texas Children’s Hospital / Baylor College of Medicine

Founding Members: Mike Bell, MD/ PhD; Jose Pineda, MD/MSc.; Mark Wainwright, MD/PhD

Focus Group Leadership:

IDEA Lab: Michelle Schober, MD. Primary Children’s Hospital / University of Utah

Translational Research: Courtney Robertson, MD. Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Fellowship and Training: Sue Hong, MD. Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Trainees: Ellery Cunan, MD. SickKids / University of Toronto

Educational Materials: Jennifer Erklauer, MD. Texas Children’s Hospital / Baylor College of Medicine; Jessica Carpenter, MD. University of Maryland School of Medicine

Mentoring: Jennifer MacDonald, MD/PhD. Nationwide Children’s Hospital / The Ohio State University School of Medicine

Disorders of Consciousness: Michelle Schober, MD. Primary Children’s Hospital / University of Utah

Neuromonitoring: Craig Press, MD. Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia / University of Pennsylvania; Brad DeSouza, MD. Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles / University of Southern California

Outcomes: Ericka Fink, MD. Pittsburgh Children’s Hospital / University of Pittsburgh; Mashael Alqahtani, MD. Golisano Children’s at University of Kentucky

Transcranial Doppler Ultrasound: Nicole O’Brien, MD. Nationwide Children’s Hospital / The Ohio State University School of Medicine & Virginie Plante, MD. Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke

Global PNCRG: Jennifer Munoz Pareja, MD. Holtz Children’s Hospital / University of Miami

Councilors: David Adelson, MD and Patrick Kochanek, MD